read about the changes we are making on the streets and in the parks
March 2007: Riverside Park Improvement Project
Local residents & agencies gathered in the park in March to survey park users throughout the day and find out what improvements they would like to see there.
A cleaner river was high on the agenda and so the same month we got the council's Living Rivers team on board and cleared out all the trolleys!
We've also been doing some litterpicking events down there to keep it a bit cleaner while we try to tackle some of the problems around maintenance with the Parks Team.
A full report of the survey results has been produced and handed over to the the Council's Parks Team to inform their future improvement works. Click to see the report: Riverside Park Improvement (pdf file).
April 2007: Community Clean Up Day (Goodpenny Area)
Thanks to the 50 people who helped out on this day we cleared 26.2 tonnes of rubbish and bulky items from the homes, front gardens, streets and open spaces of Goodpenny Island area. The spring clean was followed up by Grounds4Change's multi-lingual recycling workers going door to door to talk to residents about the free and convenient ways to get rid of items for re-use and recycling in the future. For full coverage of the various agencies and activities carried out the day and all the juicy outcomes, click to see the report:
Community Clean Up Day (pdf file).
June 2007: 'The Art of Putting Your Bin Out'
A local artist ran workshops throughout June on Kensington Park, working with local families and our multi-lingual recycling workers to paint personalised designs on their bins whilst learning more about how to reduce black bin rubbish and increase the use of their recycling bins. It was a chance to incorporate house numbers and street names on bins to reduce bin theft, increase the attractiveness of the street and bring the community together. The road featured on this year's Easton Arts Trail. Click to see the Evening Post article for more information:
(Evening Post article).
July 2007: Increasing recycling levels
At the start of this year 10% less residents were participating in the black box and food waste recycling bin scheme in Easton/Lawrence Hill than in other parts of the city. Following discussions at the Environment Task Group Grounds4Change have employed 2 multi-lingual workers who have been working very hard this summer to doorknock all the homes in Easton and get people recycling as much as they can. In July alone they spoke to 293 residents on their doorstep and over 750 people through Friday khutbas at local mosques where the link between recycling and Islam is being promoted.
For more information contact: eastonenvironmentgroup@yahoo.co.uk.
