Friends of Norman Park

07/06/2026

This week is volunteer's week and we'd like to say a massive thank you to our amazing volunteers and members who have helped to look after the park over the years 💚

Thanks to TSL Kirklees Volunteering we were able to thank our members with an evening of forest bathing!

New volunteers and members are always welcome 😁

02/06/2026

Many bees enjoying the dandelions growing on the banking in the park 💚

17/05/2026

We are looking at putting on some community events over the summer. Can you help out or get involved?

We are looking for community groups, families or individuals, to help run different free activities for the community, anything like crafts, music, singing, cultural traditions, games, sports activities or just to help out on the day ⚽️🎨🎶

If you're interested, message us on here or email us at [email protected]

Thanks FoNP 💚

06/05/2026

Many thanks to the wonderful Outdoor Volunteers from S2R Create Space 🙌

In this months session we focus on the Jack Hill side of the park, we planted some fruit trees, cleaned up the footpaths, started to remove the debris in the MUGA and removed 6 orange barriers that were dumped in the park 💚

01/05/2026

Did you know there are over 250 different species of bees in the UK???

This is an Ashy Mining Bee spotted on the rec side of the park, this is a solitary bee that emerges from the ground in spring 🙌

17/04/2026

🌳 Nature Day 🌳

This Sunday join Friends of Friends Of Grimescar for their Nature Day event!!

Great to see a class from a local school on a field trip in the area today. They were doing their own Grimescar Nature Day - testing the water, spotting the various trees and birds. As they walked around they picked up litter - top of the litter item list was poo bags!

08/04/2026

This week we were out in the sunshine for our Outdoor Volunteer session planting up the flowers beds around the War Memorial with native and bee friendly plants 🌼🐝

Our next Outdoor Volunteer day will be...
📆 Tuesday 5th May
⏰ 11am till 1pm
📍 Meeting by the container near the stream and Norman Road

Everyone is welcome to join us, tools and refreshments provided!

02/04/2026

We had some volunteers from S2R Create Space helping in the Jack Hill side of the park this week, to tidy around the footpaths and reinstall the bin 🙌

Our Outdoor Volunteer days are every 1st Tuesday of the month. Our next one is...
📆 Tuesday 7th April
⏰ 11am till 1pm
📍 Meeting by the container near the stream and Norman Road

Everyone is welcome to join us, tools and refreshments provided!

29/03/2026

Many thanks to everyone who came out this morning to help do a litter pick and stream clean up in the park.

We collected 20 bags of rubbish, a pram and half a shopping trolley 😅