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Thanks to Gedling Borough Council, we had 200 daffodil bulbs donated to plant at Onchan Park. So, one cold Sunday afternoon in December 2017, a group of Friends of Onchan Park planted daffodils near to the old bowling green at…

Update 28/11/17 – We are finalists in the Aviva Community Fund!  A year ago we saved Onchan Park, now we have entered the Aviva Community Fund to win funding for a Table Tennis area for community use.

Our bid to Aviva Community Fund for table tennis at Onchan Park was submitted in October 2017.

Onchan Park General Meeting Minutes Tuesday 26th June 2017 at St John’s Church Officers’ reports and Committee update

Onchan Park General Meeting Minutes Tuesday 17th January 2017 at St John’s Church Present:- Friends of Onchan Park Committee, Residents from the Local Community Plans for the future now that the park is saved. Logo ideas. Possible ideas for events…

Communications Officer Report for the AGM/Public Meeting July 2017 Summary of the web activities, social media, email newsletter, networks and media links.

Friends of Onchan Park aim to renew and refresh the playground equipment at Onchan Park over the next few years. This will be a big project and we will need some serious funding. We want to know what the community…

The ‘Friends of Onchan Park’ plan to create new areas for play and recreation at Onchan Park by using some spaces that have been underused in recent years. Local residents gave us their ideas in the survey in 2016 and…

We can now announce our schedule for the Summer Fun Day on 16th July at Onchan Park (Oakdale Rd Rec) 1-5pm. Raffle, food, stalls, display of Onchan Park history, bouncy castle….and more!

The future plans for Onchan Park will be discussed at the Public Meeting and AGM on Tuesday 27th June 6:30pm at St John’s Church Oakdale Rd. It is a year since our group was officially formed! We are holding a…