Community groups' survey on open spaces

CABE have set up a survey for community groups to find out what they need to help them create better open spaces.

This was the scene taken a few years ago outside a community venue in Brent where I did some work.

And this is an aerial view of internal estate space, from a tower somewhere in London. It's crying out for kids playing ball, an occasional BBQ or street party and community drama in the summer.

Which helps make the point that often it's not necessarily the redesign of spaces that should be prioritised, nor even provision of funding for creative solutions, but facilitating the release of energy by bringing people together and helpng them shape their own ideas: ie community development. Plus a few hundred quid maybe for a tent, some tables and a BBQ.