Meeting minutes 2017-07-23

Jobs:

Pre Friday Jobs
    Mowing - Graham and Hugh
    Tickets - Mel, Graham, Jay
    More prizes - Hugh
    Build tables - Hugh
    Print Masks - Hugh
    Choose music - Janne (Graham has ipod)
    Check castle and sumo are coming - Hugh
    Arts stuff - Sarah, (Graham has more stuff)
    Make playdough - Sarah, Jay
    Buy medals - Graham
    Signs - Jay
    More arrows - Mel
    Child scissors to Sarah - All
    Speak to charity shops - Hugh
    Elastic - Graham
    Balloons - Graham
    Check on charity shops - Hugh
    Remind shops to come - Hugh
    Buy food - Mel, Jay, Janne
        Eggs
        Charcoal
        Tape for art table
        Bin bags
        £100 beer
        Sweets
        Mince (lots)
        Relishes
        Rolls
        Beer - cheap
        Charcoal
        Onions
        Lettuce
        Tomatoes
        Cheese slice
        Soft drinks
        Vegetarian sausages
        etc.
    Add more things to raffle - Hugh
        Gooseberry jam, from Jay
        Nail varnish from Sarah
 
Friday Jobs
    Remove washing lines
    Tents erected on 28th
    Making food
        Burgers
    Prep raffle tickets
    Move trampoline
 
Saturday Pre Party Jobs
    Collect flowers - Sarah
    Make candy floss
    Buy ice
    Setup PA
    Set up games
        beat the goalie
        Zap the rat
        Archery
        Ladder golf
        Ring toss
        Giant Jenga
        Snakes and Ladder
    Set up tables
        Art table
            Stapler
        Food table
            Needs donation bucket
    Decorate
        Blow up balloons
        Bunting
    Decorate number 16

Saturday Party Jobs
    Door bouncer - just in garden
    BBQ person x 2 - John
    Art table
    Solicit Raffle donation
    Part time - face painting
    Part time - Managing games
    Part time - Candy floss
    Part time - music

Art games
    Hat competition
    Mask competition
    Egg drop

Meeting Minutes 2017-07-08

Date: 2017-07-08
Attendees: Emanuele, Hugh, Jay, Julie, Sarah

Action Items:

• Julie, Emanuele, Jay, Graham - Sell Raffle tickets
• Janne - Make an hour+ of music for the disco dome
• Sarah and Emanuel - Art table + egg drop 
• Jay and Janne - Buy food on 27th at Costco (see list below)
• Hugh - Kegs from Edinburgh Beer Factory or Summerhall Brewery
• Hugh - More raffle prizes
• Hugh - Poster A3 (with "BYO" and "In your own back green")

Timings:
    2:00 Start
    2:30 Anyone with a birthday should do their cake stuff
    3:00 Musician - 20 min
    3:30 Egg drop
    4:00 Musician - 20 min
    4:30 Raffle

    5:00 Musician - 20 min
    (BTW, I'm no longer convinced by these times. Shouldn't the raffle be later? Maybe 5:30)

Food - Jay and Janne - Buy on 27th from Costco
- Mince (lots)
- Relishes
- Rolls
- Beer - cheap
- Charcoal
- Onions
- Lettuce
- Tomatoes
- Cheese slice
- Soft drinks
- Vegetarian sausages
- Plastic cups - (beer)

Minutes 2017-06-24

Attendees: Sarah, Jay, Hugh

Tasks:

• Hugh:
• Print flyers and raffle tickets
• Write raffle sales pitch notes
• Announce party to mailing lists
• Book bouncy castle
• Book sumo suits
• Sarah:
• Investigate marquees
• Jay:
• Source PA
• Ask Carly for BBQ
• Ask St John's Ambulance

Raffle Prizes:

