A month in the life of a Green Party campaigner -- December

Council meetings -- 0
Community meetings and events -- 11
Enquiries and requests for repairs from residents -- 15

Action

-- Attended Christmas events at the Pakistani Community Centre, Wycliffe Church, Alfred Sutton school and Newtown school.
-- Attended Thames Valley Positive Support's world AIDS day stall
-- Campaigned against council plans for development on the playing fields behind Thames Valley University on Crescent Road
-- Called for the Council to grit steep slopes to prevent people from injuring themselves in icy weather.


Results

-- worked with the council to get a safety fence next to the children's play area in Palmer Park separating it from the busy Wokingham Road
-- got kerb and crumbling bricks fixed at the Wokingham Road end of Eastern Avenue
-- asked Council for action on the issue of bins on pavements in problem areas off the Wokingham Road
-- got fly tipping cleared from Cumberland Road and Heath Road
-- asked for Council action on the wheelie bins which sometimes obstruct the pelican crossing opposite Alfred Sutton school
-- got fly tipping cleared from the Palmer Park recycling car park
-- got BT to fix the fence in the alley between Culver Road and Crescent Road.