Our Progress in February and March so far

It's been a busy month and a half, with funding applications and planning some great events!

Today we had a lovely flower planting session which was a huge success and we have planned a free mini zoo event during the May half term and a free seed bomb making workshop during Easter holidays.

Take a look at our latest newsletter for more details here. 

Our Progress in January 2017

Our Progress So Far... FFG formed in April 2016 to improve our park and the surrounding green space. After finding out we have secured some more funding for planting, we've now raised an impressive £11,769 so far and we're working hard to raise a lot more (any ideas or help always welcome!)

New Benches & A Wobble Board! Our two new benches have now been installed, one in the toddler area and another outside the park so dog walkers can sit and watch their children and dogs at the same time! We've added a new wobble board after the old one was removed some time ago. The roundabout and large slide have also been fixed! Let us know if anything else is broken using our Facebook page. We need your help to organise an Easter Funday! FFG are organising an Easter Funday at the park, but we need help to plan it! If you can help with any of the below, please email us or message us on our Facebook Page  Planning and Preparing the event - ideas for stalls, games, activities, helping book things we need for the day Running a stall - food, games, jumble etc Baking / Cooking food for us to sell on the day Running a game / activity Promoting the day - putting posters around the area / Brighton / social media) Raffle Prizes - do you own a business or know someone who has a service / product they may donate as a raffle prize?   Email Us Green Fingered? We're setting up a work group of volunteers who want to help plant flowers around the park, so if you want to help, email us friendsoffarmgreen@gmail.com We are going to work with the local Park Ranger and plan to get started ASAP. We will need help planning what plants to install, planting and weeding so if you know anybody with a few hours spare over the next couple of months please contact us.

FFG 2017 Aims: Fundraising to buy new park equipment, so any fundraising ideas greatly appreciated! Getting the word out about our project across the city and to raise awareness of how the Bevendean community want more support and better resources Planting bee and butterfly friendly flowers around the park and running four workshops for the community about our local nature and wildlife.

Our Progress In December 2016

Our Progress So Far... We wanted to update you on the hard work FFG have been putting in since April this year to improve our park and the surrounding green space. We've raised an impressive £9,769 in the last 8 months and are going to continue working hard to try to raise a lot more (any ideas or help always welcome!) Green Fingered? We are going to set up a little work group of volunteers who want to help plant bee and butterfly friendly flowers around the park, so if you want to help, get in touch on the email below!

Roundabout is fixed!  We've managed to get the council to fix the roundabout and the large slide has been booked for repair. We're making progress! Let us know if anything else is broken using our Facebook page. We need your clutter! FFG are collecting clothes, shoes, bags, dvds, cds, linen and small soft toys to raise money for new park equipment. If you have anything to donate please email us. We are collecting until 19th January 2017 Email Us New benches We've raised enough money to add some benches to the park and they should be installed in the new year. We've ordered 2 new benches, one inside the park in the toddler area and one outside the park for parents with dogs

FFG 2017 Aims: Fundraising to buy new park equipment, so any fundraising ideas greatly appreciated! Getting the word out about our project across the city and to raise awareness of how the Bevendean community want more support and better resources Planting bee and butterfly friendly flowers around the park and running four workshops for the community about our local nature and wildlife.

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We Were Nominated For A Community Works Award!

Last week Community Works held their annual awards ceremony at Brighton Komedia.

Some of our committee members attended because we were nominated for an award!

We were in the category for Small Group, Big Achiever. We didn't win, but as a very new group in Brighton we were just excited we even got nominated!

The 2016 Winners

Community Works elected new CW Reps the following day and our chair Claire Jacobs was elected as a rep for small groups, so will be representing us and all other Brighton small groups.

This is exciting because some of these meetings she will be attending will include CityParks and other departments of the council, and will cover relevant topics such as parks and green spaces in the city.

What a successful week for us!

Please Vote For Us For More Funding!

We have been chosen as one of the groups that can be voted for in order to win funding from the Aviva Communiy Fund, so please vote for us!

We have until 18th November 2016 to get as many online votes as possible, so please share this on your Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp the link to your friends and family. 

Voting is now live and the link is here. 

Here is a flyer one of our members have kindly made so please share it online!

We are aiming to get between £10-25,000 so this is a big one- any help much appreciated!