Updates
After long delays in starting the works on the Children's Play area planned for last autumn, these have now been done - bar the reseeding of some of the grass. Rain on, we can now cope with it! Then as one of the first events in the Telegraph Hill Festival we are having a meadow-making afternoon. Saturday 26 March 2pm to 5pm. Open to everyone to put on suitable footwear and come along to help or just watch. Under expert guidance we plan to be planting the special meadow seeds we've purchased with the monies raised and also and putting in "plugs" - partially grown plants to really get established quickly. Then it is a matter of watching this space while nature takes its course and having a celebratory event in the summer.
With apologies for leaving things quiet for so long when activities were promised this autumn. We have been talking (intermittently) with Glendale over the past couple of months, but dates have obviously slipped. However we hope to get some definitive idea at the quarterly park users meeting tomorrow and this message is to invite you also to attend. These meetings are publicised to all on the Friends' mailing list and are open to anyone. 8pm in the Hill Station - but come dressed up warm as the doors will be open for ventilation
The checks and balances in activating the automatic systems between Spacehive and Go-Cardless to take the direct debits you have all kindly pledged to this project have entailed several busy people having to liaise and confirm details. But things are now in train - so thank you for waiting, and the monies will soon be taken into the Friends' bank account. Glendale, the Parks Management Company and Project Managers, will then schedule the works and, when the proper time comes round in the autumn, we get started.
We've reached the target sum (with a few days to spare) and are now into "overfunding". We have, though, allowed for this and are so close to the campaign closing date (next Tuesday) that we will not halt things now and call in the pledges early. Spacehive will inform you when the campaign is stopped on the date scheduled, but we just wanted to get in first to say a big "thank-you" to everyone and express the hope that you will leave things set up to receive up-dates so we can tell you from time to time how the works are progressing and invite you to meadow-planting events and such-like. Very best wishes and, again, many thanks.
Whoop, 200 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
"We're there!" is how we started the update this morning, but we've just realised that the "title" to the update does not come through on the messages sent to backers who have opted in to be kept informed. Although the scales are not yet tipped over on the Spacehive page we have in fact reached the target, and with more than a week to go. Some donations, from those who don't like the idea of a direct debit, have been going into a Just Giving page with Bold Vision, a local charity acting as an umbrella organisation, and enough funds are there waiting to be moved across if necessary. Hence the definitive statement as the title to the update this morning, which then got left off the email the system sent to you all. So, repeated thanks to everyone, and hope this clarification helps.
