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Welcome, please join us

We are a friendly group who work with the co-operation of Blackpool Council to make the park as attractive and interesting as possible.

Meet new friends and become involved in park life.

If you are interested in joining us or becoming a volunteer please use the link below

Click Here to go to the Join Us Page

Awarded to the Friends of Stanley Park June 2022:

 

Monthly Meetings at 2pm in the Visitor Centre on the 3rd Saturday of the month.

The next monthly meeting is on Saturday 16th July 2022 in the Visitor Centre at 2pm to 4pm.

Guest Speaker to be announced.

 

 

If you are interested in joining us please contact Caroline Fowler, our membership secretary.
Click Here to email Caroline Fowler

Telephone 01253 440286

Membership is £10 for an individual or family.

Click here to download the membership form in pdf format 

Click here to download the membership form in Word format

 

Stanley Park Blackpool is an award winning Grade II* listed park a mile inland from the promenade. Voted best park in the UK twice, 2017 and 2019 in the Fields in Trust vote, it contains two large lakes, superb floral displays, top class sports facilities and many leisure facilities for all the family. We're proud to be able to work with Blackpool Council on maintaining this fine asset for our town.

Bandstand Sunday 3rd July 2022

1pm to 4.30pm

The Blackaways, Venezuela Venezuela, Beat Bros.

Motorcycle Show in the Italian Gardens.

 

 

 

Carole Thaw at the Bandstand with the live music programme for 2022.

The full programme is on our events page.

 

Summer in Stanley Park Photographs Wanted

Friends of Stanley Park are now inviting amateur photographers to submit their pictures of summer in Stanley Park for an exhibition starting at the beginning of August.

Pictures must be mounted on card and can be sized up to 12x10ins. Pictures should be signed with your name on the front and please write your contact details on the back.

They should be handed into the Visitor Centre before July 25th deadline, please.

After being displayed in the Visitor Centre they will go on to local libaries.

Our spring exhibition received lots of praise from visitors and it's lovely to bring enjoyment of the park to others.

We really look forward to seeing your pictures.

 

 

The Friends of Stanley Park are awarded
The Queens Award for Voluntary Service 2022

2nd June 2022

The Friends of Stanley Park, based in Blackpool, have just been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE.
The Friends have been in existence for 20 years , since the Park was refurbished with aid from a lottery grant. A Visitor Centre was built and is staffed solely by volunteers who raise funds for projects within the park and involve the community.

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by local volunteer groups to benefit their communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate The Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Recipients are announced each year on 2nd June, the anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation.

 Representatives of the Friends will receive the award crystal and certificate from Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire later this summer. In addition, two volunteers from the Friends will attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace in May 2023 , along with other recipients of this year’s Award.

“We are delighted to receive such a prestigious award, which recognises the contribution of volunteers over the years, in creating the friends of Stanley Park group. This has become a vibrant organisation and receiving the award this year recognises the hard work and commitment shown by the volunteers, who have been instrumental in what we have achieved in the 20 years since its inception. A special thank you should go to our former chairman, Elaine Smith, who led the group for the last 10 years”.   Says Nigel Patterson, Chairman, Friends of Stanley Park.

 

 

The Book Club, please join us every fourth Thursday in the Visitor Centre at 3pm. Next Meeting is Thursday 28th July.

 

 

 

Elaine Smith and Joyce Street, founding committee members, receive well deserved honorary membership and bouquets with grateful thanks at the AGM. 23rd April 2022.

 

 

Wanted! Volunteers to staff the bandstand shows on Summer Sundays.
Contact Carole Thaw, email her click here

Craft Club: Every Tuesday 10am to 3pm in the Visitor Centre.

Dog Walkers Club: Every Wednesday 10am to noon in the Visitor Centre hosted by Nigel.

Gardeners Club: Every Monday and Thursday 10am to 12. Meet in the Rose Garden or Memorial Garden hosted by Graham.

Book Club: Every 4th Thursday in the Visitor Centre at 3pm.

 

Volunteers always welcome.

 

Events for 2022 taster

Bandstand Concerts Sundays 8th May to 18th September 2022

Easter Fair 16th and 17th April 2022

Platinum Jubilee on the Bandstand 4th June 2022

Macmillan Event 24th and 25th September 2022

Halloween 29th and 30th October 2022.

Christmas Fair 3rd and 4th December 2022

Choir Concert 18th December 2022

 

 

 

 

The Visitor Centre is open from 11am to 3pm 6 days a week, Tuesday to Sunday

Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 3pm. Information about the park. Staffed by volunteers from the Friends of Stanley Park.

 

Craft Club: Every Tuesday 10am to 3pm in the Visitor Centre.

Dog Walkers Club: Every Wednesday 10am to noon in the Visitor Centre hosted by Nigel.

Gardeners Club: Every Monday and Thursday 10am to 12. Meet in the Rose Garden or Memorial Garden hosted by Graham.

Volunteers always wanted.