Do you ever look round on your street and think ‘I’d really like to do something about that?’ So did local resident Kim when it came to a few plants on a patch of groundâ¦
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Guerrilla Gardening
How do Community Builders Work in Exeter?
As a Community Builder, I was recently contacted by Action for Children. They were noticing a spike in referrals in one of the neighbourhoods I work and wanted to start a conversation around this toâ¦
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Can you dig it? YES WE CAN!
Residents from a residential home at Bodley Close have been keen to take care of their own green spaces around their flats, which are currently looked after by Exeter City Council. However, they have beenâ¦
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Greening Heavitree
The Greening Heavitree Group started off as a conversation on community network Facebook pages about greening the area more. Anita, who was active in the discussion, offered to set up a WhatsApp Group where aroundâ¦
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The Chantry Meadow Play Area Community Project
The Chantry Meadow Play Area Community Project is a wonderful example of what can be achieved when local residents take action. Over the past few months, Kirsty, an Alphington resident, has been working alongside myself,â¦
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The Duryard Songwriting Project
Amy and her partner Tobias moved to Duryard soon after the lockdown started. They got in touch with me, their local Community Builder, to find out more about their neighbourhood and how they could useâ¦
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Neighbourhood gifts you cannot buy on the internet
It’s a curious thing, a strange paradox. That in our towns and streets served with high tech infrastructure - email, Facebook, and infinite numbers of virtual meet-up opportunities - that many in our community areâ¦
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Ideas do not have to be big to matter
Hello, my name is Tina and I am new to working as the Community Builder for Countess Wear.
It has been such a pleasure getting to know the place and people that make up this neighbourhoodâ¦
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