A Hall for All
Join us on Saturday, January 31st, and enjoy live music from FranClassic and The Nixons
Tickets will be available on the door.
Event starts at 7:00pm on January 31st.
Please note, there is no charge for tickets, but a donation on the night of £5.00 per person would be greatly appreciated!
Come along and find out how and why Brighton has inspired Peter’s writings.
January 30, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Here’s a blog post from our friend, neighbour and local activist, Marek Kohn for the Prestonville Community Association:
A while back we in the Prestonville Community Association got talking about the Greenway path that runs along the old railway line through New England Quarter. We lobbied for it to open when Network Rail was holding it up. But now many people don’t feel comfortable or safe on the neglected, graffiti-covered path it has become.
The problem, we thought, was that it doesn’t seem to belong to a community. And thanks to committee member Martin Poole, Vicar of St Luke’s, we’ve come up with a solution – urban farming! Or gardening, anyway. Friends First, a group which has run a farming project in West Sussex for homeless people, is up for doing something similar on the Greenway. If it works out, there’ll be people down there regularly, cultivating it and looking after it.
We’ve been working on it with our neighbours in the Ditchling Rise residents’ association, DRARA, and a bunch of other people who agree the Greenway needs nurturing. So far there have been two Sunday tidy-up sessions, open to all; the aim is to hold these once a month.
The reason I’m telling you this – and the reason I’m delighted it’s taking shape – is that it shows what the PCA is all about. Making connections, getting together, working together, drawing people in, making the neighbourhood a friendlier, more inclusive and nicer place. In a word, community.
And that’s what we’re here for. The PCA helps with other stuff too – the summer picnic in Dyke Road Park, the Christmas Carols in Exeter Street, discussions about plans such as the Seven Dials reconstruction. But one way or another, it’s all about community.
Naturally, we’d like as many Prestonville people as possible to be in touch with what we’re doing, and to share your views about local life with us. To make that as easy as possible, joining the PCA just involves signing up to receive email updates about local news and PCA activities. Email [email protected] or visit http://prestonville.org.uk/, and let’s join the community up some more!
Worried about energy prices, or how to keep warm this winter?
Then come along this Friday to our monthly THGI Tea Club starting at 2:30pm.
Can’t make the event but got a question you want to ask? Then contact Rebecca Jones of National Energy Action’s Warm Homes Campaign – telephone 01273 964229 or 07738 417448, or send an email to [email protected].
For more details about the THGI Tea Club click here.
Wowzer! What a night.
Thanks to everyone who came and sung their hearts out at the Frozen singalong and made it a truly magical night. You were GREAT!
Shrugs off cape, sings “Let it go, let it go…”