UWE MArch Year One Live Project Report

OPEN SPACES REPORT Lewis Denson, Phil Price, Tom Southall, Tyron Tucker 2016

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

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BRIEF

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ANALYSIS

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FOCUS AREA

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PRECEDENT STUDIES

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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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OUTCOMES

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APPENDIX

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INTRODUCTION

In October 2016, four MArch year 1 students from the University of the West of England, Bristol, volunteered to work with community group Up Our Street to examine the sense of public ownership of open spaces within Easton and Lawrence Hill, Bristol.

Over the course of approximately two months, we undertook an analysis exercise with a view to engaging with the communities in the area as to how they used open spaces in the neighbourhood and what they expected of the spaces.

This report details the work of the team during that period, including the information gathered for the analysis, the community engagement process and findings, and strategic proposals for the final study area.

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Mission Statement

To

the community to unite and shape their own environment.

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The Vision

rOLE sTATEMENT We will be analysing open spaces in the Lawrence Hill and Easton area to understand issues of ownership and use, and how these align with the ambitions of the community. The analysis will encompass a wider research exercise into the social, economic and environmental challenges in the community. This will feed into identifying under-utilised open spaces and how they can be re-appropriated for social benefit, by changing the perception of how the spaces can be used.

Our role is to bring together existing research with further analysis by ourselves to produce an evidence base that can support future proposals for spatial adjustment that is tailored to the needs and wants of the neighbourhood. This will be reinforced by engagement with the relevant stakeholders for specific sites and will culminate in the organisation of a participatory event where ideas for the use of specific under-utilised spaces can be shared and enacted. This open forum will take the form of an event that will be a platform for the local community to establish an interest in their environment and shape its future, allowing for the establishment of long term connections and community resilience.

Lawrence Hill and Easton is a well-loved patchwork quilt. It is diverse, with different coloured and patterned patches that are tightly threaded. It does, however, have some tears that need stitching together and holes that need patching over.

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“

...a measure of a city’s greatness is to be found in

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the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares.

- John Ruskin

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Lewis

Tyron

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Coffee White One Sugar

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South GLOUCESTERSHIRE

BRISTOL CHANNEL

Bristol

North-East Somerset

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sITE LOCATION The area upon which this project focuses is defined by the combined boundaries of the electoral wards of Easton and Lawrence Hill in the inner city of Bristol. This area is surrounded by the wards of Ashley, Central, Windmill Hill, Brislington West, St George West, Eastville, and Lockleaze.

To the west is Bristol city centre, with Bristol Temple Meads train station, the city’s main railway station, falling within the study area boundaries.

The M32 motorway, the main vehicular arterial route connecting the M4 to Bristol city centre, runs along the north-western boundary of the two wards. The Bristol and Bath Railway Path is a pedestrian and cycling route connecting Bristol city centre to the city of Bath, directly passing through the study area.

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PROFILE OF EASTON & LAWRENCE HILL The area upon which this project focuses is defined by the boundaries of the electoral wards of Easton and Lawrence Hill, which are located to the east and north-east of Bristol city centre.

The demographic profile of the area is a diverse social make-up. As of June 2016, Easton and Lawrence Hill had a combined population of 31,868. The population of Lawrence Hill has grown by approximately 50% from 2001 to 2011. The age profile is more youthful, on average, than the wider Bristol zone.

Furthermore, Lawrence Hill ward and Easton ward have the highest and second highest proportion of Black and Minority Ethnic groups of all wards in Bristol, respectively. 39.2% of people in Lawrence Hill were born outside the UK, housing the largest Somali community outside of London. In comparison, 27.2% of people in Easton were born outside of the UK, with Poland, Jamaica and Pakistan being the three main countries of birth.

This diversity is further reflected in the proportion of people who do not speak English as a first language, and inherently brings communication issues within the community.

Religious identity reinforces the mixture of communities living within the wards, with approximately one third of residents in each ward identifying themselves as Christian, lower than the Bristol average. In Lawrence Hill, another third identify as Muslim, whereas in Easton 15% of people consider themselves as such. Those that identify as Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Buddhist are roughly in line with the Bristol average.

Source: Bristol City Council (2016)

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POPULATION AND AGE

Household numbers and type

Average life expectancy (years)

Percentage of population who belong to a Black or Minority Ethnic group

Source: Bristol City Council (2016)

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CHALLENGES By the UK Government’s measures of deprivation, the entirety of Lawrence Hill is considered to be within the top 20% most deprived areas in England, with much of the ward within the top 10%. In comparison, Easton is less deprived although some areas do fall within the top 1020% band of most deprived in England.

Deprivation affects the general quality of life of the residents, with health, child poverty, crime, educational attainment and car ownership figures reflecting this.

The 2015 Quality of Life Survey revealed numerous concerns about crime, satisfaction with life, safety, community belonging and cohesion, financial stability, and education from local residents, particularly in Lawrence Hill. The results show some differences between Easton and Lawrence Hill, for example 77% of Easton residents felt they belonged to the neighbourhood, whereas only 54% felt the same in Lawrence Hill, compared to the Bristol average of 62%.

The fact that deprivation persists following significant public sector investment in the area over the previous 20 years gives an indication of the depth of the problem.

Source: Bristol City Council (2016)

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Up Our Street commissioned this report in response to an acknowledgement that many public spaces within Easton and Lawrence Hill are unloved, under-used and under-performing. Green spaces play a key role in the community by providing a natural lung in an urbanised environment, promoting communal cohesion through social interactions, and inspiring and informing residents about wildlife. The ability for a green space to achieve these goals is determined by a variety of factors, which this exercise sought to establish and evaluate the existing open spaces against.

The 2015 Quality of Life Survey by Bristol City Council highlighted local resident concerns into the quality of their neighbourhood, and specifically the green spaces within them.

Within Easton, 88% of people were satisfied with their neighbourhood, above the Bristol average of 82%. However, only 72% of Lawrence Hill residents were satisfied with

their own neighbourhood. Regarding the quality of green spaces in their area, 83% of Easton residents were content however only 72% of Lawrence Hill residents were.

Open spaces are able to provide for a range of uses and events that can bring a community together. The Quality of Life Survey highlighted that 82% of Easton residents were pleased with the range and quality of outdoor events in Bristol, compared with 73% of Lawrence Hill residents.

With such figures, it is clear that more work can be done to incorporate green spaces into the fabric of the community in Easton and Lawrence Hill. However, any work needs to be undertaken with a clear understanding of why green spaces are failing with additional importance placed on encouraging the community to actively participate in shaping these spaces to their own concerns and using them as such.

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AIMS

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Inclusive

Adapt

engage

wellbeing

Utilising existing common space to form new, diverse social bonds.

Beginning to adapt current attitudes of disempowerment.

Generating a lasting connection between people and place.

Bringing local wellbeing to the forefront.

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Connect

outreach

strategy

Creating long-term links between the community

Starting to encourage the exchange of skills locally.

Planning a strategic green chain for future staged implementation.

and useful organisations.

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outcomes

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catalogue

Alter

Structure

Providing a document cataloguing current green spaces and the opportunities for re-appropriation.

Altering the current perception with regards to public space.

Creating small scale change as a structure for wider development.

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initiate

Network

facilitate

Initiating re-engagement with public spaces in the community.

Forming a network of interactive spaces, beginning to stitch together the wider communities of Easton and Lawrence Hill.

Facilitating a base where the cultural identity of the wider community can be celebrated.

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Timeline Live Project Launch/ Meeting 1

First Brief Devised

Community Engagement

Community Consultation

03.10.16 First meeting with Up Our Street Page 208

10.10.16 Used analysis to devise the brief that shaped the project Page 3

21.10.16 Volunteered to improve two open spaces in Easton for the BBC Page 105

04.11.16 First lemonade stand consultation over three spaces in Easton Page 113

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07.10.16 Group analysis of Green Space in the area Page 17

13.10.16 Visit to Sustrans community consultation in Easton Page 103

28.10.16 Second meeting with Up Our Street for feedback of Brief Page 210

06.11.16 Second consultation based only in Goodhind Street Page 113

Analysis

Community Engagement

Meeting Two

Community Consultation

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Community Engagement

Community Event

Radio Interview

Final Interview

11.11.16 Meeting with Easton Community Centre to discuss facilities and contacts

19.11.16 Community event in Goodhind Street Page 145

25.11.16 Radio Interview reflecting on project at BCFM

09.12.16 Final interview with Up Our Street

17.11.16 Meeting with Incredible Edible Bristol

21.11.16 Final Studio Presentation for feedback from tutors

Community Engagement

Studio Presentation 16

ANALYSIS

Analysis 17

ANALYSIS

The following section is a collation of information gathered from mapping and analysing the open spaces within the study area. Further, the strategy with which this information was used and informed the continuation of the project to meet the aims and outcomes set out in the brief is outlined.

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APPROACH In order to understand how people considered their local open spaces and to promote their greater use, it was necessary to undertake an initial mapping and analysis process.

Through finding the opportunities and weaknesses to individual open spaces, we had acquired an evidence base through which we can gauge feedback from the communities of Easton and Lawrence Hill, and also inform and inspire residents on how they can explore their nearest open space and set about changes to improve them.The engagement process was to acquire opinions on the open space from local residents and organisational stakeholders, as well as to later present our findings and proposals back to them.

Aiken Street Community Garden at present

The encouragement process was to provide information and raise awareness to the community of the open spaces near to them. This was done through a leafletting and poster campaign, with suggestions on how their parks could alternatively be used and, ultimately, be more successful.

The enlivening process was to organise an event that would encourage the residents to explore the under-performing open space, allow us to engage with them to understand the attitude to the nature of use at that space, and also to inspire residents of a simple change that can be enacted that achieves the goals for a successful open space.

Aiken Street Community Garden - small scale change 19

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METHODOLOGY To establish the locations of open spaces within the Lawrence Hill and Easton area, a desktop study was undertaken using a combination of Bristol City Council published documents, and existing maps and aerial photography that also allowed for the identification of open spaces that formed part of the urban fabric yet were not officially listed as such. The desktop study mapped approximately 70 open spaces within the area, of which some were loosely defined and others were interlinked.

ST JUDE’S

The open spaces were grouped into four “networks”, defined by their geographical location. On a single day, all the spaces were surveyed and analysed by the team to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of each space. All findings were recorded in text, photographic and diagrammatic form. The analysis followed six broad areas, plus any further observations made during the survey:

EASTON

LAWRENCE HILL ROUNDABOUT Accessibility and ease of movement

Public facilities and their availability

Natural features and wildlife

BARTON HILL

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Nearby sources of pollution

Presence and sense of security

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CATEGORISING The field survey also allowed for individual spaces to be categorised according to their use or role within the community.

It is possible for a space to be categorised as one, whilst incorporating another category. For example, a formal park is highly likely to incorporate a playground. In such cases, the space would be categorised as per the over-arching definition of its use.

FORMAL PARK A formally defined, multi-use landscaped area for public recreation.

AMENITY AREA A small space for community use with limited opportunities for recreation.

PLAYGROUND An established area of children’s play equipment.

COMMUNITY GARDEN A community-based and maintained space for the growth of plants and vegetables.

LEFT - OVER OPEN SPACE An area, landscaped or not, created as a result of development with no active use.

THOROUGHFARE A space used primarily by cyclists and pedestrians as part of a transit route.

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NETWORK 1: BARTON HILL 10 12

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BARTON HILL URBAN PARK

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Formal park

MILDRED STREET OPEN SPACE Amenity area

Modern playground with 10 bins (including dog faeces bins) and 13 benches.

Grass was mown and bushes were maintained. Minor littering and vandalism present.

Grass sports pitch with ‘toad-stool’ seating and a bench.

Grass was mown. Some graffiti tagging present.

Clean, mown grass area, with landscaped areas of trimmed bushes and some trees. Large number of pigeons.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Clean, mown grass area.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Quality pedestrian routes through and around the park. Permanently accessible with gated access at some points.

Heavy CCTV presence. Fenced around perimeter with gated access at certain points. Well over-looked by tower blocks.

Permanently accessible, no pedestrian route through. No wheelchair access from pitch to seating area.

High fence around perimeter but ungated. Overlooking from surrounding terraced housing.

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NETHAM PARK Formal park

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Playground, bowls club, basketball court, football pitches, pavilion, running track, bins, benches, and car parking.

Minimal vandalism and littering.

Numerous instances of dog fouling.

Large expanse of mown grass, plus areas grass is left to grow. Numerous bushes and trees throughout.

None.

Completely open with quality pedestrian routes through and around the park. Public car parking available.

Fencing to play areas only. CCTV presence around pavilion.

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MARSH LANE POCKET SPACE

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Left-over open space

MILL PARK Amenity area

None.

Appears to be maintained by neighbouring properties. Some flytipping and littering present.

None (park under renovation).

Park was under renovation, no litter present.

Small grassy pocket plot, with bushes and three trees.

Adjacent to the busy Marsh Lane, producing noise and air pollution.

Small grassy area and four trees.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Adjacent to pedestrian completely open.

No enclosure. Minimal overlooking from neighbouring properties. CCTV camera at adjacent Barton House.

Open gated access with a pedestrian route through, currently being re-laid.

Metal fence around perimeter with gate. Overlooked by neighbouring properties.

paths,

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AIKEN STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN Community garden

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MARSH LANE OPEN SPACE Amenity area

Informal work area with a communal planting space.

Poorly maintained, with noticeable presence of litter and fly-tipping.

None.

Grass is long; maintenance.

Mostly grassy with numerous weeds and four trees.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Mostly grassy with numerous in and around the park, and some bushes.

Adjacent to the busy Marsh Lane, producing noise and air pollution.

Open gated access with no pedestrian route through.

Fencing around perimeter and overlooked by neighbouring properties. CCTV associated with Barton House nearby.

Open and accessible to pedestrians with no routes through. Gated access for vehicles.

Low perimeter fencing, with moderate overlooking from adjacent properties.

no

apparent

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LILLA PARK

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Playground

BARTON HILL ROAD PARK Amenity area

Informal play area with ledge seating, two cycle parking racks, public art and community information board.

Clean and tidy, although appeared poorly maintained.

Five benches and two picnic benches.

Grass was mown. Minimal litter. Low maintenance.

Grassed perimeter with six mature trees and some bushes.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Grassed area with some bushes and three trees. Landscaped to shield from road.

Intermittent air and noise pollution from adjacent Barton Hill Road and railway traffic.

Open gated access with tarmacked route through.

Fencing around perimeter and overlooked by neighbouring properties. Presence of trees darkens the park however.

Very low perimeter fence, accessible to pedestrians although not wheelchairfriendly. No pedestrian route through.

Low perimeter fencing. Overlooked by neighbouring properties. No CCTV presence.

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COBDEN STREET OPEN SPACE

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Amenity area

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HAPGOOD STREET OPEN SPACE Left-over open space

Minimal facilities: one picnic bench and one waste bin.

Large amount of litter present. Bushes overgrown, although grass recently mown. Minor vandalism to furniture.

None.

Whilst appearing well maintained, fly tipping was present.

Mostly grassy area with 12 trees.

Population of squirrels observed.

Adjacent Church Road with bus route produces noise and air pollution.

Grassy open area with five trees.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Three gaps in the low perimeter fence for pedestrians. Single dirt pedestrian route through, although not wheelchair-friendly.

Low perimeter fencing.

Some overlooking from nearby properties, although mostly obscured by vegetation.

Open with pedestrian and wheelchairfriendly route through. Accessed by intimating alleyways however.

Overlooked by neighbouring properties, although access points are narrow and intimidating.

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GAUNTS HAM PARK Formal park

Playground, basketball court and table tennis. Numerous benches, picnic tables and benches. Community notice board.

Appeared well maintained minimal litter present.

Grassed area with numerous mature trees, causing overshadowing. Planting areas. Population of squirrels observed.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Open gated access for pedestrians from multiple points. Cycling through discouraged.

Fencing around perimeter and overlooked by neighbouring properties.

Tree canopy darkens the park however.

with

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NETWORK 2: LAWRENCE HILL ROUNDABOUT

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CLARENCE ROAD OPEN SPACE

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Thoroughfare

CLAREMONT STREET OPEN SPACE Left-over open space

None.

Well maintained with no litter present.

None.

No apparent maintenance.

Grassed area with numerous mature trees along northern edge.

Heavy traffic on adjacent A420 Clarence Road produces significant noise and air pollution.

Grassed area with numerous mature trees.

Heavy traffic on adjacent Easton Way produces significant noise and air pollution.

Completely open with pedestrian footpaths running around and through.

Significant overlooking from the adjacent road and neighbouring properties.

Fenced from Easton Way, but divided by the terminus of Claremont Street.

Pedestrian route continues through.

No overlooking or apparent CCTV.

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NEWTOWN PARK Formal park

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Well-equipped playground, recreation area, numerous picnic tables and benches, bins (including dog faeces bins).

Relatively well maintained, although litter present at edges of the park and flowerbeds were overgrown. Dog fouling observed.

Predominantly grassed area with numerous mature trees, flower beds and dense bushes.

Industrial estate to the south and busy road to the east produce noise and air pollution.

Multiple access points, with well-used pedestrian and cycle paths and desire lines.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties. Sight lines are obstructed by dense vegetation and earth mounds.

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HASSELL DRIVE OPEN SPACE

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Left-over open space

KINGSMARSH HOUSE OPEN SPACE Amenity area

No park furniture.

Community information board on the outskirts of the grassed area.

Appeared well maintained with no litter present.

Numerous benches, picnic tables and bins.

Litter around tower blocks rather than green space. Grass appeared well maintained but furniture in poor state.

Grassed area with numerous mature trees, to the north, and hedgerows to the south providing natural screening.

Located adjacent to Lawrence Hill Roundabout producing air and noise pollution.

Large grassed areas with numerous mature trees and bushes along the perimeter.

Located adjacent to busy roads producing air and noise pollution.

Several footpaths leading to the adjacent housing estate and subway under Lawrence Hill Roundabout.

Minimal overlooking from neighbouring properties, although busy road provides a constant view across the site.

Access is strained by the topography but the tower block residents have direct access. Parking for residents.

Well overlooked by two tower blocks and associated CCTV.

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PAYNE DRIVE OPEN SPACE

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Left-over open space

Rubbish bins grassed area.

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located

CROYDON STREET OPEN SPACE - SOUTH Amenity area

outside

of

Fly-tipping and some general littering observed.

Two benches.

Grass within fenced area was short.

Litter from surrounding area on the space.

Grassed area with numerous mature and young trees.

Located adjacent to busy roads producing air and noise pollution.

Grassed area with three large trees within the fenced area. Several bushes and trees located outside.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Open from the north edge however the topography of the site prevents easy movement across. Bus stop adjacent.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties to the north. CCTV cameras present but not directed at the space.

Open gated access, no pedestrian routes through.

Much overlooking from surrounding properties in addition to several CCTV cameras.

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LAND AT LAWRENCE HILL ROUNDABOUT Left-over open space

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BRIXTON ROAD AMENITY AREA Amenity area

None. Nearby bus stop and car park.

Overgrown land with no visible litter.

Five benches in two clusters.

Appeared well maintained with no litter present.

Grassed area with large trees to the north and dense bushes to the south.

General waste from footpaths. Vicinity to the busy Lawrence Hill Roundabout, generating noise and air pollution.

Grassed area with numerous established trees and bushes around the perimeter.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Surrounded by footpaths. Most easily accessible from west, topography restricts access from elsewhere.

Constant visual presence from road however lack of informal overlooking may be an issue at night.

Open gated access at three points with a good quality central footpath through.

Well overlooked by the surrounding properties.

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DURBIN WALK OPEN SPACE

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Amenity area

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EASTON WAY OPEN SPACE - WEST Left-over open space/ Thoroughfare

Rubbish bin and a small wooden fence.

Appeared well maintained with no litter present.

None.

General litter along the footpath, with fly-tipping prominent in the square.

Grassed area with three mature trees.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Grassed areas beneath numerous mature trees along the footpath and around the neighbouring properties.

Adjacent to the busy Easton Way, generating noise and air pollution.

Pedestrian and cycling path runs along the edge. Otherwise a hidden space.

Some overlooking from the adjacent properties.

Pedestrian and cycling path runs along the eastern edge.

Some overlooking from the road and adjacent properties, although there are intimidating blindspots.

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EASTON WAY OPEN SPACE - EAST Thoroughfare

Community notice board.

Some grassed areas with young trees along footpath, and numerous mature trees to the south.

Intersected by pedestrian and cycling paths.

Vegetation appeared maintained.

General litter and fly-tipping observed.

Adjacent to the busy Easton Way, generating noise and air pollution.

Some overlooking from the road and adjacent properties.

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BANNERMAN PARK

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Formal park

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FELIX ROAD AMENITY AREA Amenity area

Playground, six benches, two general waste bins and a dog faeces bin.

Appeared well maintained. Some bottles and cans present beneath the trees and bushes.

Single bench in the centre, two rubbish bins at access points.

Appeared well maintained with no litter present.

Grassed area surrounded by hedgerows and numerous mature trees.

Within a quiet neighbourhood, with industrial use to the west.

Grassed area with five mature trees and five saplings.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Open gated access, good quality pedestrian paths.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties, although sightlines are mostly obscured. No CCTV observed.

Open gated access at two points with a good quality central footpath through.

Well overlooked by the surrounding properties.

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ADELAIDE PLACE PARK Amenity area

Single general waste bin and a dog faeces bin. Noticeboard adjacent to site.

Vegetation showed signs of lack of maintenance. Some litter present. Dog faeces bin had minor graffiti.

Two grassed areas with a mixture of 11 mature and young trees. Some areas of overgrown bushes.

Located within a quiet community, although electrical substation produces some minor background noise.

South space is accessed via points, no footpaths. North space has a single open gated access with a path.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties. Minimal lighting.

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EASTON ROAD OPEN SPACE + CROYDON STREET OPEN SPACE NORTH Left-over open space

Easton Road Open Space (above) Croydon Street Open Space - North (below)

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None. Car park is situated to the north.

Minor littering beneath the trees.

Grassed area adjacent to the car park, with numerous trees along the footpath.

A relatively busy road divides the two spaces. An industrial estate is situated to the south.

The spaces are completely open with footpaths around and within.

Numerous CCTV cameras in surrounding area.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties and tower block.

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LAWRENCE HILL ROUNDABOUT SPACE Left-over open space/ Thoroughfare

Signposting in the centre of the space.

Appeared well maintained, with some wind-blown litter in the green areas. Widespread graffiti in subways.

Large areas of grass, with areas of dense trees and bushes.

Within the centre of the busy Lawrence Hill Roundabout, generating significant noise and air pollution.

Accessed via subways beneath roundabouts. Cycle and pedestrian paths intersect in the centre.

Some overlooking from the road, however the subways are poorly lit.

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NETWORK 3: EASTON

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FOX PARK

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Thoroughfare

WARWICK ROAD HOUSING OPEN SPACE Community garden/ Playground

A single bench, two bins and public artwork.

Large amount of litter present in the vegetation which was overgrown.

Graffiti on the public artwork.

Playground, two benches, small community garden and community notice board.

Low levels of maintenance with overgrown plants. Significant presence of litter, dog fouling and fly-tipping.

Mostly grassed area with dense vegetation along railway viaduct.

Adjacent M32, Stapleton Road and railway station generate significant air and noise pollution.

Grassed areas with trees on the boundary with M32. Large presence of overgrown shrubs and weeds.

Adjacent M32 and Stapleton Road generate significant air and noise pollution.

Three access points with a relatively good quality pedestrian and cycle path running through.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties. Good presence of lighting.

Two access points with a central path, plus a bridge spanning the M32.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties in addition to CCTV associated with nearby school.

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3

BELMONT STREET OPEN SPACE

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Amenity area/ Thoroughfare

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ALBION GREEN AMENITY AREA Amenity area

Two benches and two bins.

Grass and bushes overgrown. Litter present in grass and bushes, with graffiti on south-east wall.

Playground, eight benches, two bins and a community notice board.

Grass and flowerbed needed maintenance.

Litter present, particularly cigarette butts by benches.

Grassed area with four mature trees and three young trees. Populations of birds and squirrels observed.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Grassed areas with six mature trees and a flower bed.

Located within a quiet community, although nearby railway line does generate some noise.

Three access points with two good quality footpaths running through.

Well overlooked by neighbouring properties. Good presence of lighting.

Two access points with relatively good quality footpaths. Stepped access with a wheelchair-friendly ramp.

Fully enclosed by fence, well overlooked by neighbouring properties in addition to CCTV associated with nearby school.

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BLOY SQUARE

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Amenity area

BELLE VUE PARK Amenity area

Two benches, a single bin, and public artwork.

