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| registration_id = 306070 (England and Wales) SC040357 (Scotland)
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'''Fields in Trust''', 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 [[George V of the United KingdomVI|King George VVI]], who was the first president, which protects parks and green spaces and promotes the 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]].