Every community needs a local field within walking distance of residents. Whether it's to keep children away from traffic, give local sports teams a place to play and practice or provide an open green space for exercise and recreation, a local field can prove beneficial for all sorts of reasons.
The kind of field your community needs depends on many factors such as population figures, other local amenities and the needs of residents. Information in this section provides tried and tested methods of determining the site you need and how best to protect it.
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- If you want to protect places that matter to you, there’s no better way than to become a FIT member.
fields forum
- This Fields Forum has been created to bring together experience and expertise from across the UK.
campaign toolkits
- Everything you need to help your local community and its access to playing fields.