Nadia Khan, Brent Council, introduces
Fresh on the heels of the S very successful St Raph's Vibe Day LINK the St Raph's Voice Community Centre held the first of four 'Sharing Space' days aimed at sharing more, wasting less and living well - a grass roots way of addressing climate change.
The event, held in conjunction with Brent Council appeared to be successful judging from the wide range of people taking part in terms of age and diversity, and from the smiles and concentration on faces.
Asif Zamir, Chair of St Raphael's Voice told Wembley Matters:
The Sharing Space initiative is the result of a collaboration between St Raph’s residents, Brent Council, and Think & Do. This partnership aims to build a more resilient, connected, and climate-aware community from the ground up.
I was delighted by the engagement. We kicked off the inaugural session with 100 residents in attendance. The vibe was fantastic, as always it was great to see people coming out, supporting and having a great time. We are constantly striving hard to break down social barriers within St Raphs and this project has really helped us in reviving our core social values of sharing, whether it’s food, skills or advice.
It a great way of educating and creating a conscious change in behaviour as residents become more aware of the tangible benefits of being more energy efficient and the power of good choices. Sharing, reusing and repairing instead of replacing or putting into landfill.
It has been especially refreshing to see the involvement of the estate’s youth, we have worked hard in our community to engage our local youth via our youth club #straphs. The young people all thoroughly enjoyed the session.
We will continue to build on the success of this event and look forward to developing this into a permanent fixture for St Raph's and hope our success will ripple through the borough. Our climate is changing, so must we!
