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Friends of Pittville have been meeting with the Cheltenham Borough Council on an informal basis for the past three years. The meetings have centred on the preservation and on-going maintenance of Pittville Park. At a public meeting on 20 September 2006, The Friends of Pittville Group was formally constituted and the Executive Committee elected. The aim of The Friends is to encourage greater involvement of the local people in the restoration, enjoyment and husbandry of Pittville Park and the surrounding Pittville Estate and, in so doing, support Cheltenham Borough Council in pursuing a Heritage Lottery Fund grant towards maintaining and restoring the estate to Joseph Pitt’s original vision. (See the website) The activities of the Friends of Pittville will be publicised in Village Voice in the Gloucestershire Echo, by leaflet, in the Park and on the Friends of Pittville website, www.friendsofpittville.org. The Friends of Pittville will liaise closely with the area schools, the University, St Vincent’s Centre, the Pittville Area residents’ Association, Park Watch and other interested parties to seek the widest public awareness of and contribution to current and future deliberations about the Estate’s future. The Borough Council and Council officials are represented on the Executive Committee. The
Friends would like to encourage the local community to play an
active role in this bid for a grant and one way everyone can
have a voice is to join the Friends group. Executive Committee Formed The first annual general meeting of the Friends of Pittville was held at Pittville School, 20 September 2006. The Constitution was adopted and the following Executive Committee Members appointed: Chairman – Tony Mason, Hon Secretary – Ron Pattinson, Hon Treasurer – Paul Weston, Pittville Ward Councillors – Dave Prince and Diane Hibbert, Park Watch member – Desmond Fitzgerald, PARA member – Peter Simmons, Members - Anne Roberts, Arran Stibbe, Colin Eynon, Fiona Clarke, Geoffrey Pratt, Judy Langhorn, and Roger Turner. Friends Executive Committee Meeting - 24 October 2006 The first Executive Committee was held on 24th October 2006. There was a full turn out apart from one member on holiday. Main initial objectives are to attract new members and gain some local support and sponsorship from businesses and shops etc. Go to www.friendsofpittville.org/docs/minutes24oct2006.pdf for the minutes of the meeting. Cheltenham Borough Council Cabinet Meeting - 17 October 2006 Go to
www.friendsofpittville.org/docs/communityinvolvement.pdf
to see the report on Community Involvement and the
Conservation and Management of Pittville Park and Pittville
Estate. Photo Gallery Browse the Friends of Pittville gallery covering the local area at www.friendsofpittville.org/gallery.aspx.
A new slide show
on Autumn in Pittville has been added. Membership Applications An on-line membership application form can be downloaded from the website at www.friendsofpittville.org/docs/MembershipApplicationForm.pdf. (See the link on the “Contact” page, www.friendsofpittville.org/contact.aspx, under the heading “Membership”) and will also be distributed in the area shortly. In the meantime, if you would like to know more, just send an email to enquiries@friendsofpittville.org. Come and join the Friends and have a voice in the future of the Pittville Park and Estate. Friends of Pittville Contacts:
Chairman
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