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GROWING A<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
AT LINEN<br />
GARDENS<br />
A few months ago tenants at Linen Gardens in Belfast came together to form a residents<br />
association. Since then they have been working closely with their Housing Officer and<br />
our Community Cohesion team to build a strong community in their area.<br />
At Clanmil we are committed to<br />
encouraging tenant participation<br />
and love to see our tenants getting<br />
involved. We are constantly looking<br />
for creative and innovative ways to<br />
boost community engagement - ideas<br />
like cleaning up and redeveloping the<br />
courtyard at Linen Gardens to make it a<br />
true community space!<br />
Linen Gardens now has a fabulous<br />
community garden for everyone<br />
to enjoy.<br />
Robin Stewart, who lives at Linen<br />
Gardens said;<br />
“Communities just don’t happen. It’s<br />
not enough just to build houses, you<br />
need to build communities as well. We<br />
can see that Clanmil are investing in<br />
our space with all of the great work<br />
that has gone on. It’s also been so<br />
nice to see everyone coming together<br />
to help build a strong community”.<br />
Philip Whyte, one of our new<br />
Community Cohesion Officers said;<br />
Thanks to lots of hard work by tenants<br />
and staff, supported by Women’sTec<br />
who provided advice and training in<br />
gardening, painting and woodwork,<br />
“We are delighted to see so many<br />
of our tenants coming together as a<br />
group to help improve the community<br />
in which they live. We hope to see lots<br />
more projects, just like this one rolled<br />
out to all of our schemes in the future.”<br />
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