Welcome to the Colin Glen Trust blog! CGT are caretakers of Colin Glen Forest Park and Colin Valley Golf Complex, a social economy project. The park is partly in West Belfast and partly in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Colin Glen Forest Park is a lot of things:
The Green Flag Award, given out by the Civic Trust, is the national benchmark for parks and open spaces - similar to the Blue Flag Award for beaches. Parks that achieve Green Flag status are judged on a yearly basis.
- Gateway to the Belfast Hills
- 'Green Lung' of Belfast
- An urban forest
- AND two time winner of the Green Flag Award!
The Green Flag Award, given out by the Civic Trust, is the national benchmark for parks and open spaces - similar to the Blue Flag Award for beaches. Parks that achieve Green Flag status are judged on a yearly basis.
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Colin Glen Forest Park initially won the award in 2008 - becoming the FIRST community led forest park in all of Ireland to win the award. In June 2009 we were judged again for the award and were honored with our second Green Flag in July 2009!
With all of these bells and whistles to our name, you might think that we've got a huge staff and pump loads of money into the forest. Well, think again. All of this effort is put forth by a small and passionate staff in the forest, the office and our social economy projects. We know the potential of these 200 beautiful acres and we're not afraid to prove it!
As we set off on our blog adventure, we hope you'll enjoy learning about the hidden gem that is Colin Glen Forest Park.
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