Shop	Prize	How
Meadowlark Yoga	5 free classes	Collected
Café Artista	2 free pizzas	Voucher
Allure	£20 voucher	Collected
Doodles	£10 voucher	Collected
The Edinburgh Baby Co	Scootie light	Collected
The Edinburgh Baby Co	Scootie light	Collected
The Edinburgh Baby Co	Scootie light	Collected
Brochan	Porridge/Granola bowls for 2 and hot drink	Voucher
Cobalt Coffee	A week of free coffee	Voucher
Salt 'N' Pepper	Coffee for 2	Voucher
Amnesty Bookshop	£10 voucher	Collected
Mackintosh Barbers	A haircut	Voucher
Eddie's Fish Market	Sea bass for 2	Voucher
The Opticians at Marchmont	Ray Ban sunglasses	Voucher
Jenni Douglas Designs	A limited edition print	Voucher
Earl of Marchmont	Meal for 4 with drinks to £60	Voucher
Good Year Chinese Takeaway	A' dinner for 2	Voucher
Bohemia	Moroccan woven basket, soap, and mirror	Collected
Rabbit Hole	Meal for 2 and bottle of house wine	Voucher
Argyle and Cellar Bar	Bottle of Dia Maria Prosecco	Voucher
Salvatorre's	£3	Collected
Marchmont Hardware	Dexam Mega Bowl 360 Grater	Voucher
The Prague Shack	A meal	Voucher
The Prague Shack	A meal	Voucher
The Prague Shack	A meal	Voucher
The Prague Shack	A meal	Voucher
The Prague Shack	A meal	Voucher
Marchmont Gallery	Print, scented candle, mug	Collected
MarchHair	Tongs	Collected	Sarah
Anne McGinnley	Flower arrangement	Collected	Collect on day
Serene	3 exotic nail varnishs	Collected	Sarah
The New Leaf	Home ground peanut butter	Voucher	Promised not collected
Sing Thai	Meal for 2	Voucher	Promised not collected
Scotmid	??	Voucher	Promised in post

Minutes 2017-05-14

Marchmont Garden Party

Minutes

Attendees: Sarah, Emanuel, Mel, Jay, Graham, Hugh

Next Meeting: 20th May 4pm

Action Items:

• Sarah, Jay: Flyer (due 17th May)
• Hugh: Print raffle tickets
• Jay: Ask Simon about music
• Mel: Ask Mo about head of business association
• Hugh: Ask Tom about bobby
• Mel: Find out about Tom

Date of Party: 29th July 2017

The old Blog: http://marchmontmadness.blogspot.co.uk/

Photos from 2007: https://goo.gl/photos/CkR7JA5fcRm8z9Bh7

Flyers:

• Sarah, Jay to create- By 17th May
• A5 size, colour
• Hugh will print

Raffle Tickets:

• As last time - will have to traipse up stairs
• Probably £1 per ticket (but previous blog says it was £2)
• Hugh will print

Music:

• Jay will ask Simon about music
• Manuel will play
• Phamie Harp - she has agreed to the date
• Open Mic

Invitees:

• Mel will ask Mo about business association (so leader can do raffle)
• Police - Hugh ask Tom

Security:

• We should have security on the door - probably entrance to #16

Things:

• Smoothie bike Edinburgh Bicycle
• Candy Floss
• Ice cream
• Bouncy Castle
• Sumo suit
• Face painting (Anne Marie)
• Zap the rat
• Egg drop
• Snail races
• Coconut Shy
• Throw hoops - bean bags - corn hole
• Talent Show
• PhotoBooth
• Fortune Teller - Sarah

Food:

• BBQ
• Hog roast - Mel

Photos from the Garden Party in 2007

https://goo.gl/photos/CkR7JA5fcRm8z9Bh7

Raffle Prizes

The response from local businesses has been amazing! Here's a list of raffle prizes offered so far:

• Thaisanuk - A meal for two (BYOB)
  
• Café Artista - £20 voucher
  
• Alphabet Video - Membership and £15 of free hires
  
• Sonargoan - £15 curry voucher
  
• Michael Field - £10 voucher for meat
  
• Rosemary and Thyme - Herbal basket
  
• Flowers by Monica - A bouquet of flowers
  
• Salvatore's - 2 9" pizzas
  
• The Bicycle Works - Bike service (excl. parts)
  
• Doodles Ceramics Workshop - Paint a mug for free
  
• No. 23 - Deli basket
  
• Bohemia - Gift voucher
  
• The New Leaf - Chocolate – Green and Black's Cherry
  
• Al Hajj - 1l Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  
• Marchmont Pharmacy - Basket of bath goodies
  
• Serene - Back, neck, shoulder massage
  
• No. 39 - Any coffee and selected cakes
  
• Odyssey - Osmo kit
  
• Pavilion Café - £10 voucher
  
• Eddies Seafood Market - 2 sides of salmon
  
• Marchmont Hardware - Thermo Rouge gift set
  

Music

If you would like to take part in the open mic, please contact Emanuele:
emanuele.trucco@ukonline.co.uk

