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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.
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<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|
==Objectives==
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==Protected Land ==
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 2,700 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|
==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|
===The New Six Acre Standard===
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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>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalfoundation.com/our-work/queen-elizabeth-ii-fields-challenge/|title=Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge|publisher=The Royal Foundation|
==Presidents==
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