What if your local park could pay its own way and stay clean, safe and full of life without relying on outside help forever? Public spaces transformed with support from Public Space Network are turning that possibility into reality through creative Income-Generating Activities (IGAs). These IGAs help sustain vibrant parks that everyone in the community can enjoy now and in the future. At the Dandora Community Park, innovative activities like fun days featuring bouncing castles, horse rides and even camels are attracting families. These special events aren’t just fun , they also generate critical revenue that helps maintain the park’s safety, cleanliness and green spaces. Imagine bringing your family to a park that’s funded by joyful days like these. Meanwhile, Komb Green is exploring exciting, unconventional partnerships. For instance, teaming up with a nearby dumpsite to provide car washing services to a fleet of lorries is opening new streams of income.

This kind of creative collaboration benefits both the park and the wider community, showing how public spaces can thrive by thinking outside the box. These parks are more than just green spaces, they are engines of local empowerment and economic opportunity. With support from PSN, community groups are learning to manage finances with more transparency and structure. While the system is still evolving, regular reporting and improved accountability measures are helping ensure that income from IGAs contributes meaningfully to sustaining the parks beyond their initial transformation. Your support makes a difference. Every coin counts in keeping these public spaces alive and thriving. Visit these parks, bring your family and friends, join community events or consider contributing your time or resources. Whether you share an idea, volunteer or donate, you help build a future where public spaces sustain themselves for generations. Experience firsthand how these communities have reclaimed their spaces and turned them into places of connection and hope. See the joy of families at DCP’s fun days or witness the innovative partnerships blossoming at Komb Green.

Your involvement is part of the story because thriving public spaces start with YOU.