Introduction

Welcome to the website of The Friends of the Kings Park (FOKP). The Friends of Kings' Park was established in 2006 by a group of residents who were interested in developing the park as a valuable community resource.

FOKP organizes Santa's Grotto for local nurseries December 2009

FOKP in conjunction with some local nuseries, arranged for a Santa's grotto visit for the children in mid December 2009. The participation was overwhelming and the outcome was a success.

The children all received a gift each and seemed delighted with them. We hope to organise a similar event for christmas next year.

John Moores University Students Visit to Kings Park 11th November 2009

The Friends Group along with park manager Jack Devine, met with 7 students from John Moores University,Liverpool, who are studying Geography and Environmental subjects. They were taken on a tour of the park after which a question and answer session took place on various subjects such as play facilities, fund raising, usage of the park, and vandalism.

We hope their visit was informative and will be of use to their courses. We wish them well in their chosen careers.

Winner of The Herald Awards 2009

It's official. Friends of Kings Park has won first place in the "Herald Society Awards 2009" ceremony held last night in Glasgow. They are the first place winner of the 'Community Project Of the Year' category.

An extract from the Herald newspaper has the following to say about FOKP: "Finally the judges were full of praise for the Friends Of King's Park,winners of the Community Project of the Year for their work to reclaim a popular Glasgow park due to concerns it was becoming a no-go area because of drinking and anti-social behavior. Their varied campaigning was hailed as a great example to others."

Thanks to our dedicated team of volunteers and supporters who made this possible. Hopefully, this is the impetus we need to allow FOKP gain some recognition in its work and to attract more volunteers to the group. Well done!

New Park Signs

Friends Of The Kings Park with funding from the National Lottery and assistance from the Kings Park staff have managed to install several new signs around the main entrances of the park. The signs are designed to be resilient(weather proof, vandal proof) and contain notices such as the main events occuring in the park as well as in the vincinity. An area map of the entire park, with location indicators to aid visitors in navigating to various aspects of the park will be housed in the left hand panel of these signs and are in the process of being setup. Once complete, we hope that the new signs will be able to provide visitors and local residents with more information about the park, making it more accessible and user friendly.

Cleanup 2009

Friends Of Kings Park with the Glasgow Cleanup Initiative undertook cleanup of litter in Kings Park, assisted by pupils from Croftfoot Primary School. The children throughly enjoyed the activity and part of the park was restored to its best.

Gardening Club

The plant sale is over for 2009. The club wish to thank the public for their support and hope to see you again next spring.

Sensory Garden Project

The Friends Of Kings Park have partnered with pupils at King's Park Secondary School to plan and construct a sensory garden in King's Park.

A planning meeting was held with the Science staff of the school, Ryan Noble, the officer in charge of cleansing and Jim Paterson, Land Services Development Officer.

A site was chosen adjacent to the walled garden and the Gardening Club and a site visit by the pupils will take place next week. Following this visit the pupils will then begin the project of designing the garden after appropriate research and development work.

The Project work will take place within the school with occasional visits to similar gardens and the planned construction will commence in Spring 2009. The role of the Friends of Kings Park will be to provide support both in the park and in the school throughout the designing and construction stages.