The original objectives of Friends of Hull General Cemetery (to be achieved by working in close consultation with the land owners, Hull City Council) are as follows…
- Landscape and Woodland Management: To employ sustainable, multi-objective woodland management to preserve and improve the important function of the mature, broadleaved woodland on the site in the urban landscape.
- Social History: To conserve the burial monuments and associated features in their woodland setting and to encourage their interpretation and appreciation.
- Education: To encourage the educational use of the area, including its use as a local nature-site and its use to engage the local community in the Hull Biodiversity Action Plan process.
- Access, Recreation and Inclusion: To ensure that the open, public-access to the site is maintained, that it is safe and welcoming to everyone and wherein the formal path network is well managed and accessible to all.
- Biodiversity: To conserve and enhance the flora and fauna at the site, their habitats and diversity, including protected species.
- Community Involvement: To enable the engagement of the local community in the active management of the site.
- Safety and Public Amenity: To ensure the site is maintained in a safe condition and manner.
- Implementation, Funding and Partnerships: To set out a programme of implementation for the practical and administrative management of the proposed project which identifies responsibilities, costs and potential means of funding the management of the site, including possible community and voluntary sector partners to work with the City Council. Community involvement will be central to the development and implementation of the plan.
- Involvement of local businesses: To provide assistance, both financial and practical help with tools, equipment and materials.
- CWGC: Identify, locate and record all Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) graves within the cemetery.
- Photographic Record Project: Record all of the remaining headstones in the cemetery.
- Litter: Remove litter and fly-tipped material and provide litter bins throughout the cemetery which will be regularly emptied by the volunteers.
- Ivy: Remove ivy and invasive plants from around headstones to prevent damage by same. Care to be taken not to damage stones or interfere with nesting birds.
- Pathways: Tidy and re-establish cemetery pathways, and maintain where possible.