Last month over thirty residents were ‘messing about’ in boats on the River Stort. They cruised for about four hours and enjoyed a substantial picnic lunch organised by a stalwart group of volunteers. The boats were provided by Canalability which is a charity based on the river. A further 5 or so cruises have been arranged for Christmas, (the boats are heated) and early next summer.
We will be exhibiting three homes at the 2016 World of Park & Leisure Homes Show – the fantastic Pathfinder ‘Silkwood’ located at Stand M1, Prestige ‘Affinity’ located at Stand M18 and the ever popular Tingdene ‘Hayden Classic’ located at Stand M4, all three homes are packed full of stylish and modern features.
Visit the Pathfinder Silkwood and enter our free prize draw to win an iPad Mini.
The Turners Parks Group team look forward to welcoming you to all three homes.
10th – 12th June 2016
Stoneleigh Park
Warwickshire
CV8 2LG
We will be exhibiting two homes at the 2016 Southern Motorhome Show – the fantastic Prestige ‘The Residence’ and the Oakgrove ‘Clarendon’, both packed full of stylish and modern features.
The Turners Parks Group team look forward to welcoming you to both homes.
20th – 22nd May 2016
Newbury Showground
Chieveley
Berkshire
RG18 9QZ
The first Takeley Park Christmas Fayre was a fantastic success with £900 raised for the Alzheimer’s Society. Over 110 residents and their families enjoyed the fayre which was organised by the park’s Residents Association supported by the Teena Ettridge, Park Manager.
An intrepid band of stalwart volunteers ran stalls selling a variety of sweets, cakes, pickles, marmalade, toys for children and bric a brac.. A very big thank you to everyone who contributed to such a wonderful and enjoyable event.
Over 40 residents from Takeley Park enjoyed a delicious Christmas meal at Takeley Silver Jubilee Hall on the 13th December 2015. This fantastic event was organised by a small group of residents and Teena Ettridge, Park Manager at Takeley Park.
A merry band of volunteers led by Sue Wood and Jean Hull cooked and served a delicious three course dinner whilst pupils from Takeley Primary School aged between 7 and 9 years old entertained party goers with lovely Christmas songs and carols.
Father Christmas visited at the end of the dinner to present everyone with a commemorative slice of cake, Mr and Mrs Jefford who recently moved to Takeley Park won the Waitrose voucher kindly donated by Turners Parks Group.
It was a memorable occasion and has done much to galvanise the park community spirit, a great time was had by all!
Resident’s at St John’s Priory Park have been bowled over by a fantastic evening of skittles and supper at The Plough Inn, Fairford. Games of skittles and a good pub meal were enjoyed by the bowlers, with transport to and from the park organised ensuring everyone could enjoy a drink (or two). By popular demand the next event is already being organised!
St John’s Priory Park residents have enjoyed a fantastic Christmas dinner at the local pub, the event was well attended and included a raffle with many prizes. The Association are looking forward to lots more social events in 2016!
St John’s Priory Park residents have enjoyed carols around the Christmas tree accompanied by the St Lawrence Church Choir, despite the cold weather 60 residents turned out to enjoy some festive singing and to help with the switch on of the lights on the park’s newly planted permanent Christmas tree. The event was organised with the help of the Park’s Resident Association who are doing a great job in organising many different social events for all residents to enjoy.
Successful coffee mornings at St John’s Park and Takeley Park have raised valuable funds for Macmillan through their World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event.
St John’s Park raised over £700 at their coffee morning with residents enjoying a wide variety of home baked cakes with their cuppa- a fantastic achievement! Takeley Park Residents Association also raised £650 with more than 80 visitors attending to sample the wide variety of home baked cakes on offer.
Well done to all the volunteers who helped organise these events and raise such a fantastic sum in a short period of time!
Takeley Park has received a Bronze award from David Bellamy as part of his Conservation Award Scheme.
Launched in 1996, the David Bellamy Award Scheme looks at how residential and leisure park home sites across the country are looking after their natural environment. The scheme assesses the park’s commitment to promoting natural habitats for wildlife, reducing energy usage, encouraging recycling and how waste products are reused. Members of local conservation bodies and wildlife trusts assess participating parks and report their findings to David Bellamy who then reviews the report and decides if the park has met relevant criteria for an award.
The bronze award achieved by Takeley Park recognises our commitment to supporting the natural environment as well as providing suitable habitats for birds and animals on the park.
In addition to joining the David Bellamy Conservation Award Scheme Takeley Park has also taken the ‘Honey Bee Pledge’. This scheme recognises the importance of the native honey bee population and ensures planting schemes on the park help the bees to thrive. Bee hotels kindly constructed by some of our residents and installed throughout the park further encourage the bee population.
The Takeley Park Residents’ Association have worked fantastically hard alongside the park wardens to help with the installation of additional planting schemes, bee hotels and bat boxes, for which Turners Parks Group are extremely appreciative and thankful.
Following the success of the scheme on Takeley Park, we will be looking to roll this out to other parks in our portfolio during 2016/17 as well as working towards achieving a Gold award on Takeley Park!