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Carr Lodge Park - Projects |
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Written by Bill Sutton
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Sunday, 17 May 2009 14:58 |
For the past 13 years the RC of Horbury and Ossett Phoenix have utilised Carr Lodge Park, Horbury, as the venue for their annual Horbury Show fund raising event. Each year the club has put a good deal of effort into ensuring the park was clean and tidy both before and after the event and have been assisted by both the Wakefield Local Authority and the group Friends of Horbury Park. As a club we felt that we would like to put a little bit more back into the park and so in 2008 looked for a suitable project. Our immediate idea was to bring an abandoned walled garden back into community use and so we approached the Local authority who were reluctant to let us loose on such a big project, partly because they wanted to check our ability to deliver and also because of ongoing concerns about the sale of a grade 2 listed mansion within the park to which the walled garden is connected. Whilst disappointed we agreed to take on a smaller project which was to replace existing but exhausted rose beds with 3 new herbaceous beds, and replant another one with bedding plants.
From our first approach of the Local Authority in early November 2008 it took until mid March to get the go ahead. By the end of March all three new herbaceous beds had been created and two rose beds had been cleared (one for annual planting - the other was turfed with grass removed from the herbaceous bed. Manure was provided from a local farm with the help of Mike Smith of the Friends of Carr Lodge Park. All the heavy was digging was carried out by Phoenix Club members. We were ready for planting in mid April. The Local Authority provided a planting plan but due to budgetary delays were unable to place an order for the plants until late April with a predicted delivery towards the end of May - the Local Authority are paying two thirds of the cost of the herbaceous plants and we are paying for all other planting from our charity funds (some of the proceeds of Horbury Show). The bedding plants, mainly marigolds, are being grown by club members.
The planting out of the beds is to be carried out by Rotarians with the support and involvement of a local disability group, local girl guides, children from Horbury Primary School, and members of the Friends of Carr Lodge Park group.
The delays from the Local Authority have been quite frustrating and could easily put people off getting involved with a partnership approach to a project like this, but we remain committed to the task, and are planning the planting of bulbs and aubretia at the foot of a Ha Ha style wall at the front of the Carr Lodge Mansion in the Autumn when we will also clear the bedding plants out and renew with winter flowering bedding and remove the remaining rose beds after their final season of flowering.
As a club we intend to pursue the potential refurbishment and bringing back into use of the walled garden and will be looking to the Local authority for a more open agenda as to the future of the walled garden and a positive approach to progressing the matter. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 June 2009 20:17 |
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Horbury Stroke Prevention Checks |
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Written by Bill Sutton
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Friday, 24 April 2009 07:19 |
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 12 members of the Horbury and Ossett Phoenix Rotary Club led by club Members Dr David Maynard, Dr Jim Donnan, Dr John Lynagh and Dentist Dai Gifford carried out instant free blood pressure checks for shoppers in Horbury Town Centre on Saturday 18th April, as their contribution to the Stroke Associations, ‘ Stroke Prevention Week'.
High blood pressure is one of the main causes of strokes.
Strokes are known as the silent killer and are one of the major causes of sudden premature death in the UK. Strokes are preventable by a combination of proper health monitoring, healthy lifestyles and in some cases by treatment with prescription medicines.
80 people were tested in Horbury on Saturday and 25% were referred to their GPs for further monitoring because of raised levels of blood pressure. Dr Jim Donnan said, "An initial high reading does not necessarily indicate a serious risk or problem and may be caused by particular circumstances at the time of the test - often subsequent readings return to normal levels, however past experience through this campaign has shown that 10% of those people referred back to their GPs have required on going preventive monitoring and care."
The Rotary Club expressed their thanks to Willings' Horbury Dental Care for allowing the Rotary Caravan to be parked on their car park during the testing sessions.
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Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 19:00 |
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Carr Lodge Park Gardening Project |
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Written by Jonathan Siddall
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Friday, 13 March 2009 16:26 |
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Horbury's Carr Lodge Park is the latest location to benefit from a Phoenix Rotary Community Service project.
