Highbury East Liberal Democrats

The Greener, Cleaner Safer day took place on the 7th in Highbury Fields and was a big success. The weather helped, there was plenty of sunshine many more people were in the park. Street Environment officers were present throughout the day. There were displays by Street Environment and Greenspace offering advice and information On the day the Graffiti team carried out proactive work and all graffiti was removed from all bins in the area and the bins were also washed by the ART team.The highways department repaired footway potholes in the park and Street Wardens were in attendance as were the Safer Neighbourhood Team, who made regular patrols in the park and surrounding area. Parkguard attended between 3pm and 7pm offering advice etc. with regards to dogs and several young people took up the offer of training advice and the free grooming kits that were available. 40 cubic metres of compost from Edmonton was delivered at 9am and a steady stream of residents collected it free of charge throughout the day. All the Islington staff in attendance assisted residents in loading their bags, boxes or whatever containers they brought. As this had been publicised across the borough in ‘Islington Now’ residents from across the borough took advantage of the free compost.During the course of the day approx 800 people spoke to staff asking for advice or taking information leaflets.