Opening Day

A big thanks to Mayor Councillor Ian Hazeldine and Councillor Isobel Hartley who came along and officially opened the Pensbury Street play area today Thurday 24th July.

Children and young people enjoyed a circus skills performance and workshops, Baloon Modelling and facepainting on the day as well as a tombola and name the teddy organised by the Pensbury Street Crew.

Central Community Partnership funded the day and Groundwork supported the young people organinig and on the day.

Pensbury Street park opening day

come along and enjoy the fun

Thursday 24th July 2008
2-4pm in the park

tombola
name the teddy bear
balloon modeling
face painting
circus skills workshops and performance

Pensbury Street Gardening Extraviganza

Come along on Saturday 5th July 11am till 1pm to make your self a free hanging basket to make the steet look great ready for the grand open day.

all the equipment and plants will be provided by the residnets group.

Pensbury Street Krew win 2 volunteer awards

Congratulations to the pensbury Street Krew for winning two Volunteering awards from Evolution.

The group have been meeting NOW for some time since the 1st art workshops back in 2006 they have worked hard to collect the views of local residents and young people and put them into the deign of the park.

They were nominated by Lisa from Groundwork for the 2008 Volunteer awards at Evolution and they won two categories, Partnership working and the young peoples award, for all the hard work they have put in to the Park project.

"The Pensbury Street group have come together and worked really hard for the park, sharing their ideas,listening to others in the street and I am really pleased that their efforts where recognised with the award"

"The Pensbury Street residents should be really proud of them and their achievements and all the hard work they have put into designing the entrance feature, by doing this they are setting a good example as young people and giving the street a voice"

Lisa Kwok
Project Officer
Groundwork

"When I heard our groups name called out at the awards ceremony I couldn't stop smiling, my hands where sticky and I was nervous, but excited to win"

Shantell Banyard
Pensbury Street Krew

Memories

We are happy that the new park is being done but we are also sad because of all our memories in the old park.

our diary

hi i am leighanne jones. I started this workshop some point last year. This workshop is so cool. Some girls called Lisa and Mez were asked by a bunch of adults from the street who said they want a lot of young kids to get involved. The kids that got involved are Emma, Clare, Andy, Shantelle, Toni, And the new girl who joined on 24/4/08 who is called Phoebe. What she said about the group is, It's relly relly cool and that we are all working as a big sucsses of a team.

Hi my name is phoebe i've lust stared this group and alredy i think its cool.My best friend has just gone crazy and still is.They are designing a park and i will come next week.