We hope you are all enjoying the park, during this period of uncertainty; it’s a blessing that we can get back into it. As the Friends cannot organise any gatherings for the foreseeable future, we will not be meeting this Thursday. The next meeting after that is scheduled for June 25th, so we await theContinue reading “Meetings cancelled/postponed”
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Our AGM
Our first AGM as a charity took place last month. We were pleased to be able to celebrate lots of successes, and to discuss plans for the year ahead, in a wide-ranging meeting. You can read about some of our work in the Year in the Park document YitP 2019
Information about Environment Agency plans
Many of you will be intending to go to the Environment Agency’s meeting about the Clementhorpe flood defences, on Monday 15th July 7pm at Southlands Methodist church, to find out more about the impact on the park, and on Terry Avenue and Butcher Terrace. The Environment Agency has just realised this document: 2019 FAQ Edition 1 whichContinue reading “Information about Environment Agency plans”
Becoming a charity!
Over the past 12 months, our income has increased quite substantially due to grants, increased membership and income from events we run for the community. We are now in the happy place of having to apply to formalise our position with an application for charitable status as an Incorporated Organisation. We would like to doContinue reading “Becoming a charity!”
Friends annual round-up and the AGM
October is our month for looking back over the last year, and for our AGM. The summary of our work over the last year can be found here. Our financial statement is viewable here. Everyone’s welcome to the AGM (18th October, 7pm at the Reading Cafe), so do come along and have your say about what’sContinue reading “Friends annual round-up and the AGM”
Artist in Residence 2018
We’re delighted to announce this year’s Artist in Residence is Nick Booth, a MA student studying Fine Art at York St John University. We met up to discuss his ideas on Saturday, and we were intrigued by his proposals. Partly inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, Nick wants to explore some of the historical aspects ofContinue reading “Artist in Residence 2018”
Crowning Autumn
We had a lovely time at our October meet up for Very Young Friends playing with leaves. Sadly not enough leaves had fallen for us to make a giant leaf pile for jumping in but we still had fun looking for leaves and autumn colours on our leaf treasure hunt. We also really enjoyed makingContinue reading “Crowning Autumn”
Could 2015 be the year that you help us make the Park even more wonderful?
Step up! Make it happen! The Friends of Rowntree Park aim to: promote the well-being of the Park and its users support increased and diverse uses of the park, by all sections of the community represent the views of the park’s users. A very small group of volunteers work together to support these aims. They alsoContinue reading “Could 2015 be the year that you help us make the Park even more wonderful?”
Your thoughts for the AGM
Autumn is the time of AGMs, and the Friends of Rowntree Park have theirs this evening. We are a community group that works to benefit the park and its users, so we’re always looking for new ideas of how we could do this. If you are a visitor to Rowntree Park, do you have anyContinue reading “Your thoughts for the AGM”