Advance news that another Play Street is being planned for the Groves this summer. It will be on Upper West Grove on Wednesday August 28 from 1:30 to 3:30pm. Please let everyone know. All are welcome and residents are again invited to bring food and/or soft drinks for one of our Bring & Share Picnics. More details to follow about this and also ANOTHER Play Street on a different Grove on Monday August 19.
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Thanks everyone who helped with our Community Litter Pick on Saturday morning - including all three of our Councillors - the photos shows just some of who came. Our streets are looking much better 👍 ...but unfortunately we know the litter will return. Which is why it is important to keep on top of this issue and add Education, Prevention and Deterrence to Picking up. We have been promised more visits to the Groves from the Council fly-tipping and compliance teams who will analyze dumped rubbish for evidence of source and issue fines - like the £701 fine given recently to a resident here. Our next Groves litter-pick will be on Saturday 25 May from 11am to 12:30pm. We will be based as before at the Manchester Student Accommodation office at the corner of Upper West Grove and North Grove. Bags, gloves and pickers will be provided. Thanks to MSA, the Council and Hello Student for support. This is an opportunity to do something positive for our community and get to know each other better. 'Better to light a candle than curse the darkness'! Unfortunately it has not been possible to organise the simultaneous collection of large items this time (due to some red tape), but we hope that this will be possible on a future litter pick. Thanks everyone who came and helped with our latest litter-pick yesterday morning, Groves residents and some of the team from Victoria Point. We collected 42 bags of litter. Thanks also to 'Hello Student' for providing refreshments and prizes. Our next Groves litter-pick and general tidy up will be on Saturday 9 March from 11am to 12:30pm. We will be based at the Manchester Student Accommodation office at the corner of Upper West Grove and North Grove. Bags, gloves and pickers will be provided and Hello Student, our new neighbours at Victoria Point will be there (come and say hello) and bringing refreshments and litter-hero prizes for children who join in and pick the most litter. This will be part of the 2024 Great British Spring Clean organised by Keep Britain Tidy and Biffa will collect the bags we fill. The Groves could do with a tidy up. We are looking at a Saturday morning in the second half of March to do one of our litter-picks, hopefully with a new partner organisation and some refreshments and treats. As always, everyone welcome to join in and help make our streets and alleys look good again. More details here soon. Upper West Grove was closed to traffic yesterday afternoon to make it an Active Play Street. We had crafts ℅ Georgina and Gulnar, lots of games brought by Manchester Active, stalls by Biffa and the Council, treats from Moss Care Housing, and lots of people brought lovely food. As one chalked comment on the road said: "Best Day Ever". Thanks everyone (including all 3 of our Councillors). And thanks everyone who came early to pick up litter and help set up. Two years ago we turned Upper West Grove into a Play Street for an afternoon. Remember? We're doing it again! This Wednesday afernoon,* August 30, Upper West Grove will be closed to cars, and between 1:30 and 3:30 it will be time to play, chat and have fun and food. Manchester Active will bring in loads of games, there will be craft activities and we are asking neighbours to bring food and soft drinks to share. And a seat if you want to sit down.
*Please note: Between 1 and 4pm vehicles will be unable to enter or park on Upper West Grove. If you park your car on Upper West Grove you will need to move it elsewhere between those times. Thank you. We have arranged a Residents' Meeting with our Councillors and Council Officers to discuss the ongoing issue of fly-tipping and dumping in the Groves. Local Housing Providers will also be represented. It will be on Thursday August 3, 3-5pm at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House on Plymouth Grove (not a free room hire - though discounted - such is our determination to see action being taken on this blight on our community!) The number of residents who attend will in itself be an indication of how serious we are about this issue. If we want to make an impact we must Turn Up in person! As some of this problem is down to students and their landlords we have also invited Manchester Student Homes and MCR Move (agents for the property where this recent dumping originated) to send representatives. |
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