Greening Network: First Meeting
On the 11th January, a group of 30 residents, with a shared passion for greening the borough, met online to discuss what they wanted from a ‘greening’ network. A chance to meet like-minded individuals and get the conversation started, the meeting saw lots of ideas raised on how we can come together to create and grow the network. To see the full ideas board, click here.
What do you want from a ‘greening’ network?
- Increased awareness of the groups and individuals working on green issues in the borough
- Bringing the community together
- Online platform to share resources, skills, and knowledge. See the CAN Greening Network page to read more and add comments and photos of activities already going on
- Increased diversity in green space use
- Sustainable, collaborative funding
- Good news stories shared
What do we need to get there?
- Social media platform. Take a look at the network’s Facebook page.
- Database of groups and individuals
- Links with schools and colleges to engage more young people
- Shared accountability and trust
- Map to show organisations and land ownership. Add your group and ideas to this borough map.
- Clear strategy, measurable targets, and vision
- Clear leadership
- Increased promotion of Greening Network meetings
- Facilities to reduce, reuse, and recycle
What next?
- Set out the network’s aims and objectives
- Develop social media platform
- Arrange the next meeting
- Organise practical workshops, online or in-person
Links of organisations doing great work in the borough:
Sustainable Transport in Barking and surrounding areas
Barking & Dagenham Cycling Campaign
Land of the Fanns – a 5-year programme seeking to restore, discover and celebrate one of the last remaining landscapes of London
Company Drinks – community space and social enterprise, bringing people together through picking and reconnecting with local green spaces and nearby countryside
Barking Station Parade – restricting unauthorised traffic outside Barking Station
Roding Beam and Ingrebourne (RBI) Catchment Partnership Work
Other useful links:
