Haines remains chair of Natural Environmental Board and West Ham Park Committee
Caroline Haines has been re-elected as chair of the City of London Corporation’s Natural Environment Board, alongside its West Ham Park Committee.
For more than six years, Haines has been an elected member of the City Corporation (CC), a municipal governing body of the city of London.
The majority of the 11,000 acres of open space managed by the CC in London and south England are charitable trusts, including wildlife habitats and National Nature Reserves. The CC invests over £38m a year to the sites collectively per year.
The Natural Environment Board is responsible for strategic oversight of the City Corporation’s open spaces and management of its gardens, churchyards, and green spaces in the Square Mile.
The West Ham Park Committee oversees the London Borough of Newham, managed by the City Corporation as a registered charity. Nearly 4,000 school pupils participated in its Nature Learning Programme on site last year, a National Curriculum support scheme available to local primary schools.
Haines says: “Our open spaces are a vital resource, both for the health and wellbeing of our communities and protecting our natural environment from climate change.
“I’m delighted to continue chairing both of these committees for the benefit of local people and visitors to these fantastic green spaces.”
Haines is vice chair of the Policy Resources Committee, chair of the City Corporation’s Education Board, and deputy chair of its Epping Forest and Commons Committee.