The Parks Trust Team
In most places parks are owned and managed by the local authority, but the city’s founders wanted to be sure that such a unique green landscape would be managed and protected forever, without having to compete for funds with other council priorities. So, The Parks Trust was created in 1992 to care for most of the city’s green space and was endowed with a substantial property and investment portfolio. The income from this portfolio pays for the vital work of nurturing and enhancing the landscape. We are entirely self-financing.
As well as looking after the green space, The Parks Trust also organises and enables over 450 events and activities in its parkland every year, and works with over 6,000 school children and adults through its outdoor learning programme. Sign up for The Parks Trust Newsletter via our website (www.theparkstrust.com) to stay in touch with developments and news.’
Ellie Broad
Ellie is part of the project team working on the National Lottery Heritage Funded project to ‘Reveal, Revive & Restore’ Great Linford Manor Park. The Parks Trust want to provide more opportunities for people with dementia to access the outdoors, engage with local heritage and improve their wellbeing. Ellie has a background in archaeology and museums, and has worked on many projects to promote mental wellbeing in the heritage sector. She is also a Dementia Friends Champion and holds Dementia Friends information sessions for the Trust and in her own time. Ellie is designing a programme of dementia friendly activities between 2020-2022 and hoping to make this self-sustainable, led and designed by the community once the project finishes.
The Parks Trust Team
In most places parks are owned and managed by the local authority, but the city’s founders wanted to be sure that such a unique green landscape would be managed and protected forever, without having to compete for funds with other council priorities. So, The Parks Trust was created in 1992 to care for most of the city’s green space and was endowed with a substantial property and investment portfolio. The income from this portfolio pays for the vital work of nurturing and enhancing the landscape. We are entirely self-financing.
As well as looking after the green space, The Parks Trust also organises and enables over 450 events and activities in its parkland every year, and works with over 6,000 school children and adults through its outdoor learning programme. Sign up for The Parks Trust Newsletter via our website (www.theparkstrust.com) to stay in touch with developments and news.’
Ellie Broad
Ellie is part of the project team working on the National Lottery Heritage Funded project to ‘Reveal, Revive & Restore’ Great Linford Manor Park. The Parks Trust want to provide more opportunities for people with dementia to access the outdoors, engage with local heritage and improve their wellbeing. Ellie has a background in archaeology and museums, and has worked on many projects to promote mental wellbeing in the heritage sector. She is also a Dementia Friends Champion and holds Dementia Friends information sessions for the Trust and in her own time. Ellie is designing a programme of dementia friendly activities between 2020-2022 and hoping to make this self-sustainable, led and designed by the community once the project finishes.
Katie Dean
Katie is the Events and Community Engagement officer for The Parks Trust. The main aim of her role is to help engage people with the parks across Milton Keynes through the varied programme of events and activities that the trust and other 3rd party groups, from walking groups to big festivals. Katie has a passion for nature and the outdoors and has dedicated her career to help others find a connection to the outdoors and spaces local to them. She enjoys the variety of people her work brings her in contact with as well as all the amazing community projects that are trying to bring some kind of enrichment to people’s lives.
Katie is the Events and Community Engagement officer for The Parks Trust. The main aim of her role is to help engage people with the parks across Milton Keynes through the varied programme of events and activities that the trust and other 3rd party groups, from walking groups to big festivals. Katie has a passion for nature and the outdoors and has dedicated her career to help others find a connection to the outdoors and spaces local to them. She enjoys the variety of people her work brings her in contact with as well as all the amazing community projects that are trying to bring some kind of enrichment to people’s lives.