PEACH members have been wanting a community space for years! Since the regeneration plans were announced in the early 2000s, our community spaces, allotments and youth centres have closed down. Last summer, PEACH members decided that we needed to work together to get community spaces reopened. Imagine a community space ran by PEACH members!
The communal spaces in our blocks are often underused, covered in rubbish or have no where to sit and relax. We started working with Build Up in 2023 to transform our local spaces into useful, social spaces for our neighbourhood! Build Up runs practical construction projects for young people aged 10 – 23 to design and build structures in their local communities.
In the summer 2023, 20 young people from across Custom House and Canning Town took things into their own hands and gave the green spaces around their homes some love! They worked together to design and build community gardens around Burrard Road and Hands Walk, learning valuable skills. They planted an orchard of fruit trees, bulbs for the spring, flower beds that flower all year round and benches for people to relax on. While the Council has neglected their green spaces, they showed everyone how things can be done differently. This was funded by Build Up Foundation and The National Lottery Awards for All.
If you have ideas for transforming a space in the local area – get in touch with Becky (07521693240).
- Burrard Road Community Garden Work Day 2nd April
Hey 11-18 year olds! Join us to work on your garden! We will be maintaining the Burrard Road Community Garden on Tuesday 2nd April 2-4pm. There will be pizza! - Burrard Road Community Garden
In the summer, 20 young people from across Custom House and Canning Town took things into their own hands and gave the green spaces around their homes some love! They worked together to design and build community gardens around Burrard Road and Hands Walk, learning valuable skills. - Shaking up Freemason’s High Street
As we all know, the Freemason’s Highstreet has been underappreciated for many years now shops are being left unused and empty, lack of meaningful community projects, opportunities and services for the local community. The High Street Action Group(HAG) Founded by PEACH Members has been hard at work to get it back to the way it … Continued