All posts by Carol Shaw

AGM – new date – Thurs 22 Sept

THE FRIENDS OF CONWAY PARK WILL BE HOLDING THEIR 1ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON THURSDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER @ 8.30 PM. THE VENUE WILL BE ST JOHN’S BAPTIST CHURCH CLUB, BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH ALL POSTS WILL BE UP FOR ELECTION i.e. CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY & TREASURER FOR

Balsam Bashing

Tues 5th July @ 7pm.      One more Balsam Bashing event is scheduled for tomorrow, before it starts to flower and spread.  Volunteers required!  Meet at the north end of the park on the footpath at 7pm.  Check out this leaflet (click on link) for more

Dates for the diary

Provisional dates for the diary……. Tuesday 28th June (7pm) Balsam Bashing, meet at the railway bridge Tuesday 12th July (7.30pm) Next committee meeting, probably at the Ingol Golf Club (TBC) Tuesday 9th August (8pm)  Friends of Conway Park AGM.  Venue TBC but probably St Martins

Balsam Bashing

An enthusiastic crowd of 15 gathered last night for the first night of Balsam Bashing and clean-up this week.  Hope to see more of you all during the course of the week.

Hotpot Supper Success!

The hotpot supper was a huge success and we’ve had some great feedback.  We’d like to once again thank the Free Voices Community Choir and the SJ Mills Dance School for their wonderful performances, as well as all the generous people who turned up, bought raffle

Balsam bashing & clean up

Are you available in the evenings for an hour next week?  We are looking for volunteers to help us again this Spring with a Balsam Bashing/general clean up along the brook from the Railway Bridge to Belton Hill.  We will meet up at 7pm each

Auction goodies you can bid for

We’ve got some superb goodies available for the ‘Promises’ Auction on Saturday night.  If you haven’t got a ticket, but are interested in a particular Lot, promises can be pledged if someone you know is coming and can bid on your behalf (providing they pay for

Can you help?

The Friends have been busy organising everything for the hotpot supper on Saturday.  It’s a complete sell-out which is great but it does mean we’ve unfortunately had to turn people away due to restrictions on the amount of people allowed in the building.  We had a

SOLD OUT! Thank you for your support

The hotpot supper fundraising event on Sat 21st May is now SOLD OUT.  The Friends would like to thank you all for your support.  We’re sorry if anyone is left disappointed at not being able to come but as the venue can only allow 200,

Thank you to our generous local businesses!

The Friends would like to sincerely thank the following local businesses for their kind donations of promises for the fundraising auction on May 21st:  Preston North End FC, Preston Grasshoppers RFC, FINS Diving store, Another Bouquet, Goosnargh Golf Course, Fulwood Golf Driving Range, Fulwood Leisure Centre,