(posted 7803 days ago)Lambeth
Date:12.12.2002
Ref: 1459
Press contact: Jo Rogers
Tel: 020 7926 2739
Email: jrogers3@lambeth.gov.uk
Press Release
Planting A Field Of Hope: 3,000 Daffodils For Marie Curie Cancer Care
Children from Walnut Tree Walk Primary School will be helping Marie Curie Cancer Care, the Friends of Lambeth Walk Open Space (FoLWOS) and Lambeth Council plant thousands of bulbs on Lambeth Walk Open Space on Monday 16 December, from 11.30am to 1.00pm.Lambeth Walk Open Space is a public open space in Kennington, London SE1 - named after the famous walking dance "The Lambeth Walk" and the music hall song "Doing the Lambeth Walk".
Kate Hoey, MP for Vauxhall, will launch the bulb planting event at 12.00 noon, along with pupils and staff from Walnut Tree Walk School.
Fields of Hope are special places planted with daffodils by Marie Curie Cancer Care as a way of remembering loved ones - they symbolise hope for the future. Donations can be made by the public in memory of loved ones and in return Marie Curie Cancer Care will dedicate a daffodil in the field to them. A "roll of honour" listing the names of all people remembered in each Field of Hope will be publicly displayed.
The site is managed by Lambeth Council on behalf of and in partnership with the local community, which is represented by the Friends of Lambeth Walk Open Space (FoLWOS).
"The display of daffodils early next year will be stunning," says Councillor Clare Whelan, executive member for the environment. "I'm sure it will be appreciated by local residents who enjoy taking a walk in the park."
The event will also provide an opportunity to announce the award of a 'Doorstep Green Project Preparation Grant' to FoLWOS by the Countryside Agency, the countryside protection and development agency for England. The 'Doorstep Green' scheme is a lottery-funded programme which enables local communities to improve their local open spaces, bringing a bit of 'countryside to their doorstep'.
A Doorstep Green Project Preparation Grant will enable FoLWOS to consult with local residents, schools and businesses, as well as those using Lambeth Walk Open Space, to identify how the site can be made safer, more accessible and more welcoming to use and enjoy. If this stage is successful, FoLWOS would be able to bid for a substantial amount of funding to help make visible and lasting improvements to Lambeth Walk Open Space which are needed and supported by local people and users.
For more information on the Lambeth Walk Field of Hope or the work of Marie Curie Cancer Care, please contact Mural Ismail, London Community Fundraising Co-ordinator, on 020 7599 7773.
For more information on Lambeth Walk Open Space and the Friends of Lambeth Walk Open Space, contact Ian Nicolson, Chair of FoLWOS on 07711 627 998 or email friendsof.lwos@which.net.
For more information on Lambeth's 64 parks and open spaces, including Lambeth Walk Open Space, please contact Iain Boulton, Community Environment Officer on 020 7926 6209 or iboulton@lambeth.gov.uk
Issued by the Communication Centre
London Borough of Lambeth
Lambeth Town Hall
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London SW2 1RW
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www.lambeth.gov.uk