Poorly maintained with vandalism to artwork and planters. Minor fly tipping present, plus litter and broken glass.

Playground, nine benches, two bins and a community notice board.

Large amount of litter in grassed areas and around perimeter, including alcohol cans. Minor graffiti present.

13 mature trees, planting boxes and tyres.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Grassed areas with 14 mature trees and some bushes around the perimeter.

Located within a quiet community, although adjacent roads do produce intermittent noise and air pollution.

Three open access points, plus a pedestrian path to the west. The space is at a relatively steep gradient.

Fully enclosed by overlooked by properties.

Both areas accessible by a north-south path that is cut by Greenbank Avenue.

Open gated access at all four points.

Fully enclosed by fence, well overlooked by neighbouring properties and good street lighting.

fence, well neighbouring

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OWEN SQUARE PARK & ASSOCIATED SPACES Formal park

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Playground, multi-use games area, eight benches, numerous bins, public artwork and a community garden.

Large amount of litter, vandalism to park furniture and graffiti. Poorly maintained grass in areas.

Mostly grassed area with a variety of trees and bushes. Populations of birds observed.

Located within relatively a quiet community with some background noise and air pollution from Whitehall Road.

Multiple open gated access points, including Bristol and Bath Railway Path. Stepped access in areas however.

Fully enclosed by fence, although minimal overlooking from neighbouring properties.

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PACKERS ALLOTMENTS & ANNEXE Community garden

Private allotments with sheds and gardening equipment.

Well maintained and used. No litter present.

Wide variety of produce grown, with numerous trees and bushes. Fox and badger setts present.

Located near industrial premises which may produce noise and air pollution.

Fully accessible for allotment plot users from cycle track and eastern road.

Fully enclosed by security fence with security gates for plot owners. Well overlooked by neighbouring properties.

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BROOK STREET COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND Playground

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Playground, two benches and two bins.

In good condition although grass was overgrown and some minor littering present.

Small grassed area with four young trees.

Located near commercial premises and roads which may produce some noise and air pollution.

Two open gated access points with a good quality pedestrian path.

Fully enclosed by fence and well overlooked by neighbouring properties.

ANALYSIS

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BRISTOL AND BATH RAILWAY PATH Thoroughfare

Designated cycle path, with benches, bins, planters and cycle paths along the route.

General upkeep clear, although still large amounts of litter and graffiti present.

Large array of trees and general vegetation.

Route passes by industrial and commercial premises, busy roads and schools, generating noise and air pollution.

Numerous access points along route.

Path is good quality.

Differs along route with some areas lacking overlooking from properties.

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9 13 11

12

8

7

6

3 4 5

1 2

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ST MATTHIAS PARK

2

Formal park

REDCROSS SQUARE & NEW STREET OPEN SPACE Thoroughfare

Seating area of rocks and log, a cluster of five benches, two picnic tables, two bins and a notice board.

Well maintained, although grass had dead patches. Minor littering of cigarette butts at the benches.

None.

Redcross Square was clean and tidy.

New Street space was overgrown with considerable litter.

Grassed area with numerous mature trees within and bushes around the perimeter.

Within a quiet neighbourhood, although adjacent school produces some noise at play times.

Redcross Square is paved with 16 mature perimeter trees. New Street space is grassed with six mature trees.

Within a quiet neighbourhood, although nearby school produces some background noise at play times.

Three open access points with a good quality tarmac and gravel path running through.

Some overlooking from neighbouring properties and school. CCTV cameras present outside of park.

Redcross Square is open on one side with good quality paving. New Street space is completely open.

Minimal overlooking due to trees obscuring sightlines. CCTV present at nearby flats.

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ST JUDE’S FLATS OPEN SPACE

4

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EYER’S LANE OPEN SPACE Amenity area/ Thoroughfare

Central playground with two benches overlooking, two general waste bins and a community notice board.

Minor litter in playground. Appeared in good condition, although grass was overgrown in playground.

Ledge seating in eastern corner. A resident’s mini recycling centre to south-east.

Grass was short. Ledge seating was badly damaged and there was some minor littering and graffiti.

General grassed area with seven young trees along north-western edge, and a hedgerow alongside road.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Grassed area with two young and two mature trees within. Bushes from neighbouring gardens supplement this.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Playground has open gated access at two points. Two tarmac paths and a desire line cut through the grass areas.

Playground is enclosed and overlooked by flats, although view is partially obscured by single storey garage block. CCTV present.

Two open access points in encompassing low wall with a central good quality path.

Significant overlooking from surrounding properties, with nearby CCTV present and a single lighting pole in the centre.

ANALYSIS

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GEORGE JONES PARK

6

Formal park

TRINITY COMMUNITY GARDENS Community garden

Modern multi-use games area, two benches, five general waste bins, and six bicycle racks.

Appeared well maintained, although bins were damaged and there was minor graffiti on the apartment block.

Communal planting area with sheds and poly-tunnel.

Appeared well maintained and well used by the community.

Grassed area 23 mature trees plus an area of landscaped planting in the centre. Bushes around perimeter.

The adjacent busy Lamb Street generates noise and air pollution.

Numerous trees along perimeter with central space given over to community gardening.

The adjacent busy Trinity Road generates noise and air pollution.

Five open gated access points, including one at the main road with a road crossing. Good quality paths.

Fully enclosed park with some overlooking from neighbouring properties. No CCTV present.

Single gated access point from Trinity Centre car park.

Fully enclosed although minimal overlooking. CCTV cameras associated with Trinity Centre present.

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NEWTON STREET OPEN SPACE

8

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PEEL STREET OPEN SPACE Amenity area/ Thoroughfare

Parking meter in tarmac-ed space.

Appeared well maintained although some littering present in corner of landscaped space.

Single bench atop a difficult-to-access earthen mound, and two bins.

Grass well maintained. Signficant graffiti and littering present. One corner appeared to be used as a homeless den.

Landscaped space has three areas of planting and three established trees.

Tarmac-ed space has three young trees.

The adjacent road junction for Goodhind Street and Pennywell Road generates intermittent noise and air pollution.

Mostly grassed space with eleven young trees. Some bushes along the perimeter.

Flanking industrial premises produce some air pollution. Apparent odour from River Frome.

Tarmac-ed space is completely open.

Landscaped space is accessed by a single opening in the low fence, no path.

Well overlooked properties.

Access from Pennywell Road and from bridge over River Frome. Good quality pedestrian and cycle path through centre.

Minimal overlooking from surrounding properties. However, well-lit and CCTV camera present.

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ANALYSIS

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RIVERSIDE PARK Formal park/ Thoroughfare

Seven benches, four bins, an authorised graffiti wall and designated cycle route with associated signposting.

Appeared well maintained although some littering present and facilities were covered in graffiti and fly-posting.

Large landscaped area with a wooded area, plus additional mature trees and dense vegetation.

The adjacent M32, River Frome and adjacent industrial works generate differing levels of air and noise pollution.

Numerous access points including pedestrian bridge over M32. Designated cycle route. Good quality paths.

Minimal overlooking but the park was open and a CCTV camera was present.

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RAWNSLEY HOUSE OPEN SPACE

11

Left-over open space

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RAWNSLEY PARK Formal park

Tarmac-ed area had a single bench and general waste bin.

Bench appeared well maintained although some fly-tipping present and bin had been destroyed through vandalism.

Playground, eleven benches, two picnic tables, a stone circle, small football pitch, four bins and public art work.

Minor littering present. Football pitch was worn out, and some park furniture was damaged. Playground in good condition.

Mostly grassed with some dense vegetation.

The adjacent Easton Way generates significant levels of air and noise pollution.

Mostly grassed area with a relatively dense wooded area and additional mature and young trees throughout.

The adjacent Easton Way generates significant levels of air and noise pollution.

No definable access points, although a pedestrian and cycle path passes through.

Well overlooked by adjacent tower block and associated CCTV.

Five open gated access points with good quality footpaths converging in a central seating area.

Well overlooked by surrounding properties and CCTV cameras.

ANALYSIS

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CLARK STREET OPEN SPACE

13

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GOODHIND STREET OPEN SPACE Left-over open space

Single bench within enclosed space, additional bench and wastebin on adjacent path.

Benches appeared new, grass was well maintained but former tarmac-ed area had not been remediated.

None.

Some minor littering, grass slightly overgrown, paved areas were not maintained.

Partially grassed area with a single relatively mature tree in the western corner.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

A series of mostly grassed areas and numerous mature trees throughout.

Located within a quiet community with no notable immediate sources of pollution.

Two open gated access points with a good quality footpath between. Additional double gate to Clark Street locked.

Fully enclosed with some overlooking from surrounding properties.

Completely open with footpaths on all edges leading to the housing estate.

Well overlooked properties.

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Ownership of SPaces AREA

OWNER OF AREA

SOURCES + DATE OF SOURCE

AREA

OWNER OF AREA

SOURCES + DATE OF SOURCE

Netham Park

Bristol City Council

Building Application for Refurbishment, Application No. 09/01320/FB, 2009

Unknown

Unknown

Marsh Lane Open Space

Bristol City Council

Durbin Walk Open Space

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan 2010

Cotton Mill Lane Open Space

Bristol City Council - Community At Heart

Rawnsley House Open Space

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan 2010

Aiken Street Community Garden

Bristol City Council

Goodhind Street Open Space Riverside Park

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Phoenix House Open Space

Bristol City Council

Barton House Open Space

Unknown

Marsh Lane Pocket Space

Bristol City Council

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current Outline Masterplan application. Application No. 04/04562/P 2005 https://eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk/project/78/aiken-street-community-garden 2010

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current Enclosure of space surrounding block of flats by additional railings, new gates, new planting, new fencing and revised car parking. Application No. 05/01468/FB, 2005 Unknown

Pennywell Road Open Space

Bristol City Council

Webb Street Private Space

LIliput Development Ltd

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current Proposed erection of eight, one-bedroom flats within a 2/3 storey building, including landscaping, cycle storage and bin storage area. New railings to rear and boundary with Webb Street. Application no. 07/02804/F, 2007

Barton Hill Urban Park

Creation of new public open spaces and associated external hard and soft landscaping,

Newtown Street Open Space

Unknown

Unknown

2005 Creation of new public open spaces and associated external hard and soft landscaping,

Trinity Gardens

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

paths, cycleways and vehicular access from Church Street. Application No. 05/01609/FB

Bristol City Council

paths, cycleways and vehicular access from Church Street. Application No. 05/01609/

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

FB, 2005

Barton Hill Road Open Space

Unknown

Unknown

Barton Hill Road Park

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Salisbury Street Play Area

Unknown

Sparke Evans Park

Bristol City Council

Gaunts Ham Park

Bristol City Council

http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/1408?preview=1, 2007

Lawrence Hill Roundabout Space

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Land at Lawrence

Unknown

Land at Easton Way West

Unknown

Rawnsley Park

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan, 2010

Twinnel House Open Space

Mears Group Plc

Twinnell House Stapleton Road Easton Bristol. Application no. 15/04177/X

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

George Jones Park

Bristol City Council

Grosvenor Green

Bristol Alliance Partnership

Cabot Circus development, Application No. 13/00843/COND, 2013

St Judes Flats Open Space

Unknown

Unknown

Eyers Lane Open Space

Bristol City Council, Housing Department

Landscaping around Elbridge House & alterations to access balconies. Application No.

St Matthias Park

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan 2010

Redcross Square & New Street Open Space

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan 2010

Dings Park

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

Unknown 90/02770/S, 1990

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan, 2010

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

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Unknown

Hapgood Street Open Space

Unknown

Newtown Park

Bristol City Council

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

Kingsmarsh House Open Space

Bristol City Council

Kingsmarsh House Lawrence Hill Bristol, Application No. 16/04016/COND, 2016

Unknown

2015

Unknown http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

ANALYSIS AREA

OWNER OF AREA

SOURCES + DATE OF SOURCE

AREA

OWNER OF AREA

SOURCES + DATE OF SOURCE

Croydon Street Open Space

Tollgate Group

Refurbishment of existing building & construction of new buildings to provide starter

Unknown

Unknown

Easton Road Open Space

Unknown

Lower Ashley Road Subway Space

Unknown

Unknown

Easton Way Open Space East

Unknown

Unknown

Claremont Street Open Space

Clarence Road Open Space

Bristol City Council

Brixton Road Amenity Space

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Bristol City Council

Payne Drive Open Space

Unknown

Unknown

Hassell Drive Open Space

Bristol City Council

Croydon Street Open Space

Bristol City Council

Croydon House Croydon Street Easton Bristol, Application No. 01/00456/FB, 2006

Clark Street Green Space

Bristol City Council

Walker Close Playground

Bristol City Council

Croydon House Croydon Street Easton Bristol, Application No. 01/00456/FB, 2006

Bannerman Park and Felix Road Amenity Area

Feeder Canal Bank Space

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Adelaide Place Park

Bristol City Council

Packers Allotments

Bristol City Council

Owen Square Park

Owned by the King George V Trust and managed by Bristol City Council.

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan, 2010

Packers Annexe Allotments

Bristol City Council

Owen Square Community Garden

Owned by the King George V Trust and managed by Bristol City Council.

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Bristol and Bath Railway Path

Bristol City Council

Easton Community Centre Pocket Space

Owned by the King George V Trust and managed by Bristol City Council.

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Bloy Square

Highways Agency

-

Brook Street Community Playground

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Cobden Street Park

Bristol City Council

Albion Green Amenity Area

Bristol City Council

Belle Vue Park

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan, 2010

Belmont Street Amenity Area

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

Fox Park

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan, 2010

Warwick Road Open Space

Bristol City Council

Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Area Green Space Plan, 2010

Warwick Road Housing Open Space

Unknown

Unknown

St Agnes Roundabout East

Bristol City Council

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbourin-

units. Application No. 87, 2016

Unknown

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?service=localinfo&maptype=js&layer=Neighbouring+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

g+authorities;Park+User+Facilities;Parks+and+greens+spaces, Current

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Given the timescale for the exercise and the large scale of the area in the initial analysis, the team decided to reduce the study area to one of the four ‘networks’ that formed the analysis. The St Jude’s network was chosen due to the efforts that have already been made in two open spaces there, the opportunities for change, the physical fractures of the area and its demographic diversity.

In particular Goodhind Street was favoured as it incorporated a series of small open spaces that individually would not be able to support a variety of uses, but collectively could work together and were also connected to open spaces in the wider area, including projects currently being undertaken in the vicinity of the area.

The following section details a deeper analysis of the St Jude’s focus area.

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1920s aerial view north of the St Jude’s area, with the Peel Street bridge in the bottom left

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Historical Analysis Lawrence Hill and Easton were historically separate and sparsely populated entities, situated outside of the Medieval walls of Bristol.

As Bristol became industrialised as a result of the Industrial Revolution, the population of the city grew and eventually the areas were incorporated into it. The St Jude’s area was rapidly developed in the early 19th century, with terraces of houses constructed, interspersed with a variety of industrial buildings. A spine of industrial uses developed along the eastern bank of the River Frome, including the Pennywell Colliery on Pennywell Road.

The character of the area changed little over the following decades into the mid-20th century. The bombing raids by the Luftwaffe in World War II caused significant damage to the area, as well as taking lives. Previously unbroken rows of terraced houses were marked by pockets of land where homes once stood. Today, some of these undeveloped plots remain such as at the junction of Goodhind Street and Webb Street.

Following World War II, Bristol City Council embarked on a substantial redevelopment programme of inner city areas, which brought about widespread change to the St Jude’s area. The area of industrial units, depots and terraced houses between Pennywell

Road and Goodhind Street was cleared for the construction of Modernist houses and flats with areas of left over green space. The additional clearance of properties for the construction of the M32 and Easton Way in the 1960s and 1970s left further green areas, including Rawnsley Park and, later, Riverside Park. An area which previously had no open spaces now had numerous areas of differing sizes for public recreation.

However, the wholesale demolition and reconstruction of the area with the incorporation of a substantial road system led to physical and social fractures in the area. As the new houses failed to achieve the utopian vision for the community in St Jude’s, social issues such as deprivation became deep-seated and, in turn, the open spaces in the area became neglected.

In 1991, the Easton Renewal Area was established to channel public sector money into tackling social issues in the area. When the project ended in 2001, several open spaces in St Jude’s had benefitted from investment.

The legacy of the renewal area and other regeneration projects led to the creation of Up Our Street. Despite the investment, social issues are still prevalent and the continued investment in and maintanence of open spaces can play a role in helping to address these.

Model of the proposed redevelopment of the west side of Goodhind Street (1964)

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1880s map

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1890s map

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1910s map

1950s map

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Local infrastructure The present local amenities across the two wards highlight a range of social hotspots that, through restaurants, cafes, pubs and nightlife, build an array of day/night time uses and economies. There is an increasing need for additional waste/recycling facilities towards the outskirts of the wards to effectively combat the widescale fly-tipping and public waste evident due to a largely centralised waste system. Easton and Lawrence Hill also provide an assortment of community centres which are vital in forming links to reduce the separation between the splintered diverse communities throughout.

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There is a possibility to further the amenities of the ward within St Jude’s with numerous community centres and schools nearby, bringing neighbouring communities together and enable meeting points through extending dwindling cultural resources such as the arts, entertainment and libraries.

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transport The wards of Easton and Lawrence Hill in Bristol consists of a variety of transport routes which connect the city. It is also, however, the poor planning of the transport infrastructure which contributes to dividing the diverse communities within the area. The A roads, connected by the central roundabout, are fundamental in breaking apart the area. The diverse means of traffic encapsulates the railway line, bus routes and cycle tracks which intersect the core of the wards, furthering the connecting capabilities to the central hub of Bristol. The cycling infrastructure in place generates an increasing green agenda within the city also connecting Bristol to the nearby city of Bath.

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The area of St Jude’s holds a variety of transport links including key cycle pathways, nearby bus routes and primary roads connecting to the busy A, B and M roads. The level of vehicular use is limited due to the largely residential nature of the area; this is facilitated by the busy Stapleton Road running through the area.

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Children’s Facilities Easton and Lawrence Hill encompasses a wide range of schools to cater for the increasingly youthful demographic of the wards. Children’s play areas are prevalent which effectively reduce the distance for travel to access playground.

There is currently a host of temporary play street orders through a large Playing Out campaign in the north-east of the area; these are however not as well utilised in key residential areas within the east and west.

Within and around St Jude’s are a number of local schools generating an increasing need to provide spaces for after-school play and to meet the needs of the numerous youngsters within the nearby residential housing on a daily basis. There is currently a play area (Haviland House) near to the St Jude’s boundary with an active temporary play street order covering the adjacent street suggesting popular usage.

There is an increasing need for additional play facilities following the recent removal of the Clark Street Playground to alleviate the pressure on Rawnsley Park.

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Green Infrastructure Throughout Easton and Lawrence Hill, there is a clear lack of space for allotments and community gardens highlighted by the existing allotments towards the north-east of the area. There are currently a series of intersections in the wider area created by transport routes such as the cycle track, railway line and river which form sites of nature conservation and wildlife corridors. These host a range of opportunities to break through the urban fabric and reconnect communities with nature through implementing a Green Chain masterplan.

Within St Jude’s there is an existing connection to the green corridor and water which can be further utilised and promoted to encompass neighbouring communities, as well as providing an opportunity for those within the area to access nearby sites of nature conservation and wildlife corridors. Due to the lack of public growth across the area and the vast distances of travel to connect to the existing growth hotspots, a small scale allotment could be introduced to connect communities to pocket growth parks.

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Housing Easton and Lawrence Hill is an area of dense urban fabric accentuated with multiple punctures of green space throughout. The central area comprises of largely medium to high rise residential housing with the majority of residential properties towards the periphery consisting of low level terraces. The south of Easton and Lawrence Hill is made up of mostly commercial units that are detached from the rest of the study area.

There is currently a lack of existing sheltered accommodation, care homes and 50+ years housing throughout the area, forming a barrier as the vulnerable within the community are not supported or represented.

St Jude’s holds a diverse assortment of housing from low to medium and high rise residential, in contrast to large sections of Bristol as a whole.

There is however potential to connect to the nearby 50+ housing, creating the opportunity for inclusive community development.

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Grants and Support The Green Capital Grants issued throughout Bristol in 2015 highlight active communities and organisations looking to further their sustainable output in improving energy use, reduce food waste/litter and increase the use of public transport. A high number of grants have been established across the ward, potentially offering an opportunity in continuing and moving forward with existing agendas. Active community centres and organisations throughout Easton and Lawrence Hill create a network of support throughout Bristol and in many cases have been instrumental in securing the grants.

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St Jude’s hosts a considerable base of support to the south west of the area through Community Centres, Logos House, Fareshare and Borderlands agencies. These hold potential avenues for outreach to further the existing green agenda in the masterplan and connect with an established public forum in which to progress and seek funding to support development.

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Community Gardens Beyond green spaces in the area, there are small community growing plots located throughout. Where considerable space for widespread planting and vegetable growth are lacking, community groups have occupied or installed raised beds in urban locations. These small scale interventions often blend into the character of the area, but are reliant on the continued involvement of community groups such as Incredible Edible.

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1

Eastside Roots Community Garden, Stapleton Road Train Station

2

J3 Get Growing Garden Group, Middle of roundabout junction 3 of M32

3

Easton Community Garden, Gordon Road, Easton/Whitehall BS5 7DR

4

Transition Easton Gardeners Group c/o Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street BS5 6AW

5

Russell Town Allotment Russell Town Avenue BS5 9LT

6

FareShare, Unit 4, Little Anne Street, St Judes BS2 9EB

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Logos House, Wade Street BS2 9EL

8

The Trinity Garden, Trinity Centre, Trinity Road BS2 0NW

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The Walled Garden Project. Barton Hill Vicarage, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill BS5 0AX

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Urban Fabric LEGEND The layout of the St Jude’s network is largely the result of 19th century development with significant infrastructure and regeneration work following World War II. The post-World War II development sought to create a new identity for the area rather than integrate it with the existing. As such, Goodhind Street is a route of two halves which juxtapose eachother, rather than complament.

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Pre-1945 urban grain Post-1945 urban grain

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The construction of large vehicular arterial routes through Easton, and Bristol as a whole, may have led to a more efficient road system as the private car became more popular, but today leaves a legacy of divisions and pedestrian accessibility issues within and between communities. Urban planners sought to address these issues with pedestrian bridges over and subways beneath major roads, however these are uninviting.

In particular, the M32 motorway is a significant barrier dividing St Jude’s and the wider Easton and Lawrence Hill area from Ashley. Easton Way separates the St Jude’s area from Easton and Lawrence Hill, whilst Temple Way is a major vehicular route between St Jude’s and the city centre.

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Nearby Projects Several community-led projects are currently in the pipeline in the surrounding area. Taking these into consideration would not only support the projects themselves, but lend further interest and expertise into effectively developing the network.

Junction 3 Forest School

The CIC based there are currently working with Knightstone and UWE Masters students to develop the patch of grass in their courtyard Junction 3 is a recent residential development into a child-friendly space for learning about at Junction 3 of the M32. The development nature. Community consultations have taken comprises of residential dwellings, a library, place to ensure that the space appeals to as shops, open space and a busy cycle lane running many people from the local area as possible. through.

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Twinnell House Play Area

side of Stapleton Road, was very close and wellequipped, the road itself created a psychological barrier. This road itself is busy and cumbersome An Up Our Street collaborative project with to cross, discouraging parents and children alike Playing Out is Twinnell House play area. Twinnell from playing out.

House is located south-west of Goodhind Street on the opposite side of Stapleton Road.

Using community engagement, the plan is to breathe new life into the under-maintained play A community consultation was held here with area and open spaces at the base of the block architect George Lovesmith. Residents felt that of flats in order to provide equal services for all although Rawnsley Park, located on the other residents in the area.

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St. Matthias Park

Their project in St. Matthias Park is funded by Grow Wild, awarding lottery funds in association with Kew Gardens.

A recent project awarded money by Grow Wild is the ‘putting down roots’ project by the St. They held community consultations with locals Mungo’s charity. to find out what they wanted from the park, then, along with volunteers, have been teaching St. Mungo’s is a homelessness charity working in homeless people about horticulture in order Bristol to help reduce homelessness and assist to build confidence and teach skills as well as people finding their way back into a permanent improving green spaces in the process. home.

Lawrence Hill Roundabout Lawrence Hill Roundabout is at the junction between Easton, Lawrence Hill and Old Market.

Four subway tunnels lead to a central pedestrian junction below the road in the centre of the roundabout.

This area is ripe for a community-led project as it is a major pedestrian intersection that is

relatively desolate. Residents worry that the space is unsafe at night.

