The Friends of Kingsmead Field is a voluntary group. It was formed in 2015 following a three-year campaign aimed at saving the field from residential development. You can find out more about this campaign on the >Save the Kingsmead Field website.

The remit of the Friends Group is to work in partnership with Canterbury City Council to protect, enhance and maintain the field for the use of community, now and in the future. For this purpose, the Council and the Friends Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

 Memorandum of Understanding (2015)

 

Current committee

The Friends Group consists of up to nine volunteer committee members, elected annually at the AGM. These members are currently:

  • Sue Langdown (Chair)
  • Sian Pettman (Secretary)
  • Maria Thomas (Joint-Treasurer)
  • Yvonne Rigby (Joint-Treasurer, Data Protection Officer)
  • Diane Baldock
  • Margaret Stirling
  • Beverley Paton
  • Jill Barr

Each year, the committee elects a Chairperson, a Secretary and a Treasurer, in additional to other informal roles.

 

Our rules

The Committee operates according to the Group’s Constitution, passed at the first AGM in May 2015.

 Constitution of Friends of Kingsmead Field (2015)

 

Our activities

For more information on the current projects undertaken by the Friends Group, please Our activities page and >Friends of Kingsmead Field Facebook group.