Work started on 9th March to tidy and enhance the area to the front of mansion house in Carr Lodge Park.
Work is to include: Removal of some old, non-productive, rose bushes the removal of a lot of overgown ivy and plan, mark out and digging of flower bed/s which will, this year, for quick effect, be planted with annuals.
We will keep you up to date via photos posted below - keep coming back to see progress.
Here's a few hardy perennials at work! (click on them for a better view)
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Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 19:00 |
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Phoenix donation to West Yorkshire's Forget-Me-Not Trust |
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Written by Jonathan Siddall
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Friday, 06 March 2009 07:56 |
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Each Rotary year the President names one or more charities to be supported by the Phoenix Rotary Club. One of the charities chosen by this year's President Jim Donnan is the Forget-Me-Not Trust.
The West Yorkshire Forget-Me-Not Trust is a local charitable trust whose aims are to raise funds to build and run a children's respite centre and hospice in West Yorkshire.
 At our Club's evening meeting of Thursday 5th March 2009 our guest speaker was Gina Fielding, Community Fund Raiser, for the Forget-Me-Not Trust. She spoke passionately about the local need for specific, purpose built facilities and specialist support for children with terminal illness and for their parents, brothers and sisters too.
Gina brought us up to date with the Trust's progress. Encompassing the acquisition of suitably located land, with sufficient space for the new hospice, respite centre buildings and for the all important gardens. Various problems with planning permission have been successfully overcome but, sensibly, building will not commence until funding is fully raised for both the building work and the the cost of running the facility for the first year after opening.
Previous speakers have mentioned the poor levels of grant funding for running an adult hospice but, apparently, help with funding a children's hospice is even less! Fundraising for the Trust will be a permanent necessity going forward.
The Rotary Club of Horbury and Ossett Phoenix were proud to present Gina with a cheque for £1500 towards this very worthwhile local cause.
Thank you Gina and the West Yorkshire Forget-Me-Not Trust |
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Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 19:02 |
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Phoenix Christmas Raffle Draw 2008 |
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Written by Bill Sutton
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Friday, 19 December 2008 15:58 |
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The annual Christmas Raffle run by the Rotary Club of Horbury and Ossett Phoenix was drawn on Tuesday 16th Dec 2008, in Horbury Co-operative supermarket by Manager Steve Mort and staff member Adnele Smith. Tickets sold by Rotary Club members in both the Horbury and Ossett supermarkets during the first two weekends of December have raised just over £800 for local charities. The main beneficiaries being 192 elderly people from the Horbury, Ossett, Netherton and Middlestown areas who receive care support through the Wakefield MDC Social Services Dept. - each of them will receive a Christmas gift from the raffle proceeds.
Club President pictured with Steve Mort and Adnele Smith said, "We are grateful to both Co-operative supermarket managers for their continued support and to the customers who buy the tickets, particularly in the current financial climate."
A list of the winning ticket numbers is posted in each supermarket. All winners have been notified and prizes have been delivered.
Whilst selling raffle tickets the Rotary Club also distributed room thermometers, supplied through Help the Aged and British Gas, to pensioners so that they may ensure their homes are heated to the right temperature during the winter months.
The Rotary Club also contributed to the Christmas celebrations of some of the area's impoverished families by providing 50 new childrens reading books to be distributed through the Salvation Army. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 24 January 2009 12:51 |
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Rotary Help the Aged - Winter 2008 |
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Written by Phil Johnson
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Monday, 08 December 2008 00:00 |
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Phil Johnson from Phoenix Rotary with the thermometer and advice pack issued by Help the Aged and British Gas which we will be distributing with our Christmas Gifts to the elderly but also offering them to old people whilst selling raffle tickets on some of the pre-Christmas weekends at Ossett and Horbury Co-ops.
Ten tips to help you stay warm in winter
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Last Updated on Sunday, 14 December 2008 17:56 |
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