Residents in an Angus housing estate are joining forces to make improvements to their neighbourhood.
Members of the Glensview Action Group, which covers Gallowshade in Forfar, have come up with plans to spruce up a children’s play park.
The volunteers hope their efforts will be rewarded with a street party when the park officially re-opens.
Angus councillor Lynne Devine, SNP member for Forfar and District, has been working with residents to find ways to improve the area.
The link-up with the Glensview Action Group came after she met participants on the Big Walk, a recent cross-country event run by the Eden Project which set out to connect communities across the UK.
She said: “I was at Forfar Foodbank when the Big Walk came into Forfar.
“Angus McLeod of Dundee joined the team which walked from Morecambe to their homes across the UK.
“I was really pleased to meet him and to talk to him and other walkers about their travels.
“They had been visiting foodbanks and community groups across the north of England and Scotland, seeing the power of work being done at a local level.”
At the end of the visit, Cllr Devine was presented with a Big Lunch box – a package filled with ideas and instructions for how local communities can join together on projects.
She contacted Mary Coyle of Glensview Action and suggested she use it to bring the people of Gallowshade together.
Ms Devine praised the efforts of another local, Shannon Johnstone, who lives in Gallowshade Road, who is spearheading works by volunteers at the old play park on Glenogil Terrace.
“They will be cleaning up the play equipment and the rubber flooring and flower planting, with fence and seat painting being undertaken by a team from Castle Huntly and new bins from the council,” she said.
“So when the work is done, the idea will be to celebrate this collaborative effort with a Big Lunch and re-open the park officially.”
