The
Community Association Building
is close to the Shops and
the Bus Terminus on
Bestwood Park Drive West. It is certainly not the most attractive building on the estate, but
there are hopes of a long overdue replacement at some time in the future.
The Centre is available for hire for private
parties, wedding receptions, or for organised classes or meetings, though
charges are not advertised or known
Contact Rise Park Community Association
direct for more information : -
Telephone (0115) 927 4663
Various
meetings, fitness, dance,
slimming, keep fit, karate, art or social classes are held within the Centre
though the Association appears
to do little or nothing to advertise its' presence, and there is no external notice
board, newsletter or other advertising to show the timetable of activities
Note -
March 2008 :
I regret that I have had to discontinue the timetable of activities
owing to problem of keeping it up to
date due to failure of event
organisers in adding, deleting or updating details of their classes,
meetings etc.
This is a small selection of photos of the Centre and its
surroundings:
Community Centre in 2007
Park at back of Community
Centre Photo 2007
The playground in 2007
The playground as it was in July
2007
Playground refurbished October
2007
Shiny, new playground equipment
Oct 2007
Is anything
really new? Although vandalism is an occasional problem it is
not entirely new, as the following extract from the Community
Associations' Newsletter dated Summer 1985 shows:-
" Summer will soon be upon us and with it the School Holidays.
This is the time when the buildings on our estate appear to receive more
than the usual amount of attention by graffiti artists and other similar
vandals. Last year the Association spent a large amount of its hard
earned cash on re-furbishment and redecoration. The inside is still
pleasant to the eye, but the outside - UGH!
When will these people leave
us alone?
Parents, please have a word with your youngsters. Not all the
vandals come from OFF the estate"
P.S. Whatever happened to the
Newsletter- it is no more??
