Busy from start to end! - Tower Hamlets Forum Community Engagement Day 19 februar

It was busy from the get-go – the Tower Hamlets Forum Community Engagement Day at The Ark was full of local families finding out more about their local communities and meeting their neighbours. Children had loads to keep them occupied and having fun. The Bug Man was there with his creepy-crawlies (ikke for let skræmt!), ansigtet maleri holdet aldrig stoppet og White Cliffs Countryside partnerskabs- og Kent Wildlife Trust havde masser af oplysninger og aktiviteter om vores vidunderlige lokale naturlige miljø.

Dagen bragte råd sammen, other statutory bodies and local voluntary groups. Hjælp og information var på hånd på et stort udvalg af emner fra organisationer, herunder Dover Community Wardens, Brand og Redning, NHS, Lifeline, Fair Trade, Overgang Dover, Affald Community Engagement, Dover Big Lokale og andre.

Dagen blev understøttet af en byrådet Ward Grant fra Tower Hamlets byrådsmedlemmer Pam Brivio og Tui Sancha. Pam og Tui var begge der om dagen lytter til de lokale folk og lære mere om de ting, der berørte dem.

Pam kommenterede bagefter –

”Det var dejligt at se folk i alle aldre kommer langs velbesøgt Tower Hamlets Forum CED; masser af positive kommentarer herunder ”virkelig god, masser af organisationer og aktiviteter for børn; Børnene elskede bug mand, dejlig tid, følte hilses velkommen”

Cllr Pam Brivio at the Transition Dover stall

And Tui agreed saying

“I had a wonderful day meeting lots of different people, I feel more engaged and have a better understanding of the Tower Hamlets community. I also ate cake and got to sit in a Fire Engine, a good all-round fun family day.”

Cllr Tui Sancha (venstre) with Mel Wrigley of White Cliffs Countryside Partnership.

 

Thanks to everyone who came and especially to those who provided the delicious refreshments that kept us all going!