Wassail at Mountsfield Park 4pm 25th February 2024 (Community Garden)

21st January 11am to 1pm – Woodland litter collection and tree planting at Mountsfield Park SE6 1AN

 

Please come and help us to do some litter picking and tree planting at Mountsfield Park. Meet at Mountsfield Park community garden, 11am, 21st January 2024.

The trees have been generously donated by The Conservation Trust – I Dig Trees For more information about planting trees:  The Conservation Trust trees this training video

Donate to The Conservation Volunteers here

Friends of Mountsfield Park (FoMP) meeting 11am, Saturday 23rd September, Mountsfield Park Community Garden – All Welcome!

Draft Agenda

• Apologies
• Introductions
• Matters arising
• AOB

If you can’t make the meeting but want to be involved in Friends of Mountsfield Park, please do get in touch: mountsfieldpark@gmail.com
Download and use the FixMyStreet mobile phone app to report issues to Glendale and Lewisham Council.
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Lewisham’s trees 2023

The Need to Increase Lewisham’s Tree Canopy
We need to increase tree canopy in response to climate change, while preserving other important biodiverse habitat such as species rich grassland. This approach is supported by the Mayor of London, UK Climate Change Committee, Natural England, Woodland Trust, National Trust, DEFRA, CPRE London, World Economic Forum.

Lewisham Council in the Lewisham Climate Emergency Strategic Action Plan 2020-2030 estimates that there are “30,000 mature trees in the borough, and we”(Lewisham Council)” want to extend this working with local communities to maximise the benefits of trees for Lewisham”.

Fairground rides set up around the base of this mature oak tree in decline, causing harmful soil compaction at Mountsfield Park – 2023

Vehicles carelessly parked on grass beneath the canopy of a designated veteran oak within its root protection area at Mountsfield Park, Lewisham, causing harm to the tree due to soil compaction – 2023.

Festival Crowd Ltd event at Mountsfield Park – August 2023

Lewisham Council have given permission for Festival Crowd Ltd to hold their private Garage Nation event at Mountsfield Park, Catford. Festival Crowd Ltd installed security hoardings 07/08/2023, around the cricket pitch, timber fitness equipment and part of the Catford ParkRun route. These activities will continue as normal, following reinstatement when the hoardings come down. The event will be 12th and 13th August 2023.

Security hoardings installed around the ‘Garage Nation’ event site at Mountsfield Park 07/08/2023

For more information about the event, including traffic management, security hoardings, access, park opening / closing times, reinstatement. Contact: https://lewisham.glendalelocal.co.uk/meet-the-team

Larger Litter Bins at Mountsfield Park, Lewisham

We need larger litter bins at Mountsfield Park so that we can keep our park cleaner.

Overflowing litter bins at Mountsfield Park are a common sight. This recently bought Section 106 funded litter bin is too small to accommodate all of the rubbish. This bin and the others at the park do not get emptied often enough.

Overflowing litter bins at Mountsfield Park are a common sight. This recently bought Section 106 funded litter bin is too small to accommodate all of the rubbish. This bin and the others at the park do not get emptied often enough.

We need large bins along the main path at Mountsfield Park like these at Greenwich Park to accommodate all of our rubbish during the warmer months.

These tall fox-resistant litter bins at Greenwich Park are well designed to accommodate more rubbish and recycling, they are also emptied regularly which keeps the park clean.

Walkout Workout Event

Sevenfields Primary Care Network : Invites you to Walkout Workout

It has been a key project for Dr Helen Tattersfield of the Sevenfields Primary Care Network since 2021 to get TGO gyms up and running and this is the main reason why I’ve been employed by Sevenfields to lead this project. I have a personal trainer/coaching motivator (group or 1 on 1) background behind me and have been a personal trainer since 2016.

Our main objective for this project is to bring awareness to the Sevenfields primary care network patients and residents who live close to the mentioned parks below which have The great outdoor gyms within.

