Green spaces - Riverside

What We Have Achieved
Our Green Space and Urban Realm programme has:
• Improved 27 green spaces and created 3 wildlife habitats
• Created 10 community gardens and 1 community park
• Established or supported 6 community enterprises
• Created 2 sports facilities, and 4 play and
recreational facilities
• Cleared more than 160 tonnes of fly-tipping
• Planted more than 20,000 trees
• Held over 120 community consultation events with
more than 3,000 people attending
• Involved more than 500 residents in the delivery
of projects
• Created 4 jobs and trained over 30 people
• Encouraged more than 250 people to volunteer on a
long-term basis
The benefits...
Who we’ve helped...
Well-managed green spaces are crucial to
contributing to people's quality of life and making
neighbourhoods liveable.
Riverside aims to improve our communities’ sense of
identity with their surroundings and increase their pride
in the areas where they live.
Young people will benefit by learning more about their
environment and by utilising their local space. The part
they play in improving their environment allows them
to feel ownership of their space, protecting it for
future generations.
The older generation also benefits by creating a new
interest in their environment through, for example,
allotment work and horticultural training, and by
allowing them to see what their area can be with our
investment and the community’s help.
CASE STUDY 1
Hillcrest Play Area
Funded through a mixture of BIG Lottery fund,
Playbuilder and Riverside Impact Fund, the
Hillcrest Play Area has recently undergone a
complete refurbishment.
Located in the heart of Halton Brook Estate, the site
comprised an existing derelict play area, an under-used
community garden and adjoining playing field totalling
1.2 Ha of open space and formed the principle green
space area for this estate in the Runcorn New Town area.
A combined budget of over £350,000 has transformed
the existing play area into a pioneering ‘wild play’ area
and the adjacent neglected community garden into a
safe haven for toddler play.
“We’re proud to work with
Riverside to help transform
neglected sites into assets
for the community.”
James Towers, Mouchel.