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The Friends committee is looking for a new secretary. We meet once a month on a Weds evening. The role involves:
- To take and circulate minutes of meetings
- Circulate meeting agendas and papers seven days ahead of meetings
- Arrange venue and refreshments for the AGM (this year already organised)
- Provide support for wider communication / promotional activities such as newsletter, website and social media
- Liaise with the Chair / Treasurer to ensure good coordination
If you have a passion for the park and would like to know more, please contact Sally Sanderson at [email protected]
Felicity and Hilary, two of our regulars at the Wednesday morning gardening group, representing the Friends at the Awards.
We’re delighted that the Park and everyone who helps to make it such a special place has been recognised with two more awards. The trophy cabinet is bulging! Hats off to all the volunteers and HDC Parks and Countryside Team.
After a gap of many years, this was our second year entering the Large Park award. We won Silver Gilt again but this time we were only one mark off Gold! How frustrating but that makes us all the more determined to get there next year. It’s always useful to get the insights of an expert outsider and the judge’s comments give us, HDC and others involved, some helpful things to work towards to make the park even lovelier and a fantastic asset for the community.
In the It’s Your Neighbourhood category – we won ‘Thriving’ again (Level 4/5) but we’ve come a long way since our first entry 3 years ago when we were at Level 2 ‘Improving’. This award relates directly to the work of the Friends and we were recognised as ‘a very well structured and active group… with a strong record of engagement with schools and other charities’. Our focus on pollinator-friendly planting, sustainable gardening and our informative website were also listed as achievements. Development tips include being more ambitious on our composting given the number of beds we look after and addressing the recent vandalism at Poets’ Corner.
- Ribbon Border Volunteer group – every 2nd Sunday
The RBV group meets every second Sunday in the month at 10am by the entrance to the North Street carpark, everyone welcome.
For more information please contact David at [email protected] - Gardening and Conservation group – every Wednesday
“The Wednesday Morning Group” meets at 9.30am at the Jubilee car park next to the entrance sign to the Human Nature Garden. Their main tasks are planting and pruning and generally making improvements to the park’s appearance for all to enjoy. All tools provided.
Please contact Sally at [email protected] - Helping at events – as required
We need Friends to help out at events we hold in the Park. It may be just for a couple of hours occasionally, or as a one off. It can be great fun. Any help is much appreciated.
Please contact Sally at [email protected]
We had another successful litter pick session on Saturday 17 September. In just one hour the volunteers collected 16 bags of litter and our good friends at Parkrun collected a further 3 bags. Well done to everyone involved! Watch out for the next one, we always need more volunteers.