Hope you had a great New Year. January's a great time to remind ourselves of how much we have achieved so far and to start planning for next year.
Since getting together in April we have:
- Won £1500 in grant money for alley gardening
- Gained funding from Heineken for a monster Christmas tree and brought the community together for a day to decorate it
- Held the best bonfire night party in the neighbourhood
- Spent a day clearing the streets, alleys and spare land at the top of Hartington Street
- Planted and distributed over 120 hanging baskets free of charge
- Planted some daffodil bulbs for the spring
- Worked with the council towards solving the problem of tipping and improving bin provision
- Helped residents on Princess Road get access to the gated alleys
- Gained loads of new members and built links in around our local community
Here are our New Year's Resolutions:
- We'll meet at the end of January to shares some food and drink and celebrate what we've done so far (look out for the posters and flyers!)
- We hope to hold another skip day in late Jan / early Feb so that everyone can get rid of post-Christmas rubbish
- We've still got loads of bulbs that could be planted before the spring to get the neighbourhood looking great for the new year
- Work will begin in earnest very shortly on the alleyway trees
- We'll look ahead to our AGM and 1st birthday party in April and start planning an event that can bring everyone together
Here's to a great 2013.
