| local MP James Paice gets involved |
Last Friday South East Cambridgeshire MP Jim Paice visited Milton Primary School to talk to pupils about the future of Milton Country Park. The visit was arranged following a letter writing campaign by pupils concerned about the threat of closure. read more ... Written: 07/05/07
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| support from Cambridge Evening News |
Cambridge Evening News kindly covered the story of our 10,000 sign ups in today's paper and you can find it online here on their web site but without the picture sadly. In an editorial accompanying the piece they said: read more ... Written: 02/05/07
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| 10,000 people want the Park to stay open |
Today the campaign to save Milton Country Park collected 46 petition forms from pupils at St Philip's Primary School, Cambridge bringing the total number of people who have signed the petition to 10,030. read more ... Written: 01/05/07
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| Milton's Annual Parish Meeting |
Over one hundred Milton residents attended last night's Annual Parish Meeting to hear Simon McIntosh, a senior officer at SCDC, talk about the Park closure threat and to answer questions. Cambridge Evening News carried a full report today. read more ... Written: 24/04/07
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| a change of course |
As a result of the feedback South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) got from the workshop they decided at their Cabinet meeting yesterday* to change the way they are seeking a partner to take on the Park. Instead of a formal bidding process a panel of senior people from SCDC are going to hold talks with the organisations who may be interested in running the Park in the hope of finding a solution. read more ... Written: 13/04/07
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| fund raising |
It's pretty well known now that members of the Campaign have been investigating the possibility of setting up a Charitable Trust to bid for running the Park. However at the moment having looked at the figures we predict that even running the Park in a cheaper way than SCDC's current terms would impose (see our report on the workshop for more on this) we would still have a shortage of income over expenditure of £50,000 a year. And that's even after allowing for a reasonable income from some of you as members of the Trust in the form of an annual membership fee. read more ... Written: 01/04/07
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