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Dec 2007: It was the turn of Greenbank to get a community cleanup in December. Five points were selected for two skips each. We had a very successfull day enabling local people to get rid of unwanted stuff and also recycling useful items like bikes and electrical goods.
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Dec 2007: Baggie the heron has been constructed by young people from Baggator Youth Club. Baggie is made from dozens of bags discarded along the River Frome, and is being used to encourage people to buy re-useable shopping bags.
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Oct 2007: James and Karen (Environment Workers for St Paul's and Easton & Lawrence Hill) are nominated for the 'best local recycling campaign of the year'. The national award ceremony took place at the Savoy Hotel in London. About 2,000 black and minority ethnic residents in Easton have benefited from the project and it is anticipated that Easton's recycling rates have been boosted by 5-10%.
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Sept 2007: Local people get involved in painting bins on Kensington Park off Stapleton Road. Local artist Lucy Rosewarne worked with residents and Groungs4Change on a project to raise awareness of rubbish and recycling. You could get YOUR bin stenciled with the 'Love Easton' logo - see contact page for how to get in touch.
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Sept 2007: At the Stapleton Road Street Fair, we celebrate the community and businesses on Stapleton Road. The road was closed for street art, music and live performances for most of the day (photo by Streets Alive!)
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Sept 2007: The Scorpion Karate Club demonstrate some moves at the Stapleton Road Street Fair (photo by Streets Alive!)
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August 2007: The Bristol Mela at Eastville Park provides a fantastic showcase for Asian Arts. Orgainsed by the Sikh Resource Centre, the festival celebrated South Asian culture with colourful dance, singing, drumming, and amazing food!
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June 2007: Easton Community Partnership now has its own 'Rinky Dink' cycle powered sound system.
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June 2007: The Rawnsley Park Fun Day kicks off the Stapleton Road Week Of Action (June 9 to 11th).
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June 2007: Safer Bristol and the Easton Community Partnership led a co-ordinated Week Of Action (June 9 to 11th) around Stapleton Road. The week brought together the Police, Fire Brigade, Cleansing Services, Parking Services and local residents to make an impact on one specific area. The aim is to promote community safety, home safety and pride in the area. There will more week of actions in the future ... so watch this space!
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April 2007: Skip Day around Pennywell Road and Stapleton Road. On a really successful day, we collected tonnes of rubbish from local households including old furniture and other unwanted bulky items. Skip Monitors helped people to pick out items for recycling or charity shops, and the rest was taken away by the Council's refuse collectors. That's a whole load of rubbish that won't end up on the streets of Easton!
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March 2007: Volunteers from the local community get stuck in to litter picking around Riverside Park. In just two afternoons, they completely transformed this area of land next to the river and the M32 roundabout! If you want to get involved in a really practical way of making a BIG difference, contact Karen at Neighbourhood Management on 0117 377 3638.
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Promoting the Community Partnership January 2007: Residents and volunteers were out in force on Saturday Jan 27th, spreading the word about the election around the streets of Easton. Easton and Lawrence Hill residents will be able to vote for their resident representatives until February 28 th. The Partnership will mirror the ones in St Paul’s and Barton Hill, which have made a big impact in improving those neighbourhoods. It will be a chance for residents to make big decisions about what happens in the area, working with local services and community and faith groups.If you live in Easton or Lawrence Hill, you will have lots of opportunities to vote.
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Saturday Jan 27th: Rinky Dink, cycle powered sound system, lead the procession around the streets of Easton, spreading the word about the Community Partnership election.
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Low Cost Home Loans available in our area NOW!
Bristol City Council is working in partnership with Wessex Home Improvement Loans to provide low cost loans for owner occupiers to make essential improvements to their homes. The loans, of up to £15,000, are fixed at 3% interest and they are aimed at people on limited incomes who are unable to obtain grants, but cannot afford to borrow at commercial rates from high street lenders. The loans are to enable home owners to bring their properties up to the 'Decent Homes Standard' and cover such items as central heating, replacement windows and roof repairs. Wessex Home Improvement Loans is a not-for-profit organisation which is working with a number of local authorities in the South West and Bristol City Council is keen to raise awareness of the loan scheme in Bristol. In the past year over a hundred householders in Bristol have taken up these loans.
