Greener Highfields
Greener Highfields was set up to improve green space and the natural environment in the Highfields area of Leicester, and to identify opportunities for growing more local food.
The group was set up in May 2010 through support from Communities Cutting Carbon, with assistance from Earth Guardians and the Highfields Centre. It participated in the It's Your Neighbourhood scheme in 2010/11.
Greener Highfields dissolved in Autumn 2011, passing its remaining funds on to support urban green space projects carried out by Earth Guardians, the Dawn Centre and St Matthews Community Solutions Centre.
Activities
To date, the group has:
- Organised a Big Bulb Plant event in winter 2010/11, with funding from Its Your Neighbourhood and the Stoneygate Ward Meeting.
- Organised a litter pick with the Dawn Centre in spring 2011, with support from Its Your Neighbourhood.
- Supporting efforts to create a community food garden on some land close to Uplands Junior School, off Melbourne Road.
- Held a walk-around in summer 2010 to identify sites with potential for growing food or improved planting.
- Identified three sites for new trees in the Stoneygate ward, leading to three new trees being planted through Leicester city council's 10,000 trees programme.
Media coverage
- Big Spring Clean story
Coverage in the Leicester Mercury of the Big Spring Clean event in March 2011
Documents
- Presentation for first "Greening Highfields" meeting (PDF, 1.1 Mb)
Given by Andrew Reeves from Communities Cutting Carbon at "Greening Highfields" public meeting on Thursday 27th May 2010. Includes many ideas for food growing projects in urban areas.
- Greener Highfields Constitution (PDF, 98 Kb)
- Big Bulb Plant flyer (PDF, 139 Kb)
Flyer for the bulb plant event in November 2010
- Launch meeting poster (PDF, 280 Kb)
Poster for the launch meeting in May 2010
Discussion at the launch meeting in May 2010
- Spring clean poster (JPEG, 676 Kb, 1125x1639)
Poster for Big Spring Clean event in March 2011