In 2014, students from UWE proposed reimagining the roundabout as a destination for outdoor events. Working with Nudge and the Quartet Community Foundation, they opted for a ‘light touch’ approach that would transform the space for an event that could be reverted back to a useable space afterwards.

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To establish a basis by which a concept could be successfully developed, previous schemes were analysed to identify their strengths, weaknesses and common themes that could be applied to the St Jude’s network and the individual open spaces within it.

Through the study of precedents, a concept developed that did not focus solely on the use of individual open spaces, but also considered addressing the connections between them to create a network. Identifying the potential uses of the under-performing open spaces in the area would be better informed by understanding how they could be connected together also. Schemes that have utilised this concept vary from small estatewide projects to larger city-wide strategies.

The precedent study also examined examples of community engagement and action in taking ownership of local spaces tailored to meet the wants and needs of residents. This includes the process of consulting the community in creative ways to generate lasting interest and involvement.

Relevant precedents would achieve this without requiring a significant budget or pool of resources.Projects that had been undertaken in Bristol were of particular interest as they bring about the potential to utilise expertise and experience within the local area.

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Masterplan Precedents London Green Chain Covering south east London, the Green Chain is a network of parks and green spaces that have been collated into a mapped route to promote their use to a wider community. The network also links with other walks such as the Capital Ring and highlights open spaces within that have alternative uses, creating a cohesive framework for leisure and recreation suited to the user’s requirements.

Project Wagtail, Birmingham As part of the regeneration of the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham, a nature reserve was created and eventually incorporated into a network of green paths that surround and bisect the estate. As well as improving pedestrian accessibility to local amenities, the network also injected nature into an urban area. The project formed 20 incidental, interconnected public spaces with landscaping and public art that encouraged social interactions and local pride. Whilst being privately and publicly funded, the project was initiated and ultimately shaped by the community.

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Bankside Urban Forest, London The Bankside Urban Forest is a urban design framework for the area between the River Thames and Elephant and Castle in London. It analysed the spatial qualities of the area and sought to interlink them through enhance them through improvements to the connections between them and the addition of further spaces for public use.

The project aligned with the Easton and Lawrence Hill analysis in looking at the existing areas of public use and how these could be reconfigured to how the community sought fit. This was done using an extensive analysis exercise and a programme of consultations with relevant local stakeholders.

It adopts an ecological approach that benefits the area socially, environmentally and economically in the long term.

Ultimately it proposed a series of designed interventions that identified and secured the assets of the area.

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‘If forests appear in our religions as places of profanity, they also appear as sacred. If they have typically been considered places of lawlessness, they have also provided havens for those who took up the cause of justice and fought the law’s corruption. If they evoke associations of danger and abandon in our minds, they also evoke scenes of enchantment. In other words, in the religions, mythologies and literatures of the West, the forest appears as a place where the logic of distinction goes astray.

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Neighbourhood Precedents The effectiveness of parks can be enhanced when a strategy is developed that creates a series of spaces for various purposes is developed. This is most successful when devised with the community to identify their ambitions and analysing where parks are failing to achieve these.

Redcliffe, Bristol muf Architecture worked with the residents of the Redcliffe area of Bristol to produce a strategy for the open spaces in the area. A series of four spaces were combined into a ‘linear park’ that supported activities such as play, relaxation and social gatherings, all set within a vision for the wider area.

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Kings Crescent, London muf Architecture are also working on a series of public spaces at Kings Crescent in London, linked with public realm proposals. The plans were drawn up with the community as a way to secure and protect existing open spaces, including a community garden, within the layout of a proposed development. They are seeking to incorporate the development within the wider area through the public realm proposals, and to invite social exchange between new and existing residents within the open spaces.

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Small Intervention Precedents Waste Reclamation

On a smaller scale, projects can be undertaken to enhance area through little money and little effort that can utilise the skills of the community.

Often neglected land is subject to fly-tipping and dumping. When cleared, these materials are usually taken to landfill sites which have a negative impact on the environment.

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However, this does not mean that the materials found on site have reached the end of their useful life. They can be incorporated into wider proposals without depleting a limited pool of finances or requiring particular practical skills or resources.

Through years of development, areas of land can become forgotten and neglected. Community gardens re-invigorate such areas for continued public use through the growth of plants and vegetables. Members of the public claim ownership of the land and forge connections with eachother through the establishment and continued maintenance of the land. It also presents an opportunity to provide an education in the growth of food, and stimulates a general pride in the area.

Creative uses for such items can encourage the community to rethink how they dispose of everyday household products and the importance of this in promoting a sustainable lifestyle.

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Guerilla Gardening Where pockets of land are lacking, small patches can be further utilised with further planting to “green� the wider community.

Whilst legality needs to be considered, it is usually tolerated and often encouraged.

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Humanising Barriers

Urban Canvasses

Sharing Ideas

Interventions do not need to necessarily be centred around “greening�. For example, barriers and fencing are a commonplace feature in urban environments, intended to prevent human interaction and movement, ultimately becoming derived. However they present opportunities to adopt additional functions to address the needs of the community with relatively little effort.

The built environment is an amalgamation of surfaces and textures that define the character of an area. These can be viewed as canvasses for spreading information. Often they are used as opportunities for graffiti by individuals, which is typically perceived as a negative result of a lack of imagination in the urban design of an area. However, a co-ordinated communal effort can see these otherwise underwhelming patches become an outlet for establishing an identity for the area, be it walls, fences, pavements, or street furniture.

Establishing a co-ordinated effort by the community into affecting change in the area can be met by immediate hurdles, such as lack of ideas. Whilst the needs and wants of the neighbourhood can be easily identified, the how and where of this can be more difficult.

Allowing the community place their ideas around the area can generate a discussion without necessarily having to implement proposals.

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Participation Precedents

A key factor in the success of developing strategies for public open spaces is engaging with the community. Whilst public consultations are nothing new, the most informative responses are the result of a creative process that encourage the public to think differently.

Pavilion of Hungary: The 14th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia The Hungary Pavilion sought to gather the public’s views on pieces of coloured paper. These were pegged to string and ultimately became a piece of art that was shaped entirely by those who gave their opinions. It also presented the opportunity for people to view other ideas that were shared and respond to them on an equal, anonymous platform. The nature of the process also encouraged the respondents to generate an interest in the topic they were voicing their opinions on.

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Tate St. Ives - I Wish Your Wish, Rivane Neuenschwander The ‘I Wish Your Wish’ installation at the Tate St. Ives gallery encouraged a deeper interaction from the public. The installation incorporated approximately 60 ribbons printed on which were various wishes collected from the residents of St. Ives. The visitors were expected to take a wish that they aligned with most closely and tie it to their wrist, with a view to the ribbon eventually falling off and their wish ultimately being granted.

The ribbons that would remain on the wall would give a contrast of the wants and desires of the visitors. Those ribbons that would be found outside of the gallery would also generate a discussion as to their meaning and encourage others to consider their own thoughts on the matter.

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This section details how the project progressed to create an identity that could be used to reach out to the various local stakeholders and generate a dialogue on how to shape the green spaces in the St Jude’s area with their involvement.

The strategy centred around establishing a presence in the area that would eventually become recognisable and become a point of interest within the community. The identity would be spread around the neighbourhood, whilst members of the team also take part in various events organised by other groups as a way of harvesting contacts and additional input that could benefit the project.

The following section chronologically details the steps taken to do this.

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Actor Network Diagram The Actor Network Diagram details the organisations that we contacted to assist with the project.

The lines show the links between organisations. At the top are institutions, large organisations that hold power. Notably, the University of Exeter links to Up Our Street through Kuba, our client, who is conducting additional research in the area. The BBC links to Hungry Gap Productions, who made ‘People Power’ for BBC One, which we volunteered for.

In black, organisations relate to established bodies in Bristol who collect data, facilitate change and report news. Sustrans South West are working within Easton to instigate traffic calming measures.

Playing Out are working with the architect George Lovesmith at Twinnell House. Bristol Naturalists Society provided vital information regarding plant life, wildlife and green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill.

One step down, in blue, are the community organisations who work with the community for specific causes. Up Our Street is our client, who provided us with vital contacts and links to interesting people. Easton Community Centre is a precious resource for the community, providing much needed space for groups to meet. BCFM provided a platform for us to advertise our project to reach people outside social media. Bristol Reconnect are a charity who work with homeless people and former drug addicts to help them back into employment. We renovated their yard for ‘People Power’. Bristol Tree Forum are part of the ‘One Tree per Child’ initiative which could provide our project with tree planting.

Further down are the users in yellow. They are arguably the most important aspect of the diagram as they have been central to our project. They are the people we have consulted to form the brief, the design and the event.

Finally, the uses are at the bottom in green. These are the activities we considered when thinking about how people use open space.

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bRANDING To ensure that the project was easily identifiable to the community and as a separate entity to Up Our Street, a graphic identity was created under the tag “Act On Easton & Lawrence Hill�. This involved developing a package of materials that can be applied in various formats in print and online.

The notion of Easton and Lawrence Hill representing a patchwork quilt, as described in the project vision, was applied to the graphic package, and substantiated into a series of A5 and A4 sized printable posters. The intention was to place these posters around the community to draw attention and generate interest in the project and any organised events in support of it.

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sOCIAL mEDIA pRESENCE With the creation of posters, it was important to create an identity for the brand online where the team could have the greatest outreach.

A Facebook page was established so that the team could forge connections with local residents and organisations, and to document the ongoing work of the Act On Easton & Lawrence Hill group. The social media platform also allows for the creation of online event invitations, which can be distributed without the requirement for users to ‘like’ the Facebook page itself.

An additional account was set up for Instagram, an image-orientated platform with the intention of encouraging residents to take a more casual interest in the area and the work of the Act On Easton & Lawrence Hill.

The online profiles can also be integrated with the existing pages and outreach abilities of Up Our Street.

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On the 17th October, we attended Sustrans South West’s community design workshop at Rosemary Lane in Easton. The event was the last of a series of such workshops by the non-profit organisation, that examined ways of enabling residents to travel by foot, bicycle and public transport in the area.

The workshop gave an insight into effective public consultation methods in the area, that could inform our own event at a later date. Whilst the event focussed on issues outside of the focus area, it still gave us valuable information on what residents considered important to their community and how open spaces in the focus area could be adapted to address these.

Our attendance also established a connection with Sustrans South West.

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‘People Power’ BBC Event On the 21st October, members of the team volunteered at Felix Road Adventure Playground to improve the community facility through the assembly of benches and fences with members of the community.

The event allowed the team to experience community engagement in action as well as becoming actively involved. Reflecting the current interest in works done by communities to improve and take ownership of their area, the event was filmed

by Hungry Gap Productions for a television programme called ‘People Power’, to be later aired on BBC One. It was also an opportunity for the Act on Easton & Lawrence Hill project to be advertised through speaking with other volunteers and circulating posters.

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Following on from the efforts made to analyse the local area, establish a brand and forge connections with local residents and organisations, the next stage sought to become directly involved with the community with a focus on gathering opinions on the open spaces in St Jude’s.

The process would meet the three strands of activity identified at the start of the project: engage, enliven, and encourage. Together, the intention was to create a short and long term effects that would ultimately lead to communityled improvement of open spaces in the St Jude’s area.

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Encourage: Leaflets With a view to generating a long term interest in local open spaces in Easton and Lawrence Hill, a leaflet was produced for general use in the community.

The leaflet contained a map of St Jude’s and the surrounding area with parks and open spaces labelled and described. On the opposite side, suggestions and ideas for their use were listed with a view to encourage, engage and empower the community to use and enjoy these public spaces in a way that is useful to them.

The design of the leaflet underwent numerous iterations as a result of feedback on earlier versions. The final printed version of the leaflets are visible on the following pages.

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Engage: Consult Whilst Act on Easton & Lawrence Hill had engaged with the community through events organised by other agencies, it was necessary to become involved with the community of St Jude’s.

Taking inspiration from the Sustrans South West workshop and other events identified in the precedent study, it was deemed important to establish a presence on the streets of St Jude’s where the team could discuss with users and passers-by of the open spaces that we were working on.

We decided to construct a temporary booth or “lemonade stand” that would draw the attention of residents. The simple demountable structure incorporated wheels that would allow it to be mobile around the neighbourhood.

Examples of transitional modular units that can be easily transported, assembled and dismantled, using reclaimed materials.

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Initial concept design incorporating the brand identity as a means of generating attention.

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The ‘lemonade stand’ utilises a modular system, creating a three piece dismantling frame for efficient erection/ dismantling. Through incorporating standardised 44x20mm timber beams, a lightweight frame is created for ease of use and transition.

The ethos of re-use and recycle is incorporated into the ‘lemonade stand’ through re-using OSB board, timber and trolley wheels, which had previously been utilised within other projects at UWE. The lightweight 9mm OSB cladding further enhances the stand’s transitionary capabilities as well as forming panels which can be easily dismounted from the unit.

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The booth was transported to the area for Friday 4th November and Sunday 6th November so that a variety of people could be consulted on their opinions of open spaces in the area.

The 4th November placement intended to gather the views of those commuting to and from work, and those taking children to school. It would encompass three locations starting from Lawrence Hill Roundabout, Newton Street Open Space, and finally Goodhind Street Open Space.

The following consultation allowed the team to interact with casual users of open spaces outside of working hours. For this event, the ‘lemonade stand’ was placed at Clark Street Open Space and, again, at Goodhind Street Open Space.

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On each day, cakes, fruit and lemonade were offered to encourage the public to interact with the team and information available. Maps and satellite imagery were presented, and the public were asked to locate their favourite open spaces, how and why they used them.

To promote a long-lasting connection with the project, leaflets and posters were also distributed.

The events were promoted on social media.

In the meantime, the spaces were observed to gain a deeper insight into how the public used them when they were not interacting with the ‘lemonade stand’.

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Engage: Consultation Findings The public were invited to interact with printed maps at the lemonade stand, by pinning tags with their opinions on spaces they were familiar with on to it.

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The level of corruption in Bristol city council at all levels would amaze you.

I am all for green areas, I think they need to be protected Well I think I would avoid [the roundabout] in the dark, really because of drunks, that’s all The other people who would probably like it are elderly people around my age really who just want space I don’t like the cyclists, they are brutal Green spaces are great for your internal journey and nature is a big part of that I use Riverside Park where I do speed walking and a little bit of yoga I like my little bit of garden, it’s my quiet space I lived on the top end of Stapleton Road by the trees back there and everybody I knew that was from Bristol said ‘Don’t go there, it’s the burglary capital of the UK’ and all that but do you know what I haven’t had any grief whatsoever.

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...rebuilding community again, we have lost it, all the structures have gone.

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KIDSGARDEN FOOTBALL TREES SITTING PUBLIC QUIET CYCLISTS

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WALKING The findings of the consultation highlighted what the public valued about COMMUNAL existing open spaces in their area and the concerns they had.

There was a universal agreement that green spaces were an invaluable asset and should be protected. The presence of natural features were particularly enjoyed and respondents were keen to see these secured and enhanced where possible. The ability to use green spaces as a way to congregate and remove oneself from the hustle and bustle of the city was a common theme.

Issues that were brought up included the safety and feeling of security, through the presence of lighting and regular maintenance to prevent vandalism.

Concerns were also raised that parks were no longer being used as spaces where children can play and develop.

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Engage: Observation of Space A large area of green space with intersecting pedestrian and cycle paths leading to subways beneath the roundabout. Large presence of trees and vegetation. Air and noise pollution linked to the high vehicular usage of the roundabout, Previous community involvement demonstrated through the graffiti on the underpasses.

From a number of people we spoke to the main concern in the area is that of safety. The isolation from the road and dark spaces empathize this safety concern. This is also reflected with the disparity with the numbers of men and woman. This observation was early afternoon and we postulate that in the evenings that this imbalance would only increase.

A high number of people move through the space due to the links into the city centre and into Easton and Lawrence Hill.

The lack of facilities in the space also appear to decrease the number of people wanting to sit and occupy the space.

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Engage: Observation of Space On a busy intersection, the end-of-terrace green space has been landscaped as part of the Easton Renewal Area and continues to be maintained as such.

The space has high activity moving around the area.

Four roads intersect at this green space resulting with high numbers of vehicles generating noise, pollution and waste.

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Although the space has a multitude of vehicles moving around the site the space is well maintained, and from speaking to some of the residents; considered a value space in their neighbourhood.

The space is adjacent to a thoroughfare between the school and the residential properties. Therefore, children move through and occupy the spaces, prompting questions of safety alongside the busy road.

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Engage: Observation of Space The open green space along Goodhind Street forms a buffer between the modernist low and medium rise housing and between Goodhind Street and Pennywell Road.

The proximity to the residential properties increase the number of children using the space, but the recent removal of the playground on Clark Street could cause decrease the activity in the future.

The space is well used by a number of children and dog walkers in the area, appearing utilized and relatively safe. The lack of benches and facilities result with little lingering in the area.

The road was quiet with little traffic, moving at low speeds. The residential nature of the site reflected the demographics we recorded. Demonstrating similar numbers of men and women, and an increased number of children in the spaces.

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Enliven: Event Following from the consultation days, a later event was planned that would gather further opinions on local open spaces as well as bringing together the community at Goodhind Street to exhibit how an under-used open space could be activated from local benefit.

The team decided to hold the event on the Clark Street open space on the 19th November, incorporating various activities and local food. The intention was to draw attention from various tracts of society in the area as to how the site could be easily transformed.

A promotion campaign was undertaken that utilised the posters and graphic identity created earlier in the project. The posters were printed and displayed on community noticeboards and at other vantage points around the local area.

The social media platforms were used to raise awareness and invite residents. Furthermore, the BCFM community radio station promoted the event and provided information on the project in general.

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@eastonlawrencehill Act on Easton & Lawrence Hill liveprojecteaston @gmail.com

A project to revitalise green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill by encouraging the community to take control. In collaboration with Up Our Street.

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The consultation and event feedback fed into efforts to generate a design proposal for the Clark Street Open Space area. It was clear that the community wanted to see the site revitalised and were supportive of pushing forward the idea of a community garden there.

This section presents an indicative proposal for the site as a community garden, including a toolkit on how to construct elements that were exhibited at the event. The proposals are flexible in that the community can adapt them tailored to their own requirements as the site evolves in general.

Financial considerations are also included.

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Transport Links

Pedestrian Links

The current space is detached from the busy green spaces along Goodhind Street. The fence acts a barrier to entry.

The space lies at the intersection of Clark Street and Goodhind Street provide easy and quick access across the city.

Accessible pavements surround the site providing simple and unencumbered access for the residents to the green spaces and around the space.

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Local Connections

Local Green Spaces

Sun-path Mapping

The space has an active and diverse network of residents and spaces in which an intervention can connect.

The adjacent green spaces along Goodhind Street are host to children’s games and activities, the introduction of an event in the space will have a established user.

The space is south-facing resulting in a well-lit and open space. The roads act to prevent overshadowing from the nearby properties.

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Visibility across the space

Combined Shadows on the 21st of June

Combined Shadows on the 21st of December

The open space at the intersection of the two streets, provides open informal surveillance. This visibility offers a safer environment for the local residents within the space. If additional vegetation is to be planted, care must be taken not to create secluded areas of privacy.

On the longest day of the year, the space receives large amounts of natural light from the south, providing a fine area for plants and vegetation. The road creates a break between the buildings and the space reducing overshadowing across the space.

On the shortest day of the year, the space receives a lot less natural sunlight as is to be expected. However, the space does receive a few hours of sunlight in the late morning and early afternoon.

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9:00 AM shadows on the 21st June

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Design : Phase One To begin to inspire and engage the community to come together and talk about change.

The first phase of the design process involved processing the data we collected in the consultation process and producing quick solutions to the problems that were posed.

From our data it transpired that what most people want is planting and seating, two very basic needs that can transform an underdeveloped space into something more useful.

In the second consultation we quickly realised that the fence around Clark Street open space was not only a physical barrier, but a psychological barrier that discouraged people from coming to talk to us.

This fed into our design proposal, wherein we started to think about ‘plug-in’ furniture which could act as an immediate and direct change as a force for iterative change in the future.

The plug-in furniture took the form of a chair, a planter, and a sign, with scope to adapt either of these into a table and bin. We built the prototypes from oriented strand board (OSB), then transported them to the site for assembly.

The driving force of the furniture was democratic: we wanted it to be adaptable, to flex to the needs of different parks; simple, to allow anybody to construct it; transportable, to allow the furniture to travel to other spaces to expand the chain; and temporary, to inspire the next phase of development.

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The Event The realisation of phase one was an event we ran on the 19th November. We made quick interventions that brightened up the space and presented our ideas for the future of the space.

We ran activities throughout the day, including a litter pick, planting and a food preparation demonstration.

Before the event

From the residents who turned up, we collected contact details in order to connect the community with each other for future projects.

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Provided by Dom’s Coffee House

Compost

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Cost Breakdown - PHASE One ITEM

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Seat

Non-structural hardwood plywood

1220 x 2440 x 18mm

£ 33.00

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£ 132.00

Turbo gold Flat headed brass wood screws

4 x 500 (200pc)

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52 x 52 x 16.35mm (10pc)

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750ml

£ 12.83

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76 x 16 x 16.35mm (10pc)

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1220 x 2440 x 9mm

£ 21.00

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52 x 52 x 16.35mm (10pc)

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750ml

£ 12.83

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76 x 16 x 16.35mm (10pc)

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Design : Phase Two To advise and develop ideas for a communal space, ultilising existing networks and local residents.

Introduction During phase one we begin to engage local residents with the space and animate it through the development of our ‘plug-in’ furniture concept. Phase two seeks to develop that idea further, utilising existing local residents and networks to form a communal garden. For the phase one public event we presented a conceptual scheme that offers an illustrative vision of the space.

Design The Phase Two illustrative design proposed a potential garden space. It would evolve over time, slowly introducing plant beds, seating, vertical planting, storage and fruit trees based on local interest. Our proposal sets out to use simple, robust, and low-cost materials and methods of manufacture in the construction of the plant beds. The use of reclaimed materials such as pallets can be used as the

framework for vertical planters and bases for plant beds. Additionally, this allows the planters to be mobile and placed onto the ground, rather than disturbing the existing surface.

The proposal seeks to promote visibility across the site in order to retain public safety and attract interest from passers-by. By amalgamating seating into the plant beds we hope to stimulate a communal atmosphere, encouraging the exchange of ideas and information across the space.

Public Event - Consultations with local residents

Furthermore, the proposal endeavours to revitalise and enliven the space; the current nondescript wall on the northern edge of the site could host a number of vertical plant beds as well as daffodils which we planted during the public event. The introduction of fruit trees in the space could provide a public resource for foraging.

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The reactions to the design were positive with a number of comments expressing interest in participating in the project. The residents felt that a phased implementation of the project would be advantageous, with emphasis on the planting of fruit trees in the park, along with constructing vertical planters against the existing northern wall as a method of educating local children on nature.

However, some of the reactions expressed concern about retaining space for the existing users of the park along with getting enough people involved for the project to be viable.

The existing users of the park consisted of children and teenagers, we hope to mitigate these issues with a moveable planters for a flexible space that the residents are able to move easily. We also spoke to a number of people from a variety of established groups that are interested in the scheme and keen to push the project forward.

Bristol City Council alongside the Tree Forum, to plant 24,000 trees in schools, parks and open spaces across Bristol, covering the costs of the trees and the tools used for planting them.

What’s Next We gathered the contact details of residents who visited the site. Along with previous consultations and people who had subscribed to the Facebook page. This way, we can encourage passionate people to meet and share ideas about the future of the space. The main project aim was to gather interested individuals together to become excited about how they can change their environment for themselves.

As a group, we will continue to assist the community in an advisory role, accessing the contact base that we have built up through the duration of the project. We will help with direction, design and funding whilst the community drums up support for the project.

The idea of the first phase was to excite the public about what their vision of the open space could be. The success of the first phase will be judged by the next steps of development.

During the event we spoke to Councillor Ruth Pickersgill concerning the evolution of the project into a permanent garden space. She stated that; if a community is established and desires to turn the existing space into a garden, the Easton Neighbourhood Partnership can be a source of funding. But suggested that first we must develop a relationship with the local council and bring an idea of what we foresee the space becoming in order to push the project forward.

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Design : Phase Three Initiating expansion of the Act On masterplan through the continued integration of Phase 1 development within further identified sites.

Introduction To further the strategic masterplan in creating a Green Space connectivity chain, the Phase 1 approach of small change initiated within Clark Street is replicated to suit the needs of other green spaces within Easton and Lawrence Hill.

