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Grant applications: update
As you’ll see from our Grants and awards section, we are always looking for opportunities to apply for additional funding to help us to maintain and upgrade the Rec for…
Read MoreCheck out the new website
The Friends of Conway Rec website has recently been filled with lots more new content and updated with a swanky new design. Our crack team of writers have added more…
Read MoreReminder for dog owners: please avoid the middle path by the clubhouse
Please can all dog owners avoid taking their dogs through the gate by the tennis clubhouse? This area leads into the dog-free zone. As children play and picnic on the…
Read MoreNext Work Day: Sunday, 23 October, 2016
Thanks to all who made it to the last Work Day to work in and on the Rec. We had an especially strong team of younger members, each of whom…
Read MoreHave you read our information panels yet?
We’ve been delighted to be still receiving so much positive feedback for the four information panels that we installed in the Rec last year. Even now, months on from their…
Read More2015 – A busy year
2015 has been a busy year for upgrading some well-worn features of our park. Early in the year, the wooden fence at the pond end of the Rec was replaced…
Read MorePaying our way
We were fortunate to receive a grant from Biffa last year. The money helped us renew and secure the pond-edge, and buy native flowers, shrubs and trees. We’ll apply for…
Read MoreIslands in the sun
Egyptian Geese continue to grace us with an occasional visit to the Rec. They (a kind of duck, really) also visit Broomfield and Grovelands – and may just come from…
Read MoreActivity Report May 2014
In the Autumn, box hedging was planted behind the railing along Conway Road to soften a rather harsh area. On our March Activity Day, Enfield’s Conservation Volunteers joined us. These…
Read MoreSome planting stories
We added 160 more daffs and 500 crocuses in October 2012 This year, we bought and planted a range of large trees – including hawthorn, wild cherry, mountain ash and…
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