Countryside News

Although we are no longer in and out of lockdowns, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was still felt acutely in communities across the country throughout 2022.

An athlete who survived cancer thanks to a lifesaving stem cell transplant, will travel to Australia next year for The World Transplant Games.

Vistry Group is demonstrating its support for the UK’s military services by sending a seven-strong team to Plymouth’s Armed Forces Day.

An £10m scheme in Tynemouth, which offers over 55s the chance to live independently as their needs change, has welcomed its first residents.

Leading mixed-tenure developer Countryside Partnerships has joined forces with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Make Space for Girls, a charity which campaigns for parks and public spaces to be more welcoming to teenage girls, to develop an industry-leading approach to inclusive design in public spaces for young people.

On Thursday 30th June, Countryside partnered with Warwickshire and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Services giving them access to a derelict building at our Kingmakers View development, on a former industrial site in Warwickshire, that played host to a dramatic live exercise.

A playground in a popular park at Acton Gardens has been completely refurbished – with a new giant slide and fully accessible trampoline among the improvements added following consultation with local residents.

The work has been carried out by Ealing Council at Mill Hill Park, on Avenue Road (W3), through an initial £250,000 investment from Countryside and L&Q as part of the Acton Gardens regeneration. The park will be renamed Avenue Road Park following the second phase of refurbishment works, which will follow in future years alongside the regeneration.

Volunteers from Countryside, the UK’s leading mixed- tenure developer, spent the day painting a local boxing club in Hexthorpe, Doncaster.

The Rochester Riverside Community Board, which oversees funding for community projects across Rochester on behalf of Countryside and Hyde, has announced more than £20,000 of funding for five new projects at its first meeting of 2022.

Leading mixed-tenure developer Countryside was very proud to support the London Borough of Waltham Forest’s Platinum Jubilee opening event and beacon lighting on 2nd June 2022.

It was great to see so many residents, colleagues, families and friends come together to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at Rochester Riverside and Ashmere in Kent over the bank holiday weekend.

Beaulieu’s continued support for CSSP funds Y3 Fitness 3s and Y4 Superstars in 2022, the year groups most negatively affected by Covid-19