Committee members go on a Bug Hunt to Beighton Orchard.
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Extract from The Star
Published Date: 03 February 2010
By Paul License
An ambitious programme of improvements to Sheffield parks is unveiled today to ensure that our green spaces continue to be the envy of the nation.
The city council has pieced together a series of two-year action plans with an early target of improvements to some of the city's best known parks.
But the programme goes much further and will eventually embrace all 946 open spaces across Sheffield, ranging from woodland to countryside and taking in every park in the city.
Those behind the scheme can be assured of support from the public as we know that the parks and open spaces of Sheffield are deeply appreciated and valued by the people of this city who are proud to make good use of the facilities on their doorsteps.
But the success of the proposals will need more than a little well-meant backslapping from the public. We hope that the men and women of our city will become personally involved in the planned improvements.
The city already boasts a healthy squadron of 'Friends' groups which work to promote the interests of their local parks and open spaces. But this network needs to be widely expanded to include every designated space across Sheffield which will be included in this series of improvements.
Please get involved and help Sheffield's parks once more be the envy of the nation.
Friends of Groups in Sheffield
Sheffield has a fantastic green landscape and so it is not surprising that the city boasts one of the largest numbers of Friends Of Groups in the UK in comparison to other major cities. These groups are working in partnership with the Parks and Countryside Service to ensure that our green spaces are well used and well maintained.
What is a Friends of Group?
A Friends of Group is usually made up from residents who have got together because they have a particular interest in a local green space. The aims of a Friends of Group is usually to support a green space through working in partnership with the Parks and Countryside Service to achieve some of the following: