Pontefract today, a sunny day with showers.
An observant person would have spotted Walsh with a team of youngsters from Cobblers Lane School, a community police person dressed like a weetabix/padlock (you really do need to lock your outbuildings)other members of the neighbourhood policing team. A team from the West Yorkshire Fire Service, Council grounds maintenance teams, Wakefield District Housing, Friends of Pease Field, members of the public, Countryside Rangers, Council Officers and a variety of members of the media at Pease Field this morning. This was part of a wider programme of action that included activity across Chequerfield.
We planted plants and bushes, we litter picked, the youngsters had specific lessons that were fun and we put a marker down that we want to see our community as a safer, cleaner and greener place to live.
As part of the process there were other elements going on, anti-social behaviour hot spots being worked on to make them less easy for those up to no good. A community garden to be started adjacent to Holy Family Car Park, paths and rights of way cleared. Community pay back to be invoked with people under community pay back orders doing positive things for the people of the district.
Felt really worthwhile, old and young getting stuck in with gusto. Interestingly the media observed but missed the opportunity to plant a single tree or pick up a piece of litter.
This will not be a one off and is not before time.
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