Circus Skills 17 August
We a
ll had a fantastic time learning circus skills and having our faces painted.
We did juggling, unicycle riding, diabolo, bubble blowing and getting really muddy!
The Weave gets a coat of paint!
A kind fairy has been hard at work giving the Stacksteads Weave a beautiful paint job.
Greenway Cleanup
Thanks to everyone who helped clean up litter along the Greenway and from the river.
Thank You Madam Mayor!
Tom and Gill receiving a cheque for the Lantern Parade from the Mayor’s Charity Fund tonight. We’ll make sure it’s put to good use!
Area Improvements 2019
STACKSTEADS COUNTRYSIDE PARK GROUP
AREA IMPROVEMENT SESSIONS
ALL 10AM ON SATURDAY MORNINGS
MAXIMUM OF 2 HOURS
INCLUDING COFFEE AT THE ROSE N BOWL !
11 MAY – HUTTOCK END LANE
8 JUNE – RIVER AND CYCLEWAY
13 JULY
24 AUGUST (GRAVY WRESTLING) – CARPARK
14 SEPTEMBER
12 OCTOBER
9 NOVEMBER
14 DECEMBER
OTHER MEETING PLACES TO BE ADVISED BEFORE THESE DATES
The Stacksteads Stone
Another improvement in Stacksteads – cleaning and painting the stone at the carpark thanks to a generous donation from a local resident. It’s the little things that make a big difference.
Rossendale Leisure Trust Survey
Rossendale Leisure Trust have got Multi Million pound investment for physical activity in Pennine Lancs!
As part of the consultation around the initiative, Rossendale Leisure Trust would like you to fill out this survey letting them know what you think is needed locally! Please follow the link below to the short survey and you could be in with the chance of winning one of ten £50 Amazon vocuhers!
Thank you,
Horse + Bamboo
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Coming Soon
Tidying up of the Butterfly and Bee Garden and more planting helped by staff and children from Holy Trinity School – April
A day of circus skills – August
Lantern parade – October
Science event – June and August
Soon to be constructed at the Wall of History – a stone man, in commemoration of those who worked in local quarries
We have organised many fund-raising events but, without some generous donations from our supporters, many of the above projects and events wouldn’t have been possible.
A big THANK YOU – you know who you are.
If you think you may like to join us, we meet at Rosemount Club on the second Monday of every month at 6.00 pm for just an hour
(all volunteering is on a dip in and dip out basis! Some volunteers have even taken ownership of their own patch)
TEN YEARS OF FUND RAISING AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
HERE ARE SOME OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS – ALL INVOLVING OUR COMMUNITY
(Together with a bit of blowing our own trumpet)
Lantern Festival – Wonderful Workshops and Parade, now in its fourth year
Story Telling with Craft Activities
Remembrance Day Service
New Flag Pole in the Remembrance Garden
Cleaning of Stacksteads, Red Rose Carved and Lettering Re-painted
New Lights on the Christmas Tree opposite School Street News for our Lighting up Ceremony in December
Christmas Carol Service at Toll Bar, visited by Santa
Christmas Trees fitted outside shops in Stacksteads, with a small donation by shopkeepers
Huge improvements to the Riverside Walkway, activity days and a Hog Roast celebratory event
Installation of three Dog Poo Bag Dispensers at Rosemount, Western Park and the Riverside, together with a Black Labrador and a bench
Huge improvements to Western Park, including the installation of an Astroturf Pitch
Improvements to Rosemount Gardens, helped by the children and staff from St Joseph’s School
Butterfly and Bee Garden with the help of children and staff from Holy Trinity School
Drainage and Improvement of The Glade Area where we hold events
Planters, made by people at Stubbylee Greenhouses, and plants, placed in various places
New liners for the Planters on the railings opposite the Rose ‘n’ Bowl
Regular Area Improvements and litter picking sessions
Painting of the Car Park Railings across from the Rose ‘n’ Bowl
A yearly clean of the Car Park across from the Rose ‘n’ Bowl before Gravy Wrestling and help with cleaning at the Rose ‘n’ Bowl following Gravy Wrestling
‘Adornment’ of Sculpture near the Glen
Registration as a Charity with the Charity Commission
Support for BASCO
Video to encourage people to stop dropping rubbish
Visit and talk to children at St Joseph’s School about Litter and Dog Poo
Bush Craft, Orienteering and Training for First Aiders
Walks and Walking Leaflet
Support for Allotment Project, Waterfoot Playground, Outdoor Gym at Stubbylee Park and Improvements to the Fairy Dell Steps
Folk Festival Weekend
Summer Fair
Branch Street Stone
Stone Letters on
Holy Trinity Primary School Grounds
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