Bamford & Norden Nov 2017

You Can Help to Make a Difference and
Make Your Community a Better Place to Live
Remember the Protest Walk back in January?
Our community came together with one voice?
We need that voice on a permanent basis, to
have a say in Bamfords Future.
In Norden, for example, which is a similar size to us, they
have come together to form Community, Social and Volunteer
Groups which allows them to have a say in what happens
in their community. As a result, they have a park, gardens,
landscaping, allotments, play areas, community playing fields,
library, and a school doubling as a Community Centre offering
varied activities. They hold an annual carnival, Christmas
festivities, and village amenities to be proud of, most of which
are Community led.
In Bamford we have mainly residential properties, which have
been developer led across every spare piece of green land,
with absolute minimal community facilities.
It feels like we have been sleepwalking in Bamford for the last
40 years, the proposed development on our precious Green
Belt was a wake-up call. No matter what the outcome of this
issue, (and we’ve now got to wait till next summer to find out)
it’s fairly certain that things are not going to remain the same
for the next 40 years. We need a combined community voice
so we have a say in the future of our village, and bring a real
community spirit to Bamford, to do this we need to act now.
To do this we want to set up a community lead GROUP and
need YOU to get involved.
We are forming a group called Friends of Bamford. That will
provide a central hub for activities within our community, a
sort of ‘umbrella’ group, made up of a number of different
community groups bringing our community together. We need
to recapture on a permanent basis that real community spirit
we experienced on the protest walk back in January.
Ambitious? Absolutely, but recent events show we can really
come together and we must act.
We are looking for a number of volunteers to help plan and
organise seasonal events on the village green.
To get the ball rolling, we are kicking things off with a
Halloween themed fete on Saturday the 28th of October
2017 from 2pm until 4pm. This will take place on the Village
Green opposite Tesco’s, we want this to be a catalyst to
organise a number of scheduled events throughout the year.
To make this a success Bamford needs YOUR support. There
will be lots of fun to be had and many prizes to be won with a
dog fancy dress competition and show, pumpkin competition,
kids haunted wood, face painting and cake competition.
Please don’t just think it’s a good idea, but ‘they’ will do it. You
are ‘they’, and even if you don’t want to be physically involved,
maybe you can participate in other ways, e.g. sponsoring
events or prizes if you own a small business, providing ideas or
marketing the events through leaflet deliveries.
We have appointed a treasurer and we will be setting up a
bank account and registering the group. Any funds raised
through events or donations will be used to re-invest in our
community whether this be future events or improving the
area, with some initial ideas to invest in making the Green
opposite Tesco’s into a useable community space.
If you would like more information on how you can help
to support us or have any ideas regarding the group please
contact us by our Facebook page or email
‘friendsofbamford@gmail.com’. Please follow us on our
Facebook page ‘Friends of Bamford,’ to receive periodic
updates.
Promoting Community Spirit by creating and enhancing
different Community, Social and Volunteer Groups, and
connecting them under one banner, representing many
diverse community interests. To make Bamford a better
place to live, and to have fun while we’re doing it.
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