Community Spaces » Sandall Park http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk Community Spaces is a £57.5m open grants programme funded through the Big Lottery Fund and managed by Groundwork UK. This is a place for the Community Spaces team, Facilitators, projects as well as passers-by to share their stories about transforming green open spaces. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:19:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Friends of Sandall Park win Queen’s Award http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk/2011/06/02/friends-of-sandall-park-win-queens-award/ http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk/2011/06/02/friends-of-sandall-park-win-queens-award/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:25:57 +0000 nishavirdi http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk/?p=2531
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Members of Sandall Park with former Government Minister Rosie Winterton

The Friends of Sandall Park have recieved the highest honour by being awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service this week.

The group are a fantastic asset to their local community and were awarded a small grant from Community Spaces to create an outdoor gym in the park a couple of years ago.

It’s great to see the Friend’s going from strength to strength. Full story from the Friends can be found on their blog see: http://www.sandallpark.org.uk/2011/06/friends-receive-queens-award

]]> http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk/2011/06/02/friends-of-sandall-park-win-queens-award/feed/ 1 Successful Launch for Sandall Park http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk/2009/09/07/successful-launch-for-sandall-park/ http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk/2009/09/07/successful-launch-for-sandall-park/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:08:50 +0000 nishavirdi http://blog.community-spaces.org.uk/?p=774 Local TV star Carolyn Hodgson officially launches the project

Local TV star Carolyn Hodgson officially launches the project

The launch event for Friends of Sandall Park went off with a bang! over 300 runners were taking part in a race as part of the event and local TV star, Carolyn Hodgson, officially launched the Community Spaces funded project.

More pictures and a full account of the day can be found here.

Well done to the Friends of Sandall Park for successfully completing and launching their project. We’d also like to congratulate the group on keeping people so well informed about developments in the park via their website.

The groups website is constantly updated with latest information – enabling local people, funders and sponsors to stay up to date with activities and see the difference being made locally! More from the Friends of Sandall Park can be found at: www.sandallpark.org.uk

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