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|Objective|||Action|Outcome||||
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|Sport, Recreation||&|The E5.2m Heritage
Lottery
Funded
park
restoration|More people enjoying the||||
|Events|||project began
in summer 2017and completed
in August|park and|its activities|||
||||2018. Work has continued
on some final and additional|||||
||||restoration
items, including:|Improved|physical||activity|
|||||and health||and wellbeing||
||||Creation
of an artistic
bench
using
material
from|||||
||||and representing
the Maid Marian
pleasure
cruise|Ranger led sessions|||and|
||||boat.|walks have||run consistently||
||||Target hardening
ofsite western
end ofthe park.
Improvements
Ireplacements
to play areas
Minor stonework
capping
repairs
around
the lake
edges.|allowing
members
ofthe
public to be involved
and more
active on site. Projects include
regular work in the Japanese
Garden,
bulb planting||||
||||Ongoing
railing
repainting
by
Probation
Service|sessions,|bench restoration|||
||||attendees.|sessions,|Tottle Brook|||
||||The
site
offered
a good
range
of quality
activities|clearance,|bat walks||and|
||||throughout
the year, which
includes
boating,
Adventure|wellbeing|walks.|||
||||Golf,
winter
and
summer
pitch
facilities
for football,|||||
||||archery
and lacrosse, as well as croquet
being
held on|||||
||||site. There were a number
ofevents,
both sporting
and|||||
||||community,
on
Highfields
Park,
including
the,|||||
||||Notting ham University
led Chinese New Year event,
bat|||||
||||walks and conservation
awareness
sessions|||||
||||The Adventure
Golf 8 Boating
activities
were
all open|||||
||||this year|||||
||||Stand-up
paddleboard,
yoga and others (e.g. University|||||
||||clubs) also regularly
use the lake.|||||
||||A new Park Ranger has been on site since November|||||
||||2021 and has spent time on site leading
on events and|||||
||||conservation
projects,
including
helping
to set
up a|||||
||||community
gardening
group, a Japanese
garden
group|||||
||||behind
the
cascade,
and
working
closely
with|||||
||||community
payback when they are on site.|||||
||||New
lease
completed
with
Nottingham
croquet
club|||||
||||signed and
in place.|||||
||||Ongoing
support ofthe croquet club.|Improved|gates and||access to|
|||||the croquet||lawns to|aid|
|||||maintenance.||||
|Community|Access||Nottingham
High
School
have
completed
the|||||
||||construction
of a new
artificial
hockey
pitch
on
the|||||
||||Highfields
sports ground site and
it is now in full use.|||||
||Park Ranger|partnership|working|with the University
of|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Nottingham|and
Nottingham
Lakeside
Arts
(plans
for|||||
||2023/24 are|being discussed.|||||
||A FCC
bid|for the
new|Serenity
Garden
memorial||Work with the Serenity Garden||
||garden
next to the old paddling
pool, in partnership
with
Forever Stars
baby
loss charity,
was successful
and||||is ongoing
with additional
planting
being provided
by
NCC and new trees.||
||work
started|on
the
F108,000||garden
in
2020/21.|||
||Replacement|oftrees dead
/ vandalised|||||
||The Serenity|Garden was|officially|opened
in July 2021|||
||Connecting
with local faith||groups|for use ofthe boating|||
||lake.||||||
|Well Maintained|A 10year maintenance
and management
plan
(MMP)||||Safe, well presented
and||
||supported
the
HLF
bid||and
details
how
the
park
is||park users have more|pride|
||maintained|following
the
restoration
project;
this
is|||and ownership||
||updated
annually.||||||
||Maintenance|programmes|have|been
completed
in|||
||order to ensure
the formal
areas|||and woodlands
are|||
||kept in an attractive
and favourable|||condition.|||
||Recruitment|of
a
permanent||HLF-funded
Head|||
||Gardener was successful.||||||
||The
partnership
with||the
Estates
and
Grounds||||
||Maintenance|Manager for the University
