Young friends of parks
Our achievements
Burgess Park
Young friends members have:
- Applied for and received £5,000 to hold an awareness raising day to gain local support in rebuilding the playground in the park
- Helped raise £666,000 to redevelop Chumleigh Gardens and build a new playground at Chumleigh through raising the profile of the existing playground
- Developed a vegetable garden and won £2,000 to buy gardening equipment and steel toe capped boots to improve their plot
- Raised £3,000 to go on a residential holiday.
Peckham Rye Park
Young friends members have
- Received £600 to hold a summer party and create a minibeast play area
- Applied for and won £1,000 to research water play areas and hold an information day for other children and young people
- Supported a Cleaner Greener Safer bid for a splash pool in Peckham Rye Park of which £100,000 was awarded
- Presented their research findings at a public meeting to discuss the splash pool.
Southwark Park
Young friends members have:
- Designed, created and now maintain a sensory garden and a minibeast city
- Built bat boxes and bird boxes to improve the biodiversity of the wildlife area
- Raised £7,000 to host a children and family fun day, called Park It!, around the bandstand in Southwark Park, with local young people providing the musical entertainment. This was funded by Greenspace, only one London borough is chosen each year to host the event
- Successfully applied for £6,000 to run a health promotion day in Southwark Park for
young people, this consisted of a variety of activities and information stalls, all of which were free such as kickboxing, yoga, bhangra dance and healthy food.
All ages want to be a part of Southwark Park
The Young Friends of Parks is aimed at young people aged eight to fourteen however once members reach 14 years old that is by no means the end of their experience! Several Young Friends have used the skills which they have developed through Young Friends to take an active part in their local Youth Community Councils and the Southwark Youth Council.
See our Young Friends of the Park page for more information, and to discover all the fun you can have in Southwark.
