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Spring
and Summer 2011
2012
and Friends of SJHMPH
Our
priorities for the year are to maintain
the existing facilities including the
cafe and our Green Flag status. Please
do report any damage, litter, work that
needs doing to the Council's Park Managers
(details below). This could include graffiti,
overflowing bins, fence damage etc. Without
you, it may not get reported and dealt
with. Many thanks!
Park
Managers:
danny.lovelock@merton.gov.uk
Weekdays
only - 07808 906284
david.byles@merton.gov.uk
Weekends only - 07808 906288
Park
Toilet Facilites
We
are concerned that the toilets are not
always open during times when people use
the park. Please let us know if you have
been caught short and we will let the
Local Authority know of the problem.
contactus@friendsofsjh.org
Green
Flag - 2007-2011
Your
park has just been awarded it's fifth
Green Flag Award for being a high quality
green space for all. Enjoy your park and
why not join the
Friends to help keep it great?!
Future
of the Park
In
March 2011 another meeting was held at
Merton Civic Centre between the Council
and representatives from the Friends group.
The
Council are currently trying to negotiate
new contracts with park staff to have
a mobile team during the week, meaning
we may lose our permanent park keeper.
The
main concern now is toilet opening. Toilets
are not open when a member of staff is
not on site, which is particularly a problem
on summer evenings.
Following pressure from all friends groups
the Council have reversed their decision
to stop closing park gates.
New
Pavilion Room
Following
suggestions from the Friends, Merton Council
has converted two changing rooms into
a multipurpose room for hire. To hire
this room please contact leisure@merton.gov.uk
or call 020 8545 3664
Bat
Project
The
Friends have joined the Green City Bats
project as we have bats which use our
park. More information will be available
at the AGM in July 2011.
Photographic
Exhibition
We
have an exciting project with a student
from Raynes Park High School to create
a photographic exhibition of the park
in our new meeting room by the time of
our AGM.
Green
Flag
Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing Field
was the first park in Merton to win the
Green Flag award in 2007. It has since
won the award every year.
The
Green Flag Award is the national standard
for parks and green spaces in England
and Wales. The Green Flag that flies at
the entrance to Sir Joseph Hood Memorial
Playing Field shows every visitor that
our park is a high quality green space.
Find out more at the Green
Flag Award website
Join
Us
Many
thanks to all of you who support the Friends.
If you would like to join please click
here to download a membership form.
Being
a member doesn't mean you have to do anything
more to support the Friends if you don't
want to. All we ask is for your membership
for a fee of just £2 per year per
family. This also enables you to enjoy
a 50% discount on tennis prices.
In fact, the £2 membership fee pays for
itself in one or two tennis games - how's
that for a bargain?!
Joining
the Friends shows that the park is a resource
you value and helps us to demonstrate
how important the park is to the community,
especially when local authority financing
is under strain, as it is now.
Simply
click here to download a membership form.
Many thanks for supporting the Friends!
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