It’s time for an update to our many friends and supporters. Great successes! After months of work making grant applications to benefit our park, The Friends can share this good news with you! The biggest success is a Mayor’s Greener City Fund grant, awarded to Thames21 for work in the…
Save the Dates – Enfield Conservation Volunteers would like your help!
There’s nothing like whacking weeds and playing in the mud to work off the mid-winter blahs. Enfield Conservation Volunteers has a couple of work dates coming up in Trent Park and would welcome your help. Sunday 20 January – Camlet Moat, Trent Park A second visit to the historic Camlet…
Trent Country Park has received a very nice Christmas present!
Very exciting news! Thames21 submitted an application to the Mayor’s Greener City Fund for work in the park and was successful! The grant will cover [deep breath] – a series of leaky woody dams, the planting of 2000 new broadleaf trees, interpretation signage for the restored wildlife pond, new ponds…
Some useful Council contacts [because we know the Council website is hard to navigate!]
The Friends are frequently contacted by people who would like to rent park facilities for an event, buy a memorial tree or bench or get a professional dog walker license. We love to hear from you all but, in case you’d prefer to reach the right person first time, here…
Friends win a grant from Greggs Foundation Environmental Fund!
The Friends recently received a grant towards the upgrade of the Limes Avenue wildlife pond. Remedial work started earlier this year with the thinning of the trees surrounding the pond to allow in more light. Restoration of the pond will begin soon. This will include de-silting, re-building and stabilising the…
Report on the Friends AGM and Public Meeting held on November 1, 2018
The 2018 AGM & General meeting was held at 7.45pm on Nov 1st 2018 at Christ the King Catholic Church, Bramley Road. The Chairman, Peter Gibbs opened the AGM meeting by welcoming 28 members and the three Cockfosters Ward Councillors Edward Smith, Elaine Hayward and Alessandro Georgiou. The minutes of…
2018 Summer Newsletter
FRIENDS OF TRENT COUNTRY PARK 2018 SUMMER NEWSLETTER It’s time for an update to our many friends and supporters. Cockfosters Gates. Well, it’s good to see the Cockfosters gates repaired at last and the doors rehung. The two guide posts installed on the road side should help drivers of large…
Report on The Friends Meeting 16th May 2018
Report on Proceedings of General meeting, held at 8pm on May 16th 2018, in Christ the King, Oakwood. With added explanatory notes. The Chairman opened the AGM meeting and welcomed 23 members, and guest speakers, Cllrs Edward Smith and Elaine Hayward. The minutes of the previous February meeting, having been…
Privacy and Data Protection Policies
Friends of Trent Country Park Privacy and Data Protection Policies The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25th May, 2018. We have therefore updated our Privacy Policy and Data Protection to ensure that your data are protected, that you have more control over how you’re contacted…
Discount for Members at Go Ape!
Go Ape has agreed to give a 15% discount for Sunday to Friday bookings made by current members of the Friends of Trent Country Park! The booking must be made by a current member, but applies to everyone on the same booking. If you are interested in taking advantage of…