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Tidy up of "Land Holdings" section including renaming to "Protected Land" to reflect that Fields in Trust no longer buys land to secure its future in the way NPFA did, rather it protects via a legal deed of dedication.
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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 2,600700 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|accessdate=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==