Parklife Autumn

COMING SOON...
We are very pleased to announce that we have been
awarded £1,965,000 from the National Lottery Heritage
Fund towards the delivery of our ambitious £3 million,
5 year project Nene Park: Your CommunityGreenspace.
This is wonderful news as we have been developing
this project for almost 4 years - the last 18 months
supported by Heritage Fund funding - and finally
we can now deliver this transformative project
for the Park and the Trust. Look out for lots
of exciting activities, opportunities and
infrastructure improvements in the coming
months and years.
Your Community Greenspace has been developed from
consultation with current and potential visitors, an
understanding of activities and infrastructure within in the Park
where we have reached capacity, and a genuine desire to follow
through on the Trust’s charitable objective to help improve
people’s health and wellbeing.
With funding made
possible by players of
the National Lottery, Your
Community Greenspace has
three key themes:
● Empowering and engaging
our communities to help
conserve the natural heritage of
Nene Park.
● Building bridges with
the multi-cultural
communities of
Peterborough to make
Ferry Meadows an
inclusive community hub.
● Improving physical
and mental health and
wellbeing through nurturing
connections with nature and
the outdoors.
These themes will be delivered
through building our capacity
in two key areas. Firstly, we will
develop our volunteering offer
to provide more opportunities
to engage with the Park, and
secondly, we will implement an
expanded events and activities
programme co-created with
local communities that truly
reflects the culture of modern
Peterborough.
We will undertake a suite of
much-need infrastructure
improvement works to ensure the
park is resilient and welcoming
to increasing numbers of visitors.
This includes the replacement
of Pontoon Bridge, an iconic
landmark of the Park that is
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