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Family fun day to be held in Ilchester Park, Birkenhead

13 August 2014

Birkenhead residents are being invited to a family fun day at Ilchester Park, Birkenhead, on Saturday 23 August between 12-4.

 

Ilchester Festival will include activities for all of the family such as learning how to face paint, football and sports coaching, a climbing wall, jewellery-making and craft stalls.

 

The event will also feature singing and dancing performances and a street parade organised by North Birkenhead Development Trust, to which many local organisations and members of the community have contributed.

 

The festival will be opened by Birkenhead MP Frank Field.

 

Ilchester Festival is being held to celebrate the improvements taking place at Ilchester Park, which is being transformed as part of a project funded by The Veolia Environmental Trust. A grant from the Trust totalling £67,055 is being used to provide new pathways, trees, wildflower meadows and natural play equipment at the park.

 

The event has been preceded by weeks of activities with local children, run by local charity Play Out and organised by The Mersey Forest, to help kids reconnect with nature and take ownership of local parks.

 

Sarah Morton, Urban Forestry Project Officer at The Mersey Forest, said: "We're holding Ilchester Festival to celebrate the transformation of one of Birkenhead's least loved green spaces into a place where children can benefit from natural play in an urban area.

 

"We hope that the event, coupled with the consultation events we have held in Birkenhead during the development of this project, will leave a lasting legacy in this neighbourhood."

 

The Executive Director of The Veolia Environmental Trust, Paul Taylor, adds: "Urban green spaces like this play a vital role in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds, with them providing a place where they can relax, reflect, play and enjoy nature. It is one of our priorities to help projects protect and improve them and I look forward to seeing this project complete."

 

 


 





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