Good News For Springfield Park - Funding Secured
A couple of days ago you may have seen a pile of wood chippings in Springfield Park near the trees. This is to do with the “Verge” project, which has involved one or two supervised youth offenders working for a couple of days, as part of their reparation, laying a small informal woodchip path through the trees to the pond, to improve accessibility and use by residents. The work will also include tidying up the area, removing some of the wood debris left from tree works earlier in the year, to prevent the risk of fires. It is hoped that the young people will go on to painting some of the play equipment.
It is good to have such a positive contribution to the Community from these young people.
Follow on Project - Next week there will be two days work where it is hoped to involve young people and local residents restoring the Spring in the park, from which Springfield gets its name.
The days are Wednesday 11th June and Saturday 14th June, running from 10.30am - 3.30pm on both days. Do come along and take part for a couple of hours, there will be refreshments and it is hoped to do a BBQ.
Funding for this has been secured from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, and the project is being organised by the Council Community link Co-ordinator, working with the Parks Dept. It would be helpful to telephone 01225 477669 if you can, to let them know numbers, but come along anyway, it should be fun.
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