Friends of St. Fittick’s Park would like to invite you all to take part in advocacy through community connection that we believe will Save St. Fittick’s Park.
Since the soft launch of The FOSFP Outdoor Classroom we have been able to host free events with families in the Torry community and we’ve been planning amazing activities to promote biodiversity improvements and educational opportunities within the park.
The classroom was created after receiving support from the community through the Just Transition Participatory Budget Fund. We’ve gained a host of collaborative partners across the area. We also gained funding from Fauna & Flora International and The National Lottery Community Fund.
St. Fittick’s Park is on the edge of the Coast Road in Torry, you can get there on the no.12 bus to Balnagask Circle.
Located on the edge of the beautiful St. Fittick’s Park, The Outdoor Classroom is a hub for public events. It’s a small red shelter, overlooking the FOSFP community orchard and is within sight of Balnagask Circle.
In August, we had Ruth Quigley from B-lines /Bug Life ICT teaching a few families how to make a Bee Hotel, you can see this installed on the top right corner of the Classroom.
In September, FOSFP received funding from Fauna and Flora int. to hire a coordinator from the classroom.
In October, Rebecca and Ellen from CFINE hosted a Plant Propagation Workshop for younger children, at the end they got to take cuttings home, we got very soggy due to the weather, but it was a wonderful time. And the following week Charlotte and Vicky from Northeast Scotland Mammal Network hosted a workshop ‘Mammal Detectives’ in Old Torry Community Centre, teaching kids how to identify animal bones and dissecting owl pellets.
In December, we received funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to continue supporting the coordinator role and support to host a community meal in the near future on a regular basis, one of our members also recently gained funding to support Mental Health improvements in the community via Walk and Talk Therapy sessions.
Between these important milestones we have been building connections and bolstering our network of amazing environmental and animal experts. We hope to be hosting a series of citizen science-oriented activities in the park alongside groups like Scottish Wildlife Trust, NESBiP and NESMN soon. We really hope you’ll want to get involved. If you have an idea for an event in The Outdoor Classroom, please contact us at [email protected]
St. Fittick’s Park, Torry is an important and diverse environment featuring a range of habitat around a functional wetland system. It provides a home for 98 bird species, deer, interesting plants and insects and a whole host of other cool beasties, so much so that we’re still working out exactly what’s there! We wish to preserve all these good qualities for future generations to enjoy by saving the park in its entirety from threats of industrial development.