Big Society in Old Colwyn
This evening, I paid my annual visit to the Old Colwyn East Residents’ Association. The meeting, which was well-attended, was also very lively.
The secretary, David Curtis (who is shortly to retire, which will be a major loss to the Association), read the minutes of the previous month’s meeting. I was particularly interested when he referred to the “adopt-a-border” scheme at St John’s church. Under the scheme, individual local people will assume responsibility for looking after one of the church’s seventeen flower beds, so helping maintain the wonderful garden that has won so many Wales in Bloom awards.
I pointed out that “adopt-a-border” was very much in tune with the Big Society agenda. Big Society was simply a reflection what is already happening up and down the country, with people taking responsibility for the direction of their own communities, with the Government helping them to achieve their aims.
All over this constituency and, indeed, all over Britain, people such those I met this evening are rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in, doing their bit for the place they live in and so making it a little better. If Big Society can help them to do even more, it will have proven its worth.
Filed under: David Curtis, Old Colwyn Tagged: Life, Politics
