RELEASE DATE 15 February 2006
TITLE FIRST STAGE SET AT COLLIERS WOOD
 

The first phase of a project to create a outdoor stage has started in the Colliers Wood area of Broxtowe.

Local regeneration charity, Groundwork Greater Nottingham together with Friends of Colliers Wood, Broxtowe Borough Council and Greenwood Forest Partnership are working to install the stage facility, overlooking the main pond area on the site. The stage project, which has been funded by Nottinghamshire County Council's "Building Better Communities" scheme, will provide a dramatic setting for local events and performances. It has been designed to accommodate scenery, displays and even lighting for special events.

Groundwork Greater Nottingham's Landscape Architects designed the project to sit naturally in the existing space using the contours of the land and providing areas overlooking the stage. Designers also incorporated tiered seating which will be constructed once sufficient funds have been raised. It is hoped that once this seating has been installed, the area will provide an ideal environment for club discussions, curriculum visits by school pupils, displays, drama and other community functions.

Margaret Turner, Chair of Friends of Colliers Wood, expressed delight at seeing the progress on this long awaited project and thanked members of the Friends of Colliers Wood and Broxtowe Borough Council for their support. In addition, Margaret Turner expressed thanks to Councillor David Taylor for his assistance in procuring funding and Chryse Tinsley, Landscape Team Leader at Groundwork who designed the project.
 
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

GGN has been established for 14 years

In a typical year we Groundwork Greater Nottingham works with communities to:-
· Develop and deliver at least 100 new projects
· Deliver over 4000 person days of youth activity
· Engage with over 200 local businesses
· Work in partnership with at least 80 schools
· Deliver 40 locally significant environmental improvement schemes
· Deliver 2 regionally significant conferences a year

We are currently working on 55 live projects

Nationally, Groundwork is one of the UK’s leading social and environmental partnership organisation’s, working with people, local authorities and businesses to promote economic and social regeneration by improving the local environment. Through it’s network of around 50 Independent Trust’s around the UK, from Tyneside to South Wales, Northern Ireland to Hackney, Groundwork uses the environment to improve their quality of life. Groundwork is an independent charity, which involves 60,000 adult volunteers and over 120,000 school children each year in local environmental projects. From small community schemes to major regional and national programmes, Groundwork’s local Trust’s work in partnership with local people, local authorities and businesses to promote sustainable developments in their local area.

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