Our Local Offer: Aberfeldy
Environment
- 9887 m2 of accessible open space delivered in phases 1 to 3
- Aberfeldy Village includes courtyards, seating areas, trees and water features
- East India Green, a new linear landscaped park runs through the heart of the community.
- Wild flower swale, created as a means to mitigate potential flood risk, promotes insect life
- Part of phase A will be delivered as a net zero carbon pilot with lessons learned to be taken into future new masterplan phases
- Sustainable approach to construction generally
- Sustainable energy strategy
- Poplar Cycles Programme being piloted in our community centres including the Aberfeldy Centre to promote active travel among car users and reduce people’s carbon footprint.
- Community Gardening Groups composed of local Aberfeldy residents supported to transform unloved spaces into communal food growing spaces.
- The Empower You Fuel Poverty project supports the community to take better control of energy use and save money. In partnership with the Bromley by Bow Centre, the Aberfeldy Centre encourages local people to attend workshops to learn ways to save energy and get tips and tricks on how to save on bills such as changing tariffs and finding discounts. A workshop was designed for ESOL students to enhance their learning as part of enrichment opportunities.
“Volunteering at the community garden has silenced the noise inside my head and slowed down my pace, helping me regain mental stability and clarity and ground myself literally with what’s most important. In hard times like now, volunteering feeds and nourishes the soul, keeps us surviving and looking forward with hope”.
Volunteer's feedback
Improved cleaner and more attractive streets, open and green spaces
Reduced health & other inequalities and enhanced wellbeing
Safer and more cohesive communities
- Create a child-friendly neighbourhood with attractive new public spaces and enhanced parks where everyone feels welcome
- Deliver new walking and cycling routes to improve local links, encourage active travel and improve air quality.
- Expand cycling offer to local residents based on outcomes of pilot cycling initiatives in 2021 under the Poplar Cycles Programme.
- Aberfeldy Centre will support the five-year Just Food and Climate Transition (JUST FACT) Programme with Women’s Environmental Network funded by the Big Lottery. Local residents will be able to directly participate in projects that will create a more resilient food system that works better for the happiness, health and wellbeing of our communities.
- We will continue to expand the delivery of the Empower You Fuel Poverty project to reach more Aberfeldy residents.
