{"id":61239,"date":"2024-05-16T11:24:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T11:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=61239"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:15:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:15:39","slug":"environmental-care-group-hosts-fundraiser-for-local-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/16\/environmental-care-group-hosts-fundraiser-for-local-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental care group hosts fundraiser for local park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friends of Whirlow Brook Park is an organisation that strives to care for the park in the South-West of Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group organises events around the year to raise money to put back into the park and protect the wildlife and environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the groups\u2019 most recent event, a plant sale and swap that all raised money to go towards the restoration of the community orchard that\u2019s currently a bramble patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Friends of Whirlow Brook Park Fundraising\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8DBOGalHi-g?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The organisation could be seen selling different types of plants and had a tool sharpening section for people to come along and get their gardening equipment back into shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicola Gilbert, group volunteer, says: \u201cFriend groups are amazing because all the voluntary effort people put in is rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not the first fundraising project the group have made, back in 2022 they raised money for bat boxes and in 2023 \u00a3740 was raised for the \u2018Blue family trail\u2019 set to be launched on 28th July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many different events coming up like volunteer work on the park gardens next Monday and the \u2018Sounds of Summer Concert\u2019 taking place on 26th May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone wanting to join the group in their caring of the park can register <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofwhirlowbrookpark.org.uk\/join-the-friends\/\">here<\/a> and donations for the orchard clean up can be made through <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketsource.wishpondpages.com\/ticketsource-community-fund-2024\/entries\/205493928\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends of Whirlow Brook Park have raised money to protect the wildlife and environment in the park in the South-West of Sheffield.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":617,"featured_media":61401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,21,16,55,103],"tags":[260,44,38,1523],"class_list":["post-61239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-news","category-top-stories","category-top-story-3","category-watch","tag-environment","tag-fundraising","tag-sheffield","tag-whirlow-brook-park"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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