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Landward Comes to Silverburn!
On Wednesday 28th April, BBC Landward were filming at Silverburn. Landward is BBC Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Our Chairman, Brian Robertson, an ex-military man himself found a lot to chat about with host and ex Royal Marine J.J. Chalmers who you may know from Strictly Come Dancing or as an Invictus Games Medalist.
Chalmers, who lives in Fife, was thrilled to discover the beauty and charm of Silverburn Park. You can now wartch the episode on
BBC iPlayer!
Beechgrove Garden from Silverburn Park
The BBC just love Silverburn, it seems! Look out for Beechgrove Garden filming from the Park this summer, featuring community allotment holder Calum Clunie. Calum is a regular on the show and takes viewers on his journey through his allotment season from seed to show.
Calum is excited to get growing: "I've watched Beechgrove for as long as I can remember and I can't believe me and my wee allotment are now a part of the team" he told Fife Today. We are thrilled to have a local celebrity sharing the park with us!
Silverburn Through the Ages
Cecilia and Iona Russell were ecstatic to finally receive their copies of 'Silverburn Through The Ages' with Cecilia stating "I cannot express how delighted I am to see this in print. My father and grandfather would be so very proud and grateful to you all."
You can still pick up a copy of your own for £5 at the Cottage Window Café or request to receive by post by emailing info@silverburnpark.co.uk. All proceeds go towards the Flax Mill restoration project.
Defribrillator Installed at Silverburn
We have been donated a defibrillator by the Rotary Club of Leven! It is installed beside the Cottage Window Café and is now operational for any emergencies taking place in the park or in the local area.
The defibrillator also means that we are eligible to become a Park Run venue in the future (when they re-open) so watch this space! A massive thank you to the Rotary Club of Leven for fundraising this valuable life-saving equipment for us.
Campsite Re-opens For The Summer!
The winter is finally over and with CV19 restrictions easing the campsite officially re-opened on April 26th! Campers from all across Scotland desperate to get out came along and the place was bursting with smiles and happy families!
Our Eco-pods are fully booked every weekend until the autumn, but there are still plenty of mid-week dates and tent pitches available throughout. Make sure to book your stay to avoid disappointment!
Silverburn Through The Ages Launches!
We are thrilled to have launched the publication of the book ‘Silverburn Through the Ages’ written by St Andrew's university graduate Amber Ward. This amazing booklet details the rarely seen and truly diverse history of Silverburn Park in full glossy colour print!
These can be bought either from the Cottage Window Café for £5 or by emailing info@silverburnpark.co.uk. Delivery can also be arranged. All money raised goes towards the Silverburn Flax Mill Project, for which we still need to raise £2.5 million to renovate the derelict building into a Visitor Centre and Community Hub!
New Funding For Silverburn Pond!
The Friends of Silverburn Park have been working hard to regenerate the pond area and have been making great progress, with plans to clear the overgrowth, skim the duckweed, create a dipping platform and build an earth built wildlife hide!
In addition to funding from The National Lottery and Fife Council, Glen Housing Association have also just awarded £500 towards the project. You can learn more about the project and get in touch about volunteering with the restoration by clicking
here!
Cottage Window Cafe Is Back!
After a short break The Cottage Window Cafe re-opened on March 3rd and is continuing to trade under recent government restrictions providing socially distanced hot drinks and home baking for takeaway! Open Wednesday - Sunday, 11am - 3pm.
We have been overwhelmed with the support from the local community enjoying our services and have decided to slightly reduce our offering to focus on our most loved products and speed up the long queues! Please give us a LIKE on the new Cottage Window Cafe
Facebook Page.
Calling All Amateur Photographers!
To celebrate the coming of Spring we want to reward you amazing amateur photographers with a competition! Enter our Silverburn Park Snowdrop Competition over on Instagram and you could win a free night in one of our glamping pods!
All you have to do is take a photo of some snowdrops either at the Park or wherever you walk while keeping in mind the theme "emergence from the dark into the light". Simply post your photo on Instagram with the hashtags
#silverburnsnowdrops
#spring
#snowdrops
#flaxmillrevival and tag @silverburnpark to enter! The deadline for entries is 14th March.
Our Vision For The Future on Display!
We are proud to show off the latest addition to the Park - interpretation boards facing the Flax Mill that share some of the history of the mill and the Park, as well our vision for the future! A huge thanks to the team at
Coalfields
Worx who built and installed the frame for the boards using recycled timber. They now head back to Kincardine to continue their community improvements in West Fife thanks to the ongoing support of the
Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Scotland.
You can help us get closer to this dream by supporting our crowdfunder clicking here. Thanks to all our supporters to date!
Hope for Campsite Reopening!
Some hopeful news from the Scottish Government means that we now have a date to begin looking ahead to the campsite reopening! This provisional date will be April 26th and all bookings made before this date will be honoured. All cancelled bookings can be changed or refunded by contacting camping@silverburnpark.co.uk.
Why not also use this time to plan for brighter days and book a summer stay!
We Need Your Opinion!