Minutes 07/06/2007

Attendees: Hugh, Janne, Mailin, Paula, Sarah
Apologies: Emanuele, Julie, Maia, Mel

Updates:

• Hugh has contacted the local city councillors - Cameron Rose has responded and will come.
• Hugh and Paula have been given lots of raffle prizes - see above.
• Hugh has asked Mel to finish confirming entry with No. 16.
• Hugh and Janne have sold a few raffle tickets.
• Mailin has divided up the flats for people to visit with raffle tickets.
• Mailin has spoken to the German Church about furniture. They have given another contact.
• Sarah has sold a bunch of raffle tickets.
• Sarah has ordered a bouncy castle (£70) and has a sumo wrestling set up on hold for £80.
• Sarah has the PA + speakers + wedge monitor sorted for £35.
  
• Mailin went through a big list of games. All sound good.
• Emanuele has been sorting the music out. He has been contacting various groups who would like to use the open mic bit.
  

Decisions:
We will get the sumo suits.

Raffle tickets will be divided up according to:

• Emanuele - MC 10
  
• Hugh and Janne - MR 1-25
• Mailin - MC 5, MC 8-9, MC 11-12, WPR 31-37
  
• Mel - MC 13-16
  
• Paula - MC 17-21, WPR 23-29
  
• Sarah - MC 6-7
  
• TBD - MC 1-4
  

The bouncy castle will go at the south end of the garden.
The sumo will go at the north end.
BBQ and food in the 'alcove'.
Band in Mailin's garden.
Marquees and serious type stuff outside Sarah C.'s.
Games down the wall of the north end.
We will flyer just before the party. The flyer will contain:

• Strap line - maybe "Come down, bring a beer and a burger; join the fun" - or something better :-)
• A few of the things going on on the day
• Make sure it's BYOB and BYOF
• List of raffle prizes on the back
• Small print to say
• We will be removing washing lines
• We're not responsible - use your own back green carefully
• Entry through shared stair by ticket only contact hjl (email + phone) for more tickets
• We'll all do a garden clean up of anything dangerous on the Saturday before the party
  

Action Items:
Emanuele:

• Continue sorting out the music
  

Hugh:

• Print more entry tickets
• Get flip chart and markers for a game
• Ask Maia about marquees
• Ask Mel about posters
• "Hook a duck" game

Sarah:

• Get sumo suits
• Check with PC Bruce

Paula:

• Finish off raffle prizes
• Check out the price of kegs
• Sweets for prizes
• Get CostCo card for games prizes + food + disposable cutlery etc.

Mailin:

• More on the games

All:

• Do raffle tickets as above
  

Next Meeting: Thursday, 14^th June, 7pm at Hugh and Janne's

Minutes 31/05/2007

Attendees: Emanuele, Hugh, Janne, Mailin, Paula, Sarah
Apologies: Julie, Maia, Mel

Finance:

We have £400.

Bruce will manage the finances. Pledges are to be dropped off in cash to him. He will maintain accounts. Monies will be reimbursed on presentation of receipts.

Approximate budget:

• £50 PA
• £150 bouncy castle
• £50 food and plates etc.
• £50 prizes for games
• £100 contingency
  

Entry Tickets and Raffles:

Raffle tickets will go for £2 each. We will visit every flat to try and sell them. The people buying tickets need not attend to win. We'll need a raffle book to deal with it on the day.

The raffle will be held at 6pm weather permitting. Monica Higgins will present the prizes and give a short speech to encourage people to use their local traders.

We will post lists of raffle prizes on the stair doors.

Entry tickets will be given to residents with no direct access to the garden - these will be mostly Warrender Park Road and a part of Marchmont Road. They will also be given to raffle donors.

For No.16, we'll suggest that they give entry tickets to expected visitors - even if they're not going to the party. That way we won't hassle people.

We'll leave the main door unlocked but pushed to so that people will need to know the party is on to go in.

BBQ and Food:

We'll have one person monitoring the BBQ; not doing the cooking, just making sure it's all safe.

We'll provide a small amount of food for free and paper plates, etc. We'll let people know to bring their own food but having a little (BBQ sauce, and so on) would be good.

Music:

Emanuele on top of things.

