Curzon Park Residents' Association

Hand Made for Dementia make Cannular Distraction Sleeves that are donated to hospitals all over the country. One of our residents donates the sleeves she makes to the Countess of Chester and Wrexham Maelor hospitals.

The sleeves are used to distract a patient with dementia from pulling a cannular needle out of their arm. The sleeves are popular with the nurses, saving them time and the patient distress by not having to reinsert the cannular multiple times.

Here are some of the sleeves:

And here is just some of the wool donations received from residents. Thank you!

The daffodil bulbs we planted a few months ago are already making an impressive display around Curzon Park.

For the first time, we also planted a number of snowdrops, and these can be seen on The Green, Northway and Curzon Park North.

A big Thank You for your generous donations and another big Thank You to all those ‘Planters, young and old’ who took part.

We want to build on the success of bulb planting year-on-year and we welcome your suggestions and as to where you would like to see them planted.

See below for a photograph taken on 3 March, a particularly bright sunny day here on Curzon Park, together with a selection taken recently by our residents.

With less than a week to go before our AGM on the 20 July we thought it would be good to share a few photographs that capture some of the highlights of the last year.

Highlights include:

1. The Italian-themed meal with a raffle, a quiz and a musical surprise.
2. The well-attended Carols on the Green of 2022.
3. The Dingle Project.
4. The King’s Coronation Big Lunch with great weather and a wonderful crowd.
5. A litter pick the next day.
6. The trip to RHS Bridgewater.

Our next AGM will be on 20 July at 7pm at Chester Golf Club.

We hope you can come along. Drinks will be available from 640pm.

The agenda will be as follows:

1. Welcome and introductions
2. Acceptance of the minutes from last year’s AGM
3. Report on the Association’s Activities
4. Presentation of the accounts
5. Election of new members
6. Closing remarks

The minutes from last year are on the minutes page of the website here https://cpraonline.org/cpra-agm-minutes/

Printed copies will also be available on the evening.

As you will have seen from the last newsletter this year we need to find a new Treasurer as Dave Watson’s three year term is coming to an end. Without a treasurer CPRA won’t be able to function so we do hope that some people are willing to step forward. We also need to fill the role of Membership Secretary as Dave Plunkett’s term has also ended.

If you are interested in either of these roles please get in touch at chairman@cpraonline.org

A big focus of this year’s AGM will be around our social events so we hope many of you are able to come along and get involved in the discussion.

On Sunday 7 May 2023 we hosted a “Big Lunch” as part of the celebrations for the Coronation of King Charles III.

The sun smiled on us all day and as you can see from the photographs below we had a great turnout across Curzon Park. Children enjoyed the treasure hunt, the painting and making activities, and of course the Mini Magnums! Adults enjoyed the picnic, socialising and enjoying the fine weather. Some adults were also lucky enough to get a few spare Mini Magnums.

We also unveiled the new oak tree on The Green, which is part of the Queen’s Canopy initiative.

We hope you enjoy the photographs – thank you to our excellent photographers!

Enjoying the weather and looking to enhance your garden?

The come along to the CPRA Charity Plant Sale on Sunday 14 May from 2pm to 4pm.

This will be at Martin’s house at 65 Curzon Park South.

There will be a range of Annuals, Perennials, Shrubs, Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs, and Houseplants.

Here are some photographs of what to expect: