Events and News
All set for Carols in the Park
The Friends of Queen’s Park’s annual carols service, Carols in the Park, will take place on Friday, 1st December at 6.00 pm outside the Royal Spa Nursery. Mulled wine, mince pies and refreshments will be served. The Salvation Armybrass band will play and the Vox Community Choir will perform too.
Carols’ sheet
Download the carols sheet HERE.
– setting up – litter picking
– bucket collectors – clearing the site
If you feel you can help as a volunteer from 4 pm onwards click HERE.
Bark in the Park 2024 date
The date for Bark in the Park, the Friends of Queen’s Park’s ever-popular community dog show has been fixed for 2024. The date agreed with heading sponsor Coastway Vets, is Saturday, 1st June.
As ever, there will be opportunities for the sponsorship of each of the classes, as well as further opportunities for traders to join in the fun. To find out what is available click HERE.
News
Volunteer day to clear paths
The next opportunity to volunteer in Queen’s Park will be a short session to clear paths in the dog area. It will take place on Sunday, 17th March between 10:30 and 1 pm.
Volunteers are asked to meet at the North Drive entrance to the park opposite the Pepperpot on Tower Road.
Tools, including gloves, and refreshments will be provided. Volunteers are asked to wear robust footwear, warm and, preferably, water proof clothing.
The volunteer day coincides with the start of The Great British Spring Clean, campaign hosted by Keep Britain Tidy. The national Spring clean is the UK’s largest mass-action environmental campaign and ends on Tuesday, 2nd April.
To find out more how the City Council is supporting The Great British Spring Clean campaign click HERE.
Bark in the Park 2024 date
The date for Bark in the Park, the Friends of Queen’s Park’s ever-popular community dog show has been fixed for 2024. The date agreed with heading sponsor Coastway Vets, is Saturday, 1st June.
As ever, there will be opportunities for the sponsorship of each of the classes, as well as further opportunities for traders to join in the fun. To find out what is available click HERE.
All set for Carols in the Park
The Friends of Queen’s Park’s annual carols service, Carols in the Park, will take place on Friday, 1st December at 6.00 pm outside the Royal Spa Nursery. Mulled wine, mince pies and refreshments will be served. The Salvation Armybrass band will play and the Vox Community Choir will perform too.
Carols’ sheet
Download the carols sheet HERE.
– setting up – litter picking
– bucket collectors – clearing the site
If you feel you can help as a volunteer from 4 pm onwards click HERE.
Stalwart volunteer is honoured
For more than 20 years Chris Lowe has been a Friends of Queen’s Park stalwart. Sadly, ill health forced him to step back as an active volunteer and serving on our committee.
His knowledge of local flora and fauna is encyclopaedic, with a special passion for the park’s Swift population.
Chris’ exploits as volunteer pin-up boy attracted wide coverage in the local media when he posed for a photograph taken by former FoQP committee member Conrad Brunner. It showed Chris sitting at a table in the middle of the pond and was used to illustrate a story about the need for park volunteers (the pond being another of Chris’ passions). The striking image did the trick and in August a specially framed print was presented to Chris during a celebratory get together in the club house of Queen’s Park Tennis Club to thank him for his years of devoted service.