Mailin's garden should be usable. She'll get the marquee for the Thursday before the party so that we can check it all out. Mailin will provide furniture and power for the band.

Emanuele, Sarah and Simon will organise the PA system.

Emanuele will organise CDs for when the band is not playing.

Furniture:

The tables from St. Catherine's Argyle Church are unavailable. Our needs are:

• 1 table for neighbourhood watch and community stuff
• 2 tables for food
• 1 table for raffle
• 1 table for PA
• 1 table for games and prizes
• 3 chairs for the band
• fire extinguisher and fire blanket
• any garden chairs we can scrounge

If we can't get these from another source then we'll try to scrounge them from amongst us.

Action Items:
Emanuele:

• Carry on with the music stuff
• Raffle tickets at no. 10
  

Hugh:

• Invite local councillors
• Raffle posters so that people know the prizes
• More raffle prizes
• Confirm with remaining members of no. 16
  

Mailin:

• In charge of all raffle things
• Determine number of stairs
• Allocate stairs to committee members
• Keep track of tickets
  
• Get marquee for band
• Ask for furniture from the German Church
  

Mailin + Mel + Julie:

• Organise, design and budget games
  

Paula:

• More raffle prizes
  

Sarah:

• Raffle tickets at No. 7
• Order bouncy castle
• Organise PA with Emanuele
• Confirm PC Bruce attending
  

All:

• Do raffle tickets once Mailin has allocated them
  

Next Meeting: 7^th June 2007 8:00pm at Hugh and Janne's house.

Minutes 05/05/2007

Attendees: Hugh, Janne, Sarah
Apologies: Everyone else :-)

A very quick meeting because the real work begins in June.
Hugh updated on Raffle prizes so far:

• Meal for 2 at Thaisanuk (BYOB)
• Panettone from No 23
• Huge bottle of extra virgin olive oil from Al Hajj
  

Hugh and Mel have been round to No. 16 to ask for stair access. So far, three flats have not been in, but all others have said yes.

Janne listed the plan for the day of the party.

There are some concerns that the party may afford disreputable people an opportunity to case flats for burglary. We need to find out if there's anything we can do to alleviate these concerns.

We need to get some bins that can be used during the party.

We will have to ask people not to put up their washing on the lines on the day of the party.

Action Items:
Hugh:

• Buy raffle tickets
• Print raffle cards
• Print thank you notes to raffle prize donors
• Print entry tickets
• Follow up music

Next Meeting: 31st May 2007 7:30 in the Argyle.

Minutes 27/03/2007

Attendees: Hugh, Janne, Mailin, Mel, Paula, Sarah
Apologies: Emanuele, Julie, Maia

Updates:
Julie has finished delivering fliers through people's doors.
Paula reports that Ross from Haddows is interested in supporting the party.
Paula reports that Ross' BBQ has been offered and should be plenty big enough to serve the whole party.
Sarah and Mailin went to the MSCC meeting on our behalf.
Mailin has found several bouncy castle suppliers.
Mailin had found insurance suppliers.
Maia contacted Brian Wilson. He still has the marquees from the Street Party which we may borrow.
Julie has 500 balloons and instructions for making animals.
Report of MSCC Meeting:
Sarah and Mailin described the events of the last MSCC meeting.
They asked for the MSCC to stand as grant holders for the party. The grant would include, approximately:

• £50 - Bouncy Castle
• £50 - Public Address System
• £125 - Insurance
• £120 - Miscellaneous
  

Several council members were dismissive of the chances of successfully applying for such a small grant to the LDC. The MSCC declined to act as grant holders on our behalf.
After much debate and a vote, the MSCC agreed to donate £50!

Finance:
Several members of the group offered to loan money to the party. These loans will be repaid through ticket sales, sharing equally according to loan amount. If the loans cannot be fully repaid, then the loaners agree to donate the remainder to the party.

Loan amounts are:

• £100 - Hugh and Janne
  
• £100 - Mailin and Edd
• £50 - Mel
• £50 - Sarah

Together with the donation from the MSCC that gives us £350.

Tickets will be given with a suggested donation of £2.

Any profits that are made once the loans have been repaid will be used to improve the back green. Suggestions of using the money hire a tree surgeon will be considered once we know if there is a profit.

Decisions:

• Will not get public liability insurance.
  
