Report of FoAP Annual Genral Meeting, November 2025
AGENDA
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Allestree Park (FOAP) was held on Wednesday 19 November at the Memorial Hall, Cornhill, Allestree.
Agenda
1. Welcome/Introduction
2. Review of the year
a) FOAP activities and events (Monica Monticelli)
b) Lake Update (Graham Spencer)
c) FOAP Treasurer’s Report (Mark Sims)
d) FOAP Committee Election
3. Rewilding Project:
• Community Engagement (Andy Honman -DWT)
• Nature Recovery (Emily Hughes – DWT)
• Derby Parks update & Access and Recreation (Sandra Horner – DCC)4.
Roman Road through Allestree Park? (Penny Jackson)
5. Q&A
The final item was a Q&A session:
Q With the introduction of additional benches will there be more rubbish bins?
A Yes, and they will be ’smart’ bins which will send a message to the operations team to empty them. Some current bins have already been retro-fitted to be ’smart’.
Q Will there be accommodation of wheelchairs?
A Yes, at level sites.
Q One member expressed anxiety that DWT funding for this project will end in 2027.
A Derby City Council and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust will try to find continuing funding.
Q Why is the seasonal pond where it is - it sometimes looks a mess and overflows the path in some heavy rain events.
A It has formed naturally as a consequence of the golf course drainage system no longer being functional. Derby Parks has plans to reduce the frequency of the overflows. The occasional muddy appearance is natural.
Q What has happened to the information board which used to stand on a stone plinth near to the hall?
A Derby Parks has the board in safe keeping. It will be re-installed outside of the Hall’s curtilage, which we shall know when the sale of the hall is complete.
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SEE: Illustrated Reports of:
FoAP Activities and Events
Communmity Engagement and Nature recovery - DWT
Derby Parks Update and Access and Recreation
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