October newsletter: volunteering, annual report, future plans
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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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Schools Fun Run, Wed. 25 Oct. ’23
We were delighted that Active schools Glasgow organised a primary school run within Newlands park on the 25th October. This involved over 150 pupils from six local primary schools and was a great opportunity for pupils to be active and make use of the amenities within their local area. A huge well done to all participants…
Newlands Summer Fete, 2nd September, 2023.
This year’s Newlands Summer Fête was a fantastic event which built on the success of last year’s fête, the first to be held following the pandemic. It provided a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together on a fabulously sunny afternoon! The event was organised by the Friends of Newlands Park, with substantial practical…
Newlands Summer Fete is back on 2nd September
The Newlands Park summer fête is back!!!! Following the success of last year’s event, we are excited to announce that this year’s fête will be taking place on he afternoon of Saturday 2nd September from 2pm – 4pm.We are delighted that so many of the groups who participated last year will be joining us again,…
Tennis Courts Open Day 17 June 12 – 4pm
The Newlands Park Community Tennis Centre will be holding an open day on Saturday 17th June from 12 – 4pm to celebrate the completion of the refurbishment of the tennis courts. Come and meet the volunteer team who will be running the facilities and find out how you can use these wonderful new facilities. You…
Help us grow – come to our AGM, 7.30pm 19th June 2023
Find out what our volunteers have been doing (tennis courts, gardening, fete) and how you can influence the development of the park and get involved in our new projects. We are looking for more people to join our committee and to be a part of a successful, thriving and sociable community. Come along the the…
Open evening 24th April
The Friends of Newlands Park are holding an open evening at the Dandelion Cafe from 7.30 – 9pm. Come and see what’s happening at the park, and how you can get involved. You don’t need to be a gardener, there’s lots of tasks and projects that need volunteers.
Tennis Courts Refurbishment
We have exciting news for the imminent renewal and upgrade of the tennis courts after the project was given the green light on 9 Mar 2023. Work on site started on May, 13 March for seven weeks. When Friends of Newlands Park was first formed in 2020 the courts were voted the highest priority for…
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