You can now read a report on enhancing access opportunities to rural spaces.

Working with the Kent Downs AONB unit, our CEO and founder Maxwell A. Ayamba BEM contributed to the reearch base of this report.

Commisioned by Defra the Enhancing Access Opportunities ELM Test and Trial Literature and Evidence Review and Recommendations report, addressed the concern that; ‘Barriers exist both before communities and individuals wishing to access and engage more with the environment … This Test and Trial sought to understand these barriers and provide evidence to recommend effective and practical ways to overcome them.’

You can download and read a copy of the report here.

A recent paper published in The Journal of Rural Studies, explores the role of community-based initiatives in facilitating access to rural green spaces. Researched and written by Helena Slater of the Institute of Geography at the University of Edinburgh, the paper investigates how ‘Agency and identity theories can help to understand factors influencing rural green space access Community-based initiatives can help to overcome practical and social barriers to accessing rural green spaces.’

Our Managing Director Maxwell Ayamba contributed to this study.

The paper is published in The Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 92, May 2022.