of Nottingham|||||
||campus
remains
strong.||||||
||Works to the|rhododendrons
continue|||||
||Security works to site to prevent traveller access.||||New security
bollards to||
||||||western
entrance ofthe|site to|
||||||mitigate
unsuthorised||
||||||vehicular access. A joint||
||||||project with the university|was|
||||||also completed
to create|a|
||||||bund between the Serenity||
||||||Garden and the playing|field to|
||||||limit vehicle access into||
||||||Highfields
Park from the|UoN|
||||||entrance.||
||Repairs and|maintenance|of listed|croquet pavilions.|Masonry
repairs to listed||
||||||croquet pavilions
snd||
||||||repainting
ofheritage
railings||
||||||and railing mounted||
||||||Nottin
ham crest details.||
|Sustainability-|Continued
tree planting
programme|||on site via memorial|Improved
environmental||
|Environmental|tree plantings.||||sustainability.||
||Continued
upgrade
of
parks
infrastructure
via
the||||||
||memorial
bench
scheme.||Memorial
bench
restoration||Additional
memodial
trees||
||continues
to|be a large|focus and the new
Heritage||planted,
species selected to||
||green colour
benches are|is appearing
all over
refurbished
and new||the park as existing
ones are purchased|boost biodiversity
and tree
diversity
on site.||
||by sponsors.||||Additional
memorial
benches||
||||||added to site in consistent||
||Volunteering|hours were|significantly
impacted
during||heritage style. Existing||
||the covid19|pandemic
but
volunteering
activities
are|||benches
restored
in olive||
||returning
tothe park with the Park Ranger using specific||||green colour and new high||
||site projects|to encourage|a wider|range ofvolunteers.|quality timber.||
||ERDF-funded
creation of pond and|ERDF-funded
creation of pond and|ERDF-funded
creation of pond and|ERDF-funded
creation of pond and|installation
of|installation
of|installation
of|installation
of|installation
of||Create new habitats.|Create new habitats.|
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||boardwalk|across|the old paddling||pool||to|link to the|||||
||new Serenity Garden.||||||||||||
||Additional|planting|added to|stepping||stone end|||of||New water plants|and lillies|
||lake.||||||||||added to stepping|stone|
||||||||||||area of lake to improve||
||||||||||||water quality
and|habitats.|
|Sustainability-|The
Christmas||Company|returned|||to|the|site|in|More financially
sustainable||
|Financial|December|2022.|With income levels|||starting to return||||to|and value for money trust||
||pre Covid|levels.|||||||||accounts.||
||Cloudg lease the||boathouse|for storage.|||||||||
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|PLA|NS F|OR FUTURE PERIODS
A
ril 2|0|23 - Marc|h 20|24|24||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Objective||Action||||Timetable for||Outcome|
|||||||Delivery|||
|Sport,||Continue
to deliver partnership||events with||Ongoing||Improved
physical
activity|
|Recreation|&|Nottingham
Lakeside Arts and||the University||throughout|the|and health and wellbeing|
|Events||of Nottingham||||year.|||
|||||||||Increase visitors to the park|
|||||||||Raised profile ofthe park|
|||Ongoing
delivery ofthe Activity||Plan by the|||||
|||Park Ranger and Partners,
including
events,||||||Introduce
different audiences|
|||education
and volunteering||||||to the park that may not have|
|||||||||visited the site prior to events|
|Community||Continue
to deliver education|in partnership|||Annually||Improved
education|
|Access||with Nottingham
Lakeside Arts||and the||available|||
|||University
of Nottingham
based||on the NCC||||Increase
in user groups|
|||Park Ranger Education
programme
(subject||||||using site|
|||to Covid-19 restrictions).||||||Batwalks, creating
green|
|||||||||recycling
opportunities
I.e.|
|||Diverse sports on site attracts
interest.|diverse|||Annually
available||Increasing
events offered eg.
