Carrbrook Village Bowling Club
Lottery Grant Improvement Works 2004

Aims and Outcomes Funding Sources Contractors and Contributors Congratulations Photographs

Aims and Outcomes

To improve our community maintained park, which is an Urban Conservaton Area. To create disabled access into the grounds from Beaconsfield Terrace. To remove over 80 metres of privet and rusted fencing with new ornate fencing. To encourage and involve an increased number of local people in the improvement and care for the flowerbeds and maintenance of the grounds. To encourage use of this underused facility. To provide an improved opportunity for gentle exercise and social recreation. To improve the path from the gate on Carr Rise up to the bowling green, to allow access to those with limited mobility. To commence the recycling of leaves and cuttings from the bowling green into green waste compost. Some of the many trees in the park area needed arboriculture works that could not be undertaken by a small, ageing, voluntary group such as ours. 19 trees were removed and 3 new ones were planted. To create a Terrain on which to play Pétanque (Boules). Pétanque is a game that families and the disabled can play, the rules have been specially made to enable a handicapped player to participate and can be played from a wheelchair or by a person with one lower limb missing. This additional facility will now make more of the grounds easier to maintain. At Carrbrook Bowling Club Pétanque can now be Played on the First Terrain in Tameside. Thanks to sheer hard work and determination of our Facilitator who solely undertook all the Lottery applications our aims have been achieved. Should any other voluntary group consider taking on such a fund raising / ground improvement project they are warned that our Lottery Improvement Project has taken over two and a half years to complete, and to achieve the outcome, there have been many weeks where over 20 hours of voluntary work has been undertaken, in addition to working full time. The natural beauty of the grounds is now a wonderous sight to behold, however it has come at a price. Unless you have a magnificent obsession you are advised not to commence such a project.

Funding Sources

Logo	Name of Funder	Amount Awarded	Works Undertaken
	Awards For All	£4,995.00	Pétanque Terrain and its Disabled Access Path, Sets of Boules and Launch Party.
	BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers - Peoples Places Award Scheme	£8,603.60	Plants and Bushes for Flowerbeds, Removal of 19 Trees, Planting of 3 Trees, Disabled Access Path from Beaconsfield Terrace to the Pavillion, Repairs to Steps, Handrails to Steps, Skips, Handtools, Strimmer, Public Liability Insurance.
	Community Foundation for Greater Manchester	£575.00	Topographical Survey of the Grounds and CAD Drawing.
	- Managers of the Tameside Community Chest & Learning Chest
	Living Spaces	£24,999.00	Removal of privets and provision of Boundary Fence along Beaconsfield Terrace, Bat Survey, Tree Survey, Excavations and Grading of Land, Turf, Fees For Professional Project Management.
	Tameside MBC	£150.00	The Town Manager, Bob Wheeler, paid the cost of the planning permission for the new fence to the boundary of the land we rent from Tameside MBC. The Refuge Dept has supplied us with 3 brown wheelie bins to enable us to recycle grass cuttings and leaves into compost.

Contractors and Contributors

	Trevor Bridge Associates particularly thanks to David Griffin	Project Management and Planning Appointment of Contractors Environmental Design Landscape Architects
	WAP Lawton & Son Ltd particularly thanks to Gordon Darlington	Landscape Contractor Landscape Contruction Works Plants, Bushes, Turf, Benches Paths, Steps and Pétanque Terrain
	W Garcia & Son Ltd particularly thanks to Ray Biddle	Wrought Iron Works Fence and Gates Handrails to Steps
	Community Technical Advice Centre Anne Hunter	Resource Finder Funding Information Technical & Contractor Advice
	British Pétanque Federation Mike Pegg Alan Swift Ted Bevan	Terrain Construction Information Rules of the Game Funding Advice "Boules For Beginners" Day
	Buckton Vale Institute Bar Staff	Premises and Hospitality Pétanque Launch Party Venue
	Tony Williams Catering	Pétanque Launch Party Catering Sherry Reception Buffet Supper
	Slice of Life Cake Design Joanne Woodhead	Pétanque Launch Party Celebration Cake
	Groundwork Trust Tameside	Ian Crossland Funding Advice
Also Paul Whittaker Tree Works Chris Partingtons Land Survey Stan Irwin Ecology Consultant Bat Survey Barry Engledow and Danny Vose Drawings

Congratulations

On 1st February 2005 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Prescott, wrote to thank us for making an excellent contribution to the quality of life in our community and for taking time and effort to help create a cleaner, safer and greener England. He also said that we are an encouraging community group who have put time and effort into our project. He went on to say that our story was truly inspirational and that we should be proud of our work. His letter finished by saying that it is through commitment of volunteers like ourselves that help achieve the goal of sustainable communities.

Photographs

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