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Originally Posted by g jones
The improvements over the last few years have been welcome by most. When I was first elected the area was suffering neglect including the allotments and the bowling club was about to close.
We've put in a lot of effort to raise awareness and increase resources over the years and people forget that remarkably we made it disabled accessible.
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Would have been good if you had explained who you meant by we. Without Friends of Arden Hall and the Coppice and other groups I doubt any work would have been done because without the support of community groups HBC have no money to invest in its green spaces.
It's getting harder and harder to find funding and there appears to only be a handful of Officers and Councillors that understand how external funding works. The rest need training so they understand the funder is in control and not council officers when it comes to funding terms, conditions and deadlines.
I must say that the support from HBC parks department to its partner community groups is amazing and envied by groups I have spoken with from other authorities. If the same support and understanding came from other departments we could bring in even more money into our area.
If you are interested to know more give me a call and we can have a chat.