by Denise Mayell | 21, Sep 2018 | Blog, Building, Cafe, Community, News, Park
Next time you visit the cafe you might notice a larger space. We haven’t had an extension but a wall has been removed. What a difference! Ideas are bouncing around re the design, watch this space for progress or pop in to the cafe and see for yourself. Contact...
by fhp_admin | 03, Apr 2016 | Blog, Building, Cafe, News, Park, Volunteers
For the third time in as many nights I am up in the small hours of the morning, working on some of the practicalities of running a Cafe in the park…Do you know what woke me up this time? The smell of fresh coffee! I’m not kidding, I must have been dreaming...
by fhp_admin | 18, Mar 2016 | Building, Developments, Fundraising, Park, Projects
We were delighted to welcome our friends at The Rotary Club Thames Gateway today who donated £250 to us towards the purchase of tables for the cafe, which is due to open in less than 2 weeks! Stephanie Lakin and Frank Clayton from the club visited the building for the...
by fhp_admin | 03, Mar 2016 | Building, Developments, Park, Projects, Volunteers
We are very excited to announce that the long-awaited Cafe at Hardie Park will be opening this month! Our project is entirely run by volunteers and we are looking for people who would like to offer some of their time to working in the cafe on a regular basis. You can...
by fhp_admin | 01, Feb 2016 | Building, Developments, Park, Volunteers
We’ve had a really productive couple of weeks with the water finally being connected, which meant that we could crack on with some plumbing. The decking is also nearing completion with the installation today of half of the decorative balustrade….it will...
by fhp_admin | 18, Jan 2016 | Blog, Building, Developments, News, Park, Volunteers
Simon, Shane and I managed to complete a bit more of the decking and as you can see it is looking rather splendid (even if we do say so ourselves)…the other big news is that Essex & Suffolk Water have begun to dig to lay the supply pipe in Hardie Road. We...