We want to involve the local community in every stage of Silverburn Parks regeneration process. This park belongs to the people of Levenmouth and we want you to help shape its future!
Please help by completing our short survey, just click HERE to start, it only take a few minutes!
Reflections of 2020 | Hopes for 2021
Lantern Journeys, our gorgeous art installation coordinated by
Hannah Ayre was unveiled on Blue Monday, 18th January. Banishing the midwinter blues, 300 lanterns were made by members of the local community were illuminated to create a stunning visual display in the walled garden.
#shinealightsilverburn
#silverburnflaxmill
#apartbuttogether
See Silverburn in a new light and watch our unveiling video
HERE! Make sure to also look out for our full length video coming very soon!
We have received an incredible amount of feedback about our Lantern Journeys project and would love to hear more!
Please complete our short survey using this LINK to share your thoughts with us, it only takes 2 minutes and helps us to continue funding the ongoing Flax Mill regeneration!
Cottage Window Cafe Open!
The cottage window café re-opened on January 7th and is continuing to trade under recent government restrictions providing socially distanced hot drinks and home baking for takeaway! Now open Wednesday - Sunday, 11am - 3pm.
We have been overwhelmed with the support from the local community enjoying our services and thank everyone for their patience while waiting to be served at this very busy time.
Better Outside
Fife Employment Accessibility Trust (FEAT) have adapted their long running “Employ Your Mind” to run fully outdoors in 2021 with the launch of the Grow Your Mind project at Silverburn Park. FEAT saw the value of outside space to help deliver training and support, and as part of the Grow Your Mind project, looked at steps that could be taken to make this a reality during the current climate.
Click
HERE to find out more about our parent charity.
3D Flax Mill Designs Unveiled
Our architects, locally-based Sinclair Watt, have completed the 3D preview of the completed Flax Mill re-development, which the wider project team are now looking ahead to delivering. The building will welcome visitors in 2025, with a dynamic programme of activities for local people to learn new skills, and to celebrate this unique and important heritage building, at the heart of Silverburn.
We are still fundraising to turn the full Flax Mill vision into a wonderful reality. Our
Crowdfund is now over 10% of the way to achieving its target: we are so grateful for all your support. Why not "cement your relationship" this Valentine's Day by buying a virtual Flax Mill brick? A unique gift which also helps the local community?
Campsite Closures
Unfortunately Silverburn Campsite remains closed under government restrictions and will be until further notice, we are using this time to make some improvements and hope to open again as soon as we can. All cancelled bookings can be changed or refunded by contacting camping@silverburnpark.co.uk.
Why not use this time to plan for brighter days and book a summer stay!
Merry Christmas from Silverburn Park!
Despite the extraordinary challenges that 2020 has thrown at us all, we are proud to be celebrating so many positives as the year draws to a close. Silverburn Park welcomed almost 200,000 visitors, blowing away previous expectations, and the regeneration of the woodlands and the look of the park is continually improving. We could not do it on our own.
The Cottage Window Café has been busy serving tasty takeaway treats, and our campsite is now established, providing scenic getaways for both tourists and locals!
We have begun our exciting multi-million pound restoration of Silverburn's historic Flax Mill, and we are still fundraising to reach our £200,000 crowdfund target by next summer. You can get involved by supporting our
"buy a brick" campaign or making a donation.
We hope to see some of you at our Lantern Installation on January 16th - 18th, government restrictions depending, remember all lanterns must be returned by 9th January! Follow us on
Facebook to keep up with the latest!
The team would like to thank everyone who has continued to support the work of FEAT and Silverburn Park throughout 2020. We wish you a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Please note all our services and offices will be closed from December 22nd to January 7th, Happy Holidays!
Help Save Silverburns Flax Mill by Buying a Brick!
Our new ‘Buy A Brick’ Campaign has now launched, and we hope to raise £1,500 by Christmas towards the re-pointing and renovation of the Flax Mill’s 30,000 iconic red bricks. Many thanks to the people who have supported the campaign already, in memory of a loved-one, or as a unique gift for friends and family who love Silverburn Park.
“Buying” a virtual brick will help us to achieve the multi-million pound fundraising target which will enable the transformation of Silverburn Park’s Flax Mill. Click below to find out more, and watch our Buy a Brick funding video.
Lantern Journeys
Volunteers at Silverburn have been hard at work preparing the lantern kits which will be given out to the local community as part of our Lantern Journeys activity programme!
Kits for making lanterns will be available from Silverburn, and distributed to selected local schools, with workshops and online guidance for creating lanterns which will form the basis for an illuminated installation in January. People will be encouraged to decorate their willow-and-paper lanterns with personal reflections of their journey through 2020.
Get Yer Kilt On!
Sammy has made sure all the Silverburn staff get their kilts on for St. Andrews day! Get yours on and join our tartan laden team.
Find out more by following the Welcome to Fife Facebook page.
Welcome to Fife #GetYerKiltOn
#StAndrewsDay
AND THE WINNER IS...
Thank you to everyone who entered the Friends of Silverburn Park "Little Lights" Quiz! The answers have been collected and marked, and the winner will be drawn tomorrow and contacted to receive their gift voucher!
