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BROUGHSHANE

ALI67 — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:58:28 GMT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN........MY COMMUNITY GROUP HAS WON THE BRITAIN IN BLOOM AWARD MANY TIMES.THE RESULTS OF THIS HAS PROVED TO BE DEVASTATING.THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE OF INFLATED HOUSE PRICES AND THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO CONTINUAL DEVELOPEMENT WITH MOST HOUSES BEING BOUGHT BY PEOPLE WHO COMMUTE AND CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO THE VILLAGE.EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THE COMMITTEE DO NOT LIVE IN THE VILLAGE AND JUST SEEM TO BE HUNTING FOR THE GLORY OF THE AWARD.THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY LOST.

WE HAVE BEEN SUJECTED TO CONTINUAL ROADWORKS BECAUSE THE VILLAGE WOULD GET MORE POINTS IF THERE WERE NO OVERHEAD WIRES.THIS HAS RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF BUSINESSES......SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 50 PERCENT......THE KNOCK ON EFFECT OF THIS IS STAFF REDUNDANCIES....FAMILIES HAVING TO RELY ON THE STATE, AND AT THIS TIME OF RECESSION IT IS PARTICULARY GALLING TO BE CLAIMING BENEFITS WHEN THE COUNCIL ARE SPENDING MONEY....(£9000.00 IN ONE INSTANT ON UPSIDE DOWN TREES.....YES THAT IS ACTUALLY TRUE) ON FLOWERS AND THINGS WHICH ARE REALLY DAMAGING TO THE COMMUNITY.

I REALISE THAT THIS IS NOT THE AIM OF THE BRITAIN IN BLOOM AWARD SYSTEM BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.

Coleshill in Bloom new website

MikeB — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:32:19 GMT

We've just started a website for Coleshill in Bloom.

Please could some of you look at it and post any comments or suggestions?

It only started on Sunday 6th July 2008, so we are in our early days!

www.coleshillinbloom.org.uk

Thanks, in anticipation!

Neighbourhood Award Scheme

GALS — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:36:53 GMT

I was just hoping that someone out there could help us with the many queries we have. We have just started (since Oct) clearing and replanting an area of a local park owned by the District Council. We have tried to involve local residents associations, who have done wonders with litter picking and graffitti clearing, but the area we are working on has health and safety risks as it is very steep, so there are large sectors of the community who can't help because it's not physically possible for them to do so (the elderly and children) We have a blog to tell everyone what we're doing and to ask for plant donations etc but I would like to know if anyone has suggestions about how can we involve them more? [url=http://www.downinthedell.blogspot.com]http://www.downinthedell.blogspot.com[/url] Also the slope is south facing and under trees. There is no water on site. We have huge problems with bindweed and planting through a maze of tree roots. Any helpful suggestions for making life easier? The plants (shrubs and herbacious perennials) we have chosen will hopefully cope reasonably well with the above conditions, but we would love to add a splash of bedding colour for July. Any suggestions for things that might survive a once weekly watering?