AUTUMN NEWSLETTER

Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter!

As we approach our 2nd AGM on 24th November here is an up-date on our activities during the summer:


READY STEADY GROW EVENT

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who visited our stalls at the Ready Steady Grow Event at the Burgh Halls Maxwell Park in July. Our thanks go to Jackie and her team who ran a very successful tea and coffee stall and also to those who contributed a wonderful collection of plants and vegetables for the plant table. Also to all of you for supporting us including two of our local councillors-

A big thankyou to Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre for giving everyone such good and helpful information about our wildlife. They were most impressed at the level of interest shown by all those that stopped at their stall and we hope we may continue to have a good relationship with them – they have kindly taken in some of the young swans as it is time for them to move on from the pond. Many of you will be aware that all is not well with the water quality and we have been keeping up to date with developments and are assured that the Parks Department are obtaining samples to clarify what is going wrong.

We are also extremely grateful to the Scottish Butterfly and Month Conservation Society. They attended the Ready Steady Grow Event and brought various leaflets and information material. Our thanks go to them for giving up their day to be with us. They have also been extremely helpful in providing us with a list of what to look out for in the park during the coming months. It has been suggested that we could develop a wildlife area to encourage butterflies to visit and we are currently planning the best way to progress this idea.

You may recall that the 27th July was one of the few hot days we experienced during the summer and thanks go to everyone for their support at this event which was part of the first new venture supported through the “Proud of Pollokshields” groups involved in increasing community participation in caring for our precious few greenspaces – and keeping the tradition of the Garden Suburb alive and flourishing!
We would thank the group for allowing us to be part of this successful day and hope that it may continue.

We are currently applying for funding from various bodies so that we can undertake a feasibility study do determine what you would most like to see happen in the park and we keep in touch with other relevant organisations in the district to enable a good dialogue of information to be exchanged.

We are very pleased to welcome Mansoor Bashir as a Trustee. He has kindly taken on the role of Treasurer having finished his current exams during the summer and a welcome back to Lesley Boyd.

We would be pleased to learn more of your views regarding Maxwell Park so do please visit the Forum on the website. Also we are always happy to welcome new members – an application form is available or you may wish to email us at: friendsofmaxwellpark@hotmail.co.uk

2ND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Dear Friend

Our 2nd Annual General Meeting will be held at 6.30 pm in the Stirling Hall of Pollokshields Burgh Hall, Glencairn Drive on the 24th November 2008.

Please support the group and if you know anyone who would like to join us please bring them along. Voting by members will take place for new Trustees and Officers and if you would like a Nomination Form, please email us at: wwww.friendsofmaxwellpark@hotmail.co.uk

I look forward to seeing you on the 24th.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Melville
Chairman.