Bog Standard

Some years ago Parks Department of SCC (Sheffield City Council) decided to spend a lot of time and resources in introducing what it called a 'Sheffield Standard' for Parks and Green Spaces. The department is proud of its Sheffield Standard. Officers go round with clip boards and tick boxes under 13 different headings, finishing up with a score for each green space.

For example a score of 7 means Good, 8 means Very Good. When Blacka Moor was assessed 3 people went round including the now departed SWT manager. Below are some of the scores for Blacka:

There is no category for Bog so we have to reach our own conclusions about the Bog Standard in this post's title. Some of us might have some views on Cowsick Bog and its management; please forward to SCC.

Good and Safe Access gets a score of 7
Signage gets a score of 7 too
Welcoming gets a score of 9 (excellent)

One of the factors in giving such a high score for 'Welcoming' is the fact that there are "Regular meetings of the Reserve Advisory Group" - ( the last one was in 2012, see this post)

In the overall assessment it says Blacka "is already well above the pass mark"

No real people were consulted on this. Make of my use of the term 'real people' what you may. You might consider first the people who regularly use Blacka.

The full document can be seen here.