RICHINGS PARK
Residents' Asociation
RICHINGS PARK RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION INCLUDING THORNEY
The RPRA Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 29th April 2025, at 7.30pm at the
Sports Club
The agenda and information should now have been delivered, please contact us if you havent reveived it yet.
Draft Minutes of the AGM from 2024 can be downloaded from here.
Instructions are at the bottom of this page if you want to pay subs by PayPal.
The minutes of the February Road Stewards Committee meeting can be read here. The next meeting is Wednesday 14th May at 7.30 pm at the Sports Club.
R.P.R.A. local projects
As a committee, we have been looking at ways we can enhance Richings Park as a community.
Small working groups were set up to investigate what we could do.
We have some funds available for this thanks to your annual subscriptions as well as the fundraising we have done in the past for the playground at the Sports Club, (we also had money from a grant from HS2 before they realised it wouldn't really affect us)
These are our ideas and what we have already completed
Completed
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Repair cafe - This was initiated by Will Goddard a committee member, and is now established and has already held three sessions in Richings Park and Iver Heath with more planned. Although we needed some funds to start it up, it is now self funding, as donations from thankful owners of broken items have had them restored to full health. Volunteers offer their expert time and knowledge, which includes support from Men in Sheds based at Black Park. Web site for appointments www.repaircafeiver.uk
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Ongoing
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Plant more mature trees across the park. Bucks Council owns the verges but they do not actively maintain them. 12 mature trees have been bought and some already planted with help from the Gardening team led by Neil Pennie. These have been sited outside houses where the owners have promised to take care of them and where no utilities cross, so it has been a careful decision of where to put them.
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We have been given a number of small whip sized trees from the Woodland Trust and committee members are growing them on until they are big enough to plant out.
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Interpretative boards in the Residents Garden (Next to Blu Dry Cleaners) and Kingfisher Garden (on Thorney Mill Road by the River Colne ) with information about each site and its history. We have been promised funding for this from Heathrow and are at present designing the boards. This project includes a new notice board opposite Iver station advising what can be found in Richings Park, with directional signs to local Parks and walks, Kingfisher Garden, transport options (that caused a laugh) and other useful info.
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A mobile book swap outside the Lotus Wellbeing clinic, supported by Kam Khatker who owns the business. A mobile container will be purchased to be wheeled in and out during day time in good weather and stored indoors outside office hours.
This is our present position but we are welcome to more ideas, please come along to the AGM on Tuesday 29th April at 7.30pm at Richings Sports Park to help us find more ways to improve our area.
SMARTVILLE
Smartville operates across Richings Park and around Iver Parish. ANPR cameras are sited at strategic entry and exit points and can be accessed by quoting a crime reference number. See more on the MORE tab above, as well as information on Neighbourhood Watch.
What's on at Iver Environment Centre in 2025. Click here to go to the Colne Valley and Iver Environment Centre page for a full list of events. Put the dates in your calendar so you don't forget them.
Speedwatch
If you are interested in volunteering to use the hand held camera please let us know here or on the contact form at the bottom of this page if you have any other ideas to slow down speeding cars along Richings Way and North Park. ​
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We have set up a working group which includes County Councillor Paul Griffin, a couple of the committee, Nick Jones and Julia Hill and a few residents to look at how we manage the speeding
and often appalling driving that occurs along our perimeter roads.
Working together for our community
Who are we?
A group of proud residents, who love where we live and volunteer our time for the betterment of the Richings Park and Thorney communities.
We are a committee of volunteers who all live in Richings Park. We have a chairman elected from within the committee, and we meet monthly, championing all things Richings Park and Thorney. Each committee member is responsible for a road in Richings Park, enabling us to deliver information and newsletters informing you of what is going on and important news.
We encourage each road to have a What's App group in case urgent information is needed to be shared quickly.
Please contact us on the contact form below to be added to your road group.
You can find a list of the committee members in another tab on the website.
We have two Parish Councillors and a Bucks Council Councillor on our committee, enabling us to have local information, planning, and development issues, etc. shared monthly.
Minutes of our meetings are on a tab on the website and residents are welcomed at the beginning of every meeting to raise issues or discuss local plans and concerns about the community and use of the Green Belt.
What do we do?
We promote the welfare and interests of our community and, where appropriate, combine our efforts with other bodies for the benefit of our residents.
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Protect We live close to London, Slough, and Heathrow and benefit from being close to major transport infrastructure.
This means we face many threats to the tranquility, quality of life, and character of Richings Park that our community wishes to preserve. With the increase in developments, commerce, and at the moment, plans to build a number of Data Centres and the erosion of the Green Belt for other developments it is important that we have a strong collective voice.
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Coordinate We work with other bodies to make sure the best interests of our community are promoted. Two of our committee members regularly attend Heathrow committees and members of the committee are also active in sub-committees concerning lorry movements, air quality etc.
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Drive Community Spirit We aim to promote what is going on within our community. Having a connected village is important for driving initiatives and maintaining our community spirit.
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Link to our constitution.
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When do we meet?
The Committee meets every month to address issues and act as a voice for the local community. The first 20 minutes of each committee meeting are open to all residents to raise any concerns.
Our meetings are held at Richings Sports Club at 7:30pm.
Our next committee meeting is on Wednesday 16th April and the AGM on Tuesday 29th April, 7.30 pm at the Sports club
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How do I get involved?
We always need help and support – we are all volunteers! This can be a little or a lot, as many hands make the area a better place to live. Please, please get in touch!
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What's App
We have What's app groups for most of our roads and a Richings Park Community What's App page for information about what is happening in the Park - alerts about train delays, road works, items for sale, and What's on. Use the contact form below to let us know your street, your name and mobile phone number and we will send you a link to join.
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Funding
We are funded through the residents of Richings Park and Thorney. We ask for the equivalent of only 10p a week to support the association – this is then reinvested back into the community to support initiatives, events and the upkeep of community spaces. Some examples of what we have successfully achieved in recent times include:
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Raising funds to build a children's playground at Richings Park Sports Club;
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A defibrillator for the village centre (outside the new take away shop)
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Organising events, such as #RichingsChristmas, Centenary events etc.
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Funding litter picking equipment for #RichingsSparkle carried out by resident volunteers
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When and how do I become a member?
Due? Annual subs are due in April every year
How much? £5 per house per year
Pay? Cheque or cash in the envelopes provided or by Direct Debit or Pay Pal
Please give to either your Road Steward or drop at our local Costcutter
Pay online:
If you would like to pay by Direct debit, it is £5 per annum.
Lloyds Bank
Richings Park Residents Association
Sort Code 30 97 73
Acc No 00699180
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