The night was great and we had a full attendance on the night money that was donated was £560 towards replanting of the pond area and to all who made a donation to the raffle a big Thanks from FPF.

Also a big Thankyou to John Hales for allowing us to use the Seagull Theatre and a special thank you to Marion Small who organised and MCd the night  and all the cast who sang there hearts out and entertained everybody on the night once more a BIG THANK YOU from FPF.

Fen Park Friends are meeting on 21st october 2009, 7pm at the Railway Bowls and Social Club on Carlton Road this meeting was cancelled sorry due to illness. NEW RESCHEDULED MEETING IS NOW ON THE 17th NOVEMBER 2009 AT 7PM    Please come along, you will be made very welcome and also catch up on the latest news about the pond regeneration project, and all other issues concerning  Fen Park. We are about to  start the planning for new planting on the Islands.

All welcome

Just to bring you all up to date, re-stocking of the pond has started with Roach,Rudd and Bream  but at this time due to the fish settiling in there will be no fishing until further notice.  The fish that have been put in are very small and need some growing time so please be patient. Fen Park Friends had to pay for the fish out of funds for this part of the project which leaves us with very little left in the pot. The fishing platforms were also paid for by us and were made and fitted by local youth from the Yard Project; a job well done. The wooden bridge repairs are nearly completed and £2000 of funding for this came from Cllr. Deanna Law SCC. Waveney Norse has supplied the bark and trees in the figure of eight at no cost to us. Daffodils we planted on the Islands in October with the help of a few volunteers are now coming into bloom.                              For further information please come to any of our meetings.

Future meetings   18th August 2010  Time and venue are the same. ALL WELCOME

 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.

Hi all, Work on the pond is going really well; hopefully this should be finished by the end of August ’09; a lot of work has gone into this project and when you  visit the park you may think (Oh my !!). Please don`t worry the silt has been laid on top of the Islands because removing it from site was too costly. After approx. a year we can re-plant as the silt will have dried out, it will also be a very good  fertiliser for these  areas. We have had many a concern about the trees that had to take down;  but we’ve had  professional advice from all the various agencies  before, during and also  this will continue even after the work has finished.                        

Reports from the contractors have been very informational; they have seen a Muntjac deer & her young, both ducks & moor hens  have  had babies. The Heron was seen pulling something out of the mud, one chap thought it had caught a snake but then realised it was a large eel.

These pictures that I have added were taken about a week ago when the piling was nearly finished; the regeneration of this area has certainly made this more open and will make the pond deeper which will help the wildlife and fish when we restock.

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/ 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

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