Through animating identified spaces with the plug-in system, a user-friendly approach is generated in which communities can begin to interact and shape their own spaces utilising the small scale Phase 1 concepts.

Further areas of development have been identified such as Adelaide Place Park and Aiken Street Community Garden; these key spaces provide an opportunity to advance the green infrastructure and enrich the prospect of community participation within the area.

In order to achieve long term change, the financial considerations in terms of further expansion will require outreach to secure the funding needed to generate Phase 1 and 2 developments. Expanding current collaborations with existing partners such as Up Our Street, Upper Easton Together, and individual residents will provide a foundation on which we can seek to gain further assistance and association with other key stakeholders identified within the wider area.

Design With a wealth of existing projects already taking place in the Easton and Lawrence Hill ward, there is potential scope for creating a connection with existing nearby projects such as Twinnell House Play Area and St. Matthias Park through installing the plug-in concept.

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Re-introducing the established plug-in method used in Clark Street with similar nearby green spaces such as Easton Way West. Through simple small changes, under-utilised spaces are animated to generate attention and potential future public interest.

Creating gradual interaction to nearby green space within the urban fabric, a link is formed through the integration of planters within Waterloo Road as a trail towards the nearby Bath and Bristol Railway Path.

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Future Uses After phase two, with the hopeful success of the community garden, the process can be expanded for another park two begin phase three. The modular furniture for phase one can be placed elsewhere in the area to promote discussion and restart the process.

This process can start slowly and develop over time, with Clark Street placed as a successful and nearby precedent for change. When we analysed the open spaces in Easton and Lawrence Hill, we looked at the current uses for each site, and the potential future uses.

Whilst some parks were well established, well-maintained and well-used, others fell somewhat by the wayside. In this map we have highlighted the spaces that could benefit from community engagement in order for them to reach their full potential as functional spaces.

Vision Statement At the start of the project we stated that Lawrence Hill and Easton is a wellloved patchwork quilt with the need for stitching together and holes that need patching over.

Our project has identified a number of parks similar to Clark street that can engage the local communities and begin to stitch together the green spaces in Easton and Lawrence Hill.

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Compendium For The Civic Economy

Convivial Urban Spaces: Creating Effective Public Places

This is What We Do: A muf Manual

Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doing Architecture

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Henry Shaftoe

2011 ISBN 978-0-9568210-0-3 http://bit.ly/2f6WIeN

2008 ISBN 1844073882

Katherine Shonfield, Rosa Ainley, Adrian Dannatt

Nishat Awan, Tatjana Schneider, Jeremy Till

2001 ISBN 1841660582

2011 ISBN 0415571936

Disobedient Objects Catherine Flood, Gavin Grindon 2014 ISBN 1851777970

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E-Mail Communications From: Lewis Denson Sent: 20 October 2016 16:19 To: info@bristolnats.org.uk Subject: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 01 November 2016 11:43 To: Sara Venn Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: Re: Contact Form Submission from Lewis Denson

Dear Sarah, Thank you for getting back to us, sorry for the late reply, we have been on a study trip for the past week and I haven't had a chance to check my emails as of yet.

My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under-utilised open spaces.

I have attached a brief for our project as well as our graphic identity. We have mapped each green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill and we have chosen Goodhind Street as a vastly under-utilised space that would really benefit from some development. Over the next week we are going to run a series of consultations where we gather the opinions of the public. Then we want to host an event on the space where we use the information we've gathered to build or change something, but mainly to activate connections between people in the community.

I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project, and also what your involvement in Easton and Lawrence Hill currently looks like. Are there any prominent areas of wildlife in the area?

Do you have any information on wildlife spotting? We are quite keen to encourage people to make interventions in their own parks and we’re aware that there is a distinct lack of community gardening, allotment space and potential space for foraging.

We have contacted you as your organisation has been very successful in making small changes that subvert expectations about how the urban environment can function for its citizens. We have also contacted you because we think that Easton and Lawrence Hill are lacking space for planting, growing and foraging. Do you have any information about what project you have already undertaken in Easton and Lawrence Hill, and also if you have any information if there are any foraging spots that we can highlight?

I have attached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved.

thank you for your time,

Thank you for your time.

From: Sara Venn <sara@thephysicgarden.co.uk> Sent: 20 October 2016 17:44:35 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: Contact Form Submission from Lewis Denson

Dear Madam/Sir,

Kind Regards, Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Hi Lewis If you could send us info about your project, it's point and any work you have already begun, we will consider how we can help.

There are quite a few community spaces in that area-I am assuming you have already mapped what's going on?

Looking forward to hearing more.

Sara Venn Founder/Chair Incredible Edible Bristol Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Oct 2016, at 15:56, Lewis Denson <lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:

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From: Lewis Denson Sent: 01 November 2016 11:05 To: Nic Ferris Subject: Re: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 01 November 2016 16:17 To: joe.mckenna@bristol.gov.uk Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: UWE Masters student project Easton & Lawrence Hill Dear Joe, My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group in collaboration with Up Our Street to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under-utilised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project. I found your contact through Bristol Parks forum and I am quite interested your parkwork initiative.

We are hoping to hold a series of consultations with people in the community on how they would like to see their open space used, culminating in an event where we will invite members of the community along to change a pubic space for the better. Do you have any suggestions on how we can involve the community and encourage them to take ownership of their public space? We are quite keen to encourage people to make interventions in their own parks and we’re aware that there is a distinct lack of community gardening, allotment space and potential space for foraging.

I have attached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved.

Thank you for your time.

Dear Nicola, Sorry for the Delay in reply, we have all just returned from a study trip so I haven't had a chance to check my emails. Sorry we didn't attend the litter pick, are you holding another one soon? We would love to attend!

Otherwise, I'm not sure how much you know about our project, but I've attached our brief and our poster identity so you can get a flavour if you're interested.

We have chosen Goodhind Street as a site and we are thinking about doing a litter pick as an actvity. Would you have any tips for us to get started?

Kind regards, Lewis Denson Philip Price Thomas Southall Tyron Tucker From: Nic Ferris <nicola.ferris@bristol.gov.uk> Sent: 24 October 2016 12:42:48 To: 'Julien Weston'; Lewis Denson Subject: RE: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill Hi Lewis, Are you planning to come along to the five park litter pick this Saturday? See attached, It’d be great to link up with you, I’ll be in Owens Sq Park at 10.30am.

Jules – I had wondered if I could keep hold of any volunteers that I had to litter pick for an hour afterwards and do some clay lining of the pond?

Nic

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Nicola Ferris Inner City & East Bristol Health Improvement Practitioner Please note I work part time, my normal working days are Monday – Wednesday.

Landline: 0117 3521283 Mobile: 07810 506 738

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Or make an apoointment to call down and see us?

I have also cc'd Nic Ferris of BCC, as she is actively involved in Friends of Owen Square Park - a Facebook group that looks after and promotes our local park behind the Community Centre.

- Jules Weston, Interim Centre Manager, ECC

Inner City & East Health Improvement Team Bristol City Council Easton Community Centre Kilburn Street Bristol BS5 6AW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Inner-City-Health-Improvement-Team-1584256491796000/

On 20/10/2016 18:45, INFO wrote:

-------- Forwarded Message -------Subject:UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill Date:Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:34:53 +0000 From:Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> To:info@eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk <info@eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk> Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group in collaboration with Up Our Street to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under-utilised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project. We are hoping to hold a series of consultations with people in the community on how they would like to see their open space used, culminating in an event where we will invite members of the community along to change a pubic space for the better. Do you have any suggestions on how we can involve the community and encourage them to take ownership of their public space?

I have attached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved.

Thank you for your time.

Kind Regards,

From: Julien Weston [mailto:finance@eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk] Sent: 24 October 2016 12:32 To: Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk Cc: Nic Ferris Subject: Re: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Hi Lewis - Yes, we'd like to get involved, but ECC has very limited time resources. Maybe you'd like to do a presentation / consultation in conjunction with one of our early Friday evening Tapas evenings?

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

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From: Lewis Denson Sent: 01 November 2016 15:07 To: merrynpreece@rhs.org.uk Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: UWE masters project Easton and Lawrence Hill

Julien Weston, Admin & Finance Officer Kilburn Street Easton, Bristol BS5 6AW Tel: 0117 9541409 www.eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk

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Hi Merryn, I’m sorry I’ve taken so long to contact you, I’ve been on a study trip this last week. This is Lewis speaking, we met at the BBC community garden programme. Hopefully you remember me, I hope you’re well.

I’m working within a group of architecture masters students from UWE on a project based in Lawrence Hill and Easton. We are going to host an event on the 19th November, and we would love if you could be involved in some capacity. We don’t know entirely what it will entail yet, but we are going to hold a series of community consultations this week to figure out what residents want to see.

I was very interested in the projects you are running for planting in the area. Do you have any information regarding the work you’ve been undertaking?

I’ve attached a copy of our brief and our poster for you if you’re interested.

Kind regards, Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker Philip Price Thomas Southall

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RE: UWE students at BCFM - Lewis Denson

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RE: UWE students at BCFM

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 14 November 2016 16:33 To: Community <community@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Cc: Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: FW: UWE students at BCFM

Hi Celia,

Did you manage to plug us on your show this week? We listened to the show but didn’t manage to hear anything about us. We would really appreciate it if you could talk briefly about our event this Saturday in Clark Street.

Thanks for your help,

All the best,

Lewis Tyron Tom Phil

Lewis Denson Mon 14/11/2016 16:46 To: Community

<community@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>;

Cc:Thomas

Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>;

Hi Celia,

That sounds excellent! Thanks for ge顠ng back to us, it would be really great to work with the Tidy BS5 guys.

See you Saturday!

Lewis Tyron Tom Phil

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 08 November 2016 16:32 To: Community; engagement Cc: Philip Price; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall Subject: RE: UWE students at BCFM

Hi Celia,

Act on Easton & Lawrence Hill are a student‐led group studying Masters of Architecture at University West of England.

Our aim is to engage, encourage and empower the community to unite and shape the green spaces in their area.

Our event is going to be based around Goodhind Street, near the Stapleton Road/A4320 Easton Way junc᠀on.

Specifically, we are focusing on the open space at the crossing of Goodhind street and Clark Street, where there is a sad looking fenced‐off former playground which has a lot of poten᠀al.

From: Community Sent: 14 November 2016 16:44 To: Lewis Denson Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: RE: UWE students at BCFM

Hi guys,

I had quite a lot to talk about last week but have it on my list for this week. Thanks for the reminder, hope to pop along

and see you on 19th briefly.

I was at a mee᠀ng with the Tidy BS5 campaign group this Saturday and they are poten᠀ally interested in using the map of green spaces to help with some of their work. It would be good to chat to you about it!

Celia

The event is on the 19th November from midday un᠀l 5. We are hoping to clean up, plant and build some furniture for the space to make it pleasant and useful again. Anybody who is green‐fingered and happy to volunteer would be greatly appreciated. We will also be providing refreshments.

It is a chance to meet other people from the community who want to become more ac᠀ve and transform their own spaces. We want to show how a few small changes can make the world of difference.

If you could men᠀on our Facebook group Act on Easton and Lawrence Hill, and our email address liveprojecteaston@gmail.com and if possible our Instagram @eastonlawrencehill that would be fantas᠀c.

Thank you so much!

Lewis Tyron Phil Tom

Celia Davis Community Engagement Officer Up Our Street

Please note I don’t work on Thursdays

Direct line : 0117 954 2835 Mobile : 0794 7830 973 Facebook: Up Our Street Twitter: @upourstreet Post: The Beacon Centre, City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH Web: www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

Your contact details will be added to our database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

You will receive mailings from Up Our Street only – we will never pass your details to a third party without your permission. You can unsubscribe at any time by contacting us.

From: Community Sent: 07 November 2016 13:32 To: Lewis Denson; engagement

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Cc: Philip Price; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall Subject: RE: UWE students at BCFM

Hi guys,

What information would you like me to share on Wednesday? Do you have any dates / locations where people can find you?

Otherwise some more information about the event on 19th November would be great.

It would be great to have you on the radio show on 25th Nov. It’s really relaxed and informal so don’t worry about too much preparation. I’ll ask you questions about what you have been up to, what the community response is like, why it’s important to get involved in your local green spaces etc.

I’ll get in touch nearer the time to confirm, but drop me a line if you have any questions.

Best wishes, Celia

From: engagement Sent: 03 November 2016 14:10 To: Community Cc: Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk; Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk; Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk; Thomas Bostock Subject: UWE students at BCFM

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 04 November 2016 12:50 To: Community <community@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>; engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Cc: Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: RE: UWE students at BCFM

Hi Celia,

Thanks for ge顠ng back to us.

All of that sounds great. We would love a men᠀on on the Wednesday show, and we will contact the breakfast show for an interview.

Hi Celia,

Lewis, Phillip, Thomas and Tyron are UWE students working in partnership with Up Our Street on a project to revitalise green spaces in Easton and Lawrence Hill. They decided to focus specifically on green spaces around Goodhind Street and have been running consulta᠀ons around there this week. They are also planning to organise a bigger event for the local community and other space users on 19th November.

We met last week and amongst many things we talked about the possibility of discussing the project on the radio.

Would it be possible to invite them over to take part in your morning show next Wednesday, 9th? If yes, would you be able to liaise with them regarding the format, i.e. whether it is an interview, and how can they prepare best, what to bring along etc.

Best wishes, Pat

Patrycja Pinkowska Community Engagement Officer Up Our Street

I work Part‐Time. Usually on Thursdays and Fridays.

Direct line: 0117 954 2835 Mobile: 0794 7830 973 Facebook: Up Our Street Twi柠er: @upourstreet Post: The Beacon Centre, City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH Web: www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk Your contact details will be added to our database in accordance with the Data Protec᠀on Act 1998. You will receive mailings from Up Our Street only – we will never pass your details to a third party without your permission. You can unsubscribe at any ᠀me by contac᠀ng us.

Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management is a charity (1081691) and a company (04023294).

We would also love to come onto the show on the 25th. If you could let us know the format and what we need to prepare for it then that would be really helpful.

All the best,

Lewis Phil Tyron Tom

From: Community Sent: 04 November 2016 10:25 To: engagement Cc: Lewis Denson; Philip Price; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Bostock Subject: Re: UWE students at BCFM

Hi Pat and everyone,

Sounds like an amazing project, great stuff. Our radio involvement has two different formats 1 ‐ Wednesday morning session, is only a fi袈een minute update about Up Our Street's ac᠀vi᠀es, so may not be enough ᠀me to include you guys in this for an interview 2 ‐ we are star᠀ng regular hour long shows, which we could definitely invite you in to the studio for, but unfortunately the first one is on 25th November so may not be much use to promote the event on 19th November. https://outlook.office.com/owa/?viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkADY3NzRkOWVlLWRlOTItNDAxOC04NDA5LWQzMWNlNDQ5ZDM5Z…

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I suggest that you email onelovebreakfast@bcfm.org.uk and ask if you can a柠end one of the breakfast shows in the next couple of weeks ‐ the breakfast shows have a good listenership and then you will have enough ᠀me to talk about the project (which might not be possible on a Wednesday morning). I can also men᠀on the event on 19th when I am on the radio on Wednesday mornings.

It would also be really nice if you did want to come in to the studio on 25th November ‐ this would be more talking about what you have been doing, what the outcomes were and an overview of the project. That show is on 2‐3pm, you could come for 20 minutes or so.

What do you think?

Best wishes, Celia

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RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates Lewis Denson Mon 14/11/2016 15:28 To: engagement

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Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Research <Research@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>;

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Hi Pat,

That sounds great. For next Saturday we will need the liĥer picking equipment. We are going to build some furniture we have designed that will sit in the park for the day, and we are hoping to do some planĕng too.

Do you have any connecĕons with garden centres in the area? If we could source some plants for this that would be really cool!

We’ve aĥached our sketch design for a phased future park development if you want to take a look.

All the best,

Lewis Tyron Phil Tom

From: engagement Sent: 11 November 2016 13:18 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Let’s say 2pm then (9th) Yes looking forward to seeing the photos and I will see you next Saturday. Let me know again what would you like me to bring of if you wanted to collect anything beforehand.

All the best, pat

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 11 November 2016 12:49 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Pat,

Just a├er lunch would be good, maybe one or two?

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For the event next Saturday, we’re planning on building some slot‐in furniture. We’ll send you some photos of what we’re thinking later on to get your opinion

All the best,

Lewis Tom Tyron Phil

From: engagement Sent: 11 November 2016 12:26 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hi Lewis,

All clear now. I am at work on Friday 9th so anyĕme is good. You guys are free in the a├ernoons, right? If you could do anything before 5 pm that would be grand, just let me know when you decide. We can invite Kuba as well. He doesn’t work Fridays but I am sure he would come along if he only can.

Hope things are going well.

See you next week.

Pat

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 11 November 2016 12:08 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hi Pat,

Sorry, I don’t think I was very clear. The date we’re organising is the formal conclusion of our project, where we present our ideas and outcomes to you for your feedback. It’s part of a module that we have to complete. I’ve aĥached our brief in case that helps.

The 9th sounds good, what ĕme suits you? Inviĕng residents was just a suggesĕon, if it’s too much effort then I wouldn’t worry about it. We will just need to present our response to the brief to you, but it would be nice if Kuba is there too.

All the best,

Lewis Tyron Phil Tom

From: engagement Sent: 10 November 2016 18:18 To: Lewis Denson; Philip Price; Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hello,

I realised that I haven’t responded to your email with proposed dates for the final event. Since I am only back from AL

the week commencing 5th and I work on Thursdays and Fridays, the last date is the only one that works for me. So Friday

9th. I am happy to book a room but sĕll not enĕrely sure who is the event for. How many people to you intend to invite 1/4

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do it closer to where your project is based? the key quesĕon is I guess who would you like to aĥend? Local residents, other stakeholders? Sending invites way in advance is the key but also ĕming etc.

Let me know what are your thoughts on this.

Hope that’s helpful. Best wishes, Pat

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 03 November 2016 22:21 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hi Pat,

Thanks for this it is all really helpful!

I will email Tracy tomorrow, thanks for that.

Thanks for the liĥer picking equipment.

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 02 November 2016 14:55 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Cc: Research <Research@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>; Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hi Pat,

Thank you for meeĕng with us last week.

We are just about ready to start our consultaĕon process at the end of the week so we will update you on that when we’re finished. In the meanĕme we have a few queries:

We will be available on Monday the 5th a├er midday, early evening Tuesday 6th, or Friday 9th. Which would be best for you? I think the Beacon Centre would be a good venue. It would be great to invite residents, as this project is aimed at them.

All the best,

Lewis Tom Phil Tyron

Could we agree on a client presentaĕon date? We know that you said that you will be on annual leave from the 22nd November, when will you be away unĕl? It might be beĥer for us if we wait unĕl you return rather than rushing the project to an end before you go away. Also worth thinking about is the venue for the presentaĕon, the equipment we might need to bring (printed drawings, report, projector etc.) and who will be aĥending the presentaĕon and commenĕng on our outcomes.

We have agreed that our event date will be on the 19th November. We have aĥached the poster that we would be delighted if you could as Tracey to distribute to the community noĕce boards in and around Goodhind Street.

From: engagement Sent: 03 November 2016 14:50 To: Lewis Denson; Philip Price; Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hi guys,

Thank you for your email.

1) I have emailed Celia regarding your radio slot and hope that she will liaise with you directly as I only work on Thursdays and Fridays. Drop her a line on Monday a├ernoon if you won’t hear back from her unĕl then.

2) To get your slot in our e‐newsleĥer you would need to email me or preferably Tracy at officemanager@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk as she is dealing with the e‐newsleĥer. She will be compiling it all tomorrow a├ernoon so it would be good if you could email her by mid‐day: a short brief (up to 50 words) and photos or poster, indicaĕng clearly where and when is the event going to be held.

3) I am also forwarding the social media brief to Tamsin, who posts stuff on Ż and twiĥer on the behalf of the organisaĕon. I don’t think we have Instagram though!

4) The event: we can lend you the liĥer picking apparatus for the event. As regards to the tea/coffee urn, unfortunately we don’t have one. We usually use a big thermos, which we could lend you. Not sure if that will be enough for you but that is all we have.

And finally the final presentaĕon. I will be back from leave on the week commencing 5th December. We could do it at the Beacon Centre, no problem for me to book one of the big rooms with the projector etc. of course you may prefer to https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkADY3NzRkOWVlLWRlOTItNDAxOC04NDA5LWQzMWNlNDQ5ZD…

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and who are they? We menĕoned residents but who else? Can you tell me a bit more about what do you have in mind for this final event?

I hope I am not a pain?! Trying to make sure it all works.

Best wishes, Pat

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Also, if possible, we would be really excited if you could book us into your radio slot next Wednesday on the 9th. F that’s possible could you let us know the format I.e. whether it is an interview and what we need to bring along with us.

We are now updaĕng our Facebook and Instagram pages. It would be great if you could give us a boost on your Social Media.

Our Facebook page is: hĥps://www.facebook.com/actoneastonlawrencehill/

Our Instagram is @eastonlawrencehill

We would like to get into your newsleĥer as well as we are aware that our campaign is very digital. We will try and get something together for this Friday, however, it would be great if we had some criteria for this. Is it an advert or an arĕcle? If so what are the dimensions/word count?

Finally (sorry for the lengthy email!) do you have a tea/coffee urn that we could borrow? Also, do you have any liĥer picking apparatus that we could borrow?

Thanks,

Lewis Tom Phil Tyron

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UWE Easton Student Project

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Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>

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Hi Jules,

Thank you for taking the 血me to speak to us on Friday. I’ve a裀ached some informa血on regarding our project.

We will be in Clark Street in the open space there from 12‐5 on Saturday 19th November. If you could promote us on your social media we would really appreciate it.

Kind Regards,

Lewis Tyron Phil Tom

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 01 November 2016 11:43 To: Sara Venn Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: Re: Contact Form Submission from Lewis Denson

Dear Sarah, Thank you for ge蘀ng back to us, sorry for the late reply, we have been on a study trip for the past week and I haven't had a chance to check my emails as of yet.

I have a蔀ached a brief for our project as well as our graphic identy. We have mapped each green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill and we have chosen Goodhind Street as a vastly under‐ulised space that would really benefit from some development. Over the next week we are going to run a series of consultaons where we gather the opinions of the public. Then we want to host an event on the space where we use the informaon we've gathered to build or change something, but mainly to acvate connecons between people in the community.

We have contacted you as your organisaon has been very successful in making small changes that subvert expectaons about how the urban environment can funcon for its cizens. We have also contacted you because we think that Easton and Lawrence Hill are lacking space for planng, growing and foraging. Do you have any informaon about what project you have already undertaken in Easton and Lawrence Hill, and also if you have any informaon if there are any foraging spots that we can highlight? thank you for your me, From: Sara Venn <sara@thephysicgarden.co.uk> Sent: 20 October 2016 17:44:35 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: Contact Form Submission from Lewis Denson Hi Lewis If you could send us info about your project, it's point and any work you have already begun, we will consider how we can help.

There are quite a few community spaces in that area‐I am assuming you have already mapped what's going on?

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Looking forward to hearing more.

RE: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill - Lewis Denson

RE: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Sara Venn Founder/Chair Incredible Edible Bristol

Neil Burwell <neil.burwell@bristol.gov.uk>

Sent from my iPhone

Fri 04/11/2016 12:54

> On 20 Oct 2016, at 15:56, Lewis Denson <lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: > > Name: Lewis Denson > > Email: lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk > > Comments: Hello, My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under‐utilised open spaces. I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project, and also what your involvement in Easton and Lawrence Hill currently looks like. Are there any prominent areas of wildlife in the area? Do you have any information on wildlife spotting? We are quite keen to encourage people to make interventions in their own parks and we’re aware that there is a distinct lack of community gardening, allotment space and potential space for foraging.

Please email me for a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved. Thank you for your time. Kind Regards, Lewis Denson >

To: Lewis

Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>;

Thanks Lewis, see you on Monday.

Neil Burwell Neighbourhood Officer (Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill) Neighbourhood Management Service Bristol City Council St Annes House St Anne’s Road Bristol BS4 4AB

Email: neil.burwell@bristol.gov.uk

Tel: 077 954 464 29

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 04 November 2016 12:51 To: Neil Burwell Subject: RE: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Hi Neil,

Thanks for that, looking forward to seeing you then.

Lewis Tyron Tom Phil

From: Neil Burwell Sent: 04 November 2016 12:49 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Hi Lewis

I did get your email. I just assumed that you were coming along to the Environment Sub‐Group, sorry for any confusion.

