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We'll be out there, first point of

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contact, and we listen to people.

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conversations, and it's giving

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people an opportunity to to speak.

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We attend public meetings,

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gatherings, events.

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We do anything from working with

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a local park group, we've helped

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set up the People's Park Festival.

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We had over 12, 000 people

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attend over two days.

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We work with local asylum seeker

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refugee organisation across the

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road, we work with other community

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based projects and organisations.

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So that can take the form of

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getting a petition together to

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change a lot of problems with

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potholes and unadopted roads.

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And talking to local councillors

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and landlords about the things they

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need to change on their street.

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We collaborate on events like Big

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Litter Picks and across the row

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we have the Outback, which is a

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community garden and a Family Centre.

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The Outback is a community garden

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garden where people volunteer.

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We use a lot of the produce

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that's grown, which gives people

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satisfaction to see it from

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seed to plant to on the table.

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Tesco's generously give us

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whatever they can from a surplus.

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And we cook it here.

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So it's freshly hot meals that

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we give to our volunteers.

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And we do plot to plates,

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budget cookings.

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I go out to teach people.

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We teach nursery staff,

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we teach parents.

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We've got two polytunnels.

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We grow chillies and tomatoes

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and aubergines in here.

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And then outside, we grow all

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sorts of different things.

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Squashes, courgettes, beetroot.

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We grow kind of what the

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community like to buy.

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We make lots of different

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curries, soups.

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We have a pop up shop, and

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people come and buy our produce.

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We have a range of volunteers.

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And we have a learning experience

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on how bees work in society.

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The three hives this year,

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very fortunately have given us

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close to 450 jars of honey.

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I see this as my community, and

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it's my way of of giving back.

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It's really important

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to respect the roots you've had,

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where you've come from

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and...

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and to see it change

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and change in the hands

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of the people that live in

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the community is absolutely amazing.

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We have people who have been to

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bees who are struggling in society.

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Getting involved with bees has made

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a difference to a point where one or

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two of them would actually say that

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beekeeping has saved their lives

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and you cannot put a value on that.

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It's something that gives me a

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lot of joy, a lot of happiness.

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It's my happy place.

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And it's more economical as well.

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Rather than buying more and wasting,

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we're trying to teach them that what

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they've got in their pantries, what

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they have at home is what they can

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budget on and learn to cook from that.

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I love feeding people.

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Feeding is my life.

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The more the better.

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I'm on my own, as a widow.

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So coming here also gives

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me company and enjoyment.

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It allows me to use my creative

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skills that I've had over the years.

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And  I've noticed over the time

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I've been coming that people

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have got the confidence back.

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Their enjoyment through being helpful

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towards others, growing things

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helps them and I think actually

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gives them a better quality of life.

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I look forward to coming, actually.

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Lovely people to work for.

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It's keeping me fit and active, and

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at my age that's very, very important.

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And psychologically as well, people

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here get a lot of benefit out of it.

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One thing I'm really, really proud of

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is the impact we've had

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on galvanising the community to

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hold the council accountable for

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all the potholes in the area.

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I started a campaign.

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The hashtag?

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Fill my hole.

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That was a hashtag that went viral.

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We had over 200 potholes reported.

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And now we are seeing the change,

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potholes are getting filled, some

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roads have improved, and the council

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are being held accountable by who?

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The public.

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We had one lady that came, the

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housing development was deteriorating

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and so we went down to her estate.

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And now that estate has been upgraded.

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And so they've got new pitched

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roofs, new windows, new doors.

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And it's really brought

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the neighbourhood up.

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So many people can get isolated

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very quickly and lose that

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trust just by a small incident.

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So the impact of all this is people

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suddenly getting that they are a

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community, they can see change very

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quickly if they work together and

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actually just talk to each other.

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And then the empowering

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is quite magical.