Friends of The Ockendon Rec
The Ockendon Recreation Ground, situated behind St Nicholas Church, Ockendon Village, has formed a committee made up of members of the South Ockendon Bowls Club, Belhus Cricket Club, Brandon Groves Football Club, St Nicholas Church, South Ockendon Community Forum, plus dog walkers and residents of the area, with the aim of helping to improve facilities within the park.
We've managed to obtain a Play Builder grant of £49,000 for play equipment and have also secured further funds from Veolia Mardyke Trust to bring the total Playpark Build to £100k. PLEASE COME AND CHECK OUT OUR NEW PLAY AREA! Our new Community Noticeboard and street sign wilbe in place before September
If you wish to be part of The Friends of Ockendon Rec group, or just want to make a comment on the Ockendon Recreation Park, please contact The Forum.
Dog Walk
Come and join us for a walk over the back fields on Wednesday 10th August at 5pm. ALL WALKERS WELCOME, WITH OR WITHOUT A DOG. PLEASE DRESS FOR THE WEATHER AND MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN AND DOGS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT. Meet in the Recreation Ground outside the Sports Pavillion. We will be proceeding in an easterly direction to the righthand corner bridge exit at the far end of the ground. The walk will take approximately an hour.
Mini-Sports Day at The Rec
During August 2010, we held our first ever event for children aged between 7 and 11. Children were invited to take part in FREE coaching sessions in a variety of sports. We enjoyed it so much we are doing it again this year on WEDNESDAY 24TH AUGUST 2011 from 10am to 4pm. Sports coaches from local sports clubs will be assisting in the event. It cost £1 to enter and the chance to win a medal. Toilets, First Aid and Refreshments will be provided. Mr Pickles will be entertaining the younger children and thery will also have some age appropriate games to play. Local organisations will be invited to have a display table
Open Access Play Schemes
Unfortunately we have no funds to pay Thurrock Play Network to put on a playscheme this year.Please all keep your appendages crossed for good luck as we await the result of our funding application to Big Lottery
New Sports Hall
Building is due to start work very shortly on our new sports hall. It will be built on the footprint of the existing building.