Saltburn Community Response

On 17th January, we started the year with a celebration of what we achieved in 2022. We were delighted that 15 people attended despite it being a very cold evening. After some tea and cake (of course) we heard from people who had participated in our projects and discussed what went well, what could be improved and how they might develop in 2023. If you want to see a lovely gallery of what our community has been up to, please check out our website (www.saltburnresponse.com).

The discussion moved on to ‘hopes and worries for 2023’. And then to what creative ideas people had to make those ambitions happen and address their concerns.

Before we decide on what projects to get on with in 2023, we’d like to hear from as many people as possible. After all, SCR is a mutual aid organisation. This means we work with our community to make good things happen rather than coming up with ideas in a vacuum.

When we last asked about people what was on their minds, they said loneliness, the environment and lack of activities for younger and older people were their main three concerns. So, we focussed on those issues in our projects in 2022. With projects from alleyway greening to funding to the set-up of a sea shanti singing group (seen below outside Signals along with one of out back alley projects).

Now we want to hear, what are your hopes and worries for 2023? And what are your ideas for making things better?

Please check out our Facebook to join the conversation and for updates (or email us at info@saltburnresponse.com if you are not on Facebook). Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Rowan Mclaughlin (on behalf of SCR)