The Kigstanding Forum are hoping to develop the area known by local children as "Conker Island" on Warren farm Road, it's a very large traffic island that used to be home to about 20/30 pre-fab's years ago, it is now looking sad and worn out and in need of some T.L.C.
The forum have been able to acquire a small amount of funding to make a start on giving the island a new lease of life, we are having a feasibility study by the parks dept to cost the project before we carry out consultations with the local community. To get the project started we are hoping to install some benches and repair some of the pathways as soon as possible. We are also going to plant 5000 spring bulbs with the help of local schools. This is taking place on Monday 13th November and Tuesday 14th November. All the 6 schools in Kingstanding are sending some children to take part. We also have young people from the Youth Inclusion project.
What is good about working together like this is it creates a sense of community and for some of our younger volunteers it is their first taste of active citizenship.
We shall be asking local residents what they would like to see on "Conker Island" if we are successful in securing more funding. Like elsewhere in Kingstanding, Warren Farm Road has it's share of problems but we hope that with a little thought and understanding and help from residents and working with other agencies throughout the area we can make something of this project for all people.
