Posts by Ryan Parker

Since February 2015, Rimrose Valley Friends has existed to preserve, promote and protect the wonderful community resource that is Rimrose Valley Country Park. To help establish ourselves we became a charity in February 2017 and appointed our first trustees. We are now ready to invite you to join us and get more involved as a…

As you’re hopefully aware by now, the best way to receive updates on our campaign to Save Rimrose Valley is via our social media pages and our dedicated website: https://www.saverimrosevalley.org/ However, we’re aware that not everyone is a fan of social media, so will continue to flag important updates with you here. This one falls into…

Lots happening at the moment, so here’s a quick update on what’s been going on in the past month or so. We shared the statements of support we have received from ALL political parties on our website.  You can read all about it here.  It’s great that we can reference these in the future as…

As we start another new year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on what was achieved in 2018. We’ve summarised just some of the work we’ve done, as well as our activities and events on our campaign website and you can read all about it by clicking here. Speaking of websites, the fact…

We know it has been quite some time since we shared any news on this website, the online home of Rimrose Valley Friends. Does this mean we’ve been quiet?  Absolutely not! The Campaign to Save Rimrose Valley has ramped up several gears in recent months and for those of you who may be unaware, it…

OPINION: When honesty isn’t always the best policy: Highways England’s approach to delivering new road is so inconsistent and shambolic, it begs the question; has it actually been planned this way? In an era of fake news and alternative facts, should we be at all surprised at the latest developments in Highways England’s plans for…

We are delighted to confirm that Rimrose Valley has become home to an exciting new art installation.  A joint venture between Rimrose Valley Friends and the Liverpool Independents Biennial team, the “Environmental Land Art Trail” is set to run throughout the renowned arts festival from 14th July to 28th October, 2018. The exhibition features work created by…

It’s been quite some time since we last posted on our website, so we wanted to put that right, beginning with an update from our elected representatives. Last month, members of the Rimrose Valley Friends campaign team met with Sefton Council and Peter Dowd MP to discuss the current status of work being undertaken to…

Representatives of Rimrose Valley Friends recently met with Patrick Walters (Chief Operating Officer) and Warren Marshall (Group Planning Director) of Peel Ports to discuss the proposed road through Rimrose Valley.  The purpose of the meeting was to explore whether they were willing to support Rimrose Valley Friends and local communities in pushing for better options…