A Newsletter from the Huyton Environment Round Table (HEaRT)
Issue No 4- Spring 20001
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Welcome to the third newsletter of the Huyton Environment Round Table (HEaRT). The group was formed to bring together members of the community and professionals who are concerned with environmental issues in Huyton. In this our third issue we hope to involve and inform you, our partners, of what is happening and how you can become involved in making the environment in Huyton a better place for all of us to live and work.
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Our newsletter provides an opportunity for you to tell us about
how you might be doing your bit to improve Huyton’s environment.
It might be what you have done in your own home, your garden or with your
community group. HEaRT is what you want to make it, so please get in touch
with any of the groups for more information or to take part in any of
the activities.
Senders of the best letters commenting on or contributing to the HEaRT newsletter will receive a free packet of wildflower seeds suitable for your garden, kindly donated by Landlife.
Send your letters to: Jane Palmer, Sustainable Development Unit, Department of Planning and Development, Knowsley MBC, PO Box 26, Archway Road Huyton, Knowsley, L36 9FB.
Huyton Environmental Regeneration Programme
Part
of the Hillside estate in Huyton has recently seen some environmental
improvements. The area suffers from speeding motorbikes on quiet roads
and so the community requested that something be done. A roundabout, previously
used as an informal racetrack by youths, has been re-designed into a formal
landscaped area for the residents who live around the site. Features include:
- A wide path for wheelchairs and prams, enabling residents to cross the road to neighbours safely.
- Chicane access and improved fencing to prevent motorbike access.
- Mounding to discourage ball games and alleviate problems with broken windows.
- Planting of new shrubs as an entrance feature
- A planting day to enable residents to be involved in the regeneration of their road.
All the residents have given positive feedback on the scheme and so far, the measures taken have appeared to drastically reduce problems previously experienced.
This project is managed through the Huyton Environmental Regeneration Programme and funded through the Huyton HELP SRB Partnership. For more information contact Hayley Misell on 0151 443 2278.
Pictured above: The re-designed Layford Road roundabout
Work this year has concentrated on three sites: the Gateway Club, Rupert Road, Huyton. Bluebell Lane Scout Hut and Huyton-with-Roby CP School.
The Gateway Club has benefited from new surfacing, raised beds and the children’s play area. Special thanks go to Travis & Perkins and Marshalls & Woolton Landscaping & Building Service who provided materials and labour for a paved area for barbeques and games such as boules.
At Huyton-with-Roby
CP School, a courtyard garden representing the four seasons has been
created. This will be an excellent teaching facility and a school gardening
club has been set up to help with the maintenance.
The Scouts have been busy planting shrubs around the car park and creating a new lawn area, edged with holly and fruit trees, daffodils, bluebells and other wild flowers (see below). An old oil tank will eventually be covered by honeysuckle, to provide cover and food for the birds along with scented flowers for bees and other insects. The Scouts also had a go at basket weaving and “have never been so quiet!” The work they’ve carried out will also count towards conservation and naturalist badges.
Hillside Initiates Youth Activities
Congratulations must go to everyone who volunteered their time to create the Nativity scene at Christmas. A great deal of hard work went into achieving the end result and the majority of the work took place during the freezing weather.
All the children worked solidly throughout the day, cleaning the area alongside the shops before the scene could be set up. They worked hard to create the scene, decorating the trees and putting up the lights. It was really great to see the finished product and it brightened up an otherwise dull area.
The scene remained in place throughout the Christmas holidays and it was not damaged at all. It was approached by adults and children alike, which made the children who had created it very proud of their work and so they should be, it was a great piece of teamwork.
KEEP IT UP KIDS
Much thanks must also go to Margie, Berna and Theresa who worked and supervised the project and to Nancie Price, Knowsley’s Environmental Artist who worked closely with the kids.
The Hillside nativity by night (top) and by day (bottom)
