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Papa’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is coming up! We will be meeting in Papa’s Park (10-17 Pulross Road, Brixton, SW9 8AF) on Saturday 8th June at 10.30am. We hope you can join us. Find out what’s been happening in the park this past year – and what we’re planning for the year ahead. You will...
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Starting last year, Papa’s volunteers have been transforming the park into a space for wildlife. With funding from Groundwork London’s Our Space Award, we’ve been working to make the park into a haven for insect life. Father Nature are collaborators on the project. No weed killers or pesticides A kid’s park and sports pitch might...
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Papa’s Park Nature Trail leads you on an exciting adventure around our park. Pick up a map outside Papa’s Café, and follow the trail to find a home for stag beetles, an insect hotel, bat boxes and tons of insect-friendly plants. You might spot our woodpecker, a red admiral butterfly or even a bat or...
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Papa’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is coming up! We will be meeting in Papa’s Park on Saturday 20th May at 11am. We hope you can join us. Find out what’s been happening in the park this past year – and what we’re planning for the year ahead. You will also have a chance to make...
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06 • 09 • 22
Do you want to join the Papa’s Park voluntary committee? We welcome people of all ages and from all walks of life. We are friendly and welcoming, and we meet once a month (a mixture of online and in-person) to discuss any issues to do with the running of the park. We also: You can...
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Did you know that Papa’s Park has received no funding since 2016? The park is completely volunteer-run – by a committee of local residents who give their time for free to manage the park and raise money to ensure the park gates stay open 365 days a year. Our previous fundraising In 2018, the committee...
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The Papa’s Park sports pitch is hired out to a sports club from 7pm to 9pm every Monday to Wednesday. We also rent it out on Thursdays and Fridays to other groups – we try to make sure this is after dark, when the local community don’t usually use it. Why did the voluntary committee...
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Papa’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is coming up! We will be meeting in Papa’s Park on Saturday 28th May at 10.30am. We hope you can join us. Find out what’s been happening in the park this past year – and what we’re planning for the year ahead. You will also have a chance to make...
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Children and grown ups: please come and help us transform Papa’s Park! Father Nature is coming to Papa’s to help us turn the park into a haven for biodiversity (funded by Groundwork London). We’ll be planting bushes, flowers and shrubs that support butterflies, moths and bees. Friday 27th May – 3.45-5pm Digging day – help...
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We have just launched a survey to find out what our users think of Papa’s Park. The more responses we get, the more it helps us raise funds to rebuild Papa’s Café and Hall. The survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete. The questions range from asking how often you come to the park, to what...
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In October last year, Papa’s Park submitted a planning application to Lambeth to get permission to rebuild our hall and cafe. Permission has now been given, which is fantastic news for the park and for our local community. Dyfed Price said, “As joint Chair of Papa’s Park, I’m absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve got...
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This year’s AGM was a little delayed by Covid-19 but we will be having our inaugural online AGM on Thursday 6th August and we hope you can join us. To attend the meeting, you need to register below and we will then send you a Zoom link closer to the meeting date. Please consider becoming...
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