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Rhyddings Park was originally the grounds of a private house belonging to a local mill owning family. It has been a public park since 1909. Friends of Rhyddings Park was initially formed on the 20th October 2005 from a group of local residents after meetings organised by Oswaldtwistle Area Council. One of the main objectives for the group is to allow local residents to be involved with how their local park is run. We are a non political group, in fact our constitution prohibits Councillors from sitting on the committee. We do however have close links with the council who have funded several projects in the park for us. Shortly after our creation we took over management of the popular pets corner which is run by our volunteers. This was and still is a great achievement for us as it is one of the biggest attractions in the park. We were also heavily involved with Hyndburn Borough Council's recent Parks for People lottery bid that successfully secured consultation funding of £50,000. This has created an action plan to improve the park in the future. We are currently working both on our own and with Hyndburn Borough Council to secure funding to complete sections of the action plan. As a residents group the Friends of Rhyddings Park can apply for money from funding bodies that the Council can not. We are currently very busy submitting funding bids to several of these funding bodies. If you wish to become involved with any aspect of the park please get in touch using the 'contact us'. We are looking for people who would like to assist with looking after the animals in the Pets Corner. Even if you can only spare a couple of hours every few weeks please get in touch. |
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OLD PHOTOS We are currently looking for old photos of the park. We have plenty of Rhyddings Hall but not of the grounds - we are particularly interested in the area that is the tennis courts and would love to know what was there before that. Send any pictures to our email address on the contact us page.
MEETING DATES 2nd March 2010, 7pm at Hippings Vale Community Centre everyone welcome FUNDRAISING We are starting a fund raising drive, If you have any ideas please feel free to tell us. Click here for more details. New Aviary January 28th 2009 Today our new aviary has been installed. See the Pets Corner page for more details. Path Repairs January 20th 2009 Today Hyndburn Borough Council started repair works to the path around the bowling green. This work was submitted to HBC as urgent following an assessment meeting and walk around the park with several Councillors, senior Council Officers and FoRP committee members. This is good news for our bowling members. Parks For People Lottery Bid 16th January 2009 The £2m Parks for People lottery bid has been withdrawn by Hyndburn Borough Council. The bid maybe resubmitted at a later date. We will continue working with HBC to apply for several smaller bids to carry out improvements and additions to the park. FoRP have already started applying for money from various sources and we will keep you updated.
Ossy Mills raised £260 for us just before Christmas which we have put towards the purchase of a new goat shed. Thank you to the staff and customers of Oswaldtwistle Mills for your generosity. BIRD BOX PROJECT The bird box project is now underway with artist Julie Miles appointed to run workshops in schools. CALENDAR 2009 There are about 10 copies of the calendar for 2009 left, if anyone wants an extra copy please let a member of the committee know. CALENDAR 2010 We've now held three workshops for this project . See some pictures here.
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