‘The High Park Project’ and ‘Friends of High Park Green Spaces’ are holding two open days to share plans for the areas parks – their hope is to encourage participation from local residents and allow the community to have a voice in how the parks are developed.
Brighter Living Partnership’s National Lottery funded High Park Project have been working with the High Park community and key stakeholders to help improve the area with the support of local residents – As well as match funding (with local councillors) the construction of planters on Bispham Road and repainting the play areas in Devonshire Road and Canning Road parks – a bid was successfully made by the project to the Liverpool City Region’s Community Environment Fund for £10.5k to introduce more adult trees, planters, bulbs and living willow structures to parks within the areas parks.
Joe McNulty, Community Organiser for the project, explains “Local residents had already made us aware of local desire for their parks to be developed with more trees, colour and features – and with Green Recovery from Covid and climate change being such an important issue, we thought this was the ideal time to work on solutions to these combined issues and the opportunity to receive funding from Liverpool City Region’s Community Environment Fund to do so was fantastic.”
The High Park Green Spaces Project includes plans to introduce additional trees and planters in Devonshire Road Playing Fields, Canning Road Recreational Ground and Russell Road parks with living willow structures also to be planted in Devonshire Road playing fields.
As a result of the developments, a ‘Friends of High Park Green Spaces’ group has been formed. The group have been meeting via Zoom during the pandemic and conducting socially distanced litter picking on Saturdays in the parks.
Natalie Neylon who is the volunteer lead for the group says the plans are “Super exciting and I’m looking forward to developing the parks in this area further. It’s a great place to live with a fantastic community so we just want to show what we can achieve when we work together.”
Throughout the process key stakeholders have been informed and consulted – Expert advice has been provided by Green Sefton’s Tree Officers, design consultancy through Merseyforest and practical advice and guidance provided by the Council’s Grounds Maintenance department.
Support has been received from local councillors, Sefton Council, Green Sefton’s Natural Alternatives team and local businesses.
The open days will have fun, nature related activities, refreshments and the opportunity for residents to discuss the plans in person.
The open days are on Thursday 26th August 13:30-16:00 on Devonshire Road Playing Fields and Tuesday 31st August 13:30-16:00 on Canning Road Recreational Ground.
For more information email Joe McNulty at joe.mcnulty@brighterliving.org.uk (or phone 0770 858 9017) or Natalie Neylon at Nneylon17@gmail.com.
You can follow the developments of the High Park Project at www.facebook.com/hptftc.
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