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    AGM Meeting Fen Park Friends

    The AGM will be at the Railway Bowls and Social Club ,Carlton Road on  Wed 29th April 2009 start time 7pm.

    All welcome

    Thanks to all that turned up to our AGM  all who had to stand down for re-election were reinstated  and a big welcome to our new visitor on the night glad somebody in the community has taken an interest at last.

    Sorry to say but vandilism was reported at the meeting and since then somebody tried to set fire to the hedge around the play area but was seen and the fire service were quick on the case so not much damage and the police were there before me I had a word with them cannot say to much as its now an on going investigation (CCTV is working )

    April 15th, 2009 | Category: General News | Leave a comment

    Pond Regeneration Project

    pond-map-details-006pond-map-details-008 work commencing

     These are photos I took at the weekend, of the work which has just commenced on the park, the main work has been delayed until after the  half term holiday; and should start on or around 23/2/09.

    Dredging of the pond and the stabilisation of both the pond and islands has been been talked about for the last two and a half years; now with the help of various agencies such as Waveney Norse , WDC,  SCC, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, The Environment Agency and also Lowestoft Together who gave us the Grant Funding for this project; we are now able to go ahead. 

    It will begin with the clearing of trees, then pumping out some of the water before the removal of fish, then the piling will be put into place around the pond and islands followed by dreging; silt will be used as infill on site; this work will cause a bad smell around this area for a while, also as I have mentioned before  half of the park will be fenced off while work is in progress; this is for Health and Safety reasons.

    In the picture bottom left you will notice that the three Islands at the back of the pond will become one large island; when this has dried out after a reasonable amount of time has gone by; this area will include a Nature Walk and fishing places will be created on the bank facing the pond.

    The pictures at the bottom of the page are an example of the completed work that Fen Park Friends hope will be achieved.

    Fen Park friends are looking for future funding for the planting of trees, re-stocking of fish and extending the nature walk around the back of the small pond, two volunteer groups have already shown an interest in creating this area; if you are also interested please make contact with us through the web site. Thank you for your time in visiting our web site.

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    February 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: General News | Comments (1)

    Family Fun Day 2008!

    We are planning a Family Fun Day to be held on the park, on Sunday 24th August 2008 from 11am to 4pm, the reason for holding our fundraising event on a Sunday was from the publics request after last year`s event. On the day Music, Grand Raffle, Arena Events, community stalls and more.

    We are also looking for local volunteers to help out or run a stall for us on the day . Donations of good quality books, bric-a-brac and toys will be gratefully received. Contact Linda Jolley on 01502-515628.

    We have still got a long way to go with the regeneration of the park; so If you would like to come on board as a member or even join the committee please contact us through this site. We are not asking you to give up your social life, just a few hours now and again and you will be surprised what a difference this makes! You can meet and make new friends and at the same time have your say as to what could happen on the park.

    The Family Fun Day in August was opened by Local business man Gary Bennett of Gary Bennett Driving School. It started as a miserable rainy day and we thought it would be a complete washout, but it started to clear about 2pm when a few more people started to appear, on the park.  A lot of fun was had by all who attended and at the end of the day  many people were rewarded with a raffle prize for supporting us, over 40 prizes were won.


    Lowestoft Dog Display team

    Lowestoft dog display team/ Jumpin Jax dance group/   Junk funk entertained the kids

    We also had many community stalls join us and had a few stalls ourselves eg. raffle,  card game, tombola and white elephant, also on site were First light catering and Dinky Donuts. K-Syl-R  Roadshow kept everyone  entertained as did Andy the Clown and Megan and George comedy act. Lowestoft Together who have funded and supported us were on site promoting themselves and us too.  If you are a local community group who are struggling, don`t be afraid to approach Lowestoft Together as they could be the answer to your problems; you can make contact by using the web; just go to our main page and you will find their website it`s well worth the look.

    We as a group would like to thank all our sponsors for kindly supporting our raffle this year. Many thanks also to everyone who volunteered their help on the day as without you we wouldn’t be able to hold an event

    May 19th, 2008 | Category: Events | Leave a comment

    Fen Park On The Web

    Welcome to Fen Park on the web! Here you’ll find all the latest news regarding the development and preservation of Fen Park. Please feel free to comment on any of the posts listed on this site or talk further in our forum. If you need to contact us for any reason, a contact form is available on the Contact Us page of the site.

    April 22nd, 2008 | Category: General News | Leave a comment