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Friends of Newlands Park Annual Report 2024/25
Our latest Annual Report, launched at our AGM on September, is now available. It highlights our key achievements and activities over the past year, including the re-opening of the pond, gardening and other volunteer activities, interactions with Glasgow City Council regarding park maintenance, and an update on our consultation on the future of Newlands Park.
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September news: Newlands Fête and other important stuff
We are delighted that the annual fete is back on Saturday 6th September. The forecast is looking so get yourselves down here, and bring the family! We are grateful to everyone that has taken part in our survey on the Future of Newlands Park. We are hosting our AGM on 17th September from 7.30 at…
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AGM 17 Sept 2025
The Friends of Newlands Park 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held at The Whiteford Room, Newlands South Church, Riverford Road, Glasgow, on 17 September 2025 at 7.30 pm All parkgoers are welcome to attend, we really want to hear from you! Find out what our volunteers have been doing, what we plan to do…
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Newlands Park: Developing a Vision for the Future
Friends of Newlands Park (FoNP) is a community volunteer group, formed in January 2020 by local residents. Friends of Parks groups play a vital role in enhancing local parks and open spaces, and in helping local people have a greater say in how their green spaces are maintained and developed. Glasgow’s local parks are essential places that provide…
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Join us for “The Big Prune”
Can you spare an hour or two? Our regular volunteers have been busy tidying up the park in readiness for winter, but there’s always a lot to do at this time of year. Our last mass volunteer session was a great success, when around a dozen people managed to tame ‘the maze’. We plan to…
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Pétanque in the park?
Friends of Newlands Park volunteers are looking at the possibility of constructing a pétanque/boules pitch in the park. Pétanque is one of the world’s most popular and accessible sports, suitable for all ages, and we believe that a pétanque pitch is a facility well suited to Newlands Park. In order to move forward, however, we…
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Friends of Newlands Park Annual Report 2023/24: Key Activities and Achievements
Our latest annual report is now available. It covers the period from July 2023 to June 24 and includes: details of our gardening and Duke of Edinburgh volunteers’ activities; interactions with Glasgow City Council regarding the pond and grass cuttings; a review of last year’s fête; our social media stats and policy; the plans of…
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Come to our AGM
All park goers are welcome to attend our AGM will be held on Monday 8th July, at 7.30pm. The venue is Newlands South Church Hall, Riverside Road, G43 2EG. Find out what our volunteers have been doing, what we plan to next, and how you can influence the development of the park. New volunteers are…
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Friends of Newlands Park Update for Q1, 2024
Hi all, Hopefully the worst of the winter is just about behind us as the first buds of spring are starting to show. We recently had our first quarter Friends of Newlands Park (FoNP) Committee meeting and below are some of the highlight’s/lowlights and updates on other park activities. Pond: After a great deal of…
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