CLICK HERE for poster with contact details (230kb pdf file).
Or visit: www.wessexrt.co.uk
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Environment Walkabout November 2006: Over 20 residents and local agencies took to the streets on mass for an afternoon walkabout in late November. Local residents talked on camera about local streetscene issues. At the end an agreement was made by the Council's enforcement team and the community organisation Grounds4Change to tackle rubbish problems and increase recycling levels on Kensington Park, Seymour Road and Webb Street as well as blitzing graffiti in key problem areas. Landscaping work is also being considered around a patch of derelict land on Claremont Street/Easton Way. The visible differences will be filmed again at the end of January and publicised. To find out more or be involved in future walkabouts contact Karen, Grounds4Change on 377 3641.
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St Marks Road Street Party August 2006: The Neighbourhood Renewal stall proves a hit with festival-goers as we spend all day talking and listening to local residents. Many people signed up for our Task Groups and Community Partnership, or expressed an interest in becoming a Street Rep. We also gathered feedback from people about their concerns for the area. Things are definitely moving in Easton!
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St Marks Road Street Party August 2006: Dancers lead the procession, celebrating the community and businesses along St Marks Road.
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St Marks Road Street Party August 2006: Unexpected visitors join the throng!
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‘World On Our Doorstep’ June 2006: Celebrating the community of Stapleton Road, the festival was once again blessed by great weather. There was dancing in the street outside the Queen Vic pub which was decked out in England flags for the World Cup.
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‘World On Our Doorstep’ June 2006: Above residents and artist, Barbara Disney, celebrate the unveiling of the new mosaic at Clifton Place Community Garden.
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‘World On Our Doorstep’ June 2006: A boxing ring is set up Stapleton Road for young people to demonstrate their boxing skills.
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Funding Allocation for 2006-2008: Good news for Easton and Lawrence Hill! Neighbourhood Renewal will be carrying on its work to improve the area over the next two years. Raising educational achievement is one of its key targets, with funding of £400,000 going to support supplementary schools. Supplementary schools played a big part in the City Academy’s improved exam results last year. Another key target is to help the environment, and £286,000 will go towards improving Stapleton Road, including doing up derelict shops, and helping the economy to thrive. Other Neighbourhood Renewal funding will go to improve health, create jobs, and tackle crime and drugs.
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Boundary Walk April 2006: From April, Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Renewal became one of Bristol's three new Neighbourhood Management pilot areas, which means the boundary of our work has changed. We are now focusing on those parts of Easton and Lawrence Hill which are in the top 3% of most deprived neighbourhoods. To fix this in our minds, a group of residents and partners joined the Team from Neighbourhood Renewal to walk around the new boundary. Led by our Neighbourhood Facilitators, we looked at areas of concern, and at all the good work going on to make the area a better place to live and work.
The three new Neighbourhood Management pilots are: Inner City (Easton, Lawrence Hill and Ashley); Knowle West; and Hartcliffe and Withywood. These are added to an existing Neighbourhood Management area at Barton Hill. Neighbourhood Management is about improving mainstream services and the environment so that residents are more satisfied with their neighbourhood, rather than about funding projects directly. However, the Community Participation small grants scheme will continue, so that small projects can be supported to make a big difference to their area.
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Diversity Day March 2006: People get up to dance after a successful day of celebrating diversity in Easton. Awaz Utaoh organised the event at the Trinity Centre, supported by a Community Participation grant from Neighbourhood Renewal. The idea was to bring people from the various communities in Easton together to learn about and celebrate their cultures through information, music, fashion, food and dance.
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Cleansweep March 2006: This Spring Cleansweep focused on Whitehall and Greenbank, taking in the Bristol to Bath cycle and walkway. We helped to restore the Garden of Easton next to Easton Community Centre to its former glory. We had a fun day of working outdoors, and we were able to tap into Easton's tradition of community gardening to achieve a lot in one day!
