An independent group for those who care about Mile End Park .
What a week of weather we have had. Whilst cold all week, we have had some gorgeous sunny days. The park is magical when the sun is out, the ponds frozen and you get to watch the water fowl ice skating in the most comical … read more
As many of you know, the Friends usually do a monthly litter pick of Mile End Park on the second Sunday of every month. But we get requests to litter-pick for other days and times. Indeed, some of our regulars including Andy, Abdul and Iain enjoy “solo litter-picking”. So we’ve been looking at ways to open things up so … read more
The Friends host a litter-picking session on the second Sunday of every month, apart from November where we litter pick on the Saturday so as to not clash with November’s Remembrance Sunday service. Our first litter pick of 2024 is on Sunday 14th January, We meet up by the Art Pavilion at 10am for a short Health & Safety briefing, … read more
Over the past month I have been trying out a FREE way of fundraising for the Friends. By using a site called easyfundraising.org.uk I have raised £9. It might not sound much, but that is just one person in less than a month.
The Friends has 100s of members and there is potential for easyfundraising.org.uk to become a useful source … read more