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The Grahame Park

Working together for a better community

The Grahame Park

The Action Plan has already begun and there are lots of activities for everyone to get involved in to make the vision for Grahame Park a reality! These include:

What is it?The Grahame Park Action Plan aims to help you get involved with your community and help make it a better place for you to live. It will coordinate activities in Grahame Park and provide you with the best services and opportunities.

Local groups and organisations have created this new action plan, our vision is to create:

Our action plan for you and your community

Skills, employment and enterprise Give you opportunities to develop your skills and have access to training and advice that will provide you with routes into employment

Communications and information Keep you well-informed of all the opportunities, services and activities available for you

Community safety Ensure neighbourhood safety by preventing crime and anti-social behaviour

Public spaces and community facilities

Create popular and well used parks, play areas and a new community centre

Community engagement and cohesion Engage you in making decisions about developing and creating opportunities for everyone

Health and wellbeing Improve your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing by making sure you have access to support and advice

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A strong, thriving and prosperous community where different people come together, feel safe happy and proud to live.

We are doing this by focusing on the key areas you have told us are important to you, some of which were:

Build a place for activitiesMore training opportunities and courses for people who are on benefits or not in education.

A safer community.

More activities for children especially during the holidays, ie. Brownies club, a park, games.

More activities for women such as sewing, sports, cooking, training opportunities.

What is happening in Grahame Park and how you can get involved!

Success stories

“Thanks to Mike and the Work Club I am now doing a job that really satisfies me”Amanda, Grahame Park resident

Tiger-Lily holding up the beautiful drawing she created at the Wednesdays

Youth Focus Group Session

• An employment and training programme

• A work club• Youth focus group • Community events• Volunteering opportunities• Adult learning and accredited classes.

 

• Fundraising for projects using the small grants programme • Weekly activities for young people such as sports clubs, youth

clubs, homework clubs, music lessons and games• Health and wellbeing services • A Facebook page for residents • Exhibitions, surgeries, forums and design consultations

Contact us for more information

 

Have your say... We want your comments!

What will make Grahame Park even better for you?

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Please send your completed entry to: 20, The Concourse, Colindale, NW9 5XA

Call:Genesis on 020 8359 2932

Email:katie.dejoux@genesisha.org.uk

Look on the Genesis website:www.genesisha.org.uk/regeneration/grahame_park/thriving_community.aspx

Look at the Grahame Park Facebook page:www.facebook.com/pages/Grahame-Park/162161681212

Look out for our quarterly calendar!

The Wright Trust