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Cleansweep March 2006: Officers from Avon and Somerset Constabulary help clear a mountain of tin cans from the Garden of Easton.
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Cleansweep March 2006: Planting shrubs in a raised bed at the Chelsea Road play area.
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Flowers for Flats March 2006: One of the latest projects set up to improve the environment in Easton and Lawrence Hill. Supported by a small grant from the Community Participation Task Group, funded by Neighbourhood Renewal, the project is run by Action Works! (a self-help group for homeless and ex-homeless people). Their idea is to provide plants, window boxes and hanging baskets for residents in St Jude’s.
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Disability Report February 2006: Research on the needs of disabled people, their families and carers took place this Autumn/Winter. The report exposes barriers to disabled people both physical (see picture above which shows the problems created by badly parked cars) and in employment, access to services etc. See 'publications' to download a copy. This Spring a Directory of services for disabled people will be published, funded by Neighbourhood Renewal. A Community Directory for Easton and Lawrence Hill will also be produced. Both will be delivered to all households. Watch this space!
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'Goodbye Erik' January 2006: We bade a fond farewell to Erik Mesel, Neighbourhood Facilitator, who leaves us to take up a similar role for Camden Council. The Neighbourhood Renewal team gathered with residents, Steering Group members, and people from local agencies and other Neighbourhood Renewal offices, to say goodbye. Above, we share a last drink at our favourite haunt, the Three Blackbirds on Stapleton Road. We will all miss Erik, and we wish him well at Camden Council.
Nina Marshall and Rachel Wiltshire have taken over as Neigbourhood Facilitators at our office on Stapleton Road, so all the good work will carry on as before.
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Quilts Displayed December 2005: Traditional Caribbean quilts went on display at the Bristol City Record Office as part of their 'African History in Bristol' project. The quilts are produced by the Golden Agers, a social club based at one of the many churches in Easton.
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Cleansweep November 2005: Local residents helped clear the area around Goodpenny Island and planted bulbs for the Spring. The City Council’s Clean and Green Team also picked up over seven tonnes of bulky waste from the area. Using giant hooks, abandoned trolleys and bikes were fished out of the River Frome around the Easton and St Paul’s roundabout.
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Throne of Weapons October 2005: A sculpture made from decommissioned weapons from civil war in Mozambique formed the centre piece to a series of events with the theme of 'Drop The Weapons'. Neighbourhood Renewal funded a night of urban music and dance at the Trinity Centre, where the anti-gun message came over loud and clear.
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Visit of Local MP August 2005: Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East, was impressed that there was so much going on when she came to meet some of the projects funded by Neighbourhood Renewal in Easton and Lawrence Hill in August 2005. Local Councillors John Kiely and Sue O’Donnell joined the tour of the projects. Projects included in Kerry's visit included:
- The Erondu Foundation (raising the educational achievements of African Caribbean and Dual Heritage young people).
- Horn of Africa Forum (resource centre to help develop the Somali community).
- Nilaari Agency (providing accessible drugs services to black and minority ethnic people).
- Easton Residents Network (umbrella group responsible for community notice-boards).
- Brave Enterprise Agency (specialist help and advice centre for small businesses).
- Stapleton Road Action Plan (a long-term strategy to regenerate Stapleton Road, operated by Bristol East Side Traders).
- Birth Centre Bristol (aiming to set up a midwife-run birth centre in Easton).
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St Marks Road Festival August 2005: Sikh drummers perform during the street procession.
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St Marks Road Festival August 2005: Dancers work up a storm along St Marks Road.
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Islamic Cultural Fayre August 2005: Browsing and shopping.
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World On Our Doorstep June 2005: Morris Men perform in front of the Queen Vic on Stapleton Road.
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World On Our Doorstep June 2005: Local children check out the stalls.
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Emancipation Day June 2005: Studio 7 dance troupe model African fashions. Emancipation Day is celebrated every year to mark the end of slavery.
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