By Stratford Village Neighbourhood
Greening Stratford Village Neighborhood will enable local residents to actively improve their streets through the creation of green corners and pocket parks, bringing people together around gardening.
Since April 2020, we have been working together to improve our streets to make them healthier, livelier, more inclusive and welcoming spaces for everyone. Spurred by a first lockdown due to COVID-19 in Spring 2020, we started improving our mini green spaces with our own means, ad-hoc planting and clearing. We’re ready to move to the next stage to include more residents and invest in plants and materials to make our mini gardens come to life! Initiated and led by local residents, Greening Stratford Village Neighborhood is an inclusive 6 months project which aims to: - Bring local residents together around activities and street improvement initiatives - Improve the streets of Stratford Village Neighborhood This will be done by: - Creating 2 green corners Elliot Close and Aldworth Road - Creating 2 pocket gardens, in Tennyson Road and Mark Street - Embedding residents in all aspects of the creation and upkeep of these spaces
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Why it's a great idea:
Stratford Village Neighborhood is an extremely diverse community, including long term residents and recent arrivals, and a multitude of cultural heritage represented. A stone’s throw from the hustle of Stratford Centre, the quiet streets have deteriorated in the last decade, with increased through-traffic, regular fly-tipping, abandoned green spaces, and growing anti-social behaviour. This project is a first step in wider ambitions the residents have for the area. This project will improve our streets and environment by: - Clearing the rubbish which appears regularly on these sites - Establishing a positive use of these sites - Bringing pockets of biodiversity and wildlife It will improve our local community’s health and wellbeing by: - Engaging people in a common project on their doorsteps - Enabling neighbour to neighbour encounters and co-working - Introducing to gardening and food-growing - Providing a source of healthy local produce of free vegetables and fruits
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £9,000
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We are Stratford Village Neighbourhood Group - a gathering of local residents in the London postcodes of E15, in particular the streets surrounding Stratford Park, up to Romford Road.
Stratford Village Neighborhood is an extremely diverse community, including long term residents and recent arrivals, and a multitude of cultural heritage represented. A stone’s throw from the hustle of Stratford Centre, the quiet streets have deteriorated in the last decade, with increased through-traffic, regular fly-tipping, abandoned green spaces, and growing anti-social behaviour. This community group formed to respond to the challenges of our area, bringing together enthusiastic neighbours keen to improve their streets. Since April 2020, we have been working together to improve our streets to make them healthier, livelier, more inclusive and welcome spaces for everyone. Spurred by a first lockdown due to COVID-19 in Spring 2020, we started improving our mini green spaces with our own means, ad-hoc planting and clearing.
Our aim is to improve the neighbourhood for the health and well-being of local residents, and to create an area that is attractive and safe for all, including visitors, pedestrians and cyclists. We hope that our projects will bring positive changes to the spaces, as well as encourage neighbourly interactions strengthening the local support networks and connecting people in enriching ways.
We are currently actively led by a group of 10 people, and involve over 30 people in our activities. We intend to grow this to over 100 local people engaged with the project in some form.
Project Owner: Stratford Village Neighbourhood The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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