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{{Short description|British open space charity}}
 
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▲{{Infobox non-profit
| name = Fields in Trust
| image = Fields -in -Trust logo-Logo.jpg
| type = Charity
| founded_date = 1925
| tax_idvat_id =
| registration_id = 306070 (England and Wales) SC040357 (Scotland)
| founder =[[King [[George VVI]]
| location = United KingdomLondon
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| origins =
| leader_title = Patron
| key_people = Helen Griffiths<br> Chief Executive <br> Tim Phillips <br> Council of Trustees Chair
| leader_name = [[William, Prince of Wales|The Prince of Wales]]
| leader_title2 = President
| leader_name2 =
| leader_name3 = Jo Barnett
| leader_title3 = Chair of Trustees
| leader_title4 = Chief Executive
| leader_name4 = Helen Griffiths
| area_served = [[UK]]
| product =
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| endowment =
| num_volunteers =
| num_employees = 1715
| num_members =
| subsid =
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| non-profit_slogan =
| former name = NPFA National Playing Fields Association
| homepage = {{URL|www.fieldsintrust.org.}}
| dissolved =
| footnotes =
}}
 
'''Fields in Trust''' (FIT), previously known as the '''National Playing Fields Association''' (NPFA), until rebranding in 2007, is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Charitable organization|charity]]<ref>The National Playing Fields Association is a registered charity (No. 306070) incorporated under Royal Charter (Company
No. RC000370)</ref> set up in 1925 as the '''National Playing Fields Association''' (NPFA), by Brigadier-General Reginald Kentish and the [[Duke of York]], later King [[George VI]], who was the first president, which aimsprotects toparks protectand green spaces and promotepromotes openthe cause of accessible spaces for play, sports and recreation in British cities and towns.
 
As well as campaigning to protect playing fields and open space, Fields in Trust legally protects the [[King George's Fields]],<ref>[http://www.npfa.co.uk/content/kinggeorge/index.html The National Playing Fields Association on King George's Fields] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214123934/http://www.npfa.co.uk/content/kinggeorge/index.html |date=2006-02-14 }}</ref> 471 public recreation grounds set up as a memorial to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King [[George V]].
 
==History==
[[Image:NPFA-cartoon.jpg|thumb|right|Marketing image created by the then National Playing Fields Association in the 1920s]]
The charity was set up in 1925 by Brigadier-General [[Reginald Kentish]] and was founded by the [[Duke of York]], later [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], who was the first President. This royal link continues today with [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|The Queen]] as Patron since 1952 and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] as President from 1947 until he stepped down in 2013 to be succeeded by his grandson [[The Duke of Cambridge]].
 
The charity was set up in 1925 as the '''National Playing Fields Association''' (NPFA), by Brigadier-General Reginald Kentish and was founded by the [[Duke of York]], later King [[George VI]], who was the first president. This royal link continued with Queen [[Elizabeth II]] as Patron from 1952 until her death in 2022 and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], as President from 1947 until he stepped down in 2013 to be succeeded by his grandson [[William, Prince of Wales]]. Prince William became the charity's patron in 2024.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/prince-william-annual-salary-revealed-8682379|title=Prince William's Annual Salary Revealed in New Royal Report|magazine=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=23 July 2024|access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>
Fields in Trust is a charity incorporated by Royal Charter in 1932. The organisation was awarded the [[Olympic Cup]] in 1931 by the [[International Olympic Committee]] in recognition of their work providing Playing Fields in Great Britain.▼
 
▲Fields in Trust is a charity incorporated by [[Royal Chartercharter]] in 1932. The organisation was awarded the [[Olympic Cup]] in 1931 by the [[International Olympic Committee]] in recognition of theirits work providing Playing Fields in Great Britain.
The Charity’s affairs are conducted through its Council which meets quarterly to set the policy of the Association and to oversee its work. It is also linked to many bodies and membership of the organisation includes local authorities, individuals, playing field associations, schools and sports clubs. In 1972, Fields in Trust (then the NFPA) supported the Bishop of Stepney, [[Trevor Huddleston]] in denouncing the lack of play provision which had led to the deaths by drowning of 2 boys who lived in his diocese. This gave the impetus to the ''Fair Play for Children'' campaign.▼
 
▲The Charity’s affairs are conducted through its Council, which meets quarterly to set the policy of the Association and to oversee its work. It is also linked to many other bodies, and membershipthe members of the organisation includesinclude local authorities, individuals, playing field associations, schools, and sports clubs. In 1972, Fields in Trust (then the NFPA) supported the Bishop of Stepney, [[Trevor Huddleston]], in denouncing the lack of play provision which had led to the deaths by drowning of 2two boys who lived in his diocese. This gave the impetus to the ''Fair Play for Children'' campaign.
Fields in Trust set standards for playground provision in the UK through ''The 6 Acre Standard'' which is widely recognised as a planning tool for local authorities{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2001-02/585 |title=Early day motion 585 UK Parliamentary Session 2001-02 |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=July 17, 2017}} as a basis, when stipulating play area provision for new housing development, and in local play policies.▼
 
▲Fields in Trust set standards for playground provision in the UK through the ''The 6Six Acre Standard'', which is widely recognised as a planning tool for local authorities<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2001-02/585 |title=Early day motion 585 UK Parliamentary Session 2001-02 |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> as a basis, when stipulating play area provision for new housing development, and in local play policies. Fields in Trust is one of the agencies represented on the UK Government School Playing Fields Advisory Panel convened by the [[Department for Education]] to scrutinise the disposal or change of use of playing fields and school land.<ref>{{cite web|title=Playing fields and school land: selling or change of use|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice|website=Gov.UK|publisher=HM Government UK|access-date=1 September 2017}}</ref>
 
==Objectives==
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In 1992, the Association revised its recommendations on recreational space to include the ''Children’s Playing Space Standard'' aspect of the Six Acre Standard - part of the recommendation then was a general statement of the need for adequate children’s playing space.
 