Xmas wreath
making|
|Well||Ongoing
work on rhododendrons||and||2023/24||Safe, well presented
and|
|Maintained||interpreting
the Maid Marian.||||||park users have more pride|
|||||||||and ownership
eg.|
|||||||||Japanese gardeners
/|
|||Develop and continue to update
year Maintenance
plan.||a new 10||In place &
approved
HLF.|by the|general
park improvement
volunteers
- plus the
introduction
of park|
|||||||||improvement
days for litter|
|||||||||picking etc.|
|Sustainability-||Continue
to carry out volunteer||and student||Ongoing||Improved
environmental|
|Environmental||task days on site.||||||su stainability|
|||||||||Empowers
local users with|
|||Continue
to improve areas ofthe park for
wildlife as part of practical education||||Ongoing||their local park.|
|||sessions within the new activity||plan.||||Create new habitats.
i.e.|
|||||||||meadow creation|
|||||||||Make use of overgrown,|
|||||||||unused areas ofthe park.|
|Sustainability-||The Christmas
Company
will return to host||||December|2023|More financially
sustainable|
|Financial||an event
in 2023 and the funds||achieved|will|||and value for money trust|
|||help to make improvements
and maintain||||||accounts|
|||the park.|||||||
|||||||||Continued
successful|
|||Continued
partnership
working
with Colwick
Park Lifeguards
who lease the boathouse
for storage. (Cloud9) and manage
the
boating
lake||||Ongoing||partnerships
that help to
improve the types and standard
ofactivities offered @
Highfields
Park|
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|Councillor|Adele Williams|||||||Councillor|Linda Woodings||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Councillor|Ai Matsiko|||||||Councillor|Maria Joannou||||||
|Councillor|Andrew
Rule|||||||Councillor|Maria Watson||||||
|Councillor|Angela Kandola|||||||Councillor|Matt Shannon||||||
|Councillor|Angharad
Roberts (resigned|||||May-23)||Councillor|Merlita
Bryan (resigned|||May-23)|||
|Councillor|Anne Peach (resigned||May-23)|||||Councillor|Michael Edwards||||||
|Councillor|Anwar
Khan|||||||Councillor|Michael Savage||||||
|Councillor|Audra Wynter|||||||Councillor|Nick Raine||||||
|Councillor|Audrey
Dlnnall|||||||Councillor|Mohammed
Saghir (resigned|||||May-23)|
|Councillor|Azad Choudhry|(resigned|||May-23)|||Councillor|Nadia Farhat||||||
|Councillor|Carole McCugoch|||||||Councillor|Naim Saqab Salim||||||
|Councillor|Cate Woodward|(resigned|||May-23)|||Councillor|Nayab Patel||||||
|Councillor|Cheryl Bernard|||||||Councillor|Neghat
Khan||||||
|Councillor|Corall Jenkins|||||||Councillor|Nicola Heaton (resigned|||May-23)|||
|Councillor|Dave Liversidge|(resigned|||May-23)|||Councillor|Patience Ifediora||||||
|Councillor|David Mellen|||||||Councillor|Pavlos Kotsonis||||||
|Councillor|David Trimble (resigned|||May-23)||||Councillor|Phil Jackson (resigned||May-23)||||
|Councillor|Devontay
Okure|||||||Councillor|Rebecca Langton (resigned||||May-23)||
|Councillor|Ethan Radford|||||||Councillor|Roger Steel (resigned||May-23)||||
|Councillor|Eunice Campbell-Clark|||(resigned|||May-23)|Councillor|Rosemary
Healy (resigned||||May-23)||
|Councillor|Eunice Regan|||||||Councillor|Saj Ahmad||||||
|Councillor|Faith Gakanje-Ajala|||||||Councillor|Sajld Mohammed||||||
|Councillor|Farzanna
Mahmood|||||||Councillor|Sally Longford
(resigned|||May-23)|||
|Councillor|Fozia Mubashar|||||||Councillor|Salma Mumtaz||||||
|Councillor|Georgia Power|||||||Councillor|Sam Harris||||||
|Councillor|Graham
Chapman|||||||Councillor|Sam Lux||||||
|Councillor|Gul Khan|||||||Councillor|Sam Webster (resigned|||May-23)|||
|Councillor|Hayley Spain|||||||Councillor|Samina Riaz||||||
|Councillor|Hassan Ahmed|(resigned|||May-23)|||Councillor|Samuel Gardiner||||||
