Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature APPG

First Registered: 18/06/2025 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To engage parliamentarians to act as champions for responsible outdoor recreation and the positive effects that come from access to nature; to encourage more people to have active lives and ensure we have accessible green and blue spaces; and to provide a platform for representative organisations involved in outdoor recreation.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.

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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers

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Andy MacNae

Chair & Registered Contact

Labour - Rossendale and Darwen

Joined: 18th June 2025

4 APPG Officer Positions
Baby Loss , Cycling and Walking , Nepal , Transport Safety
5 APPG Memberships
Classics , Furniture Industry , Mutuals , Schools, Learning and Assessment , Water Pollution

Phil Brickell

Co-Chair

Labour - Bolton West

Joined: 18th June 2025

2 APPG Officer Positions
Germany , Magnitsky Sanctions and Reparation
6 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Political and Media Literacy , Switzerland and Liechtenstein , Taiwan , Waterways

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

Vice Chair

Conservative - Life peer

Joined: 18th June 2025

2 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Modern Conflict
4 APPG Memberships
Beer , Financial Education for Young People , Future of Work , University

Polly Billington

Treasurer

Labour - East Thanet

Joined: 18th June 2025

3 APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Coastal Communities , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
20 APPG Memberships
British Buses , Cats , Climate Change , Creative Health , Environment , Events , Infrastructure , Micromobility , Music Education , Ocean , Parks and Green Spaces , Performing Arts Education and Training , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , South East , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tidy Britain , Transport Safety , Water Pollution , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs

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Registered Contact:

Andy MacNae MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: andy.macnae.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Dr Catherine Flitcroft, British Mountaineering Council. Tel: 07932 801351

Email: catherine.flitcroft@thebmc.co.uk

Secretariat:

British Mountaineering Council acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.thebmc.co.uk

No benefits in kind are on record for the Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature APPG