RELEASE DATE 17 January 2005
TITLE GROUNDWORK SECURES GREATER NOTTINGHAM PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT
 

Local regeneration charity, Groundwork Greater Nottingham has been awarded £200,000 from the Greater Nottingham Partnership to spend on improving Nottingham’s parks and open spaces. The money will be used to tackle specific issues of crime and anti-social behaviour, eg. improving visibility and security, installing sports facilities for teenagers or providing much-needed community amenities.

The specific projects include:

Colville Street Playground, Arboretum Area
Residents of Colville St and the Arboretum Area have supported a multi-agency partnership which includes SureStart St Anns, The Guinness Trust, Nottingham City Council and Groundwork Greater Nottingham. Groundwork have worked closely with residents to develop proposals which provide upgraded ball-court facilities,
and new play equipment for under 4’s and older children. Other funders include Living Spaces and and Area 4 Area Committee.

Killisick Recreation Ground, Coppice Road, Arnold
Groundwork, Gedling Borough Council and the Killisick Residents Association have completed a consultation exercise aimed at providing additional facilities for young people, and are about to commence installation of a new playground and enlarged playground and multi-use ball court. Funding is provided by Gedling Borough Council and Greater Nottingham Partnership.

Greenway Community Centre, Sneinton
Local residents and the Greenway Centre have lobbied for some time for improvements to the park behind the Greenway Community Centre (Tricketts Yard). Groundwork Greater Nottingham have undertaken consultation with the centre and local people and work has begun to clear the site. Groundwork’s new design aims to improve safety within the park by opening up views and removing blind spots, and to provide informal play and/or meeting facilities for all age groups. This stage of the work will also include a play area specifically for the centre’s crèche, funded by Sure Start Sneinton. Other funding is from Greater Nottingham Partnership and Nottingham City Council’s Area Committee.

The work is being carried out by Land Restoration Services Ltd. Director, Terry Daft said, "I know the area well – in the 1950’s my parents owned the nearby Earl of Manvers pub and I used to play on what was then a scrapyard with the owners son, Jack Trickett."

For further information please contact Amanda Blicq, Principal Landscape Architect on 0115 978 8212.
 
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Background Information enclosed
Please note that all our projects involve people and communities and many have to be seen to be believed. They each have very different real life stories of transformation, they are very photogenic, and in order to continually improve our communities, we will be delighted to share more of these with you, including fielding interviews and making visits available to you

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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T: 0115 9788212
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