You are welcome to come along at 7.00pm, Juncĕon 3 Library. You can speak if you wish under AOB and set up discussions with members of the Sub‐Group. They may well have some ideas as to where you can consult. There are reps from Parks groups, the Tree Forum and the Parks Forum. https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkADY3NzRkOWVlLWRlOTItNDAxOC04NDA5LWQzMWNlNDQ5ZD…

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From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 20 October 2016 15:41 To: Neil Burwell Subject: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 04 November 2016 12:41 To: Neil Burwell Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: RE: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Dear Neil,

My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group in collaboraĕon with Up Our Street to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote acĕve community parĕcipaĕon in under‐uĕlised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisaĕon is interested in our project. We are hoping to hold a series of consultaĕons with people in the community on how they would like to see their open space used, culminaĕng in an event where we will invite members of the community along to change a pubic space for the beĥer. Do you have any suggesĕons on how we can involve the community and encourage them to take ownership of their public space?

I have aĥached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in geħng involved.

Thank you for your ĕme.

Kind Regards,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 hĥp://ĕnyurl.com/qhhzdql hĥp://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Hi Neil,

Sorry, I didn’t hear back from you. Did you receive my email about potenĕally meeĕng up on Monday?

We would really appreciate your input.

Kind regards,

Lewis Denson Philip Price Tyron Tucker Thomas Southall

From: Neil Burwell Sent: 24 October 2016 09:37 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Hi Lewis

Good morning. Many thanks for your email. I have just returned from leave to a mountain of emails, so I promise I will read the brief as soon as I am able. I facilitate the Environment Sub‐Group for the Neighbourhood Partnership and I am

Council services online: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/service

sure that they would be very interested in the project; our next meeĕng is on Monday 7th November, 7.00pm at Juncĕon 3 Library, Easton.

Thanks again for your email, perhaps we could meet up to discuss this further?

Best wishes

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Best wishes

Neil

Neil Burwell Neighbourhood Officer (Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill) Neighbourhood Management Service Bristol City Council St Annes House St Anne’s Road Bristol BS4 4AB

Email: neil.burwell@bristol.gov.uk

Tel: 077 954 464 29

Looking forward to seeing you on Monday.

Neil

Neil Burwell Neighbourhood Officer (Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill) Neighbourhood Management Service Bristol City Council St Annes House St Anne’s Road Bristol BS4 4AB

Email: neil.burwell@bristol.gov.uk

Tel: 077 954 464 29

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To: Shane

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Jordan <foodwastephilosophy@gmail.com>;

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Hi Shane,

We’re really excited to have you on board. We’re thinking about having an event in the open space in Goodhind Street on the 19th November. It would be great to see you there, but we’ve been speaking to Up Our Street and they have quite good links with local businesses. If we could source some ingredients, would you be able to show some people how to prepare something tasty? It would be really good for us to promote local grocers as well as promoĕng growing and allotments, but it would also be really great publicity for you and your business!

What do you think?

Cheers,

Lewis Tyron Tom Phil

From: Shane Jordan Sent: 03 November 2016 11:15 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Shane Jordan

Hi Lewis, Thanks for contacting me. I’d love to get involved in your projects. Just send me consultation dates in advance and I’ll try and make it. The BBC documentary was funny, a lot of waiting around but funny lol. I can’t wait to see it on TV, it’s going to be weird.

Speak to you soon, Shane

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UWE Masters student project Easton & Lawrence Hill

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Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>

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Hi Kuba,

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Our meeting is at 5 on Friday, looking forward to seeing you.

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Dear Joe,

My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group in collabora⸂on with Up Our Street to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote ac⸂ve community par⸂cipa⸂on in under‐u⸂lised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisa⸂on is interested in our project. I found your contact through Bristol Parks forum and I am quite interested your parkwork ini⸂a⸂ve.

We are hoping to hold a series of consulta⸂ons with people in the community on how they would like to see their open space used, culmina⸂ng in an event where we will invite members of the community along to change a pubic space for the be埊er. Do you have any sugges⸂ons on how we can involve the community and encourage them to take ownership of their public space? We are quite keen to encourage people to make interven⸂ons in their own parks and we’re aware that there is a dis⸂nct lack of community gardening, allotment space and poten⸂al space for foraging.

I have a埊ached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in geఄng involved.

Thank you for your ⸂me.

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 h埊p://⸂nyurl.com/qhhzdql h埊p://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Lewis Phil Tim Tyron ‐‐‐‐ Research wrote ‐‐‐‐ Hi Lewis and All Thanks for the brief and poster, I've had a look and it seems like a good start. I'll give you a few more comments when we meet.

On that note, what time is the meeting on Friday? I should be able to make it.

Best wishes Kuba

Kuba Jablonowski Community Research Manager Up Our Street

I work part‐ĕme two days a week, usually Mondays and Tuesdays Direct line: 07903 947913 Facebook: Up Our Street Twiĥer: @upourstreet Post: The Beacon Centre, City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH Web: www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

Your contact details will be added to our database in accordance with the Data Protecĕon Act 1998. You will receive mailings from Up Our Street only – we will never pass your details to a third party without your permission. You can unsubscribe at any ĕme by contacĕng us.

Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management is a charity (1081691) and a company (04023294).

On 20 Oct 2016, at 13:16, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:

Dear All,

We would like to invite you along to our next meeĕng regarding the UWE architecture masters project in Easton and Lawrence Hill.

We are at the stage in the project where we would value your insights and feedback to move us forward into our consultaĕon and event segment.

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Our brief is aĥached as well as an iniĕal poster with our visual style.

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The meeĕng is on Friday 28th October at The Beacon Centre in Lawrence Hill. Please let us know if you are

able to aĥend.

Kind regards,

Lewis Denson Phil Price Tom Southall Tyron Tucker

Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> Sat 22/10/2016 10:55 To: Matt

Harcourt <Matt.Harcourt@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk>;

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Hi Matt, Thanks for that, it is all very useful stuff.

We are a separate group from Esther but she is also working on a very interesting project. We would love to keep you informed if that’s of interest to you. We have attached the flyer for our project with some links to our social media Many thanks, Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/ From: Matt Harcourt Sent: 21 October 2016 16:17 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Hi Lewis Thanks for getting in touch with Avon Wildlife Trust and good to hear about your project. Currently we don’t have any teams working in that direct area although I have recently started working in St Pauls, so not too far away, the main place being St Pauls Learning Centre, renovating the garden with groups of young people. We did have a project called “My Wild City” during which a series of maps were produced, aiding people to learn more about improving habitats for wildlife. Have a look at the link below for information on the relevant map for your project. http://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/mywildcitymaps, unfortunately “My Wild City” has finished as the funding ended, although it would be worth having a look through as they did a variety of green space renovation projects

Great to hear you are working together with “Up our street”, they do lots of amazing work in the area, have you been in touch with anyone from Bristol City Council, if not it would be worth doing so, from memory I think the Community development worker for that area is a lady called Ravi – here’s her e‐mail if that helps ?Ravinder.Vedi@bristol.gov.uk

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There’s also the Bristol City Council health improvement team ‐

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analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under‐utilised open spaces.

https://www.facebook.com/Inner‐City‐Health‐Improvement‐Team‐1584256491796000/ I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project, and also what your involvement in Easton and Lawrence Hill currently looks like. Are there any prominent areas of wildlife in the area? Do you have any information on wildlife spotting? We are quite keen to encourage people to make interventions in their own parks and we’re aware that there is a distinct lack of community gardening, allotment space and potential space for foraging.

In terms of wildlife I would suggest the most prominent area for wildlife in that area is the nearby River Frome and adjacent Riverside park, although it is fairly polluted it provides both a great habitat and wildlife corridor, especially in such a built up area.

Out of interest are you studying with Esther Slade ? I’ve had a similarish message about their project proposal at the not too far away J3 building, developing the green space in Easton.

Great there is lots of interest in this area.

I have attached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved.

Thank you for your time.

Kind Regards,

Thanks again and do get in touch if I can be any more help.

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Have a great weekend.

Thanks – matt

Matt Harcourt Natural Estates Project Officer ﴾Please note I have reduced my hours to 4 days a week, with Monday being my usual non‐working day﴿ T: 0117 917 7270

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Lewis Denson

Thu 20/10/2016 18:04

Thu 20/10/2016 17:11

To: Thomas

To: Richard

Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>;

From: Lucy Jones Sent: 20 October 2016 17:51 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Volunteer in Easton

From: Richard Bland Sent: 20 October 2016 16:49 To: Lewis Denson Subject: wildspace in Easton

Dear Lewis The Bristol naturalists society is an old established organisaĕon involved with recording of all types of natural history I Know the area quite well as I do an annual Breeding bird survey for the Briĕsh Trust for ornithology, which involves standard transects through 1km squares We are also involved in preparing for a second ediĕon of the Flora 2000 of the avon region, and are seeking records of every plant species on a 1km square basis, The square you are considering is ST6073 has a total of 273 plant species, which is about average. I am parĕcularly interested in the plants of guĥers and alleyways.

The Bristol environmental records centre houses all Bristol wildlife records and if you go to their website you can find a list of all they have in that 1km square.

I am also involved with the Bristol Tree Forum which seeks to plant trees. The roundabouts in the area could do with a lot more planĕng, and there is a scheme to plant a tree for every primary school child this winter.

I am not sure which your primary school is but they will have bene involved. Goi to Trees Bristol for more informaĕon The railway path is important for wildlife as is the Frome valley walkway and the river itself, and the path along the side of the motorway. Last year BRERC ran a how green is your alley survey Narroways juncĕon and Royate hill a liĥle further north are nature reserves The inaccessible rail track side is good, and the path up to Stapleton road staĕon is amazing.

You are clearly interested in working with communiĕes and environmental improvement, rather than mere recording, but I hope what I have said helps. As a society we are focussed on knowledge rather than acĕon. The Avon Wildlife Trust ran a My wild city programme last year‐ you should contact them as well.

Richard Bland

Please note the change of email address to rlbland673@gmail.com Best regards, Richard Bland

Hello Lewis, I hope you don't mind me contacting you but I got your email address from the Cowgirls Peashooter.

We are filming a BBC One show in Easton now which sees us renovate 5 spaces across Bristol for the show but it's mainly about the volunteers and what we can achieve in areas when we pull together hence the show name People Power! We desperately need volunteers tomorrow and Saturday at the Felix Road Adventure Playground, BS5 0JH. If this is something you can share then please feel free, my number is 07875084845.

All the best, Lucy

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Dear Richard,

Thank you very much, that is all fantasĕcally helpful.

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 hĥp://ĕnyurl.com/qhhzdql hĥp://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Guys guys guys! Shall we do this tomorrow?!

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RE: UWE Live Group Project Lewis Denson Thu 20/10/2016 16:32 To: Alan

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Subject: UWE Live Group Project Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:35:46 +0000

Morris <alan@morrises.fastmail.fm>;

Hi Alan,

Thank you for your quick response!

It would be fantas회c if you could forward this on, we are hoping to get as many people interested as possible. This is a marked university project that ends formally at the end of November, but we are hoping that the project will extend way beyond that to transform as many open spaces in the area as possible.

I have already contacted Finlay McNab, but haven’t communicated with any of the other groups/individuals men회oned.

If you could forward my email on it would be very much appreciated, and I will of course keep you up to date with developments.

Thanks for your help!

All the best,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 h회p://회nyurl.com/qhhzdql h회p://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote ac회ve community par회cipa회on in under‐u회lised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisa회on is interested in our project, and also what your involvement in Easton and Lawrence Hill currently looks like. Are there any prominent walking routes through or around the area? And what kind of community presence do you have or know of with the area?

I have a회ached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in ge회ng involved.

Thank you for your 회me.

Kind Regards,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 h회p://회nyurl.com/qhhzdql h회p://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Email had 1 a회achment: DesignBrief.pdf 1.2M (application/pdf)

From: Alan Morris Sent: 20 October 2016 15:31 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: UWE Live Group Project

Hello Lewis, Thanks for your enquiry.

I know that some BWA supporters live in the Ashton, Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Partnership area and could forward your email to them.

I am interested in your project myself, but don't live in the area. I'd be interested to keep in touch.

As your project is sponsored by Up Our Street, I assume you have already tapped into the local NP communication channels ?

Are you in touch with Finlay McNab ? He lives in the area and would be interested. I can put you in touch with him.

Best wishes Alan

Alan Morris Chair, Bristol Walking Alliance

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Barton Hill History Group <bartonhillhistorygroup@gmail.com>

Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>

Thu 03/11/2016 19:37

Thu 20/10/2016 15:59

To: Lewis

To: info@3ca.org.uk

Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>;

<info@3ca.org.uk>;

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Hello Lewis,

DesignBrief.pdf;

Apologies for the delay in replying to your email ‐ Although we are sure your project will benefit the community ‐ due to our overstretched committee we are unable to have any input ourselves.

Although if you should require any historical information on the area several of our members have compiled a book called Old Market, Newtown, Lawrence Hill and Moorfields which is in stock in libraries or if you contact us with any queries we will do our best to be of help.

Good luck with your project Pauline ﴾Barton Hill History Group﴿ On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group in collaboration with Up Our Street to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under‐utilised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project. We are hoping to hold a series of consultations with people in the community on how they would like to see their open space used, culminating in an event where we will invite members of the community along to change a pubic space for the better. Do you have any suggestions on how we can involve the community and encourage them to take ownership of their public space?

I have attached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved.

Dear Sir/Madam,

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I was wondering if your organisa塦on is interested in our project. We are hoping to hold a series of consulta塦ons with people in the community on how they would like to see their open space used, culmina塦ng in an event where we will invite members of the community along to change a pubic space for the beꏌer. Do you have any sugges塦ons on how we can involve the community and encourage them to take ownership of their public space? We are quite keen to encourage people to make interven塦ons in their own parks and we’re aware that there is a dis塦nct lack of community gardening (aside from your own excellent example), allotment space and poten塦al space for foraging.

I have aꏌached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in ge蕡ng involved.

Thank you for your 塦me.

Kind Regards,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 hꏌp://塦nyurl.com/qhhzdql hꏌp://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

Thank you for your time.

Kind Regards,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

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Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>

Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>

Thu 20/10/2016 13:55

Thu 20/10/2016 13:26

To: hello@playingout.net

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To: info@streets‐reimagined.com

 1 attachments ﴾908 KB﴿ DesignBrief.pdf;

Dear Gaby,

My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote ac塦ve community par塦cipa塦on in under‐u塦lised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisa塦on is interested in our project, and also what your involvement in Easton and Lawrence Hill currently looks like. I know that there have been instances of Playing Out in the area. Do you have any informa塦on on how o韦en this happens? We would ideally like to run an event in mid‐November to raise awareness about the poten塦al of coming together as a community to change a local space for the beꏌer and we would be thrilled if you would like to assist us.

I have aꏌached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in ge蕡ng involved.

Thank you for your 塦me.

Kind Regards,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 hꏌp://塦nyurl.com/qhhzdql hꏌp://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

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<info@streets‐reimagined.com>;

Dear Fin,

My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote ac翬ve community par翬cipa翬on in under‐u翬lised open spaces.

I am interested your prac翬ce, especially in your work with the Mill Park Project. Would you be able to provide me with some more informa翬on on the project, or if you’re not leading it, the main contact for this? We are interested in how the community decided to come together to enact change.

Thank you for your 翬me.

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 @lewisdenson h翬p://翬nyurl.com/qhhzdql h翬p://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

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RE: UWE Live Group Project engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>

From: engagement Sent: 19 October 2016 13:38 To: Lewis Denson Cc: Research; Thomas Southall; Philip Price; Tyron Tucker Subject: RE: UWE Live Group Project

Hi Lewis,

Thu 20/10/2016 12:21 To: Lewis

Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>;

Great. See you next week.

Best wishes, Pat

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 20 October 2016 12:15 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: RE: UWE Live Group Project

Hi Pat,

Five will be great. I will be in touch with an update on our progress shortly. I will also try to invite some key people along to meet us. The Beacon centre will be great.

All the best,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 From: engagement Sent: 20 October 2016 11:07 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: UWE Live Group Project

Hi Lewis,

Friday a艀ernoon is fine but would you guys be able to meet up a bit earlier? 4 or 5 pm?

Would you like to come to our office at the Beacon Centre?

Best wishes, Pat From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 19 October 2016 17:20 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: RE: UWE Live Group Project

Hi Pat,

Next Friday we could meet, ideally we would like to meet at six o’clock, but if not, could you let us know a 踀me on Friday that you’re available?

Thanks,

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I am really 踀ed up this week, could we meet next Thursday or Friday? (27 or 28th). Yes it would be great to get Sustrans on board as I know they have been doing lots of work as part of safer Easton project.

Best wishes, Pat

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 14 October 2016 17:56 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Cc: Research <Research@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>; Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: RE: UWE Live Group Project

Hi Patrycja,

Thanks for ge ng back to us. Could we schedule a mee踀ng for next Thursday? We have also started talking to Sustrans who are willing to share their research about Easton with us, if we could get them to come along to the mee踀ng too then I think that would be really beneficial.

Regards,

Lewis Tyron Philip Tom

From: engagement Sent: 14 October 2016 17:25 To: Lewis Denson Cc: Research; Thomas Southall; Philip Price; Tyron Tucker Subject: RE: UWE Live Group Project

Hello Lewis, Tyron, Philip and Tom,

Massive apologies for not responding earlier. I had a quick look at your brief and it looks interes踀ng but I feel that I need to spend a bit more 踀me thinking about it so it is printed and in my backpack to read at home as I am running out of 踀me in the office. I will get back to you next week and hopefully we will find 踀me to meet up. I work only 2 days a week (Thursday and Friday) but will try to be flexible if those days don’t work for you.

Have a good weekend.

Best wishes, Pat

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Patrycja Pinkowska Community Engagement Officer Up Our Street

I work Part‐Time. Usually on Thursdays and Fridays.

Direct line: 0117 954 2835 Mobile: 0794 7830 973 Facebook: Up Our Street Twiເer: @upourstreet Post: The Beacon Centre, City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH Web: www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

Your contact details will be added to our database in accordance with the Data Protec踀on Act 1998. You will receive mailings from Up Our Street only – we will never pass your details to a third party without your permission. You can unsubscribe at any 踀me by contac踀ng us.

Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management is a charity (1081691) and a company (04023294).

The Decorator's Radio Lewis Denson Fri 07/10/2016 14:16 To: carolina@the‐decorators.net

<carolina@the‐decorators.net>;

Bcc:Thomas

Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>;

Dear Carolina,

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 13 October 2016 15:17 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Cc: Research <Research@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk>; Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: UWE Live Group Project

Dear Patrycja,

We are the group of students working with Up Our Street on the community consulta踀on project for Easton and Lawrence Hill. Hopefully you will have had 踀me to glance at our ini踀al brief following the mee踀ng with Maເ Jacobs. We are looking forward to developing this project with you and your team. To do this, we would first like to set up a mee踀ng with you and hopefully one of your researchers (Maເ provisionally men踀oned Kuba) to get your feedback on the analysis we have collected so far.

Our idea for the project so far involves se ng up a series of mini‐consulta踀ons and discussions in key spaces where people gather around the area in order to build up a diverse set of opinions about the use of public space, as well as finding out what is missing.

Then we would like to put on an event in early November to invite the community along to a space to fulfil one of those needs, using the skills of the community to change the percep踀on of shared space. This could be a clean up exercise, plan踀ng, making furniture, or a combina踀on of many things.

Alongside this we also want to use the research that we’ve gathered to produce a leaflet to inform and encourage people to use public space. This is envisaged as a guide book to local public space with a map that suggests different ways of inhabi踀ng space.

We hope to hear from you soon.

With Regards,

Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker Philip Price Tom Southall

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My name is Lewis Denson, I am currently studying my masters in Architecture at UWE in Bristol. At the moment we are working on a project within a group to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote ac ve community par cipa on in open spaces.

This may involve some radio air me, and I’ve been trying to discover your project regarding radio but I’ve only found men ons of it. Would you be able to send me some informa on about the project?

Thank you for your me, your work is very interes ng and inspiring.

All the best,

Lewis Denson lewisdenson@live.co.uk 07580705188 @lewisdenson h�p:// nyurl.com/qhhzdql h�p://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

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Re: UWE Masters Live Project 2016

Dear George,

Thank you for meeĕng us yesterday, we are starĕng our research today and we were wondering whether you can send us through the informaĕon or contacts for:

1 – The applicaĕon for changes to Lawrence Hill roundabout 2 – The informaĕon about the muf project in Redcliffe 3 – Informaĕon regarding your progress with Twinnell House

We visited both Lawrence Hill roundabout and Twinnell House and we are intrigued by both sites.

If there is a lot of informaĕon we would appreciate if you could send it through WeTransfer or we could give you the details to our Google Drive, whichever is easiest.

Thank you for all your help so far.

Kind regards,

Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188

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Hi guys, Sorry for delayed reply.

One other thing that I spoĥed in my notes was that Bristol City Council are about to launch a round of Well Being grants (from Oct 17th‐ish) with deadlines of Dec 2016. May be of interest to you or groups you end up engaging with for this or other projects that may fund any successfully defined next stages...?!

I'm afraid I don't know anything about the round about but that Shanks Raj of Nudge Group (google them) might have been involved.

Twinnell House is in very early stages so nothing really to report. My colleague Tamsin (cc.ed) is organising weekly Playing Out sessions on Sundays 2‐4 (You'd probably be welcome to come along but do contact her first to check) and we're planning to have some sort of broader meeĕng to discuss plans for a community parĕcipatory design project (provisionally on October 30th). muf Redcliffe work aĥached George George Lovesmith architect lecturer integrated design + educaĕon projects

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From: Richard Bland Sent: 20 October 2016 16:49 To: Lewis Denson Subject: wildspace in Easton

Re: UWE Architecture Live Project - Up Our Street - Lewis Denson

Re: UWE Architecture Live Project ‐ Up Our Street Manager <Manager@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Mon 03/10/2016 08:21 To: Lewis

Dear Lewis The Bristol naturalists society is an old established organisation involved with recording of all types of natural history I Know the area quite well as I do an annual Breeding bird survey for the British Trust for ornithology, which involves standard transects through 1km squares We are also involved in preparing for a second edition of the Flora 2000 of the avon region, and are seeking records of every plant species on a 1km square basis, The square you are considering is ST6073 has a total of 273 plant species, which is about average. I am particularly interested in the plants of gutters and alleyways.

The Bristol environmental records centre houses all Bristol wildlife records and if you go to their website you can find a list of all they have in that 1km square.

I am also involved with the Bristol Tree Forum which seeks to plant trees. The roundabouts in the area could do with a lot more planting, and there is a scheme to plant a tree for every primary school child this winter.

I am not sure which your primary school is but they will have bene involved. Goi to Trees Bristol for more information The railway path is important for wildlife as is the Frome valley walkway and the river itself, and the path along the side of the motorway. Last year BRERC ran a how green is your alley survey Narroways junction and Royate hill a little further north are nature reserves The inaccessible rail track side is good, and the path up to Stapleton road station is amazing.

You are clearly interested in working with communities and environmental improvement, rather than mere recording, but I hope what I have said helps. As a society we are focussed on knowledge rather than action. The Avon Wildlife Trust ran a My wild city programme last year- you should contact them as well.

Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk>;

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Wright <Anna2.Wright@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Rachel Sara ﴾Staff ‐ BNE﴿ <Rachel.Sara@uwe.ac.uk>; Ann de Graft‐Johnson ﴾Staff ‐ BNE﴿ <Ann.DeGraft‐Johnson@uwe.ac.uk>;

Hi Lewis, Thanks for the introductory email. See you all later on today.

Matt Matt Jacobs Interim Manager Up Our Street

On 2 Oct 2016, at 18:24, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:

Dear Maꏌ Jacobs,

We are excited to be working with you for the Up Our Street Live project for Easton and Lawrence Hill. This email is to confirm our mee塦ng tomorrow at 15:00 in the Beacon Centre, but also to introduce ourselves. I am Lewis Denson, and working with me will be Anna Wright, Tyron Tucker, Thomas Southall and Philip Price. We are first year masters students studying at UWE.

We look forward to mee塦ng you

With regards, Lewis Denson lewisdenson@live.co.uk 07580705188

Richard Bland Please note the change of email address to rlbland673@gmail.com Best regards, Richard Bland

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From: Lewis Denson Sent: 01 November 2016 15:07 To: merrynpreece@rhs.org.uk Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: UWE masters project Easton and Lawrence Hill

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 14 October 2016 18:10 To: patrick.williams@sustrans.org.uk Cc: Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall; Philip Price Subject: UWE Master of Architecture Easton Project

Hi Merryn,

Dear Patrick,

I’m sorry I’ve taken so long to contact you, I’ve been on a study trip this last week. This is Lewis speaking, we met at the BBC community garden programme. Hopefully you remember me, I hope you’re well.

