Community

The aim of the Community Group is to increase the number of people who use the park. The Friends enjoy the park and seek to make it as accessible and attractive as possible across all age groups.

To this end the group have organised and continue develop one off and annual events. These include:

Schools visits

Forest School days

Expert led educational walks
- Bats,
- Fungi
- Fossils

Annual seasonal childrens trails
- Easter
- Halloween
- Christmas

The 150th Jubilee celebration in the arena in 2015 was an early focus. Money was raised from local business, individuals and local groups which enabled us to bid for a Waste Recycling Environment (WREN) Award. The £50,000 awarded was used to improve paths, install play equipment, put up signposts and print leaflets.

The Jubilee was a chance to showcase ongoing restoration and was a most exciting and extremely well attended event. It proved a few things to us incluidng:

How special the park was to so many people.
How families used it across multiple generations
How many had never been to the Park before but would definitely come again.

Generous sponsorship and a large individual donation together with fantastic volunteers made this event possible.

More details of all our events are on our News and Events page

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