Bristol Parks Forum

[Jo Corke]

Bristol Parks Forum is the umbrella organisation for community park groups and organisations in the city with an interest in their local parks and green spaces.

You can find their website here  In the Meetings section you will find the Minutes of previous meetings and the Agenda for the coming meeting.

Strictly speaking it is the group that is a member of the BPF, though they are happy to add several people from each group to the mailing list. Also anyone from the group is welcome to attend BPF meetings, though strictly speaking there should only be two representatives from each group. We would only need to restrict our numbers if the meetings became too popular!

Currently we have four Friends of St Andrews Park (FOSAP) interested in BPF, but it is an open group and you would be welcome too.

John Mayne, Simon Randolph, Jo Corke, Steve Perry.
Minutes of the previous BPF Meeting,  at: www.bristolparksforum.org.uk/#meetings 
As well as official minutes we get informal newsletters and we publish them  below.

From October 2017 follow  the MailChimp  links for the  newsletters.  

Newsletter 240

Newsletter 239

Newsletter 238

Good news from Nesta

Newsletter 237

Newsletter 236

Newsletter235

Parks future funding   Statement to Cabinet April 2018





BPF Consultation



Previous newsletters can be read at www.bristolparksforum.org.uk/contacts/previous-updates/ 

[Jo Corke]

Newsletter 240: in this update:

In this update: 

• BPF Vision
• Parks Foundation
• Concessions tender update
• Looking Back on the Summer
• Bees and the Small things that run the Planet

[Jo Corke]

Newsletter 239: iIn this update: 

• Parks Foundation
• Celebrating the life of Peter Wilkinson
• Working with Students
• NFPGS Summer Newsletter

[Jo Corke]

Newsletter 238 In this update: 

• Parks Foundation
• Peter Wilkinson Bristol Memorial Event
• BPF Meeting 30th June
• Tree Maintenance Training
• Concessions Re-tender
• Rough Sleeping Consultation
• City Nature Challenge, Save the Date
• Nightingale Valley Access Track

[Jo Corke]

Watering Trees

 
Great that we are actually having some summer weather this year! But the severe dry spell is causing some issues; a particular concern is for some of the more recently planted trees.
 
John Atkinson from the One Tree Per Child Project says that despite all their newly planted trees being on a two-year watering schedule some of them are really struggling and need extra help.
 
The message is:
 

• Please water your local trees, particularly younger ones that may be struggling

 

• Don’t put yourself in danger – careful crossing streets whilst holding buckets etc.

 

• Grey water eg dirty dish water is fine…

[Jo Corke]

Newsletter 237. 

In this update: 

• BPF Meeting 30th June
• MyWildCity Workshop Sat 7th July
• Watering Trees
• Student Volunteering
• Action on parks event in London

[Jo Corke]

Parks and Green Spaces Budget Consultation
Briefing for groups and Forum members

Th BPF committee has put together thier thoughts on the current Parks Consultation.

Rather than a draft of their response they have put together a briefing note settng out the main points that they  intend to make and giving some guidance.

There is also a separate paper with our thoughts on the possibility of a Trust or Foundation, there are links to both below:

www.bristolparksforum.org.uk/ConsultationBriefing.pdf

www.bristolparksforum.org.uk/BristolParksFoundation.pdf