• All fliers and tickets will contain a "we're not responsible" disclaimer in future to avoid insurance needs.
• Timing changed from 2pm to 8pm.
• Tickets will be free - giving entry through some guarded stair
• We will find one stair where we can persuade residents that we can open it as passage to those without direct access to the back green. This entrance will be guarded and tickets must be presented to show security is being taken seriously.
• We will begin selling tickets and putting up posters on the 1st of June.
  

Action Items:
Hugh & Mel: Ask residents of No.16 if we can use their stair as common entrance (if guarded).
Hugh: Ask Edd Skedd if we can borrow the churches tables and chairs.
Mel: Continue with posters.
Sarah: Invite PC Bert Bruce and Fire department to party.
Janne: Draw up a plan of the day's events and their locations.
Mailin: Check time to order for bouncy castle.
Sarah: Check time to order for PA.
Hugh: Ask businesses on Argyle Place about raffle prizes
Mel: Ask Imagination Shop and Toast about raffle prizes
Paula: Ask businesses on Roseneath Street, Warrender Park Road and Marchmont Road about raffle prizes

Next Meeting: 24th April 7:30pm in the Argyle

Minutes 20/03/2007

Attendees:
Emanuele
Julie
Maia
Mailin
Mel
Sarah
Janne (Minutes)

Apologies:
Hugh
Paula

Issues discussed:

Maia advised goup of neighbours raising their concerns about the garden party. She also gave some useful background information from when she was involved in the street party.

Group discussed the scale of the party and agreed that it should be as inclusive as possible. In order to ensure that neighbours are not concerned about late night noise we agreed on a definite finish time. It was agreed that the party should run from 2pm - 8pm. There were also suggestions to focus on the 'get to know each other' aspect of the garden party and the potential for awareness raising and to create more of a community for the people that share the green. Several examples of what this could involve were put across: eg. get a local representative form the police, fire department etc to speak to us, or merely invite them along to the party; Magpie, someone to talk about regeneration, recylcling, compost etc.

It was clarified that we have 3 gazebos in total.

A discussion followed about the budget and what sort of items we wanted funding for, to put in a fiunding application to the LDC. The following items were listed: bouncy castle, sound system (microphone etc), insurance. It was agreed that people bring their own food.

The group then filled in the majority of the funding application, with exception of quotations and estimates to be included later.

Agreed that we will need to do another set of flyers closer to the date to mentions things like byo food, drink etc. Date to be discussed.

Action points:

Maia:
Find out more about awareness raising about the greenery in the garden
Investigate recycling, bins and accessible leaflets
Contact Brian Wilson regarding general advice on issues, insurance etc.
Distribute flyers for 12, 13 Marchmont Crescent, possibly some flats on Marchmont Rd - to confer with Paula and julie

Sarah:
Go to MSCC meeting and discuss fudning application and party generally

Mailin:
Attend MSCC meeting w/Sarah
Get quotations
Flyer distribution on Warrender Park Rd

Mel:
Flyer distribution 16 Marchmont Crescent up to the end of the Crescent (Paula's )

Emauele:
Put flyers through flats in number 10 Marchmont Crescent
Create a map over the activities taking place on the green for the event

Julie:
Balloon animal research
In charge of distributing flyers for distribution
Post flyers through doors of 1 - 9 Marchmont Crescent
Call person in charge of LDC grant and forward info to Mailin and group.
Ask Paula if she will put some flyers out on Marchmont Rd, to be shared with someone else

Next meeting arranged for April 24th at 7.30 at the Argyle

Agenda for Tomorrow's Meeting

Here’s the agenda for the meeting tomorrow night. We decided that to be sure everyone turns up to the right place, tomorrow’s meeting will be at the Argyle 7:30 again (we’ll choose the next place as part of the meeting). I won’t be there sadly (I have to be in Moscow tomorrow!) but Janne has agreed to be a pseudo-Hugh for the night (I’m not sure she’ll have the beard and big nose though).

Agenda

• Updates on Action Items
• Grant Application

We are getting close to the date this will need to be ready. We have to know all of the things we want to apply for in the grant and have 2 quotations for each.

1. List of things to apply for

2. Volunteers to get quotations for each item

3. Volunteer to fill out grant form

• Representation at MSCC

The MSCC is going to be asked to front us for the grant on the 21^st. Again I can’t be there. It would be great if several of us were there to answer questions and make our case.

