Agenda item

To receive the report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee noted the projects that the Friends of West Ham Park had successfully achieved throughout their seventh year. Over the past year, four public meetings had been held by the Friends at the local Scout hall and on occasion on the bandstand in the Park. At their annual meeting in June 2013, the Friends re-elected their eighth Chairman, Ms Nicky Brown, and Deputy Chairman, Mr Ron Innell. At this annual meeting, the Friends suggest projects that they would like to be involved in and agree a timetable of events for the forthcoming year.

The events hosted included stargazing walks, bat walks and making poppies at the Poppies for Peace event in Commemoration of the centenary of the start of WW1. Members were informed that that Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee had agreed a resolution thanking all volunteers for their hard work throughout the year.