Friends of Chaddy Field

Friends of Chaddy Field Volunteer group supporting Chadderton Field in Unsworth

09/10/2026

📢 United Utilities Drop-in

As united utilities are starting their planned work within Chaddy fields, they will be hosting a drop in session at Sunnybank Community Centre 4-8pm on the 14th October.

This is your chance to get your views heard on the impact to the green space for this work and propose what they can do to give back to the community.

Wow ... so much done today! Mowing, thistle cutting, branch hedge number 2 built, Hillsborough ginnell 3 entrance cleari...
04/10/2026

Wow ... so much done today! Mowing, thistle cutting, branch hedge number 2 built, Hillsborough ginnell 3 entrance clearing, bramble cutting! Made a massive visible difference! Picnic area under the oak tree by Pooh Sticks bridge cleared Many thanks to Steven from Philips Park Volunteers for tools, and advice!
Just a reminder 10.30am Wed 7th Oct
And Sat 10th Oct 1pm are our next volunteer sessions. All welcome to join us

08/09/2026

Reminder: our next meeting is tomorrow Wednesday 9th at 6:30pm Sunnybank Centre

Everyone is welcome - we will be talking about what we have planned next for the park 🌺

6 months into our community group - a lot of negativity online about what has been achieved! So here's a list of what we...
25/08/2026

6 months into our community group - a lot of negativity online about what has been achieved!

So here's a list of what we've done in just 6 months:

Balsam .... bashed ✅️
There is a small window to balsam bash each year and we have just reached the end of that window. Why do it? Well it helps us get our native plants back and it strengthens the river bed. It may seem like this is all we have done over the last few months and that's because it had to be.

Benches ... getting replaced ✅️
Thanks to some lobbying we managed to agree with the council the old benches were not suitable and they have officially replaced them all with benches with backs

Funding...applied for ⭐
First funding application for £28k has been submitted, decision will come in November. We can only do this because we are now a community group. This has opened doors to many more opportunities even if this doesn't come to fruition.

Bank account and constitution set up ⭐
This may seem like a small thing, but this has taken a lot of effort to sort and puts us in the position we are now in to apply for funding

Trees ... getting sorted, you should see the council working on this as we speak ✅️

And things we are working on:

Our next volunteering activity - meeting scheduled
Our next grant application - currently working on
Paths (pending UU) 🙏 - working with the council to get UU to agree to path remediation has part of their work in the park
Mowing schedule 🙏 - lobbying the council to mow sections of the park
Planting bulbs and wildflowers 🙏

This is what can be achieved when we come together positively as a community. It takes a small amount of time to leave a horrid comment or complain, it take so much time to make this place better. Thank you to all our volunteers who are showing what this place can truly be for the community ⭐

🥳 New benches starting to be installed!Thanks to Bury council we've got new benches being installed throughout the park!...
10/08/2026

🥳 New benches starting to be installed!

Thanks to Bury council we've got new benches being installed throughout the park! All new benches should be installed by end of year.

🌿 Our first funding application has been submitted!Becoming a community group has opened the door to funding opportuniti...
31/07/2026

🌿 Our first funding application has been submitted!

Becoming a community group has opened the door to funding opportunities that can help us restore Chaddy Field for everyone to enjoy.

This application is the result of a real team effort, so thank you to everyone who gave their time and support to get it submitted.

We're committed to keeping the momentum going by applying for more grants and working with our community to bring Chaddy Field back to life. Here's hoping this is the first of many positive steps! 💚

21/07/2026

Two of our fantastic volunteers using some tools from home to make a huge difference in clearing the balsam!!

Such an amazing effort from everyone this year to get rid of the invasive species 🌺

🌺 more pics of our team balsam bashing! 🌺 Join us Wednesdays and Saturdays for balsam bashing!
08/07/2026

🌺 more pics of our team balsam bashing! 🌺

Join us Wednesdays and Saturdays for balsam bashing!

Join us tomorrow and every Wednesday and Saturday going forward until the balsam blossoms! 🌺
09/06/2026

Join us tomorrow and every Wednesday and Saturday going forward until the balsam blossoms! 🌺

Another great balsam bash on Saturday!Join us tomorrow at 11am for more balsam bashing ☘️
02/06/2026

Another great balsam bash on Saturday!

Join us tomorrow at 11am for more balsam bashing ☘️

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