During 2022 Sevenfields PCN worked in partnership with Lewisham Council and Phoenix Community Housing to deliver four new outdoor Gyms, these gyms are now active and passed to the community, the venues are:

• Durham Hill Park
• Forster Memorial Park
• Mountsfield Park SE6 1AN (Location: bright green fitness equipment near the bandstand and cafe)
• Shroffold Green  On Saturday 29^th April we will have a celebration, Walkout – Workout, event where we will invite the whole community to participate on the equipment.

Designed and manufactured by The Great Outdoor Gym Company (TGO), the gyms feature safe and inclusive equipment.

Local residents and Sevenfields patients will be invited to increase their physical activity and boost wellbeing. We also hope that because the Gyms are based locally that residents will walk to the parks and use the equipment.

There are cardio and strength activities for beginners through to exercise pros – and most importantly, in the current climate, it’s all free to use.

9.30-10:00am Gather Mountsfield Park SE6 1AN (Separate event from Catford Park Run which will be happening at the same time)

10.15am Mountfield Park SE6 1AN – Exercise session at the bright green fitness equipment near the bandstand and cafe

10.35am Forster Park Exercise session

10.50am Walk to Shroffold Road Green via The Woodland Walk

11.10am Shroffold Road Exercise session

11.25am Durham Hill Exercise session

12.00 Exercise session ends

12:30 Retire to Downham Leisure and Lifestyle centre

Drinks and snacks along with Photos and speeches will be provided.

As an important part of our community, we invite you to come along to the whole programme or select your part in the morning.

Please circulate the link below and flyers attached.

Book a free ticket now 

Walkout Workout – a fun walk to connect the community and bring awareness to health and wellbeing.www.eventbrite.co.uk

Please feel free to send me an Email if you have any queries about anything I am based in Goldsmith community centre so feel free to pass by if before the event of course if you’re in the area. Also forward on to those who you know would be interested. 

Castillion Road, London SE6 1PH.

Many thanks  & kind regards.

Jamiel. Brade 

Seven Fields PCN 

Health & Wellbeing Coach 

Email – Jamiel.brade@nhs.net 

“Health and Wellbeing Coaching is a client-led, collaborative process that aims to promote self-management, self-empowerment and equip an individual to adapt positively to their internal and external environment in order to create a state of resilience through the pursuit of activities and a lifestyle that cultivates their whole-health continuum. 

5th February Tree Planting at Mountsfield Park postponed, new planting dates to be confirmed!

Another opportunity to plant trees generously donated by Lewisham Council Greening Fund,  Mayor of London and The Conservation Volunteers at Mountsfield Park – 11.00am, Sunday 15th, 22nd and 29th January, 5th February 2023 . Meet at Mountsfield Park community garden at 11.00am.

Stop the Spraying – Lewisham Council Herbicide Petition by Friends of Mountsfield Park

‘We the undersigned petition the council to commit to Lewisham Council phasing out herbicide over a one-year time period, starting with ending use on Lewisham’s streets, public parks, sports fields and open spaces’.
See the Lewisham Council response to this petition which is at the bottom of this page and also on the Lewisham Council website

Friends of Mountsfield Park AGM 2022 – 11am, Sunday 27th November, Station Pub and Hotel, Staplehurst Rd, SE13 5NB

Friends of Mountsfield Park (FoMP) AGM 11am, Sunday 27th November , Station Pub and Hotel, Staplehurst Rd, London SE13 5NB

FoMP AGM nominations: Please open this link to FoMP nomination-form-2022 and submit the completed form to by Friday 25th November 2022.

If you can’t make the AGM but want to be involved in FoMP, please do get in touch – there are lots of ways in which you can help out and we would be grateful for any support you can offer.
Contact: mountsfieldpark@gmail.com

Draft Agenda

• Apologies
• Introductions
• Minutes of last meeting
• Financial report
• FoMP committee nominations
• Matters arising
• Discussion about FoMP e petition on Lewisham Council’s website ‘Stop The Spraying’ to reduce the Council’s use of chemical weedkiller in our parks, open spaces and streets
• AOB