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Support our #NatureForEveryone petition

February 23, 2022

We need nature everywhere for everyone

We all love getting out and enjoying nature, but do you know just how important nature is to our health? Our new Nature For Everyone campaign as part of the Wildlife and Countryside Link coalition aims to ensure that everyone, everywhere can access the benefits of nature.

From hearing birdsong, to the crunch of leaves underfoot or the bubbling of a spring, the sights and sounds of nature are scientifically proven to reduce stress and anxiety, and even lower our blood pressure. Just looking at trees from a window has an impact.

Two people sat on a bench with a city on the background. The photo includes the words Nature everywhere for everyone and asks the reader to the sign the petition

The importance of nature to our physical and mental wellbeing has never been clearer than during the pandemic. For those of us with nature near our homes, our natural spaces proved an invaluable respite, and important place for socialising and exercising in lockdown. But the COVID crisis also highlighted the inequalities in access to nature as never before with millions of people unable to access local natural spaces locally.

One in three people don’t have nature near their home, with the poorest communities and people of colour twice as likely to live in nature-deprived areas. Many existing sites are in poor condition or at risk from development. And many are not easily accessible for those with mobility issues or disabilities or those facing wider societal barriers.

Lady sat in a wheelchair next to a river. The photo includes the words Nature everywhere for everyone and asks readers to sign the petition.

This lack of, and deterioration in, our public natural spaces means thousands of communities are missing out on the joys and health benefits of access to nature. A huge local authority funding gap is largely to blame, with an estimated £190 million lost from local authority parks budgets alone since 2016.

We’re asking the government to put a requirement in law for developers and public bodies to provide access to nature-rich green and blue spaces for everyone, and for the government to provide the funding to deliver this. 

The Government has promised that its “levelling up” agenda – will create equal opportunity and quality of life for everyone around the country. But this can only succeed if it includes levelling up access to nature.

Help us to hold Government to its promises, add your name to our petition to demand #NatureForEveryone Sign here

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