Our fighting fund allows us to respond immediately and flexibly to the most urgent threats to our National Parks.

Come and join our party in the Brecon Beacons National Park on Sunday 25 September 2011.  Fun for all ages. 

Party in the Park

Sunday 25 September 2011
Free entry from 11am - 5.30pm
National Park Visitor Centre, Libanus near Brecon, LD3 8ER

Come and join us at our party in the Brecon Beacons National Park to celebrate our 75th anniversary.

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Richard Reed is a long-term supporter of the Campaign for National Parks and has been actively campaigning to protect National Parks for the last 50 years or more. As a child he spent his holidays in what is now the South Downs National Parks, the landscape that first gave our President, Ben Fogle, his taste for adventure.

To mark the Radio 4 appeal that Ben recorded for us, we wanted to find out what the South Downs was like when our organisation was just beginning so we asked Richard for some of his earliest memories.

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In keeping with the founding spirit of the early campaigners for National Parks, our Mosaic project opens up National Parks to people who traditionally do not think or know that Parks are relevant to them, such as those from minority communities and young people.

We support and train a network of volunteers, National Park Champions, who then promote the opportunities and benefits of National Parks to other people from their communities.

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The Campaign for National Parks was instrumental in securing the protection of the South Downs as a National Park, working with many local and national partners to secure this hard fought victory.

Already, we have seen off the first major planning threat to the Park’s natural beauty through our campaign with local communities against a proposed new quarry at Horncroft.

Radio 4 Charity Appeal

Sunday 17th July at 7.55am and 9.26pm
Thursday 21st July at 3.27pm

We are delighted to have been selected to be featured in a Radio 4 charity appeal. The appeal has been recorded by our President Ben Fogle, the explorer, presenter and writer and will be featured during the week of our 75th anniversary. 

Walk!

A Celebration of Striding Out

This newly published ambitious book by Colin Speakman covers topics that those who love walking and even those who don't will find fascinating.  With its forewords by our President Ben Fogle and our Vice President Sir Chris Bonington, this is a remarkable book that breaks entirely new ground.

"This outstanding book could not be more timely." Ben Fogle

Trustee Irene Evison gets on her bike in the Welsh National Parks to celebrate our 75th anniversary. You can follow her journey.

Getting into National Parks

To celebrate our 75th anniversary we are encouraging everyone to ‘Get into National Parks’ and one of our trustees is taking this to heart.