It is always exciting to see a group of people come together to look after their local greenspace and this summer has been particularly exciting! Two new Friends Groups have been set up one for Rainham Recreation and one for Millennium Green in Luton. Rainham Rec. is just opposite the station and is used by … Continue reading Celebrate Our New Groups
FoRCE “Ideas Harvest”
The Friends of Rochester Churchfields and Esplanade (FoRCE) would like you to share your thoughts and ideas for possible improvements to the greenspaces from Rochester Bridge along to Baty's Marsh and up to St Margaret's Church by completing an online survey – which should only take around 5mins. Click here to open the survey
Help clean up our Esplanade (pre-booking essential)
To comply with current social distancing rules, spaces must be pre-booked so that small groups of no more than six people can be organised. Groups will start at staggered times from 10am onwards. Volunteers from the same household, including supervised children, are most welcome but must remain in the same group. However, at the present … Continue reading Help clean up our Esplanade (pre-booking essential)
Rochester Esplanade Litter Pick and Ideas Walk – Saturday 28th March 2020 **POSTPONED**
In the light of the current situation, the FoRCE have taken the decision to postpone the Litter Pick and Ideas Walk until the Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis is over. Do please join the Friends of Rochester Churchfields & Esplanade for a Litter Pick on Saturday 28th March 10-11am. We will be meeting outside the Cruising Club … Continue reading Rochester Esplanade Litter Pick and Ideas Walk – Saturday 28th March 2020 **POSTPONED**
Help build the Friends of Rochester Esplanade Group & AGM – Tue 28 Jan 2020
Help build our Friends: There are loads of ways you can help our group: spreading the word, increasing our membership, helping organise stuff, joining the committee, representing us, fundraising and more besides and we’ll be doing some practical stuff on the night to kick this off, and we need your help to do it. This … Continue reading Help build the Friends of Rochester Esplanade Group & AGM – Tue 28 Jan 2020
Friends of the Esplanade – Open Meeting Tue 5 Nov 2019
Following a very successful first meeting back in July, we've been trying to find the best way to take this group forwards. Thanks to some great support, the time has come to get together again and a meeting has been arranged for 7:30pm on Tuesday 5th November at the Medway Adult Education Centre (Rochester Library), … Continue reading Friends of the Esplanade – Open Meeting Tue 5 Nov 2019
Friends of the Esplanade – Open Meeting Tue 3 Sep 2019
The second meeting of this new group will be held at St. Margaret's Church on St. Margaret's Street ME1 1UF on Tuesday 3rd September at 7.30pm - all welcome. The first meeting, held on 30th July, was attended by 18 people currently interested in the new group and it was agreed that the remit of … Continue reading Friends of the Esplanade – Open Meeting Tue 3 Sep 2019
Friends of the Esplanade – Open Meeting Tue 30 Jul 2019
Do you have an interest in the Esplanade? Please come along to a meeting to establish a Friends group on Tuesday 30th July 2019, 7:30-8:30pm at the King’s Head Hotel, Rochester High Street. Please download the below Flyer with full details. Friends Open Mtg Poster July 2019
Suffrage Sensory Garden Rochester
Plans are underway to create a Sensory Garden from an existing raised garden space on Rochester Esplanade where disabled and non-disabled visitors will be able to enjoy a range of educational and recreational sensory experiences. This will be achieved using a combination of the existing landscape, together with bee and butterfly friendly plants, herbs and … Continue reading Suffrage Sensory Garden Rochester
