Love your local park?
Find out about Postcards from the Park
Following the success of last year’s Postcards from the Park competition, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund have again joined forces with GreenSpace to re-launch this
exciting photo competition.
The competition will be judged by celebrated photographer, Mike McCartney and £1,000 in Jessops vouchers is up for grabs for the lucky overall winner. All regional and country finalists and runners-ups will have their photos professionally curated for a national exhibition. They’ll also be turned into postcards, which will be distributed at Lottery-funded venues
across the UK.
So if you are out and about at your favourite park, why not take your camera and see if you can snap a winning shot whilst you are there?
How to enter
Entries can be submitted on the postcards from the park web site, by MMS text message (mobile phone) or post. Each person can only enter the competition once but may submit up to 5 photographs. The closing date for entries is 1 August 2008 at 6 pm.
Enter over the web
Go to www.postcardsfromthepark.org.uk
Enter by MMS text message
Text entries can be sent by MMS to 07803 851 600, texting PARKS, your name and where you took your picture. The MMS will be charged at your operator’s standard rate.
Enter by post
Postal entries can be sent to ‘Postcards from the Park’, GreenSpace, Caversham Court, Church road, Reading RG4 7AD.
New summer play schemes
Thanks to a successful bid to the Big Lottery for funding for summer play schemes, Bury Ranger Service are running free outdoor play activities in parks throughout the school summer holiday period. Each child is entitled to participate for 3 days over the 6 week period, subject to securing an available place on the scheme.
The rangers will be hosting a wide range of activities including clay modeling, helping local wildlife, bottle rockets, parachute games and much more.
Playworkers will be helping the rangers in running the activities. To comply with child protection legislation all staff working on the play schemes are subject to Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks.
When and where are the play schemes running?
10 am to 4 pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 22 July and 28 August 2008.
Week one – 22, 23, 24 July
Clarence Park, Bury
Close Park, Radcliffe
St Mary’s Park, Prestwich
Week two – 29, 30, 31 July
Clarence Park, Bury
Close Park, Radcliffe
Whitefield Park, Whitefield
Week three – 5, 7 August
Whitehead Park, Bury
Manchester Road Park, Bury
St Mary’s Park, Prestwich
Week four – 12, 13, 14 August
Whitehead Park, Bury
Manchester Road Park, Bury
Whitefield Park, Whitefield
Week five – 19, 20, 21 August
Nuttall Park, Ramsbottom
Hoyles Park, Bury
Bolton Road Park, Radcliffe
Week six – 26, 27, 28 August
Nuttall Park, Ramsbottom
Hoyles Park, Bury
Bolton Road Park, Radcliffe
Booking information
The Bury Ranger Service summer play schemes are likely to be very popular. To avoid disappointment we advise parents/guardians to register and book as soon as possible.
Phone: 0161 253 5522
E-mail: buryrangerservice@bury.gov.uk
