Community Improvement

Community Gateway’s Engagement and Communities Team teamed up with Year 6 pupils and staff from Ashton Primary School to take a closer look at the local area and explore how it could be improved.

While we were out in the community a tenant on Newark Place reported concerns to us about an area of communal greenspace behind their home that is accessible to the public.

Listening to what matters most to the community, we partnered with the King's Trust, who tackle youth unemployment and The Hub at St Bernards to deliver a two-week project to improve the condition of the local area.

Feedback from our Environmental Services team led to working in partnership with a local primary school on a Dog Fouling Action Day to raise awareness.

See how a simple conversation with a tenant brought about change in Ashton, improving the community for the better.