I’m working within a group of architecture masters students from UWE on a project based in Lawrence Hill and Easton. We are going to host an event on the 19th November, and we would love if you could be involved in some capacity. We don’t know entirely what it will entail yet, but we are going to hold a series of community consultations this week to figure out what residents want to see.

I was very interested in the projects you are running for planting in the area. Do you have any information regarding the work you’ve been undertaking?

I’ve attached a copy of our brief and our poster for you if you’re interested.

Kind regards, Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker Philip Price Thomas Southall

Thank you for chatting to me yesterday at your consultation, I found it very helpful.

Just to refresh your memory, we are a group of First year MArch students from UWE. We are currently working on a project within Easton to map, analyse and rejuvenate public space within the areas of Lawrence Hill and Easton. Through a series of public consultations we aim to build up opinions on public space, how it is used, and what is missing in order to bring the community together in co-designing a solution for the under-utilised spaces.

We have attached an initial brief for you to look through.

If possible, we would be delighted to work alongside your consultations about creating a safer pedestrian and cyclist environment for Easton.

Initially, we would like to meet with you next week on Thursday 20th to discuss our ideas and see how we can help each other. How does that sound?

We look forward to hearing from you.

With Regards, Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker Philip Price Tom Southall

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From: Lewis Denson Sent: 14 November 2016 15:48 To: officemanager@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk Subject: UWE Easton Student Project

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 18 November 2016 12:37 To: William Peterman Cc: Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall; Philip Price; engagement; Rachel Sara (Staff - BNE); Matthew Jones (Staff - BNE) Subject: RE: UWE Students and Engagement

Hi Tracy,

Dear William,

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re holding an event this Saturday in Clark Street to try and transform the space in the short term.

If you could advertise our event (link below) on your facebook and twitter we would really appreciate it.

Thank you for taking an interest in our project. We are a group of four UWE Masters of Architecture students working on a live community project as part of our university curriculum.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1299179880153737/

Our aim during this project is to revitalise green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill by galvanising the existing community to push for change. We have undertaken a series of community consultations in order to garner opinions on green space, as well as analysing the existing green spaces in the area to determine how they are used, what facilities are available, and which spaces have been left to deteriorate.

Kind Regards,

We have attached a copy of our brief which we developed with up our street, as well as some graphic information explaining our ideas.

Lewis Tyron Tom Phil

We have found as a group that working with clients in the real world situation has been challenging, rewarding, exciting and extremely valuable to building our ongoing experience. I have copied in our tutors for this project (Rachel Sara and Matt Jones) who have facilitated this project and nine others for this years first year masters students if you are interested in how they started with these community engagement projects.

We hope you found this useful!

Kind Regards Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker Tom Southall Phil Price

From: engagement Sent: 17 November 2016 12:59 To: William Peterman Cc: Lewis Denson; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall; Philip Price Subject: RE: UWE Students and Engagement Dear William, Thank you very much for your very interesting email. I am copying in the UWE crew working in our neighbourhood as they may be able to share and explain in much more details the ins and outs of the project. I have to say that UWE students have an amazing reputation around the city as they do get involved with the communities and run many interesting projects in different neighbourhoods. I suppose the course/courses supervisors see a value in this sort of engagements.

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From: William Peterman Sent: 23 November 2016 00:03 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: UWE Students and Engagement

Dear Lewis: Thank you for sending me information about your interesting and worthwhile project.

It appears as though you have a good grasp of what you are attempting to accomplish.

My own work in the area of neighborhood revitalization has taught me that it is critical to form a partnership with a community based organization in order to affect meaningful change. In a book I wrote in 2000 I identified four criteria for successful neighborhood development.

1. Adequate resources including technical resources (that is where you fit in).

2. It must be demand driven - that is it must be something a community wants.

3. There must be ties with others such as public officials, legal and financial experts and other organizations in the community.

4. There needs to be a tension between what the community wants and what those in power are prepared to provide.

You are just one part of the whole picture, but indeed an important one.

You may already be aware, but a former UWE instructor, Henry Shaftoe, has written a book "Convivial Urban Spaces: Creating Effective Public Places" which you might find interesting and useful. Henry was much involved in the work leading up to the redevelopment of the "Bear Pit" in Bristol.

If possible, please send me any more material that you generate on your project and best of luck.

Bill William Peterman Professor of Geography (Emeritus) 747 South Cuyler Avenue Oak Park Illinois 60304 708-386-4083 On Friday, November 18, 2016 6:37 AM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:

Dear William, Thank you for taking an interest in our project. We are a group of four UWE Masters of Architecture students working on a live community project as part of our university curriculum.

Our aim during this project is to revitalise green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill by galvanising the existing community to push for change. We have undertaken a series of community consultations in order to garner opinions on green space, as well as analysing the existing green spaces in the area to determine how they are used, what facilities are available, and which spaces have been left to deteriorate.

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From: engagement Sent: 17 November 2016 12:59 To: William Peterman Cc: Lewis Denson; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall; Philip Price Subject: RE: UWE Students and Engagement Dear William, Thank you very much for your very interesting email. I am copying in the UWE crew working in our neighbourhood as they may be able to share and explain in much more details the ins and outs of the project. I have to say that UWE students have an amazing reputation around the city as they do get involved with the communities and run many interesting projects in different neighbourhoods. I suppose the course/courses supervisors see a value in this sort of engagements.

This particular project is quite short but I am sure the team will be happy to share their findings and project outcomes with you.

Thank you for your interest and for getting in touch.

Best wishes, Pat Patrycja Pinkowska Community Engagement Officer Up Our Street I work part time. Usually on Thursdays and Fridays.

Direct line: 0117 954 2835 Facebook: Up Our Street Twitter: @upourstreet Post: The Beacon Centre, City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH Web: www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk Your contact details will be added to our database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

You will receive mailings from Up Our Street only â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we will never pass your details to a third party without your permission. You can unsubscribe at any time by contacting us.

Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management is a charity (1081691) and a company (04023294).

From: William Peterman [mailto:william.peterman@att.net] Sent: 11 November 2016 23:48 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: UWE Students and Engagement Hello:

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From: Shane Jordan Sent: 21 November 2016 17:16 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: FW: Shane Jordan

In 2001 I had a senior (Fulbright) Fellowship to study community revitalization in the UK. I was based at UWE and worked with Prof. Murray Stewart who introduced me to work he was doing in Barton Hill with the Community at Heart (CAH),project. I spent about 6 months working with people at CAH, served on a couple of committees, and facilitated a board away day.

I have returned to Bristol each year since then. In 2004 I began to assist people at University of Bristol in developing community engagement efforts. This eventually led to the creation of the National Coordinating Centre for Community Engagement, which is based in Bristol.

Since 2001 I have urged faculty and students to become directly involved in community efforts. My own work in the US followed that line and I was director of two centers that provided technical and research assistance to community based organizations.

That is perhaps too much information about me, but I was surprised and delighted to read in "Up Our Street" that a group of UWE students were working with you on community efforts to "unite and shape their own green spaces". It seems like something I would have promoted and tried to do with little success as university people did not understand what "real" engagement could be and community people could not fathom why universities could be of help to them.

If possible I would very much like to learn more about these efforts by UWE students, what they are doing, how they are engaging with the community and what outcomes are hoped for. I know I am 4,000 miles away, but if I can be of any help, I am willing to try. I plan to be in Bristol again next spring and that will no doubt be much too late to be of any assistance on this project, but I would be interested in learning more about currents efforts.

Please respond when and if you have time.

Bill William Peterman Professor of Geography (Emeritus) 747 South Cuyler Avenue Oak Park Illinois 60304 708-386-4083

Hello Lewis, Thanks for inviting me to your event. I think you did a great job organising and setting up your project. Very one was very friendly and you managed to get a long of things done. It’s a shame people didn’t come in huge numbers, but that doesn’t take away the success you have achieved. As requested, here is the recipe for my Blackberry Crumble Tart. If you need any support with further projects please don’t hesitate to contact me. Also, if the university needs support with any sustainability projects then please direct them my way.

Kind regards, Shane On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: From midday Lewis Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/ From: Shane Jordan Sent: 18 November 2016 14:25 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: FW: Shane Jordan Cool! What time?

Shane On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: Hi Shane, Excellent! That sounds delicious! We’ll get all those things.

If you have any recipe cards, or promotional material, or business cards, make sure you bring those along so we can advertise you!

The open space is at the intersection of Goodhind Street and Clark Street at BS5 0TB. See you tomorrow!

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From: Shane Jordan Sent: 21 November 2016 17:17 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: FW: Shane Jordan

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Blackberry Crumble Tart

To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: FW: Shane Jordan

By Shane Jordan

From: Shane Jordan Sent: 18 November 2016 14:25

Cool! What time?

Crumble base:

Walnuts/pecan nuts Cinnamon Maple syrup Desiccated Coconut (flakes)

Method:

Use a knife, fork or rolling pin and break your walnuts (one bag of walnuts or pecan nuts) into tiny pieces and use your mortar and pestle to grind the walnuts into a crumble-like mixture.

Place the mixture into a mixing and add half a teaspoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of desiccated coconut flakes and a small amount of maple syrup. Mix it all together until it is all coated and spoon into tart tins with removable bottoms.

Use your teaspoon press the mixture into the tart tins and fill the whole tin.

Topping:

Blackberries Raisins and sultanas Maple syrup Nutmeg Put half a cup of raisins and half a cup of sultanas into a bowl of cold water for 30mins. Once soaked, take them out and use your mortar and pestle to grind them into a rough paste and place them in a different mixing bowl. Add a small amount of maple syrup, a half a teaspoon of nutmeg and a hand full of blackberries. Crush the blackberries with your spoon and mix the entire ingredients together. Once mixed, spoon the topping onto the crumble mixture.

Finish with adding fresh whole blackberries as decorative feature and place in the fridge or eat right away.

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: From midday Lewis Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.ac.uk 07580705188

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Shane On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: Hi Shane, Excellent! That sounds delicious! We’ll get all those things.

If you have any recipe cards, or promotional material, or business cards, make sure you bring those along so we can advertise you!

The open space is at the intersection of Goodhind Street and Clark Street at BS5 0TB. See you tomorrow!

Lewis Tyron Tom Phil From: Shane Jordan Sent: 18 November 2016 14:04 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: FW: Shane Jordan Hi Lewis, What you’re doing sounds great! I’m decided to do a Blackberry Crumble Pie. Blackberry bushes are EVERYWHERE in Bristol, plus they are very easy to grow too. I’m not sure how long your event will be, but I can do demonstrations and taste test for the general public. As for ingredients, I would need the following: Walnuts Pecans nuts Maple syrup Desiccated coconut flakes Blackberries Raisins and sultanas I’ll bring the rest of the things if that’s possible!

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Regards, Shane On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: Hi Shane, I think a demonstration will suffice. We’re not sure how many people will turn up yet, but the event is all about showing people what they could be able to do with the space. We’re building some furniture and we are going to be doing some planting. What we think the space could be is a community garden for growing fruit and veg.

Lewis Tyron Phil Tom From: Shane Jordan Sent: 17 November 2016 13:23 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: FW: Shane Jordan Hi Lewis,

Where you come in is as the person who can show the residents what they could make with the stuff that can be grown.

It’s going to be quite informal so I think you can be quite loose with it. It’s more about getting ours and your name out there!

Yes, I'm still interested. What would you like me to do? Sorry for the late response, I haven't had access to my laptop. P,S I've attached a workshop poster for you too.

Cheers,

Shane

Lewis Tyron Tom Phil

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: Hi Shane,

From: Shane Jordan Sent: 18 November 2016 10:03 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Re: FW: Shane Jordan Hi Lewis, Do you want me to run a workshop there or just do a demonstration? If so, how many people would I be running it for? Also, tell me more about the event. I don't need any electrical equipment so I just need tables, chairs etc. Once I know what I'll be doing I'll send you a list of ingredients.

Regards,

Sorry, we didn’t hear back from you, you might have missed our email. I’ve posted it below, are you still interested in working with us this Saturday? We really like your ideas and we think they’d fit in quite nicely with our project.

Hope to hear from you soon, Lewis Tyron Phil Tom

Regards,

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 03 November 2016 12:17 To: Shane Jordan Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: RE: Shane Jordan

Shane

Hi Shane,

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote: Hi Shane,

We’re really excited to have you on board. We’re thinking about having an event in the open space in Goodhind Street on the 19th November. It would be great to see you there, but we’ve been speaking to Up Our Street and they have quite good links with local businesses. If we could source some ingredients, would you be able to show some people how to prepare something tasty? It would be really good for us to promote local grocers as well as promoting growing and allotments, but it would also be really great publicity for you and your business!

Excellent! We would love for you to do a desserts workshop! Do you need any ingredients? We can try and source some for Saturday if you send us a list.

Then we’ll be setting up from midday on Saturday.

All the best,

What do you think?

Cheers,

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From: Shane Jordan Sent: 03 November 2016 11:15 To: Lewis Denson Subject: Shane Jordan

Hi Lewis, Thanks for contacting me. I’d love to get involved in your projects. Just send me consultation dates in advance and I’ll try and make it. The BBC documentary was funny, a lot of waiting around but funny lol. I can’t wait to see it on TV, it’s going to be weird.

Speak to you soon, Shane

From: Lewis Denson Sent: 18 November 2016 15:12 To: robertjessetelford@gmail.com Subject: UWE Live student project Easton

Dear Rob, I received your email from Pat at Up Our Street. Thank you for taking an interest in our project!

We are a group of four UWE Masters of Architecture students working on a live community project as part of our university curriculum.

Our aim during this project is to revitalise green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill by galvanising the existing community to push for change. We have undertaken a series of community consultations in order to garner opinions on green space, as well as analysing the existing green spaces in the area to determine how they are used, what facilities are available, and which spaces have been left to deteriorate.

We have attached a copy of our brief which we developed with up our street, as well as some graphic information explaining our ideas.

The best way to contact us and to keep up to date with our project is via our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Search ‘Act on Easton and Lawrence Hill’ on Facebook. Search @eastonlawrencehill on Instagram.

Thank you for your time, Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker Tom Southall Phil Price

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From: engagement Sent: 17 November 2016 11:04 To: Lewis Denson; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall; Philip Price Subject: FW: Act On Easton and Lawrence Hill

From: Pete Allen Sent: 16 November 2016 18:22 To: Lewis Denson; Emelinda De Los Santos Perez Subject: RE: UWE Live Project in Easton Hello team,

Hi guys, I am forwarding an email from Rob Telford (policy coordinator from Green Party) I have responded and invited him to the dissemination event on 9th, hope you don’t mind?! Not sure if he will be able to come of course but we can share the final report with him if you are ok with that.

Also I have received another email that I am going to forward your way as you may find it interesting. It is from William Peterman Professor of Geography (Emeritus) who read about your project in our publicity material. I think that he could be potentially an interesting contact for you.

Anyway, I was told this morning that you have already collected the litter picking equipment. Do you need anything else from me or from our office on Friday or Sat morning? I will of course come along on Saturday. Hope the weather is as good as today. That always helps.

Best wishes and let me know if I can help with anything.

Pat From: Rob Telford [mailto:robertjessetelford@gmail.com] Sent: 14 November 2016 20:22 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: Act On Easton and Lawrence Hill Hi, I'm interested in this, but can't make it on Saturday, can I be kept in touch?

Rob Act On Easton and Lawrence Hill Saturday 19 November, 12pm, Goodhind Street Working with Up Our Street, a group or UWE students is aiming to encourage the community to unite and shape their own green spaces. Join us for free food and drink, and to share ideas about how we can collectively shape green space for everyone. To find out more contact engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

Thank you for getting in touch. I'm not in possession of any tools to dig and clear area, I have litter pickers and general clean up kits, but no spades and barrows. The gardening group at J3 might have some ( I've cc'd in Emalinda who is involved, she might be able to assists, but that would be her choice.) Spades are £9 at BandQ if you have a budget, or you could have a shout out to your community asking I they could bring tools and have them confirm before hand?

Good luck guys Pete Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Lewis Denson<mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> Sent: 16/11/2016 16:48 To: Pete Allen<mailto:Pete.Allen@knightstone.co.uk> Cc: Philip Price<mailto:Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Thomas Southall<mailto:Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker<mailto:Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: UWE Live Project in Easton Dear Pete, My name is Lewis Denson. I am working within a group of UWE Architecture Masters students on a project to revitalise green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill. I have been referred to you by Esther Slade, a fellow student, who is working with you on a similar project at Junction 3 along with the CIC. I have also been referred to you by Nic Ferris from the Inner City & East Health Improvement Team at Bristol City Council.

The reason I am emailing is that we are holding an event this Saturday at a nearby green space at the intersection of Clark Street and Goodhind Street and we are appealing for your help!

We would really like to do some planting workshops to show how to quickly spruce up open space, but we haven’t got the tools we need to carry this out. We have been informed that you have some tools for community gardening. Are they available to lend to us just for the day event? We would be extremely grateful and we would obviously come by and pick them up and return them. I know that it’s short notice, sorry about that! But it would be extremely helpful.

Thanks for your time.

All the best, Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker

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From: engagement Sent: 21 November 2016 08:41 To: Lewis Denson Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price; Research Subject: Re: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hi guys, Just to say, thank you for organising the consultations on Saturday. You did a great job and we really enjoyed it. I think the weather didn't help but you got some key people interested. Further work depends largely on the involvement of local residents but I felt that there is certainly potential in the neighbourhood and maybe we will be able to mobilise it some more.

Lets talk more on 9th.

As you know I am going to be away until 3rd December but If you have any questions please drop me a line and I should respond before our meeting.

Good luck with the assessment.

Best wishes, Pat From: Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 2:50 PM To: engagement Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price; Research Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates Hi Pat, Thanks for that, what interesting emails!

We’re going to be trying to source gardening equipment, plants and food over the next couple of days (you don’t happen to have a set of secateurs do you)? We would also like to try and source some free seeds to give to people, any idea if there’s a free seed bank nearby?

In terms of planting, we’re going to be planting some rosemary and hopefully some carnations in our plant pots, and then I spoke to Nic Ferris yesterday and she said the easiest thing to do to plant in the ground would be daffodil bulbs. They’re easy to plant, low maintenance, and when they flower in the spring they will provide a lasting reminder to residents Also, I know it’s very very late notice, but Shane the raw cooking guy just got back to us about potentially doing a workshop on the day. If he gets back to us with a shopping list in time, is there any way you could get even a discount for us for ingredients from a local business?

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From: Lewis Denson Sent: 17 November 2016 14:50 To: engagement Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price; Research Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

From: engagement Sent: 17 November 2016 12:23 To: Lewis Denson Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price; Research Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates

Hi Pat,

Hi guys,

Thanks for that, what interesting emails!

I realised that I haven’t responded to all your queries.

Building furniture sounds and looks great.

We’re going to be trying to source gardening equipment, plants and food over the next couple of days (you don’t happen to have a set of secateurs do you)? We would also like to try and source some free seeds to give to people, any idea if there’s a free seed bank nearby?

In terms of planting, we’re going to be planting some rosemary and hopefully some carnations in our plant pots, and then I spoke to Nic Ferris yesterday and she said the easiest thing to do to plant in the ground would be daffodil bulbs. They’re easy to plant, low maintenance, and when they flower in the spring they will provide a lasting reminder to residents Also, I know it’s very very late notice, but Shane the raw cooking guy just got back to us about potentially doing a workshop on the day. If he gets back to us with a shopping list in time, is there any way you could get even a discount for us for ingredients from a local business?

Unfortunately I don’t have any connections with local garden centres. Planting in parks is usually done through the city council Parks department but organising it takes a long time so I can’t be of much help here.

When it comes to planting things the consideration is always, how easy/ difficult is it going to be to maintain the plants (depending on the type of plants of course) and who will be doing it in the future, so what I am saying is I suppose is that you need to be sure that you have some local residents on board who are willing to take over after your project ends.

Hope that makes sense?

All the best Pat

Cheers and see you Saturday, Lewis Tyron Tom Phil From: engagement Sent: 17 November 2016 12:23 To: Lewis Denson Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price; Research Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates Hi guys, I realised that I haven’t responded to all your queries.

Building furniture sounds and looks great.

Unfortunately I don’t have any connections with local garden centres. Planting in parks is usually done through the city council Parks department but organising it takes a long time so I can’t be of much help here.

When it comes to planting things the consideration is always, how easy/ difficult is it going to be to maintain the plants (depending on the type of plants of course) and who will be doing it in the future, so what I am saying is I suppose is that you need to be sure that you have some local residents on board who are willing to take over after your project ends.

Hope that makes sense?

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 14 November 2016 15:29 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Cc: Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Research <Research@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: RE: UWE Easton Lawrence Hill Project Updates Hi Pat, That sounds great. For next Saturday we will need the litter picking equipment. We are going to build some furniture we have designed that will sit in the park for the day, and we are hoping to do some planting too.

Do you have any connections with garden centres in the area? If we could source some plants for this that would be really cool!

We’ve attached our sketch design for a phased future park development if you want to take a look.

All the best, Lewis Tyron

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From: engagement Sent: 17 November 2016 11:04 To: Lewis Denson; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall; Philip Price Subject: FW: Act On Easton and Lawrence Hill Hi guys, I am forwarding an email from Rob Telford (policy coordinator from Green Party) I have responded and invited him to the dissemination event on 9th, hope you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind?! Not sure if he will be able to come of course but we can share the final report with him if you are ok with that.

Also I have received another email that I am going to forward your way as you may find it interesting. It is from William Peterman Professor of Geography (Emeritus) who read about your project in our publicity material. I think that he could be potentially an interesting contact for you.

Anyway, I was told this morning that you have already collected the litter picking equipment. Do you need anything else from me or from our office on Friday or Sat morning? I will of course come along on Saturday. Hope the weather is as good as today. That always helps.

Best wishes and let me know if I can help with anything.

Pat From: Rob Telford [mailto:robertjessetelford@gmail.com] Sent: 14 November 2016 20:22 To: engagement <engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: Act On Easton and Lawrence Hill Hi, I'm interested in this, but can't make it on Saturday, can I be kept in touch?

Rob Act On Easton and Lawrence Hill Saturday 19 November, 12pm, Goodhind Street Working with Up Our Street, a group or UWE students is aiming to encourage the community to unite and shape their own green spaces. Join us for free food and drink, and to share ideas about how we can collectively shape green space for everyone. To find out more contact engagement@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk

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From: Nic Ferris Sent: 16 November 2016 12:09 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill Thanks, speak to you later, Nic Nicola Ferris Inner City & East Bristol Health Improvement Practitioner Landline: 0117 3521283 Mobile: 07810 506 738 Please note I work part time, my normal working days are Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wednesday.

Multi Faith Trails: Thursday 17 November 2016: To find out more visit the event page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1280004172051666/ Inner City & East Health Improvement Team Bristol City Council Easton Community Centre Kilburn Street Bristol BS5 6AW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Inner-City-Health-Improvement-Team-1584256491796000/

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Health Improvement Practitioner Landline: 0117 3521283 Mobile: 07810 506 738 Please note I work part time, my normal working days are Monday – Wednesday.

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 16 November 2016 11:34 To: Nic Ferris Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: RE: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Hi Nic, First off, here is the facebook link for our event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1299179880153737/ Sorry I think you just tried to call me. I should have mentioned that we are in a lecture this morning, I will be able to chat this afternoon.

Multi Faith Trails: Thursday 17 November 2016: To find out more visit the event page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1280004172051666/ Inner City & East Health Improvement Team Bristol City Council Easton Community Centre Kilburn Street Bristol BS5 6AW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Inner-City-Health-Improvement-Team-1584256491796000/

I’ve attached the ad for our event, as well as a few images from the development of our project.

Thanks for this, I will speak to you later on.

All the best, Lewis Tyron Tom Phil

From: Nic Ferris Sent: 15 November 2016 17:37 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill Hiya, Do you have any publicity in Jpeg for social media and other about the event on 19th Nov? Celia , Up our Street, has risk assessments for litter picks and kit to borrow, Can chat on the phone this Wednesday morning or between 2 – 3pm?

Nic

Nicola Ferris

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 01 November 2016 11:05 To: Nic Ferris Subject: Re: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Inner City & East Bristol

Dear Nicola,

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Sorry for the Delay in reply, we have all just returned from a study trip so I haven't had a chance to check my emails. Sorry we didn't attend the litter pick, are you holding another one soon? We would love to attend!

Otherwise, I'm not sure how much you know about our project, but I've attached our brief and our poster identity so you can get a flavour if you're interested.

We have chosen Goodhind Street as a site and we are thinking about doing a litter pick as an actvity. Would you have any tips for us to get started?

