CHILDREN are being taught how to make apple juice during a special event at Royden Park in Frankby today.

The Apple Fun Day is part of a week of family events organised by the Royden Park Project, which gives disabled people work training in horticulture, conservation and woodwork.

Today's event, which ends at 3pm, is being run in partnership with Wirral Pamona, a community cider production company and Incredible Edible Hoylake.

After cutting the apples, they are put through a process of mashing and straining which ends with juice being produced. The juice will then be pasteurised, before it is sold to the public.

Children have also learned how to peel and core the fruit.

Mark Humphreys, manager of Royden Park project told the Globe: “We’ve been working with lots of different organisations to make it a fun day for everyone.

“It took a lot of preparation. We had to collect the apples and store them, they were then brought to the park for pressing.

“I want to thank the many organisations who have worked with us to make the day such a success, and to everyone who has donated them.

“We’ve had thousands of apples this year; every year we seem to have more and more. It all depends on how the weather has been. Luckily, it's been really good for apple production.

“What we’re hoping to do is bottle the juice up, take it away to be pasteurised and sell the juice to the public for Christmas presents.

Apple Fun Day is part of a week-long series of family activities which included an outdoor scavenger hunt on Wednesday and continues with Hallowe’en-themed fun for children on Friday from 10am-3pm.