A LAKE District community is celebrating after British Cycling awarded £25,000 to secure its hopes of an exciting new bike track. Work is due to start after Easter on the new cycling circuit at Queen’s Park in Windermere, better known to generations of locals as The Rec’. The project will be the fruition of three years’ tireless dedication by community group Windermere Park For All, working with South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) officers. The group of local parents has been fundraising since 2017 to improve the popular SLDC-owned park for future generations, and the pump track will mark stage one of a major overhaul at The Rec.
A Lake District community is celebrating after British Cycling awarded £25,000 to secure its hopes of an exciting new bike track. Work is due to start after Easter on the new cycling circuit at Queen’s Park in Windermere, better known to generations of locals as The Rec . The project will be the fruition of three years’ tireless dedication by community group Windermere Park For All, working with South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) officers. The group of local parents has been fundraising since 2017 to improve the popular SLDC-owned park for future generations, and the pump track will mark stage one of a major overhaul at The Rec.
22/02/2021
A Lake District community is celebrating after British Cycling awarded £25,000 to secure its hopes of a new park cycling track.
Work is due to start after Easter on the new cycling circuit at Queenâs Park in Windermere, better known to generations of locals as The Rec.
The project will be the fruition of three yearsâ tireless dedication by community group Windermere Park For All, working with South Lakeland District Council officers.
The group of local parents has been fundraising since 2017 to improve the popular council-owned park for future generations, and the pump track will mark stage one of a major overhaul at The Rec.
EFFORTS to plant a tree for every school aged child in Bradford took a step forward when 10 fruit trees werte planted at a Bradford Primary School. The planting session took place at Horton Park Primary on Monday, with apple, pear, plum and cherry trees planted along with ten fruit bushes – blackberry, raspberry, gooseberry, redcurrant and white currant. The work is part of Bradford Council’s Tree for Every Child project, which was launched last November, and is a pledge to plant 55,000 trees across the district over the next two years – the equivalent to one per primary school child. The Council has invested £250,000 into the programme and invited schools and community groups to express an interest in taking part. The programme is being supported by Trees for Cities which is funded by The Dulverton Trust, The Prince of Wales s Charitable Fund and The Arbor Day Foundation. As well as The players of the Postcode Lottery.
BRADFORD Council’s pledge to plant a tree for every child - 55,000 trees – over the next two years has taken a first step with new trees at Addingham Primary School. The council’s Trees and Woodlands team planted 55 trees in the school grounds with help from the children. A further 200-300 trees are set to be planted at the school in 2021. The Tree for Every Child project was launched last month when tree planting work at Horton Park Primary and the Canterbury Estate featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme. The Council is investing £250,000 into the tree planting programme. Schools and community groups have been invited to express an interest in taking part in the project, with a number of options, including a school orchard, native trees for the school grounds, or contributing to new woodland areas.