12 Apr 2016

FFG Management Committee Established


Today our Constitution was written and agreed and the Friends of Farm Green management committee was formally established.

There are 12 members of the management committee and the group nominated and elected the following people in the management roles:

Claire Jacobs as Chair
Mitch Alexander as Vice Chair
Jayne Van Rensburg as Treasurer
Holly Hayes as Secretary

These 12 people will be responsible for making the final decisions for things including marketing, fundraising, budgets and expenditure.

By formalising the group and procedures they have to abide by we are now able to start applying for various funds so watch this space...

10 Apr 2016

Our Petition Was Submitted to Brighton and Hove Council

On 24 March we submitted our petition to a Brighton and Hove full council meeting.

FFG committee member Jayne Van Rensburg took the petition to council and said the following speech:

“My name is Jayne Van Rensburg and on behalf of the residents and friends of Bevendean, we would like to thank you for receiving our petition today.
In less than a fortnight 460 people have signed the e-petition on the council website – and 323 people have signed our paper petition.
We are simply asking for the council to treat our children in the same way as it treats the children who use just about every other park in Brighton and Hove and help us improve the Farm Green playground.
Brighton and Hove’s statement in 2015 was that "we recognise the importance of play in the development of children and young people and we're committed to improving play spaces around the city to make them more exciting and challenging"

Jayne Presenting Our Petition To Council

Welcome To Our Page



The Friends of Farm Green community group was created in March 2016 after Jayne Van Rensburg and Claire Jacobs collected more than 770 petition signatures from local residents.

FFG consists of a 12 member management committee and more than 140 'friends' who live in or near the Bevendean area who want to help improve the park and it's surroundings.

The purpose of this blog is to provide updates of our progress to anybody who is interested in following our work.

If you want to get involved with FFG please visit our How To Get Involved page for more details.