May Half Term Report 2023

30th May 2023, the Junior Wardens were at Weston Adventure Playground. We were building a community garden to be used for the Junior’s Club on a Friday, but also can be used by the general community to grow fruit, veg, flowers and a sensory garden. We worked jointly with SCPA & Plants for People to put on 2 full days of building, gardening, arts & crafts and outdoor play. Over the 2 days we engaged with 122 children & families. Corporate Plan Create more attractive open spaces. BEFORE AFTER 31st May 2023, the Junior Wardens ran a sports session in Holyrood, Central. We had a good turnout with a lot of familiar faces, but also a few new ones. It went down really well and lots of requests to come back again. Testlands “Yesterday was a huge success, we engaged with over 30 young people throughout the session. The group started at 14 and finished with 30 just shows the impact you can have by laying on engaging activities for the community. It was great to build relationships with these young people and reconnect with some ex-students. We as a team thoroughly enjoyed working with them all”. Corporate Plan Getting out & Active & promoting Healthy Living

1st June 2023: The Junior Wardens in conjunction with Tenant Engagement, Community Engagement and Decent Neighbourhoods ran a residents celebration day at Dempsey & Kathleen Rd, Sholing. Decent Neighbourhoods have completed a major project here, completely transforming the areas around the blocks making spaces more useable and welcoming. We invited residents to come and join us in celebrating it’s completion, offering free tea, coffee, hot dogs and cakes along with music and games. We had a good turnout with a number of families coming out to engage with us and sharing their view on the works that had be done. Corporate Plan. Create more attractive, and welcoming green and open spaces. What’s Next: We are already planning for the Summer & the Junior Wardens 20th Anniversary. Central: We are taking part in the Love Where You Live event at Hoglands Park on 28th July. East: We are going to be running some gardening, clearing and Art projects. West: We are planning the 20th Anniversary of the Junior Wardens in Mansel Park on 8th August Facebook continues to grow with another 5 new members this week. This is still a very successful communication tool for us, letting Juniors know what projects we have for them in their areas. We also support other local community groups by sharing or promoting other opportunities for young people and families. Comments From People Who Engaged with us In Half Term • “It’s nice to have a new area for the kids & it looks so much nicer.” • “We love having an outdoor usable space, fenced away from dogs and associated mess. We've since had 3 BBQs with all our neighbors.” • “Can you come back again tomorrow? we loved playing football today.” • “Can we do this every day?”