By Rob Gooding and Rachel Cole, the Tenant Involvement team
Lots of good work continues on this estate with lots more planned. At the end of July two community skips were held on the estate, and these were both filled within a couple of hours. The caretakers helped with this by collecting large bulky items from residents’ home. An additional skip maybe held later in the year. On Monday 19 August we held a community litter pick on the field off Calladine Way ready for an activity day the following day, we then continued to pick litter from around the estate. It was nice to see that the estate had been kept in a reasonable tidy condition. Rachel organised with Wayne Munroe Smith to get the equipment required, he also arranged to have the rubbish we collected picked up.
The following day FLUX provided arts and crafts on the green space opposite the shops along with parkour for the children to enjoy. The libraries also attended, and children sat and read/listened to stories. It was a lovely afternoon; the sun was shining, and everyone enjoyed themselves.
Also, for the first time in a long time this year the residents enjoyed a coach trip to Cleethorpes in August. This was organised and subsidised through the TARA on the estate. The TARA had raised funds through tombola’s etc which when towards the cost of the coach making it more affordable for residents to attend. Residents of all ages had a lovely day and asked if they could sort another day trip out soon! As the TARA progresses it is hoped they can investigate funding towards this and other activities/trips.
A drop-in event for tenants for RMBC Housing Services and partners i.e. Mears, Equans etc is to be organised for later this year as well as a Halloween event in the October half term holidays.