ORGANISERS OF the Crystal Palace Overground Festival are asking the community for their views on next year’s event at a meeting next week. The current committee which run the festival - now entering its seventh year – are inviting the local community to get involved in helping set the direction of the festival, join in organising...
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On Sunday 7 October 2012 Friends of Westow Park in Crystal Palace held a Community Fun Day to celebrate the installation of its long-awaited new play structure and its official opening. The project, funded largely by a £53,000 Community Spaces open grant, has transformed a neglected public space to become the vibrant, social hub...
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Volunteers came together on Sunday (6th November 2011) to plant 1,500 wildlife bulbs and five mature trees in Westow Park, Crystal Palace. Five alders and one foxglove tree were planted in the playground to provide shade and autumn/winter colour. The foxglove tree is a fast-growing variety so it is hoped will provide some shade...
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The annual Crystal Palace Overground Festival starts at 5 pm today (Wednesday, 10 August) at Westow House, Westow Hill in Crystal Palace with market stalls and entertainers and a fully interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show screening and fancy dress. Now in its 5th year, the Crystal Palace Overground Festival is run over 4 days...
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Comedian and Crystal Palace resident Mark Steel will open the 5th Crystal Palace Overground Festival on Saturday, August 13 at Westow Park, Crystal Palace. The well-known comedian, author and broadcaster will officially open the main day of the festival, 13 August, at 11.45 am from the Antenna stage in Westow Park (the festival starts...
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Crystal Palace Festival organisers are thrilled to have secured sponsorship from a number of local businesses in the area, ensuring that this year’s festival will be one to remember. Neil Louth, the group managing director of Acorn, the main sponsor of the festival said: “The Acorn Group are delighted to be the main sponsor...
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The Crystal Palace Festival is launching a fundraising drive. Get a great perk in return for donations to the festival fund. The more money they raise the more fun you can have! Please donate anything you can afford and spread the word – even £5 will do! If they get 400 people donating £5...
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More than 70 people came from all over Croydon on Sunday to plant a wildlife hedge in Westow Park, Crystal Palace. The Friends of Westow Park and local residents were joined by scouts, the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) and members of other Friends groups, including Foxley Wood and Beulah Heights. In the...
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A Crystal Palace community group has won funding to expand and improve the rundown children’s play area in their local park. After two years hard work – including community consultation events in torrential rain – the Friends of Westow Park are delighted to have secured a total of £70,000 of funding from Croydon Council...
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Following the great success of last summer’s playday in Westow Park they will once again be holding a playday on Wed 25th August between 1-4pm. The following activities will be on offer: 5 a side football tournament- get your teams ready!! Dr Bike clinic- bring your bikes for a service Display and taster sessions...
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