Inner City & East Health Improvement Team Bristol City Council Easton Community Centre Kilburn Street Bristol BS5 6AW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Inner-City-Health-Improvement-Team-1584256491796000/

Kind regards, Lewis Denson Philip Price Thomas Southall Tyron Tucker From: Nic Ferris <nicola.ferris@bristol.gov.uk> Sent: 24 October 2016 12:42:48 To: 'Julien Weston'; Lewis Denson Subject: RE: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill Hi Lewis, Are you planning to come along to the five park litter pick this Saturday? See attached, It’d be great to link up with you, I’ll be in Owens Sq Park at 10.30am.

Jules – I had wondered if I could keep hold of any volunteers that I had to litter pick for an hour afterwards and do some clay lining of the pond?

Nic

Nicola Ferris Inner City & East Bristol Health Improvement Practitioner Please note I work part time, my normal working days are Monday – Wednesday.

Landline: 0117 3521283 Mobile: 07810 506 738

From: Julien Weston [mailto:finance@eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk] Sent: 24 October 2016 12:32 To: Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk Cc: Nic Ferris Subject: Re: Fwd: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill

Hi Lewis - Yes, we'd like to get involved, but ECC has very limited time resources. Maybe you'd like to do a presentation / consultation in conjunction with one of our early Friday evening Tapas evenings?

Or make an apoointment to call down and see us?

I have also cc'd Nic Ferris of BCC, as she is actively involved in Friends of Owen Square Park - a Facebook group that looks after and promotes our local park behind the Community Centre.

- Jules Weston, Interim Centre Manager, ECC

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On 20/10/2016 18:45, INFO wrote:

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-------- Forwarded Message -------Subject:UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill Date:Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:34:53 +0000 From:Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> To:info@eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk <info@eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk> Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group in collaboration with Up Our Street to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under-utilised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project. We are hoping to hold a series of consultations with people in the community on how they would like to see their open space used, culminating in an event where we will invite members of the community along to change a pubic space for the better. Do you have any suggestions on how we can involve the community and encourage them to take ownership of their public space?

I have attached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved.

Thank you for your time.

Julien Weston, Admin & Finance Officer Kilburn Street Easton, Bristol BS5 6AW Tel: 0117 9541409 www.eastoncommunitycentre.org.uk

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From: Lewis Denson Sent: 16 November 2016 20:03 To: neil.burwell@bristol.gov.uk Cc: Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall; Philip Price Subject: UWE Live Project Easton Hi Neil, Lewis here again, we’re the UWE student group looking at green space in Easton and Lawrence Hill.

We’re going to be running an event this weekend in the open space at the intersection of Clark Street and Goodhind street. I’ll put the google maps link here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4622682,2.574365,3a,75y,34.96h,77.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szdAi7v1ONhxifr4p6pWgJw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 As part of this event we will be undertaking a litter pick on the site. I’ve spoken to Celia from Up Our Street, she said that you have organised the collection of the litter after their previous litter picking events. Would you be able to collect ours for us? If so, could you advise us on where to leave the bags?

We were thinking it would probably be best to leave it by the bin in the bottom left of the google maps image that I posted above.

Thanks for your help, Lewis Denson Tyron Tucker Phil Price Tom Southall

From: Community Sent: 22 November 2016 14:40 To: Lewis Denson Subject: RE: UWE students Hi Lewis, Thanks for your message, yes it’s fine to bring the litter pickers in tomorrow instead, thanks for letting us know.

The radio show starts at 2pm, it would be great if you could come five or ten minutes early so I can say hi before the show starts. We’ll do a little intro, I’ll play a tune, and then I’ll spend about ten minutes talking to you. It’s really informal, just like a chat really and you can let us know how the project is going and how people can get involved. No need to prepare too much.

So, you should be free to leave at about 2.20pm, hope that sounds OK? Look forward to seeing you then!

Celia

Celia Davis Community Engagement Officer Up Our Street Please note I don’t work on Thursdays

Direct line: 0117 954 2835 Mobile: 0794 7830 973 Facebook: Up Our Street Twitter: @upourstreet Post: The Beacon Centre, City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH Web: www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk Your contact details will be added to our database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. You will receive mailings from Up Our Street only – we will never pass your details to a third party without your permission. You can unsubscribe at any time by contacting us.

Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management is a charity (1081691) and a company (04023294).

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 22 November 2016 10:41 To: Community <community@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Subject: RE: UWE students

Hi Celia, Really really sorry, I said that I would return the litter picking equipment today but I totally forgot that I have work and can't make it over. Is it okay if I return it tomorrow morning at 9?

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From: Lewis Denson Sent: 16 November 2016 16:14 To: Community Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: RE: UWE students at BCFM Hi Celia, I don’t know if Pat has told you, but we will be needing to borrow your litter picking equipment for this weekend’s event. Do you know when I can pick it up? Also, it was mentioned that you guys have a premade litter picking risk assessment. Could you send that through for me please?

All the best, Lewis Tyron Tom Phil From: Lewis Denson Sent: 16 November 2016 12:00 To: Community Cc: Thomas Southall; Tyron Tucker; Philip Price Subject: RE: UWE students at BCFM Hi Celia, Thanks for mentioning us on the radio! We really appreciate it. Also our colleagues in the sort group say thank you very much for mentioning them too!

All the best, Lewis Tom Phil Tyron ---- Community wrote ---Hi guys, I had quite a lot to talk about last week but have it on my list for this week. Thanks for the reminder, hope to pop along and see you on 19th briefly.

I was at a meeting with the Tidy BS5 campaign group this Saturday and they are potentially interested in using the map of green spaces to help with some of their work. It would be good to chat to you about it!

Celia

Celia Davis Community Engagement Officer

Up Our Street Please note I don’t work on Thursdays

Direct line: 0117 954 2835 Mobile: 0794 7830 973 Facebook: Up Our Street Twitter: @upourstreet Post: The Beacon Centre, City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH Web: www.eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk Your contact details will be added to our database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. You will receive mailings from Up Our Street only – we will never pass your details to a third party without your permission. You can unsubscribe at any time by contacting us.

Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management is a charity (1081691) and a company (04023294).

From: Lewis Denson [mailto:Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk] Sent: 14 November 2016 16:33 To: Community <community@eastonandlawrencehill.org.uk> Cc: Thomas Southall <Thomas2.Southall@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Tyron Tucker <Tyron2.Tucker@live.uwe.ac.uk>; Philip Price <Philip2.Price@live.uwe.ac.uk> Subject: FW: UWE students at BCFM Hi Celia, Did you manage to plug us on your show this week? We listened to the show but didn’t manage to hear anything about us. We would really appreciate it if you could talk briefly about our event this Saturday in Clark Street.

Thanks for your help, All the best, Lewis Tyron Tom Phil From: Lewis Denson Sent: 08 November 2016 16:32 To: Community; engagement Cc: Philip Price; Tyron Tucker; Thomas Southall Subject: RE: UWE students at BCFM Hi Celia, Act on Easton & Lawrence Hill are a student-led group studying Masters of Architecture at University West of England.

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From: Playing Out (Hello) Sent: 22 November 2016 11:14 To: Lewis Denson Cc: Manager Jacobs Subject: Re: UWE Student Project in Easton & Lawrence Hill Hi Lewis Thanks for getting in touch and sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I'm copying in Stacy to this as I don't know if you know that Playing Out is behind the Twinnell House project - I've had a chat with Stacy so she can fill you in to make sure anything you are doing in relation to TH is linked into our project.

In terms of general info about Playing Out activity in the area, the best person to talk to is our local 'area activator' Kate Staniforth <kate.playingout@gmail.com> I hope that helps Best wishes and good luck with your project Alice.

Alice Ferguson Director, Playing Out CIC Tel: 0117 953 7167 Mobile: 07896 957141

http://www.playingout.net My normal work hours are: Monday 9-3, Tuesday 9-3, Wednesday 9-3, Thursday 9-5.

Visit our Facebook page Follow us @PlayingOutCIC

Visit us at: 148 North St, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1HA Playing Out CIC is registered in England and Wales. Company Number 07694294 On 20 Oct 2016, at 13:55, Lewis Denson <Lewis2.Denson@live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:

Dear Gaby, My name is Lewis Denson, I am a masters student in architecture at UWE. I am currently working within a group to map and analyse open spaces in Lawrence Hill and Easton in order to encourage and promote active community participation in under-utilised open spaces.

I was wondering if your organisation is interested in our project, and also what your involvement in Easton and Lawrence Hill currently looks like. I know that there have been instances of Playing Out in the area. Do you have any information on how

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often this happens? We would ideally like to run an event in mid-November to raise awareness about the potential of coming together as a community to change a local space for the better and we would be thrilled if you would like to assist us.

I have attached a brief of our project so far if you are interested in getting involved.

Thank you for your time.

Kind Regards, Lewis Denson lewis2.denson@live.uwe.co.uk 07580705188 http://tinyurl.com/qhhzdql http://lewisdenson.wordpress.com/

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Minutes for Client Meeting ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Meeting Purpose

Attendance: Interim Manager - Up Our Street

UWE Students

Matt Jacobs

Lewis Denson

Architect - Working with Up our Street

Philip Price

George Lovesmith UWE Tutor

03/10/2016

Ann De Graft-Johnson

Thomas Southall Tyron Tucker

DESCRIPTION

05.

Introductions and plan initial tasks

02.

History about ‘Up Our Street’

01 ITEM

01.

Meeting Date:

Areas of Interest

Twinnel Towers -

Space currently being investigated by George Lovesmith

How do people feel about these spaces in relation to the road/area etc

Up Our Street brings people together to effect change in the neighbourhood. It aim to deliver communications

Lawrence Hill Roundabout - Previous interest in site concerning use + ownership

and community development projects that will inspire, inform, and motivate people to action.

Primary use thoroughfare with negative connotations associated with site

Concerns with air quality

Owen Square Park -

The park has suffered from anti-social behaviour

There is high community use and several groups use the sports facilities, but the

fear of crime puts off other potential park users.

Bloy Street -

History of anti-social behaviour

Bloy Square is a formal square located at the junction of Bloy Street and King

Up Our Street has 16 years experience of community engagement work in Easton and Lawrence Hill. Growing from the major area-based regeneration programmes of the early 2000s.

Roots in local residential engagement, civil and political voice and social capital. Intent on giving agency and power to the local community.

Actions and processes backed up by data and research and consultation with the local communities

03.

Questions to ask ourselves about the project

Street.

Issues to consider;

How is the space used in the area?

How to balance the social/cultural/political issues of these spaces?

Degrees of ownership of the space related to the communities?

Systematic gentrification and degradation, leading to the removal of local people.

Sense of ownership with the local residents and how that affects the use of those areas?

Highly diverse communities, resulting in social isolation through the increasingly gentrified area.

Who owns/has the desire to develop these spaces? Investigate active groups/ residents and communities.

Easton - Highest number of street parties in the UK

04.

Brief

Facilitate spaces of interaction and utilise spaces once empowerment of space has been achieved Mapping exercise investigating ownership of the public spaces in Easton and Lawrence Hill Engage with community and residents with a public event/intervention.

Precedents

Projects/Practices brought up and discussed during the meeting to investigate;

Unify into event/intervention that engages the local community.

Architecture 00

Giving responsibility back to the user in their own space.

muf architecture/art

Focus on civil participation - Voice and influence - social capital

Spatial Agency: About

Not simply a paper exercise, looking toward future development and appropriation of intervention/event/project

AAA

in other sites.

Take A Part | Arts project for Plymouth communities [Work with George Lovesmith]

05.

Areas of Interest

06.

Highlighting existing places of interest from the client to investigate. However do not limit your-selves to these parks.

Brook Park -

Local children’s park

Local Discourse between communities.

How is the space used/ interacted with?

Social interaction

07.

Summary -

Explore the area, investigate green spaces and communities within Easton and Lawrence Hill.

Plan of Action

Map and diagram the of areas.

Residential led, Public consultation;

Survey and map the green areas.

Identify issues

Link work to existing research by Up our street Response through intervention in response to issues, research, consultation.

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DESCRIPTION

08.

Resources

Existing research from Up Our Street team Printing and distribution of Flyers Social Media Hand-held polling stations October 17th Neighbourhood Centre - Health - Public meeting 1:00pm PA System Available Participation with local schools Kensington Baptist Church Easton cowboys Contacts BCFM Radio spot (15 Minutes)

09.

Additional Notes

Matt Jacobs leaves Up Our Street in the beginning of November Stacy Yelland will return from maternity leave and take over the position as client Patrycja Pinkowska will be our point of contact

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DESCRIPTION

01.

Meeting Purpose

02 ITEM

Attendance: Community Engagement Officer

UWE Students

Patrycja Pinkowska

Lewis Denson

Community Research Manager

Philip Price

Kuba Jablonowski

Tyron Tucker

28/10/2016

DESCRIPTION

04.

Introductions, update of project and gathering information on resources avaliable to use.

What’s Next?

From here we hope to interact, engage and consult with the local community and residents in the area. We have built a mobile consulatation structure “The Lemonade Stand”.

02.

Introductions

Meeting Date:

Introductions to Patrycja Pinkowska & Kuba Jablonowski

Patrycja Pinkowska & Kuba Jablonowski really liked this the idea of a mobile consulatation unit and suggested looking at a number of times for holding the consulation in order to speak to disverse range of people. Looking

Patrycja is taking over the position as our point of contact in this project. Patrycja is a Community Engagement

to initiate a converesion will residents as well as passers-by.

Officer at Up Our Street. She works with local people to help them come together to solve problems. She is regularly out and about talking to residents to find out what they like or dislike about where they live and what

We have been already been in contact with Sustrans, Bristol Reconnect and Felix Road Adventure Park which

we could do to make Easton and Lawrence Hill a better place.

worked with the BBC. With people looking to help.

Kuba Jablonowski is our new Community Research Manager working part time to develop a coproduced neighbourhood action plan for Easton and Lawrence Hill. He is also a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Exeter, where he works on geographies of democracy, citizenship and migration.

05.

Event

We want to this process to coalesce into a event on the 19th of November. From our initial ideas we were looking

Informationt

at a Harvest Festial, or a games of conkers. But this are dependant on the consulation, and subject to change.

03.

Look to local businesses and comp[any for sponsership and a way of developing funding for equipment and ingedients.

Feedback on

Question about aims and outcome, ambitious. With a lot of thing you want to do. May be hoping to achive too

Brief, Aims and

much. Good to keep aims and goals open. But, remain realistic in terms of your project. Have a certain focus

Outcomes

on the achievable aims. Look at the phasing of the project, with primary objective that we can achieve in the

Up Our Street can get us a spot on the radio to get our name out there, along with a space in the newsletter and

remaining time of the project. Then look at the future objectives and how the project can assit those goals.

advitisement on social media.

What do you mean by ‘bringing a community together’?

06.

Bring attention to a space, throught iniating a event that introduces people into a space that might be disused or

Summary

negleated in order to reinvigerate the place.

Look to gather information and opinions at the consutation in the local area.

Continue to develop ideas and concepts for the public event on the 19th of November.

Contact estabished local groups to promote and help out with our event.

Why did you pick this site?

Have fun and get involved with the local community.

It is an interesting site with the large contrast between the two housing estates separated by Goodhind street.

On top of this we were interested in George Lovesmith’s work at Twinnel Towers looking at the physcological barrier developed by the road. We felt that choosing this site we coud investigate the relationship between the two estates and the possiblity to develop a toolkit that can be used in other projects and spaces.

Who owns and manages this site?

Bristol City Council Up Our Street believe the space to be a really interesting and strong site for an intervention. But, urge us to be realistic in terms of aims and outcomes.

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Meeting Date:

INFORMATION

UWE Students

01

Lawrence Hill Roundabout

SPEAKER

Attendance:

SPEAKER

Lewis Denson Philip Price Thomas Southall 04 / 11 / 16

Tyron Tucker

INFORMATION

01.

Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron

Well I think I would avoid this area (roundabout) in the dark.

Yeah.

Really because of drunks, that’s all Yeah so just for security really as there is no one really overlooking and is there any other areas you have noticed which you think could really do with a spruce up?

Long pause

Tom Tyron

Public interviewee Tyron Tom Public interviewee Tom

Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee

Tom and Tyron Tyron

Public interviewee Tom

Public interviewee Tom Tyron

Public interviewee Tom and Tyron

Public interviewee

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So we are here at the moment.

There is plenty of potential within the area for green spaces which you can see (points to map) of which there is not a lot being utilised.

Yeah, um well as I say, I actually live in Whitehall, I’m just going to the doctors.

Oh ok.

So this area is more for just convenience to pass through?

Yeah.

Would you like to see something done to this particular space? I mean I know you mentioned at night so the area could definitely do with some more lighting.

Uuum.

I mean security wise and things like that.

Tyron Public interviewee Tom and Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tom Tyron Tom

Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom

No, uuum. I don’t think we could do a lot really as it’s just a place people pass through rather than stopping you know.

Yes. It’s used for that purpose at the moment primarily isn’t it

I don’t think there are any benches are there where you can sit down?

No Not really I mean perhaps a few benches Yeah That’s all I could think of

And a few tables.

Yeah.

Oooh Lemonade.

Would you like a glass?

I wouldn’t mind actually yes Oh blimey it’s fizzing up.

Yeah it is Lemonade.

It has just recently been used as a hammer to get some of these pins in but uum yeah are you quite green fingered? Do you tend to garden or do you have an allotment of sorts?

Well since I retired yeah, I’ve really got into gardening.

Ok. I like my little bit of garden Do you get involved in any sort of community projects?

No I don’t because my health is not good.

Oh I see, well we are going to try and see if we can get another community garden of sorts in the area. Do you want to take a leaflet? …..

Tom

So it’s got this map on the back and on the alternative side it’s got some options on how some of the spaces in the area can be used.

Tom

It would be good if you can pass that around to anyone that might be interested. If you’ve got any other opinions, be sure to send them through if possible. Are you sure you don’t want a cake? Are you not tempted?

I suppose…

It’s quite noisy

Somewhere to sit and actually stay here for a bit.

Public interviewee

No, no.

Tom

Tom- Okay.

Public interviewee

Thank you.

Tom

No thank you very much.

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Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron

Public interviewee Tyron

Public interviewee Tyron

Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tom and Tyron Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee

Hi there, would you like a cake?

Yes give me a cake

Tom Public interviewee

Which one would you like?

This one please

Tom

Public interviewee

No problem, what we are basically doing is mapping out the green spaces within the area Ok

Tyron Public interviewee

And trying to get the community together to utilise them and to improve them because a lot of them are community owned.

Ok

Tyron

Public interviewee

So it’s a case of bringing people together to sort of rejuvenate the area, that’s kind of what we are looking to do.

So are you from the area?

Tyron

Because people like yourself enjoy that part Yeah So yeah, we are basically gathering opinions, ideas so that we can protect spaces like this so you can decide about the roundabout as well.

Is there a petition to sign?

So what we are doing, is we have a Facebook group which if I give you one of these leaflets Yeah give me a leaflet.

That’s where you can find all of our information and we are holding a community event in a couple of weeks on the 19th where we are trying to bring people together and reactivate these spaces.

That’s great thank you.

That’s alright, have a great day.

I live in St.Judes Oh St.Judes, ok and what parks would you primarily use green space wise? (Shows map and points to where we are currently located).

Where is this street?

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Public interviewee Lewis

So we are just here at the moment Oh right, we are here. So this is the roundabout?

Public interviewee Tyron

Yeah So you come here, you come here, you come here. I use that one

Public interviewee

oh with the playground Yeah that’s it, that’s what I use

Lewis Public interviewee

So do you just walk through it or do you sit and relax there?

Tyron

I sit and relax

Tom

Right, it’s your quite space

Tyron

No one uses it doesn’t go anywhere.

Well hopefully, if we tell them what to do then they can do it for us.

No, no, no it depends, it depends on (gestures to a backhand money transaction) Backhanders?

I met an ex councillor this morning who was a councillor for 5 years a bit further over (points to a destination) he said ‘the level, the level of corruption in Bristol city council at all levels, he said would amaze you.

Right?

He said if you forced them to, they would do the job for nothing just for the bungs (turns and begins to walk off).

Yeah ok..

Lovely speaking to you anyway.

Thank you.

Yes it’s my quite space Is there anything you can see happening there to improve it? Is there anything you don’t like about it?

Lots of them, they are kids play ground. It’s ok.

It’s pretty good The council are actually looking to move that playground just to here (points at a nearby point on the map) Ok And I think they may be looking to close off this particular part here Ok I’m not too sure why but its things like that which we are trying to avoid Ok

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Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom

Public interviewee Tom

Hello, we are just gathering the public’s opinions Oh ok, can I have a cake Tom- Absolutely, any particular flavour?

I’ll try one of those yellow ones Yep, a yellow one. Do you want to grab that yourself? Basically we are just looking into protecting and improving green spaces in the area.

Yeah sure obviously we are in the Lawrence Hill roundabout space which is here (points at position on the map)

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Public interviewee All Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee

Tyron Public interviewee

Tyron Public interviewee

Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee

Yeah

Public interviewee

Public interviewee

Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee

Public interviewee

But I have to say that I am very, very pleased with Bristol in my experience and I am very happy to stay here.

Yep Do you use any of the spaces?

I use Riverside Park where I do speed walking with some Nepalese women Oh right, is that a community group?

And a little bit of yoga, no its just sort of an arrangement where I got talking to, I used to go through that park regularly.

Tom Tyron Public interviewee

Yeah And at first I did a lot of that kind of things (makes a sniffing drugs gesture) and I found out they were Buddhists.

We started, they invited me to their Tai Chi class which I went to but it was a bit too advanced for me.

Oh ok So I started doing like some…. Speed walking really or whatever you would call it and sort of yoga. Very basic yoga and tai chi type things. So Riverside Park is one of the areas where I feel most comfortable.

That’s good I quite like St.Annes Park or whatever it is called, it’s the other side of Barton Hill Oh yeah I think it’s a really beautiful park Yeah It certainly needs, I’m glad the council spent a lot of money on it and it’s a really good community resource. I’m all for green areas, I’ve lived in different cities and Bristol seems to be the mellowest and friendliest city that I have ever lived in I have to say.

I mean I’ve lived all over the world, I’ve lived all over the UK sorry, and the world a bit and I have to say a lot of people migrate to other cities in the UK but I’ve only ever met two people from Bristol that have migrated and that was because they were in trouble.

So a lot of people stay here who have been brought up here

Tyron

I’ve never had any grief, I’ve had people squaring up to me and stuff but I’ve never been robbed , I’ve never had the piss taken out of me, I’ve never been burgled. When I first moved to Bristol, I lived on the top end of Stapleton Road by the trees back there and everybody I knew that was from Bristol said ‘Don’t go there, it’s the burglary capital of the UK and all that but do you know what I haven’t had any grief what so ever. In fact there is a wonderful sense of community and I lived in St.Wernberg for 7 years and there was a wonderful sense of community there as well. Now I also lived in Redland and now apart from the neighbour I had upstairs, everybody else just ignored me. But this neighbour she was fantastic, I think she has passed away now but she was fantastic.

And we are also looking at this wider area so up until the M32 which includes Riverside Park and George Jones Park as well

You hear that a lot Tyron

Public interviewee

They were in trouble, now that indicated to me that Bristol is quite a nice city. Now I remember coming here when I was younger, my dad came along for the bike show and brought me along but I was in a position where it was like, do you want to go to Bristol? And this was 17 years ago and I said ‘yeah’. I’ve stayed ever since, apart from a little brief period where I lived in Highbridge and Burnham-on-sea that kind of way, North Somerset.

That was simply because I got involved with a girl who was from that area.

Oh right But aside from that, that was only about a two year break but aside from that I’ve been in Bristol all the time.

Yep It’s been up and down I’ll be honest with you, and Bristol sometimes gets on my nerves. I don’t like the cyclists, they are brutal. They are absolutely obsessed and the amount of gyp I’ve had from them early in the morning.

But aside from that, yeah Bristol is cool.

Yes I am all for green areas, I think they need to be protected. I think it’s great that children can access them, because I think that part of growing up is to be in spaces, wide open spaces and be able to play. To play safely and that is the way that children develop their social skills.

Yes that’s right

Tyron Public interviewee Tyron

Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tome Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tyron Tom Public interviewee

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Yeah

So anybody that promotes this, I’ve got a lot of time for.

We will give you a leaflet as well as in a couple of weeks we will be putting on an event where we will be looking to bring the community together for a one day event. All of the information is just on there (points to leaflet).

Well I currently live in the top end of Montpelier/Ashley Hill/St. Paul’s, that kind of border area Ok But I would certainly be interested because you know Easton is a very nice part of the world Well we are holding it in this part here (points at map) on Goodhind Street.

