Filed under: Campaigns
Help to clear the land of rubbish...
Join us on 15 November to clean up the North Kelvin Meadow
As part of its campaign to turn the former Clouston Street playing fields into a multi-use green space, the North Kelvinside Green Space Community Initiative is organising a Meadow Clean-up Campaign. Join us on Saturday, 15 November from 11 am onwards and help turn what is currently a wasteland and unofficial dumping ground into the North Kelvin Meadow.
We will be assembling at the Clouston Street entrance to the North Kelvin Meadow. Bin bags will be provided and we’ll make arrangements with the Council for the rubbish we collect to be uplifted.
...and turn it into a community green space
Please join us if you can. This is a first step towards creating the North Kelvin Meadow, which will provide a multi-use green space for the local community. The Council is opposing the North Kelvin Meadow plan, so the more people who turn up the better. That will send a clear message to the Council that the local community wants the former playing fields to be turned into the North Kelvin Meadow.
Guidelines
If you are coming along, please observe these simple guidelines:
1. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
2. Protective gloves should be worn at all times when collecting rubbish.
3. If you find a syringe, please do not touch it. Inform the Council, who will organise for any syringes to be removed.
Filed under: News
The Evening Times has written a story about our newly launched campaign to turn the disused land between Clouston Street and Kelbourne Street into a community-run, multi-use green space. The North Kelvin Meadow Campaign was launched after the Council rejected out-of-hand the results of a survey conducted by local resident Douglas Peacock which revealed that local people overwhelmingly supported the creation of a community green space on the land. (Click here to read the Evening Times article.)
Filed under: News
A campaign has been launched to turn the disused land between Clouston Street and Kelbourne Street in Glasgow’s Maryhill area into a community-run, multi-use green space to be called the North Kelvin Meadow. The campaign was launched after Glasgow City Council rejected out-of-hand the results of a survey, conducted by local resident Douglas Peacock, which revealed that local people overwhelming supported the creation on a green space on the land.
Glasgow City Council wants to sell the land to a property developer for the building of 115 flats. However, 100% of local residents responding to the community survey said they would prefer a green space.
This area Glasgow is already densely populated because most of the housing is flats. A community-run green space as proposed by the North Kelvin Meadow Campaign would allow local people to have access to allotments, a small wood and a wild meadow area.
The Scottish Government recently indicated that it wanted more space to be made available for allotments and there is a long waiting list for allotments in Glasgow. The local authority umbrella body Colsa has said that it agrees with the Scottish Government’s view.
“We are happy to see the Scottish Government taking an interest in promoting the provision of allotments. We look forward to working in partnership with the government to consider how best this can be achieved,” a spokesman said. (Click here to read the story from the BBC.)
It’s hard, therefore, to understand why Glasgow City Council is opposing a proposal that has generated so much enthusiasm among local residents.
