Win £25k and support the park!

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Play the Buckinghamshire Lottery and help support the park.

The next Buckinghamshire Lottery draw is on the 4th April at 8PM – so buy your tickets now!

Feel great knowing 60% of ticket sales will go to good causes – 50% to Friends of Lowndes Park and 10% to other causes in Chiltern & South Bucks.

Only £1 per week
That’s right, unlike many other lotteries, the Buckinghamshire Lottery tickets are only £1 per week.

Great prizes
Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win with a top prize of £25,000!

Your Park needs YOU!

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The Friends of Lowndes Park committee needs a Secretary – could you help?

Our group was set up in 2007 with the goal of acting as a conduit between the people of Chesham and the Town Council. In this time, we’ve achieved a lot. We’re now looking to expand our friendly and relaxed Committee and welcome in new ideas and energy.

The role of Secretary has recently become available – could you be the person we’re looking for?

It’s a Voluntary role and your main duty would be to help keep us organised, as well as helping to shape the future of the Park.

About Us:

Over the last 13 years we have offered support and advice on the park, organised the popular Lowndesbourne Town Picnic and undertaken various practical gardening activities, in addition to raising significant amounts of money for projects within Lowndes Park.

We relaunched just over a year ago and on average we meet every six weeks. Meetings last for an hour and are usually accompanied by a glass of wine!

About the role:

The Friends of Lowndes Park are now seeking someone to volunteer to help shape the future of the park and keep us organised.

The main duties of the role are:

  1. To take the notes/minutes of the committee meetings and the AGM
  2. Set up meetings
  3. Keep a record of the past minutes.
  4. Generate an agenda for each meeting in liaison with the Chair and committee and distributing it.
  5. Organise the AGM, including contacting the Mayor and other relevant people
  6. Send out Fundraising letters
  7. Manage/monitoring of the Friends email (mostly forwarding any enquires to the Chair)

Please have a look around our website to find out more about us, and contact us to arrange an informal chat.

We look forward to hearing from you.

What does the Council do and what does FOLP do?

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Who’s really in charge of the park and it’s future?

Lowndes Park is managed by Chesham Town Council. The management of the park is guided by a Management Plan written by the Council’s Policy and Projects Officer in consultation with the Town Clerk, Parks and Premises Manager and the Friends of Lowndes Park.

The Friends of Lowndes Park is a voluntary community group designed to protect and improve the park now, and for future generations. It raises money to improve the park, organises working parties and works a liaison between the people of Chesham and the Council.
The day-to-day implementation of the park plan is the responsibility of the Parks and Premises Manager and the majority of the work is undertaken by the Parks and Premises team, with additional work undertaken by contractors and volunteer groups, such as the Friends of Lowndes Park.

Administration is performed by the Council’s administrative officers, who are based at the Town Hall.

The management of the park is influenced by feedback from community groups, the general public and guidance from experts.
The Parks and Premises team members have undergone a broad range of training, including horticultural practice, health and safety, First Aid, IT, maintenance, equipment operation and customer care.

As a result, the work of the Parks and Premises department is a flexible combination of scheduled tasks (e.g. weekly bin emptying), seasonal tasks (like mowing) and reactive tasks (such as repairing play equipment). The Parks and Premises Department is based in the Depot in Lowndes Park which places them ideally to have a frequent and visible presence in the park. However, the department is responsible for a number of additional open spaces and the department’s man hours are spread across all sites. On average, the team spends 32 hours per week in Lowndes Park.
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