Oh I know, yes So very close to Riverside Park, we are going to have some food and activities What time were you thinking of doing that and which day?

It’s going to be on the 19th of November at about Midday Midday in Goodhind Street Yeah that’s right What are your guy’s names by the way?

We are called Act on Easton and Lawrence Hill, so Act On. Ok, Act so I will keep an eye out for you guys Brilliant My names Martin Nice to meet you Martin (shakes hand) It’s been very nice to meet you Nice to meet you too Thank you for giving your opinions, that’s great All the best to you It’s been lovely speaking to you, take care.

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Public interviewee

Lewis

Public interviewee Lewis Public interviewee Lewis

Tom

Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Tom

Public interviewee

Tyron Public interviewee Tom Public interviewee Lewis Public interviewee

Lewis Public interviewee

Green spaces are great for your internal journey and nature is a big part of that you know, and there is St. Georges Park which I imagine is around this area and I believe Netton Park haven’t we?

This is a bit far from here, I mean we are sort of looking at this area so Lawrence Hill and we are here at the moment (points at map). So we are looking at this sort of area, we’ve got Riverside Park which is quite good but it’s a bit of a thoroughfare.

Where is that?

There is the M32 (Points at map) Oh yes down here, you hardly know it’s there really Yeah and we have got this park here which is near the Stapleton Road but other than that it’s a bit sort of That’s right There is lots of little patches like these ones here (Points at Goodhind Street on the map) old playgrounds which is just a disused patch and these are publicly owned as well.

Oh are they

Tom All

Yes, yes, yes We are just looking to breathe some new life into these places so that people who actually live here and come here I think one of the other things just off the top of my head now is there is so many different cultures around here and they must have something to bring to this in the sense… you know, like the Somali communities here (points at map of Easton) and the Asian community and all that, you know. It’s some way of trying to bring them alive where they will take an interest and say ‘can we get trees that are planted over there or’ isn’t it you know haha You’ve hit the nail on the head really, that’s what we are looking to try and achieve.

No, no. I live… I, I just usually walk up church road. The only thing is isn’t there a cycle way somewhere as well?

It’s along here (points at map) and we have the Bristol and Bath cycle path

I think if you can get into the cultural side of it and the other thing is linking up with schools really to take kiddies out to come here, so they can actually go and spend some time in there you know. Of course the other people who would probably like it are elderly people around my age really who just want space. There is a lot of different homes around you know.

What sort of activities would you suggest for those areas as we are trying to get that demographic It’s hard, I wouldn’t really know as I think on Troopers Hill now they have just put up a thing for children with all these swings and stuff but they just got a big grant for that.

Public interviewee

By the way there are grants going, I don’t know whether you know but they got a huge grant with the partnership things. Something like I may be wrong here but they raised around £70,000 but they got £20,000 from that and if you ever want to wander down there and you want to see the thing you can try to find out where they got the money from you know but it’s quite hard to know. Particularly with our weather system.

Laugh

Public interviewee

It’s the summertime really isn’t it, have you got a thing

Tyron

Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee Tom

Public interviewee Tom

Tyron

Yeah we have a leaflet, so this is the green space mapping and this is a leaflet about an event we are holding in a couple of weeks on Saturday the 19th.

It’s the 19th is it?

Yes Yes, I should be back by then.

So that will be happening on Goodhind Street, so where these spaces are (points on map). They are actually quite big, we just want to show that they can actually be used for something and actually bring cultures together like you were saying.

Sure This leaflet has a map of the area and what they can be used for.

Is this your e-mail?

Yes that is the e-mail (points at leaflet information)

Public interviewee

I will be able to contact you there

Public interviewee

Oh UWE, I was in charge of a volunteering group there up until 6 years ago, that was probably before your time.

Tyron

Public interviewee Tyron Public interviewee

That’s right it’s further around there. I just wondered because sometimes I wonder if it could be quite nice to disappear into that.

Yes

We can try, we can get a grant for that

If you could do that by Christmas

This is an oasis you want to achieve really Is there anywhere in particular in this area you use (Lawrence Hill Roundabout).

If they can change the weather

Public interviewee

These are just so underutilised really

Tyron

All

Public interviewee

Lewis Public interviewee Lewis Public interviewee

All Public interviewee

We are looking to try and actually get volunteers involved in the project we are looking to do as well, where would you start in terms of getting volunteers and bringing people in?

Well that’s, do you mean volunteers from here? (Easton and Lawrence Hill) Yeah The only place… I don’t know really. It’s trying to find the community centres which are here, you know from the different cultures. Also I think the Polish community is very, very active. You know I mean work wise, their families are here. They are very big in the area, in some ways there must be community centres linked up with that and up in, do you know the Sikh community it used to be a school?

The gurdwara The school, the red building Yes I know Now the Sikhs are brilliant, if you go to that building at any time of day you can get a meal they are very good and they look after their own culture. We have lost that in many ways in the UK with social mobility but a lot of these communities look after each other but it’s trying to kind of, go there and try and even have a one off meeting which they might not mind doing or coming to you know. Rather than say volunteer and they say ‘I haven’t got time’ you know.

Laugh The other thing for younger people, particularly for volunteering is how it can help you with your work thing, you know put it on your CV.

Laugh

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Tyron

Yeah, I think you are right actually. We did a volunteering event recently and that seemed to be why a lot of people were there as well.

Public interviewee

Yes well it is quite hard to make a commitment you see, I think if you just have one off events and you say ‘we want people to come for this day as we are building something there, they may come and do that as a one off thing as the way with society is we are so, so busy. We kind of don’t have time really.

The other thing really is if you want something philosophical, is rebuilding community again. I mean we have lost it, all the structures have gone, and we don’t have that whole thing about support for each other. So all of our organisations are collapsing really, you know whether it’s the health authority or just kind of peoples marriages not lasting, we’ve lost that support system. That’s a bit of ideology behind it, how can we get particularly the non-ethnic minority communities involved.

Public interviewee

Listen, I must go but I will get in touch with you on this. What are your names?

Tom Lewis

Lewis

Tyron

And I’m Tyron but we will look forward to meeting you again

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I’m Tom

Yes I’m Ray by the way Nice to meet you Ray So what is your next event then, is it on the 19th did you say?

So we are going to be around in this area over the weekend as well to speak to more people.

Oh right We do then have an event as we said on the 19th which will be on Goodhind Street which is on that map as well.

I will try and come along, if not I will keep in touch with you That will be brilliant It’s lovely to have met you all It was lovely to meet you too, thanks for taking the time to stop and chat to us I wish you all the success, goodbye Thank you.

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Risk Assessments DATE DESTINATION

03/10-19/11 Easton/Lawrence Hill

Faculty of Environment and Technology

Risk Factors Staff must analyse the activities that are planned for the field trip and add any additional risks as identified. This is not an exhaustive list.

Risk Assessment for Day and Residential field trips

Programme(s) and Year Group attending trip

Introduction

MArch live project year one 2016………................................

You can never guarantee that you will be safe from an accident: however, a good safety framework should increase your chances! A good safety framework avoids the more obvious type of accident. Provided that given operations or tasks are carried out in a specific way, at a specific location, i.e. a known environment where the risks have been largely assessed, and it is thought unlikely that an accident can reasonably happen, all should be well. However, for all sorts of reasons, often educational, sometimes operations have to be carried out in nonideal environments. This type of situation increases the risk of an accident, but a good safety framework will act to minimise the risks in these non-ideal environments. Both for reasons of common sense, and now under law (The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated regulations) all of us in any situation must assess the risk(s) involved and take the necessary precautions to eliminate or reduce those risk(s).

Risk Assessment Risk Assessment identifies risks and modifies the standard framework of operations to minimise them. It is really about thinking ahead carefully about the activities to be undertaken.

The first stage in the process of Risk Assessment is to decide whether the proposed operation or procedure is actually essential, and what are the relative safety implications for possible alternatives e.g. it really necessary to climb to the top of the exposure (with all the associated hazards) to study geological folding, or could it be seen just as well from the bottom?

Date/s of trip .....03/10-19/11.............................................................................................

Destination .......Various Locations Easton & Lawrence Hill.................................................

Organisation Description of intended activities: The location being visited and the type of field work being carried out Provide a detailed day to day programme of activities: A provisional programme will suffice at the Risk Assessment stage.

Detailed programme should be provided closer to the date of the Field Trip.

The next stage is to assess the operation of interest. What should be assessed depends upon the nature of the work. The basic process of risk assessment has six steps: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Look for and identify hazards Decide who might be harmed and how Evaluate the risks arising from the hazard and decide whether existing precautions are adequate or more should be done. Record your findings.

Review your assessment and revise if necessary What would happen if it went wrong?

Having done this, is the operation still justified or are there safer equivalent alternatives.

These questions are incorporated into a recorded assessment carried out by a competent person (this is required by law). The person can be a specifically trained assessor or somebody with the necessary technical and experiential knowledge of the area of work being assessed. The risk assessment must be done before the field trip commences.

Checklist for Identification and Mitigation of Risk Factors (Risk Assessment)

Name of Field Trip Leader Transport arrangements: How will staff and students travel between Bristol and the destination? Provide details of transport provider. For residential visits, what transport arrangements are organised during the stay?

DETAILS/ACTION TAKEN Hands on making workshops and public engagement in collaboration with Up Our Street 03.10 Introduction of Brief/ first meeting with client 07.10 Group analysis of Green Space in the area 10.10 Used analysis to devise the brief that shaped the project 13.10 Visit to sustrans community consultation in Easton 21.10 Volunteered to improve two open spaces in Easton for the BBC 28.10 Second meeting with Up Our Street for feedback of Brief 04.11 First lemonade stand consultation over three spaces in Easton 06.11 Second consultation based only in Goodhind Street 19.11 Community event in Goodhind Street 21.11 Final Studio Presentation 09.12 Final interview with Up Our Street Rachel Sara Independent travel within Bristol

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Accommodation for residential trips: N/A Describe the arrangements – type of accommodation eg. hotel/hostel; where will staff be accommodated - separately or in the same accommodation as students?

Experience and qualifications of leader and other staff with regards to the activities being undertaken: Details of field trip experience and first aid competence

Over 10 years experience running field trips and pubic engagement activities

Maximum/minimum group size: For a site is there a maximum safe group size? For independent student group work is there a minimum group number?

Staff student ratio: Approximately how many students will attend? Does the staffing of the field trip meet the Faculty staff student ratio of 1:20?

Provide names of staff who will be present during the Field Trip: If known at Risk Assessment Stage Language difficulties: If this is a foreign trip do any of the staff speak the local language? Provide details Emergency communications: Is a mobile phone being taken?

Provide mobile phone number(s) : If known at Risk Assessment stage

Groups working size 4 students. All will have been inducted in safe working with hand tools.

Security for party and their equipment: Has the safety of the party and their equipment been assessed during transportation, at the accommodation and whilst working in the field?

Other

4 students working independently

Rachel Sara Sally Daniels, Matthew Jones, Ann de Graft-Johnson N/A

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Travel in Bristol only – not necessary

Staff no issues Students – no issues

N/A

n/a

Physical DETAILS/ACTION TAKEN

Yes Rachel Sara: 07955033307 Matthew Jones: 07740145400 Sally Daniels: 07812679672 Hand tools will be borrowed from UWE workshops. All are regularly checked by technical staff.

Public engagement will be in groups as part of a larger project.

Medical Availability of medical care/emergency services: Have the medical facilities/emergency services for the field trip location been identified and the

relevant contact information noted? Provide details Medical requirements of group members: Have all student medical requirements been identified? All medical questionnaires to be issued and completed. Questionnaire details to be analysed and noted where appropriate The physical and mental well being of all party members: Are there any issues affecting staff or students? For example, physical or mental conditions affecting individuals.

Contact with any animals where there is a risk of attack or biting? Possibility that there may be contact with animals which may cause infection in humans – rats & Weil’s disease; deer & Lymes disease?

Other

DETAILS/ACTION TAKEN All Bristol. Local knowledge.

The nature of the terrain/site: Will the terrain/site in which the party is working constitute any risks?

Does the site contain any hazards such as machinery, equipment, chemicals etc?

Climate scenarios: Is there any concern about the weather conditions?

Tide tables: Have tide tables been checked?

Does the site present any access problems and possible risks?

River states: Are the rivers likely to be safe to work in?

The taking or handling of specimens: Are any specimens likely to cause injury?

The possibility of encounters with wild or dangerous animals: Contact with aggressive farm or domestic animals?

Other

No

No No N/A

N/A N/A No

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Legal Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and/or safety clothing and equipment: Have the students been given clear details of what they should bring? Are they provided with necessary safety clothing, footwear, hard hats, high ‘vis’ vest. and equipment?

Relevant legislation UK/EC/other: Is there any relevant legislation applicable to the field trip activity?

Overseas Insurance cover: All staff and students are covered by the University Travel insurance policy. Limited personal accident protection is provided under UWE’s block travel insurance policy. Cover applies to claims where there is legal liability and not to accidents which are noone’s fault. It is recommended that students be advised to consider taking out additional personal insurance to cover loss or injury.

Have students been advised to take out additional travel insurance for the duration of the trip?

ACTION TAKEN Students will be briefed about safe working with hand tools and asked to assess their own risks.

Each team will have a nominated safe working representative.

N/A N/A

Other

When all items have been fully considered and information provided together with remedial action noted, Field Trip Leaders should sign off below and attach to the Field Trip proposal form and pass to the FET Finance Office.

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Field Trip Leader

13th September 2016_____________________

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Risk Assessment: Event

Health and Safety Briefing before litter pick 19th November, 12:00 Clark Street Open Space Is clothing and footwear suitable?  Sturdy shoes  Trousers or long dress preferable  If exposed skin stay out of overgrowth Equipment  Demonstrate litter pickers  Invite all to select gloves  Hi vis vests  Bags – cans, glass (not broken), plastic, general rubbish.  Collection point  Reporting procedures Wellbeing  First aid kit will stay by collection point  Stay hydrated Tea Point)  No Toilets on site  If you get uncomfortable just let me know, space to rest Hazardous items  Dog faeces – do have bags to clear up but this is optional  Sex and drug litter – stay away – needs reporting  Items to avoid: needles, glass, condoms, drugs, sharp metal and other sharp items  Unrecognized liquids which could be corrosive Large items / flytipping  Let me know and we’ll report it – take a photo if possible Go through risk assessment  Be aware of other users of the park  Clean hands after the litter pick / before eating  Stepping in faeces – clean skin asap

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Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management Health and Safety Risk Assessment Event: Litter pick event

Date of risk assessment: 18th November 2016

Date of event Saturday 19th November, 12:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 17:00

Name of assessor:

Location of event: Clark Street Open Space

Signature: Lewis Denson

Key Precautions

Staff Responsibilities

1.

paid staff attending from other organisations

n/a

2.

Fully briefed residents and students

Lewis Denson

3.

Qualified first aider

Phil Price

4. Public liability insurance in place

n/a

5.

Lewis Denson

List of emergency contact numbers to give to residents

Lewis Denson

Rating â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is the evaluation of potential for harm to be realised. To determine the risk rating look at the likelihood and the severity of the outcome if the hazard is realised. Assign the rating high, medium or low using the matrix (e.g. where severity is death and likelihood is possible then the risk is high)

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Likely

Possible

Remote

Severe

H

H

M

Serious

H

M

M

Minor

M

M

L

None

L

L

L

Residual Activity

Hazard or risk

Who

Existing controls or

does it

precautions

Rating

Additional precautions for the event

Risk Rating

affect?

Hazardous litter (e.g.

Litter picking

All

sex and drug litter,

Site regularly cleaned

by Bristol City Council

M

Briefing to volunteers instructing them not to touch hazardous material and to inform a member of staff.

glass, dog mess)

Gloves issued to staff and volunteers.

causes injury or illness.

Check site on the day; staff to be given emergency phone numbers of who to call to collect syringes. A first aider will be on site throughout event.

Staff and volunteers to use alcohol gel after the event and advise to wash hands thoroughly as soon as facilities are available.

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PCSOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invited who have had training to dispose of this waste People stepping in

All

Site regularly cleaned

M

Staff will brief volunteers of risks.

M

M

Gloves available in adult and child sizes. Litter pickers

L

by Bristol City Council

dog faeces, children touching it catching disease.

Handling of waste

All

Site regularly cleaned

by BCC

with chance of disease

available in adult and child sizes. All participants to use this safety equipment and wash hands after the

transfer

event and definitely before eating.

Bad weather causing

All

Check weather

M

Wet weather contingency plan, event cancelled if risk

injury from slippery

forecast prior to the

too high.

surfaces.

event

Staff and volunteers briefed before to ensure they are

L

wearing appropriate clothing for the activity.

Aggression or

All

Staff trained

L

Staff to brief volunteers before event and to have

interference from

contacts for local PCSOs. In event of difficult

members of the

behaviour dial 999.

public.

Vulnerable adults and children to be accompanied by

L

qualified staff All

Path wide and cyclists

Litter picking on

Collision with cyclists,

road

cars or other

should give way to

pedestrians on

pedestrians

M

Hi vis jackets to improve visibility

L

congested route

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Initial Brief Introduction to the Client

Vision Statement

Mission Statement To engage, encourage and empower the community to unite and shape their own environment.

UP OUR STREET Up Our Street is a resident-led community organisation for the neighbourhoods of Easton and Lawrence Hill. They were formed from an amalgamation of two former resident-led groups; Community at Heart for Lawrence Hill, and Easton Neighbourhood Partnership. Up Our Street was established to unite people in communities to make relevant changes to their own streets for the good of all.

Their focus is on celebrating diversity, energising and informing people and inspiring positive change.

Up Our Street publishes regular newsletters, magazines and correspondence to inform residents about their area as well as holding monthly neighbourhood forums on behalf of The Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Partnership to listen to views on a range of topics.

The organisation is made up of a majority of Easton and Lawrence Hill residents, and consists of a multi-lingual, diverse team of community experts, specialist researchers, adept communicators and passionate citizens.

They are a registered charity, relying on donations and applying for grants for funding.

Up Our Street Vision Statement* A diverse and independent community of people inspired to create change.

Up Our Street Mission Statement*

Aims

To inform and inspire a diverse community of people to take an active role in their neighbourhood.

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Up Our Street approached us in October 2016 with a vision to collaborate on a live project. The idea for a project stemmed from an exercise undertaken by the organisation with architect George Lovesmith where they explored a piece of urban space surrounding Twinnell House on Stapleton Road. The conversation with residents centred around the idea of ownership and to what extent they felt like they ‘owned’ the space. Alongside research currently being undertaken by Up Our Street, our challenge is to explore this concept of ownership in the open spaces of Lawrence Hill and Easton. We need to determine who owns the space, who is responsible for it, and who can effect changes upon it; mapping the shape of the community and its existing role in implementing change along the way. Much of the ‘power,’ it is argued, lies with the residents themselves, who can come together to put pressure on owners to implement changes that benefit everyone. The project is to engage the community, to provide an opportunity to inspire citizens to bring delight and pride to their immediate surroundings.

Lawrence Hill and Easton is a well-loved patchwork quilt. It is diverse, with different coloured and patterned patches that are tightly threaded. It does, however, have some tears that need stitching together and holes that need patching over.

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Creating spaces of inclusivity to promote social cohesion Looking to change the current attitude of disempowerment Seeking to gain wider association as a means of enabling the community Engaging the community with wider issues Furthering social capital and skills exchange of assets Bringing local wellbeing to the forefront Creating points of public outreach Formulating a green chain strategy of public spaces Generating a lasting connection between people and place

Providing a document cataloguing current ownership/engagement with space and the opportunities for re-appropriation Creating a change of perspective with regards to public space Using the precedent of small scale change as a framework for wider development Beginning to generate a slow weave of action in utilising public spaces within the community Generating a network of spaces, orchestrating interaction within the wider communities of Easton and Lawrence Hill Facilitating a trajectory in which the cultural identity and needs of the wider community can be established

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Site Location Introduction to the Design Team We are first year Masters of Architecture students from University West of England.

Tyron Tucker Philip Price Thomas Southall Lewis Denson

We will look to work within a micro scale, utilising one space as an example of small scale change.

Goodhind Street offers a potential avenue for further study, the unutilised open space forms a buffer between the modernist low and medium rise housing adjacent to busy vehicular road networks. With a series of green spaces integrated within a housing estate, an opportunity presents itself in which this core pedestrian/cycle circulation space can become a point of interest and engagement to the immediate and wider community.

Timeline Developed Briefs: 17th October Public Consultation: 18th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 25th October Draft Design Reports: 03rd November Final Design Reports: 21st November Client Presentations: 28th November Securing Funding + Furthering Masterplan: 29th Onwards

Role Statement We are looking to create a masterplan development framework in which the unutilised spaces of Lawrence Hill and Easton can be used to fulfil the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambitions and further their own autonomy. A framework will be created detailing current levels of ownership/usage by differing demographics within the area and highlight potential sites for spatial re-appropriation. In doing so we will seek to further current knowledge of ownership within the area as a means of reclaiming public space and utilising through resident ownership a change in perception of public space.

Our role in identifying areas of ownership is to assess the viability for creating development and change, ultimately becoming spatial agents in utilising existing space. The process of participatory development and social enablement will ultimately produce a space which is community owned through co-production, supported within a framework of research. An event will be created looking to facilitate an open forum in which local parties can engage and build long term connections creating further involvement and community resilience.

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Initial Actor Network Diagram

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Early Leaflet Drafts

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lewis Timesheet Time Sheet Live Project 2016 Project Student name Year Month Day Date

2016

Total

September Th F 1 2

S 3

S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

Th F 8 9

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours Month Day Date

0

October S 1

S 2

M 3

Tu W 4 5

Th F 6 7

Hours

5

8

5

4

9

Month Day Date

November Tu W 1 2

Th F 3 4

S 5

S 6

M 7

Tu W 8 9

Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours

8

8

6

7

8

7

Month Day Date

December Th F 1 2

S 3

9

S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

S 8

S 9

M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5.5 7

7

Th F 8 9

8

7

7

7

5

2

6

8

7

8

7

5

8

8

6

2

5

8

131

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Hours

0

Grand total

231

86.5

217.5

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Phil Timesheets Time Sheet Live Project 2016 Project Student name Year Month Day Date

Philip Price

2016

Total

September Th F 1 2

S 3

S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

Th F 8 9

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours Month Day Date

0

October S 1

S 2

M 3

Tu W 4 5

Th F 6 7

Hours

5

8

5

4

9

Month Day Date

November Tu W 1 2

Th F 3 4

S 5

S 6

M 7

Tu W 8 9

Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours

8

8

9

7

6

7

8

7

Month Day Date

December S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

5

Th F 1 2

S 3

S 8

S 9

M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5.5 7

7

Th F 8 9

8

8

7

7

7

7

5

2

5

6

8

7

8

7

5

8

8

6

2

5

7

7

5

8

108.5

160

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Hours

0

Grand total

268.5

232

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Tom Timesheet Time Sheet Live Project 2016 Project Student name Year Month Day Date

Thomas Southall

2016

Total

September Th F 1 2

S 3

S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

Th F 8 9

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours Month Day Date

0

October S 1

S 2

M 3

Tu W 4 5

Th F 6 7

Hours

5

8

5

4

9

Month Day Date

November Tu W 1 2

Th F 3 4

S 5

S 6

M 7

Tu W 8 9

Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours

8

8

9

7

6

7

8

7

Month Day Date

December S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

5

Th F 1 2

S 3

S 8

S 9

M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5.5 7

7

Th F 8 9

8

8

7

7

7

7

5

2

5

6

8

7

8

7

5

8

8

6

2

5

7

7

5

8

160

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Hours

0

Grand total

233

108.5

268.5

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Tyron Timesheet Time Sheet Live Project 2016 Project Student name Year Month Day Date

Tyron Tucker

2016

Total

September Th F 1 2

S 3

S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

Th F 8 9

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours Month Day Date

0

October S 1

S 2

M 3

Tu W 4 5

Th F 6 7

Hours

5

8

5

4

9

Month Day Date

November Tu W 1 2

Th F 3 4

S 5

S 6

M 7

Tu W 8 9

Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Hours

8

8

9

7

6

7

8

7

Month Day Date

December S 4

M 5

Tu W 6 7

5

Th F 1 2

S 3

S 8

S 9

M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5.5 7

7

Th F 8 9

8

8

7

7

7

7

5

2

5

6

8

7

8

7

5

8

8

6

2

5

7

7

5

8

108.5

160

S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S S M Tu W Th F S 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Hours

0

Grand total

268.5

234

235

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