16 December 2011
Open Spaces Committee signs agreement with Kennel Club
The City of London Corporation’s Open Spaces Committee has
signed an agreement with the Kennel Club - the UK’s largest
organisation dedicated to the health and welfare of dogs – in order
to encourage responsible dog ownership on its open spaces.
The two organisations will work together to improve people’s
health and wellbeing through dog ownership, whilst respecting the
special qualities of its opens paces and the needs of other
visitors.
As part of this agreement, the City of London Corporation will
ensure that responsible dog walkers feel welcome on all its open
spaces - and will use its powers in relation to dog control to
reflect local requirements.
For its part, the Kennel Club will use its networks and
influence to promote the opportunities that the City Corporation’s
open spaces offers for responsible dog walkers who keep their dogs
under effective control.
Bob Hall, Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Open
Spaces Committee, said: “We are very pleased to have reached this
accord with the Kennel Club, as a result of which we share a
commitment to improve people’s health and well-being through dog
ownership, whilst respecting the special qualities of the open
spaces managed by the City Corporation and the needs of all
visitors to them. That is why we have drawn up this agreement which
sets out what each side will do to encourage responsible dog use on
our open spaces.”
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Notes to editors
- Press enquiries:
John Park, Press Officer, City of London Corporation
Tel 020 7332 3639 / Mobile 07824 343 456
Email
john.park@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- About the City of London Corporation:
The City of London Corporation is a uniquely diverse organisation.
It supports and promotes the City as the world leader in
international finance and business services and provides local
services and policing for those working in, living in and visiting
the Square Mile. It also provides valued services to London and the
nation. These include the Barbican Centre and the Guildhall School
of Music & Drama; the Guildhall Library and Art Gallery and
London Metropolitan Archive; a range of education provision
(including three City Academies); five Thames bridges (including
Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge); the Central Criminal Court
at Old Bailey; over 10,000 acres of open spaces (including
Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest), and three wholesale food
markets. It is also London’s Port Health Authority and runs the
Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow. It works in partnership with
neighbouring boroughs on the regeneration of surrounding areas and
the City Bridge Trust, which it oversees, donates more than £15m to
charity annual