Celebrating 20 Years: Working Together to Make Newton Street Cleaner and Safer

This year we are celebrating Community Gateway’s 20^th birthday by giving back to our communities through 20 projects.

In our latest project, we joined forces with Red Rose Recovery and Preston City Council to tackle concerns around litter and waste around Newton Street in the City Centre.

We received reports from tenants about fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour in the area. Working with Preston City Council, we also became aware of issues with local waste bins that were overflowing, becoming unsightly and causing a foul smell.

Acting on this feedback, our teams rolled up their sleeves and completed a community litter pick. Together with the help from our partners and volunteers who joined in to help, we were able to:

• Remove 20 bags of litter and large fly-tipped items
• Install 12 new recycling bins in the area and replace six broken bins
• Spoke to five local tenants to hear how they would like us to continue to improve the neighbourhood

This project is a great example of the ways we are working with partners and tenants to create cleaner, greener and safer communities where tenants are proud to live.

We hope that residents will continue to use the improved waste facilities to help keep the area clean and safe for everyone.

If you would like to get involved in any of our community improvement projects and help make your community an even better place to live, please complete the form below and we will be in touch.