Symposium | Who pays for parks?

Previously Chief Executive South Bank Employers’ Group 2004-2015 and prior to that Director, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, 1978-2004. The Jubilee Gardens Trust is the local charity which brings together neighbouring landowners, local businesses and community representatives to manage and maintain Jubilee Gardens to the highest standards and for the long term. The Trust took over responsibility for the Gardens, which are used by some 5.5m people each year, following their re-landscaping for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012

Valerie Beirne is an award-winning place practitioner with over 15 years of experience working within the business improvement district sector. She is currently Head of Public Realm at WeAreWaterloo and previously led the Bankside Urban Forest and Low Line programmes at Better Bankside. A landscape architect by training she has worked across public, private and charity sectors.

Iain Boulton is a longstanding member of the Lambeth Parks and Open Spaces team for the London Borough of Lambeth, leading on biodiversity, planning and community involvement in managing and improving over 100 parks, commons, and public open spaces. Iain and the team are actively working to maximise income from a wide range of sources to ensure their hard-won high standards in terms of the quality and diversity of Lambeth’s open spaces are maintained and continues to improve