Birchgrove Community Association

Friends of Parc-yr-Helig

Welcome to the Campaign page for Parc-yr-Helig the Beautiful Green Forgotten Conservation and Play Area.

We are a local group who have come together to try and improve this green area for everyone to enjoy. If you would like to know more about the group, or would like to join-in please contact us by sending an e-mail or click here for our contact form.

Any comments would be welcomed.

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Parc-yr-Helig is a vast open green space. The picture to the right shows the size of this conservation area.

It is located between Parc-yr-Helig Road and Ffordd-y-Bryn and many other streets also have access.

There is a children's play area, which is very well used, and a vast natural wilderness which the Friends of Parc-yr-Helig are very keen to develop for the local and wider community.

In a recent consultation the community put forward some ideas including a Nature Reserve, Nature Trails, Skateboard Ramps and adding Dog Waste Bins.

All the land is owned and managed by Swansea Council. It is currently included in their Local Development Plans for Residential Development. Do you want to see houses built on this site? then click here to see what plans Swansea Council has.

Roy and Neil Jones have carried out an extensive ecological survey of the area.

Click here to view the full species survey listing.

source:Google Maps

15th January 2012

Fantastic news. The daffodail bulbs that were planted last year are starting to sprout through and will provide a blaze of spring for us all to enjoy. If anyone sees a the first daffodail let us know. We would love to share the news!

29th November 2011

Great news, we have had meetings with Swansea Council and have asked the possibility of the area being developed with some landscaping, developing the football play area and organising regular grass cutting. Watch this space for further news!

19th October 2011

Come and Escape Into Your Park this coming Sunday 23rd October at 11am, and help with a community litter pick and Bulb Planting event. We have over 600 bulbs to plant and need your help. Please bring along your friends and family, all our welcome. Please click here to see more details about the event.

30th September 2011

The Local Development Plan consultation offered everybody the opportunity to have their say on the future of Parc-yr-Helig. To view the comments please click here. Also local resident and Community Association member Jamie Walker put forward a petition signed by many in the local community, against the plans for residential development on the land. Please click here to view the document submitted.

26th September 2011

Over 1000 Daffodil bulbs were planted in Parc-yr-Helig yesterday. Several community volunteers including local Cllr Ryland Doyle and Police Sgt Martyn Jones gave up their time on a Sunday morning to plant the bulbs which will flower next Spring. Volunteer Matt Smith who organised the event commented "The event today will make Birchgrove a prettier and more attractive place to live". Please Click here to view the Evening Post article about the Bulb Planting event. Pictures can be seen on our Facebook Event page for Parc-yr-Helig.

20th September 2011

We have organised a community bulb planting event for Sunday 25th September 10.30am at Parc-yr-Helig. Everyone is welcome to come along and plant some bulbs. No experience in gardening required, we will show you if needed how to plant a bulb which will hopefully blossom next spring, and every spring after that. Click here to see more details about the event.

7th August 2011

It is a wet day in Birchgrove, but we have some Brilliant Bright News! We have been successfull in gaining a £300 grant from Keep Wales Tidy for us to purchase equipment which can be used on this Project. Please click here to see the progress of this project so far. . .

3rd August 2011

A big Thank You to the South Wales Evening Post for writing an article on the Wild Weekend Event. Please click here to read the Paper version, or click here to view their online version.

1st August 2011

Fantastic news! the Football play area has been cleared of Brambles and overgrowth by Swansea Housing Department. Please click here.

31st July 2011

The Birchgrove WILD WEEKEND EVENT was a great Success. Many local residents helped clear litter from the Park with the help of Keep Wales Tidy, and local children built Bird Boxes which were later placed in the Trees. The event was also attended by South Wales Evening Post. Please click here to see their article on the event.

10th July 2011

The WILD WEEKEND EVENT in the Park is now officially planned for Sunday 31st July at 10.30am. Everyone is welcome to come along and join in. We are planning a light litter pick with the expert help of Keep Wales Tidy, and building bird boxes to place in the many trees in the Park. Click here to see more.

14th May 2011

Great news. We have been successful in gaining £250 worth of B&Q vouchers to support biodiversity and protection of endangered native species on two sites in Birchgrove. This comes through the Keep Wales Tidy 'Wild Weekend' initiative. This is really pleasing as it consolidates the great work by volunteers recently and gives us new opportunities. Under the bid that was put in, we will be looking to establish in Parc yr-helig some bee, bird and dormouse boxes, as well as planting some native trees and native bluebells and daffodils.

We need Volunteers to help us. Any help that you can offer would be fantastic. Remember you are helping your Community. Please contact us. Thanks.

19th April 2011

The glorious sunshine continues in Birchgrove, and the Park off Parc-yr-Helyg road is much cleaner after the litter pick. Click here to view our youtube video of the day. We also say a big thank you to the South Wales Evening post for publishing an article about the cleanup - Click here to read more . . .

10th April 2011

What glorious weather we had in Birchgrove for a Community Litter Pick. Over 20 volunteers helped to collect over 1 Tonne of litter in just a few hours. Organised with the help of Keep Wales Tidy, the Park off Parc-yr-Helyg road area was given a spring clean to match the weather. Click here to view the pictures taken on the day.

31 March 2011

Parc-yr-Helyg is the next Litter Pick planned for 10th April 2011. With the help of Keep Wales Tidy we can all get involved in clearing up the Blight on our landscape. Volunteers needed new and old to join in with the clean up. Please let us know if you will be able to help. Bring a Friend! Click here to see where the problem is. Click here to see What the problem is! Take a look at a video of the problem, Birchgrove is certainly a Wonderful part of the world.

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