==Protected Land holdings==
 
Fields in Trust supervises the property over which the Association acts as Guardian Trustee and ensures that it retains its charitable purpose. The Fields in Trust charity has a role in the protection of over 2,600800 parks, playing fields and nature reserves across the United Kingdom. In total, the Fields in Trust's land portfolio represents an interest over {{convert|30000|acre|ha}}. In the 1920s and 1930s many of the sites were funded by the [[Carnegie United Kingdom Trust]] on the basis that the land would be kept as public playing fields in perpetuity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historic Investment in Playing Fields|url=http://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/news/historic-investment-in-playing-fields/|website=Carnegie UK Trust|publisher=Carnegie UK Trust|accessdateaccess-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> In all of its work, Fields in Trust is assisted by affiliated national and county associations and other partners.
 
==King George's Field==
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The Six Acre Standard aims to help [[Land use planning|land use planners]] ensure a sufficient level of open space to enable residents of all ages to participate in sports and games with an emphasis on access for children to playgrounds and other play space. The standard suggests that for each 1000 residents there should be a total of {{convert|6|acre|ha}} of recreational land, of which {{convert|4|acre|ha}} should be for outdoor sport and recreation space (including parks) and {{convert|2|acre|ha}} for children's play, with some of this being equipped playgrounds
 
In its publication ''The Six Acre Standard<ref>{{cite web|title=Guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play|url=http://www.fieldsintrust.org/guidance|website=Fields in Trust|publisher=Fields in Trust|accessdateaccess-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>'', the FiT outlines a more detailed breakdown including a hierarchy of child play space.
 
===The New Six Acre Standard===
Fields in Trust reissued The Six Acre Standard under the new name ''Planning and DesignGuidance for Outdoor Sport and Play'' in 2015 as an online reference work for planners in the UK.<ref name="The Playing Field">{{cite web|url=https://www.theplayingfield.org.uk/fields-in-trust-publishes-new-online-guidance-for-outdoor-sport-and-play/|title=Fields in Trust publishes new online guidance for outdoor sport and play|date=10 Nov 2015|website=The Playing Field|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref> It has been updated to include the modern planning regime and new topics such as sustainability and the local environment. These areas come under the heading "Open Space" which refers to all open space, and is deemed as a community asset, and value, and is protected by legislation in the Core Strategy (2006-2026){{Elucidate|date=April 2016}}. Versions of the Guidance for the devolved administrations of Scotland and Wales were launched in January 2017 as well as a Welsh Language edition.<ref name="Horticultural Week">{{cite web|url=http://www.hortweek.com/fields-trust-cymru-launches-guidance-design-outdoor-sport-play-informal-open-space/parks-and-gardens/article/1422770|title=Fields in Trust Cymru launches guidance for the design of outdoor sport, play and informal open space|date=31 Jan 2017|first=Sarah|last=Cosgrove |newspaper=Horticultural Week|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref>
 
Children's sports fields on educational land are not recorded as Open Space and are not protected by Open Space legislation. However, any change of use of educational land requires local or national government approval. The government decisions can be contested by the local community.<ref name="Department for Education">{{cite web|title=Playing fields and school land: selling or change of use|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>
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==Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge==
[[File:QEII Plaque.jpg|thumb|Plaque placed under the Fields Challenge scheme at the entrance to [[Chestnuts Park]] ]]
Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge, (known as the "Queen Elizabeth Fields Challenge" in Scotland), was a programme run by Fields in Trust aiming to protect outdoor recreational spaces across the UK to create a "grassroots legacy" in celebration of the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II|2012 Diamond Jubilee]].<ref name="QE2">{{cite web|url=http://www.qe2fieldsroyalfoundation.com/QueenelizabethIIcharityfieldschallenge.aspxour-work/queen-elizabeth-ii-fields-challenge/|title=QE2Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge|authorpublisher=FieldsThe inRoyal TrustFoundation|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729104839/http://www.royalfoundation.com/our-work/queen-elizabeth-ii-fields-challenge/|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Presidents==
The National Playing Fields Association has had a member of the [[British royal family|Royal Family]] serving as president since their foundation in 1925:
* [[George VI]] '''1925{{spaced ndash}}1948'''
* [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] '''1948{{spaced ndash}}2013'''
* [[William, Prince of Wales]] '''2013{{spaced ndash}}Present'''
 
==See also==
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==Notes==
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==External links==
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*{{EW charity|306070}}
*[http://www.qe2fields.com/default.aspx Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge]
 
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