Tuesday 13 January 2009

Ainslie, Burlington, Casson, Clarence, Newton and Hart Street Area

There is great potential for people who live here to get together for their own benefit.

This is why cards are being delivered to these houses to suggest some possibilities.

What happens next will be up to you/them!

I've got some suggestions of what could be possible - I'm sure that you will have many others.

It strikes me that people are losing touch with each other in some parts of Ulverston but this is less true in these streets.

While there is still a high level of interaction it might be a good idea to have some way of communicating more with each other.

With Ford Park so close - both the grass, gardens and the building - there is lots of potential for communal activities : crafts, discussions, celebrations. There are already some who are members of the trust and this only costs £5 per year.

Then there are older people with expertise and time on their hands who would perhaps enjoy interacting with younger people - some with babies to youngsters when babysitting would work, others with older children when advice with hobbies and even setting up in business is a possibility.

We have a pottery group here in my workshop where babies come with parents and the occasional babysitting has evolved. It provides an opportunity for different ages to meet! Out of it may even evolve a cottage industry and who knows a viable business or two!

One way of keeping in touch could be to have a blog and this is easy to set this up!

There is money available for community groups to get projects off the ground and the way is open to have non-party political representation both in the Town council and particularly through the Neighbourhood Forum.

This area has even got its own pub as a resource at the Swan!

Does any of this make sense?

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