Countryside News

This week marks Love Parks Week, and over the last 18 months we have seen an increasing number of people, up and down the country, value green open space more than ever.

Countryside, the UK’s leading mixed-tenure developer, has improved the garden at John West House in Maidenhead for residents, thanks to a £2,500 donation from the Countryside Communities Fund.

Countryside has partnered with the NHS on their latest skin cancer prevention campaign, with the additional support from actor Ray Winstone. The campaign running across the mid and south Essex region is using the latest AI technology to support rapid diagnosis of skin cancers.

Countryside, the UK’s leading mixed-tenure developer, L&Q, one of the UK’s leading housing associations, and Ealing Council have officially re-opened Bollo Brook Park, a transformed public open space at Acton Gardens, the regeneration of the former South Acton estate in west London, alongside pupils from Berrymede Junior School and Berrymede Infant School.

Countryside catches up with Saloua Oussalah, centre administrator at the Acton Gardens Community Centre. A key part of Acton Gardens, Countryside and L&Q’s regeneration of the South Acton Estate in west London, the Community Centre was officially opened in July 2019 as part of a new hub for residents which is also home to a youth centre, dental practice, incubator workspace and local supermarket.

As we have all found, the recent coronavirus outbreak has introduced some significant challenges to everyday life, but it has also brought the community at GMV closer together.

A drawing competition has taken place at Hounslow Town Primary School to determine the artwork which will be featured on the construction hoarding for the next phase of The Assembly, Countryside’s £52m regeneration scheme in Hounslow.

Projects supported include a school playground refurbishment, creative arts for young people and a community café

Jaspers Community Café, a new initiative in Rochester that is being supported by the Rochester Riverside Community Board, was opened by the Mayor of Medway, Cllr Habib Tejan, on the 13th November.

This Armistice Day, Countryside, one of the UK’s leading home builders specialising in placemaking and regeneration, has signed the Armed Forces Covenant with the Royal Engineers at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, demonstrating its support for the armed forces (AF) community.

Whether by raising money or donating our time, we are always looking for new ways to make a real difference on a local level.