An amazing fundraising effort from the Friends of Silverburn Park has seen them earn over £437 for their funds and the group would like to give special thanks to Edith Steele & Alison Murray for their hard work!
If you would like to join the Friends of Silverburn Park group and help guide please visit the
FOSP section of our website
GIVING TUESDAY!
We are bowled over by the generosity of our AMAZING local community. Thank-you to everyone who has already supported our CROWDFUNDER which supports Silverburn's Flax Mill renovation project. Together, you have helped us raise over £5,000 - with your support, we can surely reach £6,000 on 1st December, Giving Tuesday?
We are really keen to speak to local businesses and groups who may like to fundraise for us, or who may like to match the next milestone on our big crowdfunder... £10K by Christmas!? becca@silverburnpark.co.uk would love to hear from you.
#GivingTuesday #GiveBack2020
EASY WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR WORK
We have a number of schemes available where you can fundraise for us without breaking the bank! Including "Don't Send Me A Card" which lets you send an e-card to your loved ones whilst donating the cost to our charity!
Find out more by visiting our new donate page!
www.silverburnpark.co.uk/donate
Sammy's Samhain Pumpkin Trail
Not sure what to do with your leftover Pumpkins? Help Sammy light up Silverburns walled garden with as many pumpkins as possible and you could win a prize!
Click GOING on our event and SHARE on Facebook using the link below!
https://www.facebook.com/events/949078978948414/
Cottage Window Cafe Update
The need for people to get out in the fresh air for a contactless coffee and cake has meant business has been booming in the cottage window cafe with fresh scones being sold by the dozen!
Our cafe staff will be taking a short break next week and we will be reopening on Oct 30th with our new winter opening hours 11am - 3pm, Tuesday to Sunday.
Fife Employment Access Success
The job at Silverburn is a dream come true for Chloe Francis (24) from Glenrothes who began volunteering at the park in the gardens after being referred there by Fife Voluntary Action while on the Employ Your Mind Programme run by Fife Employment Action Trust (FEAT)
“When I found out that I had go the job I was really happy and excited and so was my family. Getting a job at Silverburn was something that I really wanted to have, because volunteering there helped my mental health to have a routine and to be outside, so I’m really enjoying it,” said Chloe.
Holiday Pods Booming!
Since the opening of Silverburn Park Campsite last month the bookings and positive reviews have been pouring in!
- " Fantastic location, very clean and great facilities."
- " Fabulous new site. Pitches have amazing views. Facilities are immaculate."
- "We can't wait to come back!"
Insulated, heated and affordable, what more could you want, book your winter break now on the camping section of our website.
Silverburn Volunteer Clean-up!
Happy Beaches Fife have been generously volunteering to aid in the Silverburn regeneration by keeping on top of the litter problem, follow their Facebook page below and keep an eye out on how you can get involved in keeping Levenmouth beautiful!
https://www.facebook.com/happybeaches.co.uk/
Flax Mill Crowdfund Off To A Flying Start!
The Flax Mill crowdfund launched last month and we are grateful to our amazing community and all supporters on board so far! Special thanks to Leven-based plumber, Ross Moreland, who donated his Silverburn fees to the bid to raise £200,000 towards the multi-million-pound renovation project. Once completed, the Flax Mill will include arts and crafts studios, a cafe and a backpackers' hostel.
Check out our recent Facebook LIVE video on the Flax Mill project and go to
bit.ly/flax to support the crowdfund!
Cottage Window Café Reopens!
We are delighted to announce that the Cottage Window Cafe will be back in business for takeaway every Tuesday - Sunday
10am -3pm!
Unfortunately we will be not being opening the Flax Mill Tearoom for the foreseeable future, however we have now teamed up with the Old Station Bakery to provide fresh bespoke home baking every day!
Text SAMMY!
Despite the current global climate the regeneration of Silverburn Park is still going strong! Our team is busy working in the background helping to deliver a host of exciting new projects while Sammy the Squirrel tends to the maintenance of the park in our absence.
To support the park and Sammy’s efforts during this time you can donate £5 by texting ‘SAMMY’ to 70085, texts cost £5 plus one standard message rate. All money raised goes to help fund the regeneration of Silverburn Park.
Growing Project Germinates.
The Silverburn growing project enters its second year at a turbulent time but no matter! Our workforce have taken to their own gardens and have sown hundreds of seeds for the community growing space. Caring for them until they are ready to be planted in time for the good weather!
Flaxmill Redevelopment Project Underway.
Phase one of the Flax Mill redevelopment programme has started with a team of 30 specialist historians, designers and consultants coming together to take on this massive project!
The first part of the work on the building will see repairs being made to the roof to allow members of the team to work inside the building. This will start as soon as the current coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
Thank You!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers who have wrapped their hands around a warm coffee and slurped delicious homemade soups in our Flaxmill Tearoom.
Since opening in the Autumn as an alternative to takeaway it has provided visitors respite from the icy coastal winds. We have been overwhelmed by the support received and are currently revising our menu in order to bring the best experience possible.
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