Turning Grey Spaces into Green Spaces!

Hi!
Do you have a local spot that is an eyesore? Would you like to see it turned into a green space that can be shared by your local community?
Here's the plan:
We turn local concrete laden empty spaces into temporary or permanent green spaces for recreation, veg growing, local events, pop up business ideas for local entrpeneurs, or nything else that benefits the community and local culture. The public send in photos of spaces they would like to see reimagined as green spaces for their community – we create a project development plan, find sponsorship, match the funding with crowd-funding, get the permission from the authorities and land owners.  Then volunteers are found and it is actioned. 
The idea is to keep it simple. Spaces need to be cleared, greenery added, and or reworked, and then maintained and used for the available time period, if not permanently, depending on the success of each space. It only take the imagination and effort of the community to get these spaces back in use, and improve them for the land owners in the long term.

If you have any ideas for spaces you think could be used for the community, send in a photo or two of the space to agencysouthend@gmail.com and we'll get them up on the blog for further discussion!

These kind of initiatives are happening all over the country, so why not in Southend? A good place for further reading, inspiration andsupport for these projects is the Groundworks project: http://www.groundwork.org.uk/