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Green & Pleasant Community Space Mollie Lewis Poole

When listening in a local cafĂŠ one day, I met a group of ladies

This now formed community group have conducted regular

who were unhappy with the state of the local council-owned

litter-picks and gardening dates for the whole community to

square and gardens. Full of litter, uncared for and generally

get involved in. They have also taken over responsibility for the

rundown, they felt it was a poor reflection of the community

local community board which had been unused for years; by

and thought how nice it would be if the area looked better.

renovating the board it is now a port of call for the community and a way to communicate with residents. The community group

I encouraged them to bring their family and friends along to

have done various fundraising events in order to keep their group

another meeting the following week, where we could discuss

going and improve the local space.

what actions they could take to improve the local area and do a group listening. The meeting was a success and we came up

This space is now something for the residents to be proud

with their new vision of a space that residents could be proud

of and littering has reduced dramatically, demonstrating the

of. With a dedicated group of volunteers, we enquired with the

positive effect looking after your community can have.

council for permission to do gardening on their then rundown

This group of volunteers are truly inspiring with their hard work

and unused land.

and determination!

The volunteers meet with the council and after some deliberation they took over the responsibility for the land. They quickly got on with the general tidy-up, gardening and planning of how they wanted the new space to look. Often attracting attention from local residents with their hard work and dedication, they were being given money from the community and so decided to form a community group, calling themselves ‘Asgard’ after the name of the local square.

Inspirational Community Gardeners


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