Community Visit to Nottingham Forest Match

Following the grant from the West Area Committee as group of residents spent the afternoon on a community cohesion trip to a Nottingham Forest match on Saturday 5th December.

Twenty seven residents went in total to the match played against Leicester City. This was the first time some had been to a football match played in the major leagues.

It was a very exciting game to go and see with nearly a 30,000 crowd attending and a pitch walk by the Mercer Regiment who had currently finished a tour of duty in Afganistan.

In the end Forest managed to thrash Leicester City 5 - 1 which made the day even more enjoyable.

Another grant has been applied for to enable the residents of the estate to visit Skegness on a day trip by train during the summer months. We shall have to see if we are successful

Best West Community Awards

The event tonight was a presentation for the money awarded for applications for community projects. It was great to see people being allocated money to benefit their community without having to jump through so many hoops and around so many obstacles so for a bit of cash.

The application was straight forward, the money was low in relative terms to council budgets but will at least the money goes to groups trying to make a difference and care about the community they live in.

The evening was a excellant night out at the Ballroom of the Nottingham Council House.