South Down National Park and Community Transport Pilot Report

Report - 16 August 2023

The South Downs National Park is the National Park for all and has an ambition to be used by more diverse groups – those who do not currently access the National Park - to encourage the benefits of greenspaces as a way of supporting people’s health and wellbeing.

South Downs National Park and Community Transport Pilot Making Access Easier

The aim of this pilot was to capture the experiences and views of individuals who attended four taster events. The Taster Event had free transport funded by South Downs National Park and provided by Community Transport Sussex for attendees.

The aim being to better understand what barriers people have in accessing the National Park. What would encourage local groups to offer more activities in the National Park.

The Providers survey was live from the end January to end March 2023 and completed by 16 providers. The four taster sessions took place in Autumn 2022 and Spring 2023 (two in September 2022, one in February and March 2023).

Recommendations

  • Promotion of opportunities of things to do and places to access in the South Downs National Park through the monthly newsletter.
  • South Downs endorses the opportunity to establish a travel grant to support local communities to access the South Downs National Park.
  • Explore with partners and others the insight contained in this report with regards to access.

Downloads

The report contains information from providers of local charity and community groups who referred people to the taster events or responded to a specific online survey.

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