McCarthy and Stone, the housebuilder behind The Boathouse development on Riverdene Place, has donated just over £500 to local community group, Friends of Riverside Park (FoRP).
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Martyn Thomas, McCarthy and Stone area sales manager, presents the cheque to Doug Perry, Friends of Riverside Park chair and other FoRP volunteers
Friends of Riverside Park is a not-for-profit, voluntary group made up of local Southampton people who aim to improve the facilities and maintenance in Riverside Park. The donation by McCarthy and Stone has been used to plant a series of fruit trees on the bank next to Cobden Bridge, which is opposite The Boathouse.
Martyn Thomas, area sales manager from McCarthy and Stone, presented the cheque to FoRP chair Doug Perry, alongside a number of volunteers.
David Fuller, a Bitterne Park ward councillor (Con), commented: “The Friends of Riverside Park do some fantastic work in maintaining and protecting the natural beauty and wildlife of the Park. I am delighted that McCarthy and Stone chose to lend its support and make a donation to the team.”
Doug Perry said: “We are dedicated to improving the physical and natural environment of the Park as much as we can. We rely on the generosity of our volunteer team, who provide the time to maintain it, as well as grants and donations from local businesses for much-needed improvements.
“The £500 we’ve received from McCarthy and Stone is fantastic and we can’t thank the team at The Boathouse enough. The funds have enabled us to purchase a total of eleven trees, helping us tidy up a previously neglected part of Riverside Park, which in turn aids us in our mission to make the Park a clean and safe place to be for the whole community.”
Geoff Bates, head of marketing for McCarthy and Stone South, added: “An important part of what we do here at McCarthy and Stone is support initiatives in the towns and communities in which we build to help create a lasting, positive legacy.
“It was an absolute pleasure to present this donation to the Friends of Riverside Park. It really is a beautiful area, and that is testament to the dedication of the Friends team that work so hard to maintain it. All of us here at McCarthy and Stone in Southampton wish them every success with their work.”
Riverside in Park was among a record-breaking 1,970 UK parks and green spaces that received a Green Flag award in 2019, recognising it as being amongst the best in the world.
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