• Next steps and action items for next meeting
• Arrange next meeting venue and time
• Other business

Meeting with Brian Harris

I spoke to Brian Harris on Saturday. He was very involved in the Street Party in 2002 and 2005. He was extremely helpful and so here are some notes I took.

For insurance they went to Zurich Municipal - here are the forms with addresses and contact details:


A different group, MAGPIE, has applied for insurance for something completely different to someone else, so we might try these guys:
He thought we should just write down what our party was going to be - number of people, times, not on the street, etc. and then ask these two companies for quotations.

The permissions they needed to get were for closing down the streets, so they won't apply to us. They put up comment forms on the day for people to vent their anger or happiness. He reckoned this was a good way to make people feel they had a say. Here is a transcript of some of the comments they got:
He thought we should speak to PC Bert Bruce to get his opinions on permissions and to let the police know.

For the grant applications they had to submit two quotations for each item they wanted to get money for. Apparently the council was not pleased that their estimates were not accurate. They had money left over which they had to give back. Here are the budget they worked out for 2002 and a few quotations they got:





Here is some of the publicity material they had:


He said that if we needed tables we could ask the local churches who would probably lend us them.

Brian thought that maybe the Gazebos were in the hands of Iain Forbes at 57 Arden Street.

I told Brian he would get an invite for helping us - I hope you all don't mind :-)

BBQ

Hi all,
just to let you know that I spoke with Ross from Haddows deli and he has very kindly offered to loan us his large BBQ (calor gas) which he says will do the job for our party and will probably be safer than the oid drum option ??
I jumped at the offer but obviously we can discuss this at our next meeting.....
I have the fliers and am in the process of cutting them to size so I guess we will need to be thinking about organising some volunteers for delivery soon...........
Cheers
Paula

The Garden Party is Coming!

Ten years ago, all the way back in 1997, there was a garden party in the back green of Marchmont Crescent North. It was a huge success and so we thought we'd do it again. It was a fantastic way for people to meet the neighbours they'd probably never spoken to and it brought the community together in a way that so rarely happens these days.

It had all started from a rather inebriated conversation at the closing down party of Sue's shop over the road at the corner of Roseneath Place and Roseneath Terrace. I had accidently suggested what a fabulous idea it would be to have an enormous party like this and agreed to organise it with a few other people at Sue's party. The next day, feeling a little the worse for wear, I assumed that everyone would have as much trouble remembering what we'd agreed as I did. Not a chance, that evening a small committee of us formed and we started organising the event; I'm so glad we did.

Every day of that summer had been filled with glorious sunshine and the BBC promised brilliant weather for the Saturday we'd chosen. Of course, it turned out that it was the one day of torrential downpour! I was gutted. I thought the whole thing was going to be a disaster. From early morning it rained and was still raining by 2pm when we started the party. I was amazed, though, to see all the little children bravely taking part in their races (there were little prizes to be won and it seemed no amount of bad weather was going to keep them from competing). People were huddled under the awnings scoffing burgers from the grill. It looked a bit miserable but it was still ticking over. Then after just an hour, the rain dried up and the sun came out - people started dribbling out of their stairs and before long the day was in full swing.

We went on into the small hours. We had bands and music and food (supported by kind donations from some of the residents). The band was awful - the great band I had organised to come had 'accidentally' arranged another gig that day so our last minute replacement had never played in public before. The music was deafening and the swearing and death metal rock wasn't quite what the family sentiment needed. Fortunately, they were happy to be steered in the direction of some beer early to finish their set. Michael Wollaston jumped in a saved us with some excellent guitar work and songs that wouldn't make your grandmother faint. It all worked out ok.

It really is amazing how easy it is to live in these flats and not know your neighbours. I'm sure everyone has had times when you don't know someone to the left or right or up or down. It's a great shame really. After the party ten years ago, though, you could notice how many more people felt part of the community. It's something that it's high time we did again!

Last time we only invited Marchmont Crescent North. This time we're expanding to include all of the flats that share the back green; that's Marchmont Crescent North, Marchmont Road North and Warrender Park Road. Here's a graphic from Google Maps. If you live in one of the flats in the picture then, please, come along.



We're planning to have bouncy castles, bands, barbeques, races, movies, face painting and lots, lots more. I hope to see you all there! We'd love some help with all aspects - if you have any talents, ideas or resources, or you just would like to come and take part in the organising, please shoot one of us an email (there's a list in the top right).