December 2009

We are busy working on the 2nd stage of or Community Spaces funding bid to install a multi use games area in the park. The bid has to be submitted in January and it takes 12 weeks before we will find out if we have been successful.

August 2009

We've made it through the first stage of a funding bid to create a Walled Kitchen Garden, in the area that was once the tennis courts.

24th March 2009

We're pleased to announce that we've made it through Stage 1 of the Community Spaces funding application for a MUGA in the park. The committee will be meeting with a representative from Community Spaces soon and we will be completing the Stage 2 application. Getting through Stage 1 isn't a guarantee that we'll get the funding but it's certainly a positive sign.

19th March 2009

We've very grateful to the Duchy of Lancaster who have sent us a cheque for £260.

25th November 2008

At Novembers Oswaldtwistle Area Council meeting a scheme was approved to purchase and install a new aviary and replacement goat shed for the popular Pets Corner. This is another £1,800 that we have secured for the park.

14th November 2008

More good news - we've been awarded £4,750 to run a Calendar project throughout 2009 culminating in a calendar for 2010. More news to be announced soon.

October 2008

We have been awarded £460 from Oswaldtwistle Area Council to install some signage in the pets corner.

September 2008

We're thrilled to announce that we've just been awarded £9,100 from the Big Lottery Breathing Spaces fund.  This fund will deliver a bird box project.  It will work with all the local schools, teaching young people about the sorts of birds that you are likely to find in a park, it will teach them the right habitats for each bird and create a designer bird house.

August 2008

Unfortunately, we have not had good news with the £1.6m funding bid to the Big Lottery, Parks for People award scheme. The funding was not granted but the council was given the opportunity to resubmit. A reworked application was submitted on 30th September and we will find out if it is successful early in 2009.

In the meantime Hyndburn Borough Council has pledged to put some money in their capital programme for 2009 to resurface the paths and to repair drainage.