State of UK Public Parks II Research

Tender description

National Heritage Memorial Fund/ Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF ) would now like to procure the service provider that will provide a second State of UK Public Parks report to: • provide a comparative update on the data published in the July 2014 report, • provide real life case studies to illustrate negative and positive examples of the way funding and changes to management is impacting upon parks, people and local communities, • report on progress in achieving the actions identified in our first report and where relevant propose new actions, • provide an updated evidence base that can be used as an evidence base by HLF and a wide range of organisations interested in promoting the values of public parks. HLF expect the research to begin 26 Feb 2016 and be completed by 8 July 2016. The final report shall be submitted to HLF by 8 July 2016. The anticipated budget for this research is £50,000 to include all expenses and VAT. The contract will be let by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.