Green Flag Community Award

The "Green Flag Community Award" is the new name for the Green Pennant Award, the Community-run Greenspace version of the Green Flag Award. The award is owned by a government department and run by agencies on their behalf.

History
The Green Flag Award scheme was started in 1996 and since 2009, the Green Flag Award scheme has been managed by a new consortium, known as Green Flag Plus Partnership; comprising Keep Britain Tidy, the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) and GreenSpace.