Craven Vale clean up day
A week or so ago I took part in a community clean up day in Craven Vale, where residents and community workers tackled some of the hard to reach litter and fly tipping around the grassed banks that make up the estate and the woods behind Craven Road and Tilgate Close.
I was pleased to be able to personally remove some of the wind-blown litter around the fence on the bank in Tilgate Close which residents have complained to me about. It was funny that a resident I know well did not recognise me in my high-visibility jacket!
I've asked that the Community Payback Team tackle some of the more difficult fly-tipping in the woods behind Craven Road, but congratulations to all involved in a successful day.
Maggie's Garden
Whitehawk has a fantastic new community resource thanks to months of hard work by local community leader Maggie Smeeth and a dedicated band of volunteers.
A fenced garden behind the CYPT office (formerly the Greenhouse childrens centre) has been totally renovated and turned into an organic garden producing vegetables for local residents. It has been designed for use by local children and was constructed with help from residents, community workers, council staff and workers from Mears.
All credit must go to Maggie for her tireless work on this, it was a real honour to go and cut the ribbon to officially open the garden last Thursday.