The Day was organised by Morley Housing Officers and included Housing Officers, Community Payback Team supported by the Probation Service and Cllrs Kidger, Elliott and Finnigan. The day allowed the team to tidy up the park with a litter pick across the area and also allowed the flower beds of the Memorial Gardens (one to Sarah Harper who lived near the Park) to be cleared up after they became overgrown. The delight of such an action day is that Councillors can get out of meetings and into local parks where they meet residents and hear what they have to say. It also allows us to literaly get our hands dirty and to work directly and practically on improving facilities for local residents.
One of the issues raised with us was they lack of a children’s playground at Lewisham Park. It has stuff for older children to do – such as a Multi-Use Games Area (or MUGA as they are called) but no swings or a roundabout for smaller children. We had identified some finance that might be available towards the end of this year or beginning of next which might help finance one. More news when we firm up the proposal.
