We want to turn the run down and overgrown area within the grounds of Tickhill Community Library into a pocket park and sensory garden which is accessible to all members of the community.
Currently the grounds of Tickhill Community Library are run down and overgrown. Conversations with our customers and within the community have shown there to be a strong interest in transforming this currently wasted space into a pocket park and sensory garden which can be accessed and enjoyed by all members of our local and surrounding communities. We plan to deliver this garden in 2 phases and once fully complete, this community garden will offer the following: •Planting to stimulate the senses •Raised beds to make planting accessible to everyone •Sensory features to promote engagement with the garden •Hard landscaping to provide easy access for all including wheelchair users, pushchairs and for those using other mobility aids •Seating areas in the sun and in the shade to offer a space for relaxation, reading or chatting with friends and family This really will be a garden for everyone! We are seeking your support to enable us to complete the first phase of our garden project.
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Why it's a great idea:
We are aiming to bring life and purpose into this currently disused space by creating a pocket park and sensory garden in the heart of our community as we strongly believe that in doing so we will be able to provide: •an accessible garden for all members of the community to enjoy including the elderly, children and adults with or without additional needs •a calming, safe space where children and adults with additional needs can explore their senses without feeling overwhelmed and to provide adults with dementia with stimulation to promote engagement and interest •an environment which families can enjoy together and customers can enjoy reading or to sitting and chatting with friends •an outdoor space for story time, coffee mornings, reading groups and activities •a space accessible to local schools and nurseries with sensory elements to promote engagement in learning activities •a quiet haven for everyone at the heart of our village, especially the elderly, socially isolated
Steps to get it done:
In creating this special garden, we will enable people to mix together as we come out of the Covid-19 situation and also a provide safe space which our community and surrounding communities can benefit from and enjoy way into the future. Furthermore, as the library and its grounds fall within Tickhill’s conservation area, the garden we plan to create will enhance this. In order to ensure that our project is achievable, we have decided to create our community garden in two phases. In this first phase for which we are currently seeking your support, we will be employing a contractor to excavate the garden area and to supply and install the hard landscaping which will create the base for our garden. We also be installing some sensory features and seating which we plan to add to in phase 2. We will fill the borders and planting pockets with topsoil ready to receive the plants in phase 2 of our project. Our local community share our excitement to get this project underway.
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With the help of everyone who so kindly made a donation to support us, we're excited to be able to share the news that phase 1 of the Tickhill Community Library Platinum Garden is now nearing completion and the garden will be open to the public in early summer. The official opening of the garden will take place on Saturday 21st May 2022 between 2p.m. and 5p.m. and we hope you’re able to come along and join us. Thank you for your support!
Just look at what a huge transformation has taken place thanks to the hard work of GB Surfacing! And we now have a fence to provide us with extra security for the garden area. The next steps in Phase 1 of the Tickhill Community Library Platinum Garden Project include planting, and a further surprise transformation project. Watch this space…
Check out this progress pic from week 2 of the project. This past week saw the GB Surfacing team working hard in all weathers to help us as we begin to create the Tickhill Community Library Platinum Garden. We can really see the area starting to transform now the paving is going down. We’d like to thank GB Surfacing for all of their hard work and also thanks to Paving Stones Direct and Spinks for their support in this project. Why not visit our Facebook page to see more progress pictures. Thank you all again for your support!
And so it begins… On 21st Feb GB Surfacing started work on the excavation of the library grounds ahead of the hard landscaping going in. We wanted to share with you the progress so far. Check out our Facebook page for more progress pics from week 1. Thank you again to all of our supporters. You’ve made it possible for us to make this project begin to be a reality!
Wow! We can’t quite believe that today we have reached the Phase 1 target for our Tickhill Community Library Platinum Garden Project! We want to say a BIG thank you to all those who have pledged and followed us as you have made this possible. This means, that as we enter 2022, we will be able to begin making arrangements for the work on the excavation and hard landscaping to begin which is so extremely exciting! As you may already know, our fundraising efforts cannot stop here as we now need to raise the funds for the final phase of our project, which will enable us to purchase planting; fencing; raised beds; and other such necessary features to make our garden come to life. As our Spacehive campaign comes to a close this month, we will be continuing to fund raise for our garden at the Library. Thank you all once again for your amazing support and for helping to make our garden project idea a reality! We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year! Best wishes, The Trustees of Tickhill Community Library
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £36,235
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VolunteerOur lovely community library is at the heart of our village here in Tickhill, Doncaster. We aim for our library to be a focal point for all sections of the community. We, the Trustees of Tickhill Community Library Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Registration Number: 1170700), all live and are active within our community. There are 55 volunteers who help to run the library and we have over 250 members who use the library and its facilities on a regular basis.
As a team of trustees and volunteers, we are all passionate about providing a safe, accessible, and friendly space for our library members and wider community as we know that many of our customers visit us for much more than just the books we have on offer.
Our objectives as a charity are:
- to advance the education and learning of the public in the civil parish of Tickhill in South Yorkshire and its environs, by the running and management of a community library for the benefit of the said resident;
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- to promote for the benefit of the residents of Tickhill and its environs the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.
Or in other words, we aim for our library to offer facilities and an environment which is accessible to all members of the community and which enhance their learning, developement and quality of life.
We strongly believe that our project to create a community garden in our library grounds will further enable us to achieve our objectives because the pocket park and sensory garden we plan to create will be open to all members of the local community and through conversations with both our client base and within the community, we have found there to be a strong interest in using this currently wasted space to create a quiet haven at the heart of our village, especially for the elderly, socially isolated and children with additional needs.
Project Owner: Tickhill Community Library The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
Contractor: Hard Landscaping contractor yet to be confirmed The team responsible for building or installing the project.
