As a first step to brightening up the old playground, Marna and the MRA will be planting 500 snowdrops under the Oak tree. But we need your help! If you can spare half an hour please come down to the old playground next Sunday (16th), any time between 2 and 4 Read more…
Marna is delighted to announce that the new playground is now open! It’s taken over three years of consulting, fundraising and negotiating planning decisions but finally Mayfield children have somewhere to meet and play again. Marna started by asking the village what they wanted and then asked companies to tender Read more…
Moy Park has donated £15,000 to the Mayfield Recreational Association. They received the funding through Moy Park’s Community Support Fund which was established in 2020 to support organisations local to its operations across Europe. Mayfield Recreation Association provides outdoor and sporting facilities for children, young people, and adults in and Read more…
It’s taken a while but we kept going and the MRA will have a new playground equipment in a few months. Marna started this project in 2019, by inviting anyone interested in a new playground at the MRA to come to a meeting to discuss what they wanted. In 2020 they invited companies Read more…
Have fun playing bingo and enjoy fish and chips at the interval. Family-friendly. The bar will be open. All money raised will go towards the playground fund. Don’t want fish and chips? Choose sausage and chips, veggie burger and chips or no food at all – let us know when Read more…
You may have been wondering what has been happening with the playground that so many of you have generously supported. Here is a progress report. First a huge thank you to Councillor Ed Barker and the East Staffordshire Borough Council who have this month awarded us a £2000 grant towards Read more…
The sun shone on Saturday and hundreds of people from Mayfield and Ashbourne made their way to the MRA playing fields for the village summer fair. With over 30 stalls and games, dog show, shire horses and mantrailing demo – there was plenty to keep everyone entertained. Alder Carr Farm Read more…
MARNA’s internet plant shop now has new plants and shrubs ready from just £2.50, with all proceeds going towards upgrading the playground at the Mayfield Recreational Association. We have a selection of lovely cottage garden plants, herbs, vegetables, wild flowers and shrubs. We deliver for free around Mayfield (including Upper Read more…
A pop-up restaurant held in the Memorial Hall has completed a major fundraising effort to provide an outdoor gym in Mayfield. Twenty people enjoyed a Chinese banquet cooked by Andrew Reay-Robinson. Unlike previous pop-up meals, COVID-19 restrictions meant we held it in the main hall with spaced out tables and Read more…
Volunteers have completed the renovation of the Multi-Use Games Area – the MUGA – at the Mayfield Recreational Association. In 2019 the MUGA had deteriorated into a derelict skatepark. It needed serious attention. Marna set about organising its regeneration. First we asked the Trent and Dove volunteer team to dismantle Read more…