Friends of Parks Groups

By becoming a friend of your local park or open space, you can:

help improve it's appearance
have a say in it's facilities
improve it;d biodiversity
increase it's safety
meet new people
get exercise, improve your health and wellbeing
make a positive contribution to your local area
organise community events

The groups are independent, but work in partnership with the Council.

Get Involved

Fill in our Friends of Parks enquiry form to register your interest in becoming a Friend of one of Oxford's parks:

Apply For It icon Friends of Parks enquiry form

If your local park or open space is not listed, why not contact us and set up your own group?

Friends Group Activities

The activities a Friends Group organise and participate in are largely up to the group themselves. Inofrmation and website links for Friends Groups in Oxford can be found below. Contact us using the enquiry form above if you would like more information on any of the Friends Groups listed.

For planned activities or working groups you may need to complete some paperwork. If you have any queries please contact us.

PDF icon Parks Volunteer Agreement Form (34kB PDF)
Parks Permit to Work Form (69kB PDF)

Alexandra Park
The Friends of Alexandra Park are enjoying their improved play area. This autumn they have worked with the local school to plant bulbs in the park.

Aristotle Lane

The Friends of Aristotle Lane group are very active and now have monthly working groups and committee meetings. For dates and times please visit the Friends of Aristotle Lane website. Recently they have ben granted some trees, which will be planted in the next few months, and have just written their own management plan.

Bury Knowle Park
The Friends of Bury Knowle Park group held their AGM in January. During the autumn they were busy planting bulbs.. Visit the Friends of Bury Knowle Park website for more information about the group.

Cutteslowe and Sunnymead

The Friends of Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park have been putting lots of work into the Community Woodland, with working groups and local school children helping to plant trees and to improve the area. A meeting took place at the beginning on January. Find out what was discussed by visiting the Friends of Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park website.

Florence Park
The Friends of Florence Park is a group of park users who work with us to improve the park.

Hinksey Park
We are currently looking for active members of the Friends of Hinksey Park. If you would like to join the group, please contact us to find out more.

Kendall Copse
Many local people in the last two years have helped create a community woodland on the fields at the north end of Kennington Road. Visit the Friends of Kendall Copse website for more details.

Meadow Lane
If you interested in joining this group please let us know.

Milham Ford Nature Park
New Marston Wildlilfe Group have been very busy maintaining and improving this area for wildlife. Visit the Milham Ford Nature Park website for more details.

Quarry Hollow Park

Quarry Hollow Park in Headington is unique, and a friends group are helping to preserve and enhance its character. The group is in the process of coming up with new ideas for the park. If you want to have a say, please contact us.

Raleigh Park
This group have been very busy improving the pont and natural waterfall. Over the festive holidays they also held a boxing day walk around the park.

St Mary & St John Churchyard
The restoration of the churchyard has been made possible by a great number of people giving their time, energy and expertise to advising, planning and working physically in the churchyard. Visit the SS Mary and John Church website for more details.

St Sepulchre's Cemetery
A working party regularly meet to help maintain and attract wildlife to this tranquil area of Jericho.

Trap Grounds
The Friends of Trap Grounds support the conservation and management of the Trap Grounds in north Oxford. The Trap Grounds are a three-acre reed-bed and three acres of scrubland, grassland, and woodland, lying between the canal and the railway line in north Oxford, just south of the Frenchay Road canal bridge. Visit the Friends of the Trap Grounds website for more information.

Setting up a Friends Group

Before you start, read the document below:

PDF icon 5 steps to starting the group (127kB PDF)

Useful information

We are here to help any potential, new or existing group, so if you have any questions or queries please get in touch on 01865 252240. The documents below may help you with useful tips.

PDF icon Holding an annual meeting (84kB PDF)
Applying for funding (427kB PDF)

When the group is established, it will need a constitution, someone to create agendas and someone to write minutes. Examples of these are below:

PDF icon Sample constitution (53kB PDF)
Sample minutes (65kB PDF)
Sample agenda (50kB PDF)

Page last reviewed 12 January 2012

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Cutteslowe Park Offices

Harboard Road

Oxford

OX2 8ES

01865 252240

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