Lordship Rec 2001-2026: 25 years of Community Action
As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of Lordship Rec, we also pay tribute to all the other user groups who have worked together to transform a neglected and abandoned park into the great facility it is now
Next Water Squad Moselle Clearing Session
The next scheduled river session will be on Saturday 21st March starting at 10.00 and finishing at approximately 1.00 pm.
The continuing bouts of heavy rain over the last month means that the outflow grille has a great deal of debris on it once again, so that will be the first task. Depending on conditions, we may start work between the second and third bridges on our project to create a mini wetland and backwaters on the vegetated area that extends from the south bank.
Meet as usual by the outflow grille (at the Broadwater Farm end of the river) .
As ever, please reply to John Miles, johnmiles68@yahoo.co.uk if you are joining us, so we can plan the session and what tools are needed.
Please wear clothes suitable for the weather, sturdy footwear and clothes that will protect you from the mucky work and scratches. As always, attention to safe ways of working and good hygiene are a must.
Next Coordinating Meeting for Rooted in Tottenham – Flower and Produce Festival 2026
Next coordination meeting: Friday 27th March, 3.30pm @ Lordship Hub, N17 6NU See below a report of the 27th February planning meeting for this year’s one, planned for Saturday September 12th 2026. We need people to help with all aspects if we are to be able to pull it off again. Also let us know your or your group’s plans for September 12th.
Lordship Rec Update, March 2026
Lordship Rec – new flyer
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Friends (founded at a meeting of 50 park users in June 2026) we have produced a new flyer to publicise our lovely park, its facilities, virtues, user groups and history. Believe it or not this is the first such leaflet ever produced! We have printed 3,000 – why not pick up some for you and your friends, from the Hub info table?
Lordship Rec user groups get together and pledge to continue to support each other and further improve the Rec.
The community groups which are based in and around Lordship Rec held a very worthwhile special meeting on 17th February. They shared news and views, and pledged to continue to support each other, to celebrate 25 years of working together to rescue and regenerate the Rec, to continue to partner with the Council over further planned improvements, and to oppose any inappropriate commercialisation in the Rec in the future. You can read the full report below.
Friends February 2026 Update
Friends January 2026 Update
See update below. Next meeting is Sunday 1st February, 2pm.
FINANCIAL APPEA££ FOR THE FRIENDS
PLEASE HELP THE FRIENDS OF LORDSHIP REC RAISE £1,000 to meet our ongoing core costs so we can carry on doing our important work of maintaining and improving our wonderful Rec. : Pay here – https://pay.collctiv.com/test-for-donations-86608
The Friends are asking for your help as most of the external funding we obtain can only be spent on specific projects and cannot be used for core costs. Our current reserves are not sufficient to cover our increased essential running costs this year. In order to carry out all our organised volunteering and events we need to hold public liability insurance and do essential tool repair and replacement. Our insurance premium quote for 2026 has risen by 30% to £630. This amount will wipe out our free reserves. In 2025, lack of reserves has already meant we were unable to implement some actions we thought would benefit the Rec. You can view our Accounts for the year ending 31st March 2025 at https://lordshiprec.org.uk/-accounts-24-25-flc/
The Friends work across the whole of the Rec, being integral to its management and improvement and running its regular, community events. We organise volunteers to maintain green areas – Woodland, Orchard, Grasslands – and blue areas – the Lake and Moselle channel (the latter supporting Haringey Water Squad) – and continually liaise with Haringey Council, and other community groups, on issues of maintenance and new facilities.
Since our formation in 2001, the Friends have been fundamental to the transformation of Lordship Rec from the neglected and underused public park it was 25 years ago to the much loved, vibrant, well resourced space that it is today, at the heart of our community.
We pre-date Lordship Hub and are an autonomous voluntary, community organisation operating separately from, but in partnership, with them. To appreciate the range of our activities you can view our latest Annual Report here: https://lordshiprec.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FoLR-AGM-25A4-latest-2.pdf
We have set up a collection point with online app Collctiv to receive donations. Donations can be given through the hyperlink
https://pay.collctiv.com/test-for-donations-86608
Donating through standing orders. The Friends have never charged a membership fee as we want to inform and involve as many local people as possible. However, could you regularly donate to the Friends through a standing order? This would really help us with forward planning and set the Friends on a firmer financial footing. If so, please contact Caroline Jepson, Treasurer, on cjepson120@gmail.com
Thank you so much for your support.