Welcome
Welcome to the official website for the Friends of Apex Park.
(www.friendsofapexpark.co.uk)We are a voluntary, fully constituted group, established in 2001, who aim is to provide opportunities for community members to improve and promote the use of the park, to help protect and enhance Apex Leisure and Wildlife Park as a place of freedom, recreation, wildlife habitat and enjoyment for all sections of the local community.
We meet on a regular basis, and work closely with Sedgemoor District Council to achieve the following:
To work in partnership with Sedgemoor District Council and or other interested parties to help manage and generally look after the Apex park to enhance its value to the community.
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Latest News
Last updated October 2007
Restoration of the wildflower meadow.
Breathing Places Campaign - Big Lottery Fund/BBC
With the help of Sedgemoor District Council we have been awarded the value of £9,000 from the BIG Lottery/Breathing Places Campaign, to fund the restoration of the wildflower meadow at the Park.
A successful seed sowing day was held on Wednesday 3rd October when 120 local school children from St John's C of E at Highbridge, and Beechfield Infants, Highbridge, helped us sow thousands of yellow rattle seeds.
The second stage of the project is to plant thousands of wildflower plugs in April 2008 to help establish a variety of wildflowers within the meadow.
If you would like to get involved with this worthwhile community project, please contact either Joyce Beard, Chair on Tel: 01278 783913 or Kate Avery, Temporary Secretary on Tel: 01278 435512
Green Flag Award success
Apex Park has been awarded the Green Flag status for the first time this year.
The Chairman of Sedgemoor District Council, Councillor Dennis Davey, and Joyce Beard, Chair of the Friends of Apex Park Improvements Group raised the flag which can now be seen flying proudly from the flagpole by the Marine Drive entrance to the Park.
Now nearly 11 years old, the Governent's Green Flag Award scheme recognises parks that achieve certain standards in the same way that the Blue Flag scheme recognises clean beaches.
The scheme also encourages parks to recognise the role of community engagement in reducing crime, improving educational opportunities and engendering civic pride.
