Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Feel the love - Newsham Park May 10th 2014


Email from Christina Ashworth for your interest


Remit for Photography group
The purpose of the day is to provide us with an opportunity to celebrate our community’s past, to reflect on and discuss its present and then to plan how we might work best together to secure its future.
Your brief is to help us do that by creating a portrait of Newsham Park and its surrounding community in the present day which helps to inspire and inform those discussions. 
Remit for planting party  
The purpose of the day is to provide us with an opportunity to celebrate our community’s past, to reflect on and discuss its present and then to plan how we might work best together to secure its future.
Your brief is to help us do that by designing a new bed for the rose garden in the park.  The bed needs to be designed in a way which pays its respects to the design and history of the park but takes into account the current pressures and future possibilities.  Therefore the design has to also offer seasonal interest, be easy to maintain and contribute to the environment by being bee and butterfly friendly.   The finished design will be on display on the 10th of May to help inspire a future vision of the park and engage others in helping to realise it. 
Remit for the cooking party
To make and or contribute to a ‘food revolution’ afternoon tea for the community to be held at 3pm on the 10th of May.  This needs to celebrate the past and the memories and contribution of people who have cooked before us as well as reflect the understanding we have today about the costs and consequences of too much sugar and fat in our diet so that we can work towards a healthier and happier future.

When
What
People needed
Help needed
8.30 am
Litter pick in Park
Volunteers
Litter pickers and bags provided by LCC

Skips
11am
Planting in the park
Participants
Promote opportunity – small red heart planted in the Rose Garden to commemorate WW2 - sow country lane mixture in pre prepared areas

Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Participants
Promote opportunity – Families with small kids – bring your child if you find a bear in the woods its yours to keep

Activity on West Derby Road – Flash Litter Mob
Participants
Recruit activists
Afternoon
Activity in the Adult Education Centre
1 pm
Consultation on the planting plan for the park
Volunteers stewards 

Participants
flip charts etc
3 pm
Tea Dance
Participants 

Suggestions for the play list
This is being facilitated by Jigsaw dance so that everyone can get involved – even those too frail to stand - need help to promote the event to these groups and support them to attend

Suggestions for the play list

3pm
Afternoon Tea
Cooks 
Need more help either to bake on the day or provide a plate of food for the day – all food must be home cooked.


Photographs
Old Swan photography club
Participants 

Consultation about planning plans and the floral tribute to the Giant Girl
Project Group with support from Karen B
Participants
5 – 7pm
The Debate  - consultation and discussion about how to better address antisocial behaviour – including littering, dog mess, and vandalism – in the park.
Facilitator
Participants