A skip full



Here we are outside Hugh Gaitskell School.  If there seems a lot of us it is because we were joined by Holbeck in Bloom (to see more about them look at the blog list on the right) and Menspace volunteers because it was a big job - as you can just see in the 'after' pic, we filled a skip - and then someone danced on it and we refilled it and someone danced on it and we kept on until all the undergrowth, some of the branches and as much litter as we could keep, given the wind that was blowing, was in there.

In fact we had all sorts of weather but it was warm work so we didn't notice.
The last meeting in The Broadway went well but apparantly was a bit noisy so we're back in the Watsonian Pavilion for the next one.
We had a new volunteer helping us with our clear up.  He saw us on the internet and decided to join in - cheered me up no end to think that you are out there reading our stuff!

Community links!

Remember the mention of networking with the local police in the last post?

Well, here's an article from Linda:

You couldn't make this up!

Following a raid on the Britannia pub yesterday the police phoned Holbeck in bloom (who else?) having found a stash of cannabis growing in an upstairs room. They also found 22 sacks of compost, plant feed, bamboo canes, soil enhancer, buckets etc and wondered if Holbeck could make use of it.

Holbeck kindly rang me offering to share the ill gotten gains. Vivienne and i rushed to the pub and collected our half and took it back to the yard.

Today Parks have agreed for Holbeck to store their stash in the yard. I gave Dennis and Ian P a hand to unload and took the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

I think this will be a unique story to add to our spring brochure. It covers:

Working with other community groups, local council, and police;

Recycling - all the stuff would normally have been destroyed; and

showing that regardless of the weather or season Holbeck and Beeston in Bloom are working hard.

Good eh?