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June 2007
COAST & COUNTRY HOUSING'S ECO DAY

Coast & Country Housing and Redcar & Cleveland Council have jointly funded an Eco Day to revamp a corner plot of land in Eston.

The three-day clean-up event, which started on Wednesday 30 May 2007, was executed from start to finish by volunteers. The community project concentrated on the entrance of Church Lane South.

With local residents group, The Church Lane Partnership, designing the garden, and youngsters from the Eco Group at Eston Park School and South Park Rangers football team organising the overhaul, the event was a real community effort.

Beginning work at 10.00 am, the team cleared dead leaves from the area, picked up litter and planted flowerbeds. Members of the school’s Eco Group even potted plants for the elderly residents of Barmouth Road.

Thanks to the efforts of the residents and young people, the former waste land has now been transformed into a community garden.

Donna Trainer, Housing Advisor, said: “The Eco Day has brought the entire community together. The residents and young people worked extremely hard to clean up the area, and managed to transform it into something that can be used by all local people.

“All of the partnerships involved in the project worked together to bring the Eco Day alive. It was fantastic to see the community get involved and work together to improve the area.”

Mannie Cook, Chairperson of Church Lane Partnership, said: “Coast & Country Housing played a large part in the clean-up campaign. The housing company has invested a lot of time and effort into the regeneration of this area and it is wonderful to see the results.

“It was great to see everyone mucking in to improve their neighbourhood. The clean-up was a huge success.”

Redcar & Cleveland Council's Cabinet Member for the Environment, Councillor Sylvia Szintai, applauded the Eco Day.  "I am delighted that so many groups have got together to produce such a good scheme which I am sure will be welcomed and enjoyed by all the community."

The clean-up campaign was rounded off with a celebratory barbeque. Our Area Community Panel funded the gathering as a thank you to all those who volunteered over the course of the three days.

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