Last week 10 of us spent the evening removing nails and dismantling old pallets. We are using reclaimed wood to create planters in our lovely Pockthorpe. If you have any timber etc to donate to our project or would like to get involved email us or join our Facebook group.
10th March 2023- planting Hawthorn, hazel, oak, and blackthorn along the allotment path. Volunteers: 6. Mix of TCV and Pockthorpe members. 17th March 2023- Volunteers …
The very talented Kev built planters from pallets found locally around Pockthorpe, NR3. Wroxham barns and The Theatre Royal also donated wood to the project. …
Matt Davies from The Fringe Project and TCV are working at our lovely park this Friday and next week. Pop along and help if you …
Sunday 12th March- Alleyway project. More info on FB- Pockthorpe Group. SUNDAY, 2 APRIL 2023 AT 10:00GB Spring Clean Litter-pick Time to give our green …
Last week 10 of us spent the evening removing nails and dismantling old pallets. We are using reclaimed wood to create planters in our lovely …
18 neighbours and friends turned out this morning to start transforming one of our many local alleyways. Fences were painted, planters made, moss scraped off, …
Calling everyone who lives in the Pockthorpe and Heathgate areas of #nr3 Join us for our next Love Norwich community clean-up event:Saturday 18 February 10am-2pm …
In 2019, neighbours from Beaconsfield and Knowsley Roads got together one sunny Sunday afternoon to clean up their much neglected alley way. About twenty people …
Over the Christmas period, the paths got extremely slippy, so a few of us got together and gritted the paths.
I have been really lazy at keeping up the blog posts! Apologies. The lovely local NR3 green party has been helping our community group with …
Thank you so much councillor Gary Champion! I started the ball rolling to get our area a defib. It turned into a massive headache, so …
At Christmas, I did a cheeky ask at Hill construction‘s Christmas carols and asked if they could possibly help us with removing 100 metres of …
Today we had another fantastic clean-up at Kett’s cave park. We mostly removed brambles from incredibly old broken wire fences ready for Hills property developers …
Litter-picking and bramble clearing off old broken wire fences is next planned on Saturday 12th Feb at 10 am. We are going to concentrate mainly …
During the hazy long lockdown days what Lizzie and I realised whilst wandering around our area is how rich in birdlife the Ketts Cave park …
Fantastic litter pick and fence removal prep at our last event. We invited the Good gym crew to help! Find out more about Good Gym …
Kett’s Cave Litter PickVolunteers NeededCalling all people of Pockthorpe… Kett’s Cave Community Litter Pick 29th January 2022 10am start Come and help: We would love …
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Pockthorpe Community Group held on Tuesday 11 January 2022Members present: Billie Anna-Tony, Gary Champion, Alex Catt, Gill …
Happy New Year everyone! Sadly, we have had to change next Tuesday’s AGM to an online Zoom meeting because of the current Covid situation. The …
Dec 2021 It’s been a busy couple of months and we have some really exciting news to share. We finally got the money for a …
We’ve got our first AGM scheduled for 7:30 pm Tuesday 11 January – in the Scouts Hut. Now that we are working with the Council …
Planning the event & who we invited We got 500 flyers printed by Minuteman Press in Norwich, these were posted through homes around the two …
Last year a group of volunteers came together to try and improve the Council owned land at Kett’s Cave and Sandy Park and run community …
Over the last few years we have seen plenty of evidence of hedgehogs scurrying around the Pockthorpe neighbourhood. They have been spotted on Dibden Road …
As a group, we are proposing Norwich City Council removes these hazardous wire fences at Kett’s cave, NR3 1NH. They are historic and serve no …
We reported our two street benches to be repaired in Jan 2021 to the Labour party, Norwich City Council and Norfolk county council. Sadly they …
Timeline and information on the derelict piece of land next to the Kett’s cave park. Owned by Norwich City Council housing Derelict, boarded up site …
We have some great news. Anglian Water has approved for us to paint the two Anglian water cabinets on Silver Road, Norwich NR3. I have …
This year the residents of city centre Pockthorpe in Norwich are creating a Halloween trail for the local children. Join our FB group to get …
Norwich as a city is really lacking public 24-hour access defibrillators. I am currently trying to piece together all the information I need to get …
We are really excited to announce a new Stay and Play starting on Tuesday mornings at Mousehold Hub on Mousehold Avenue. It will run from …
This is the opportunity to come and say what you love and hate about the Pockthorpe community proposed ideas. We are calling it a wider …
Sunday 19 September 2021 is Norfolk Car-Free Day – an initiative that started with 2019’s Norwich Car-Free Day before going countywide last year. For this …
PresentLiz Smith-Dane, Rob Bakewell, Shelley Donaghie, Billie Anna-Tony, Tony Moore, Bekka Quantrill-Tozer, Nicki Collins.ApologiesGary Champion.Decisions⦁ Agreed that Shelley will act as Chair, Rob as Deputy …
Residents noticed the area surrounding Heath Road Park has been a little neglected. The park itself is usually clean and tidy and the kids love …
A few months into litter picking we discovered the area around the Sandy Park (Gertrude Road) park used to be a horse riding school. Which …
* wild areas of Sandy park slope and Kett’s cave* Gertrude Road and Mousehold Avenue. Me, Rob and Tony just had an amazing meeting with …
Most, if not all, of the green Open Reach and Virgin boxes in our area have been vandalised with Graffiti, so we asked residents if, …
I think it’s important to start this blog by understanding how the council works first. It’s divided up into Norfolk county council and Norwich City …
As a community we have been meeting up regularly to litter pick around the Kett’s Cave on Morley Street in Norwich, NR3 this is on …
We recently found out that sadly Norwich City Council doesn’t restore our historic road signs. If you report one using their online form they just …
If you are keen to get involved in our project and want to borrow our community litter pickers please contact us and we can arrange …
This project started in February 2020 when Rob Bakewell a local resident started arranging litter picking events around the streets of Sewell ward in NR3. …
