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"Royal Parks Foundation" news stories:
18 March 2015The Egyptian goddess of nature comes to life on the shores of the Serpentine
Screen and stage actress Joely Richardson is coming to Hyde Park and will be playing to an audience of more than twelve million people this year, as she animates the Egyptian goddess of nature, the sculpture Isis.
27 January 2015The Nomad Cinema comes to Hyde Park
This Valentine's weekend we're being you a series of film screenings in our magical, secluded indoor pop-up film venue right in the heart of Hyde Park.
16 December 2014The Regent's Park Allotment Garden
The Regent's Park Allotment Garden, which opened back in 2010, inspires and trains people to grow their own food, while providing advice on organic food growing techniques. It was the first training allotment of its kind to open to the public in a Royal
1 December 2014Do you love hedgehogs?
Everyone does, right? Well that’s lucky because just in time for Christmas we've launched a hedgehog clothing range! With hedgehog populations declining alarmingly throughout the country, help protect their future by purchasing one of our t-shirts.
24 November 2014Help Royal Parks Foundation, just by shopping online.
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29 October 2014The Isis Education Centre scores top marks!
We're excited to announce that the Isis Education Centre has been awarded the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s Quality Badge.
10 October 2014On your marks, get set... go!
This year’s Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon on Sunday 12 October looks sets to be bigger and better than before. More than 16,000 runners will run this stunning 13.1 mile autumnal route dubbed the most beautiful run!
27 June 2014Together we ‘conker’…
Join Jenni Falconer and 140 other super squirrels to run the Royal Parks Foundation Half and Ultra marathon on 12 October 2014.
31 March 2014Thousands dug deep to plant 100,000 snowdrops
School children and local communities support The Royal Parks at the time when budgets have been cut by 25%.
25 February 2014Ben Fogle helps launch the ballot
Ben Fogle hangs out with Chester the squirrel in St James's Park to celebrate the news that the ballot for the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon 2014 is now open...
21 January 2014What an Experience!
We’re looking for enthusiastic young students aged from 14 years and up to join our work experience scheme where you can develop and learn new skills.
15 November 2013Festive fun in Hyde Park
Looking for something a little different for your office party or to entertain the kids this Christmas? The LookOut, Hyde Park, provides a unique setting to celebrate this year’s festive fun.
13 November 2013A Bumper Harvest throughout the year!
From garlic and onions, to purple skinned carrots and baby beetroot, students from the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee special school's hard work reaps what they sow.
16 October 2013600 children plant 60,000 daffodil bulbs in Hyde Park
To give the Park a riot of colour next Spring, children are planting new daffodil bulbs to replace the daffodils which have been dying back over the past few years.
30 September 2013We’ve won an award!
On Thursday night we were thrilled to be announced winners of the 2013 Third Sector Excellence Awards for Best Fundraising Event
4 July 2013Ronnie Wood’s ‘Pegasus’ launches Deckchair Dreams in Hyde Park
If you are out in central London from today, you might get the chance to lie back and relax on a work of art.
1 July 2013Announcing our school holiday Kids' Activity Days
Active outdoor fun is the name of the game (and there’ll be plenty of games) at our school holiday Kids' Activity Days, starting on Tuesday 6 August in Hyde Park.
21 May 2013Now we are ten...
In the ten years since we were formed to raise funds and raise awareness to support the magic of the Royal Parks for everyone to enjoy, we've committted more than £7million to charitable activities in London’s Royal Parks.