At Monday night’s Area Committee meeting in the Hornsey Library, I and the other local Lib Dem councillors agreed which community groups would benefit from small ‘Making the Difference’ grants to improve the local area. This year we had some great bids in from Stroud Green residents – all of which got funded.
Projects that got the go-ahead in Stroud Green were:
- £3,500 for Mind to recruit and train volunteers to help out at their centre on Stappleton Hall Road (see cafe in picture).
- £500 for the Friends of the Parkland Walk to help clean up embankments and cuttings on the Walk.
- £2,500 for Farnefields Court Residents’ Association to create a community garden (with another £2,500 of match funding levered out of Homes for Haringey).
- £3,000 for Stroud Green Residents Association for new seats for people waiting for the W5, tree planting and other improvements.
- £3,000 for Friends of Stationers Park for new community picnic benches.
- £750 for the Friends of Stroud Green Library for a new noticeboard and signs.
Well done to all these organisations for putting in bids and working so hard to improve our area.