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COMMUNITY LIFE

Your Neighbourhood Matters

Find out what’s really happening in your area and keep in touch with

West Mercia Police through a free messaging service.

The Neighbourhood Matters appeals local to the area in which you
messaging system enables residents, live or work by email, text or telephone.
businesses and community groups
to keep in touch with local policing Don’t worry, the police won’t bombard
teams. You can receive updates on you with details of every incident, as
crimes, latest information on ongoing you can choose exactly the type of alert
incidents and learn more about you wish to receive.
what the police are doing in your
community. Why not encourage family, friends
and colleagues to register too?
When you sign up you’ll receive Sign up at www.neighbourhood
information, crime alerts and witness matters.co.uk
Time to party!

If you’re looking to bring situation. Maybe you want to
your local community celebrate a particular event?
together again, then why
not organise a street party? There are lots of helpful tips
on how to go about it at
It’s an ideal way to bring www.streetparty.org.uk
friends and neighbours back If you wish to close a street
together in a relaxed, open for your party, you must give
air environment. A party Worcester City Council at
could also be a chance to least eight weeks’ notice. For
meet members of your local information and assistance,
community who you may not email community@worcester.
know so well in an informal gov.uk

Popular park at Cromwell Crescent gets makeover

Worcester City Council is the planting of new bulbs, shrubs and
undertaking several improvements at trees.
Cromwell Crescent Park (WR5 2JW).
“This investment will really improve the
New all-weather paths are to be experience of visitors to this much-loved
created along with the installation park,” says Cllr Andy Stafford, Chair of
of more bins, park benches, cycle Worcester City Council’s Environment
hoops, picnic tables and natural play Committee.
features.
“It will also ensure that it continues to
The iron entrance gate and posts provide a safe haven for birds and bats,
which were originally manufactured at with the new wildflower meadow helping
a Worcester foundry will be restored, to boost the numbers of bees and other
and new railings will be installed insect pollinators.”
adjacent to Cromwell Crescent.
City Council staff and contractors in the
In the autumn and spring, several park will be supported by members of
steps to boost biodiversity will Community Payback – a national scheme
also be introduced – including the which allows offenders to work, under
installation of bird and bat boxes, the close supervision, on projects to pay
creation of a wildflower meadow and back the community for their crimes.
Fun at Cromwell Crescent play area

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