|Councillor|Helen
Kalsi|||||||Councillor|Sana Nasir||||||
|Councillor|Imran Jalil|||||||Councillor|Sarita-Marie
Rehman-Wall||||||
|Councillor|Jane Lakey
(resigned||May-23)|||||Councillor|Shuguftah
Quddoos||||||
|Councillor|Jawald
Khalil (resigned|||May-23)||||Councillor|Steve Battlemuch||||||
|Councillor|Jay Hayes|||||||Councillor|Sue Johnson (resigned||May-23)||||
|Councillor|Kevin Clarke|||||||Councillor|Sulcan Mahmood||||||
|Councillor|Kirsty Jones (Nottingham||||Independents)|||Councillor|Toby Neal (resigned|May-23)|||||
|Councillor|Kirsty LJones (Labour)|||||||Councillor|Wendy Smith (resigned|||May-23)|||
|Councillor|Leslie Ayoola|||||||Councillor|Zafran
Khan||||||
|Councillor|Liaqat All||||||||||||||
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|Name and Address of|Name and Address of|Name and Address of|Highfields
Leisure Park Trust, Nottingham|Highfields
Leisure Park Trust, Nottingham|Highfields
Leisure Park Trust, Nottingham|Highfields
Leisure Park Trust, Nottingham|Highfields
Leisure Park Trust, Nottingham|Highfields
Leisure Park Trust, Nottingham|||||
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|Charity|||Nottingham
City Council||||||||||
||||Loxley House||||||||||
||||Station Street||||||||||
||||Nottingham||||||||||
||||NG2 3NG||||||||||
|Governing|Document||Creation oftrust by|indenture|||dated
1 November
1923and||||scheme||
||||made by the Charity||Commission|||on the|4 October 1993||||
|Main Activity|||Provision of public recreation||||and|pleasure||grounds|||
|Charity Commission|||1006603||||||||||
|Registered|Number||||||||||||
|Name and Address ofSole|||Nottingham
City Council||||||||||
|Trustee|||(The members
of Nottingham||||City Council (NCC) Trusts and||||||
||||Charities
Committee||are|listed on||page 12and 13)|||||
|Organisational|||Highfields
Leisure|Park||Trust,
Nottingham||||is a charity|of which||
|Structure ofthe|||Nottingham
City Council|||is a|sole|trustee.|||||
|Charity|||||||||||||
||||Recommendations|on the management|||||of the charity are||delegated||
||||to the Trusts
and Charities||||Committee.||All|transactions|relating|to|
||||Highfields
Leisure|Park||Trust are subject||||to the same|financial||
||||regulations
as those||relating||to the Council|||activity.|||
|Day to Day|Management||Director ofSports &||Culture||||||||
||||Hugh White||||||||||
||||Nottingham
City Council||||||||||
||||Loxley House||||||||||
||||Station Street||||||||||
||||Nottingham||||||||||
||||NG2 3NG||||||||||
|Name &Address of|||Internal
Audit||||||||||
|Independent||Examiners|Nottingham
City Council||||||||||
||||Loxley House||||||||||
||||Station Street||||||||||
||||Nottingham||||||||||
||||NG2 3NG||||||||||
|Name 8 Address of|||Lloyds Bank||||||||||
|Bankers|||Birmingham
OSC||||||||||
||||Ariel House||||||||||
||||2138Coventry
Road||||||||||
||||Sheldon||||||||||
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|Providers of||Professional|Nottingham
City Council|||Officers|||||||
|Advice|||||||||||||
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|||As at 31 March 2023|||
||||=:=:==.'20272/23=:-=|2021/22|
|||||E|
|Fixed Assets|||||
|Tangible Assets:|||||
|Freehold
Land 8 Buildings||||1|
|Investment
Assets|||:===::~~eskox|213,500|
|Total Fixed Assets||||213,501|
|Current Assets:|||||
|Debtors: amounts|falling|due within one year|Ql'|0|
|Cash
/ Bank||||0|
|Liabilities:|||||
|Creditors: amounts|falling|due within one year||0|
|Cash
/ Bank||||0|
|Net Current Assets||||0|
|Net Assets||||213,501|
|Represented
by:|||||
|Funds|||||
|Unrestricted
Funds||||(1)|
|Capital Receipts||||213,500|
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