Title: Regents Park Estate Environmental Improvements Project

Do the Regent's Park Estate roads rattle you?
Are the bins an eyesore?
Do the children want more or better play facilities?
Would a mural brighten up your day?
Would artwork in the gardens tempt you in?
More trees?
What about creating 'town squares' on the estate - would this improve community spirit and provide meeting points?

Regent's Park residents are being asked to help decide how to spend �2.5 million on improving the estate. The Environmental Improvements project is the next phase of the West Euston Partnership SRB programme, and WDS have just begun a 4-month consultation with residents and community groups to prioritise ways of making Regent's Park a more attractive and safer place to live, work, walk, drive, cycle, play, shop and socialise.

WDS have already begun meeting with key stakeholders in the West Euston Partnership to decide how we can engage and involve residents. We aim to consult with 20% of households, which means we'll be out and about a lot over the next few months! We aim to consult a sample representing the different age groups, cultures & communities who make up the estate, and our materials will be available in English, Bengali & Somali. In addition we will be contacting disability groups and refugee groups to access some of the less visible residents.

What are the options?
Architects firm Roughton has developed a series of options for how to improve aspects of the estate. Residents will be asked to choose which of the options they want to go with. Click here for to see the list of options.

Will we have to choose the cheapest options then? Obviously some of the options are more expensive than others and there will need to be an overall balance between priorities and expense, but this does not mean always going with the cheapest options. By recruiting a Residents' Steering Group (RSG) for the project, WDS aims to ensure that the priorities of the residents are represented at all levels, and that even after WDS have gone, the RSG will advocate on behalf of residents' views.

So give us an example�
Okay, take a look at this...

WHAT?	WHY?	HOW?
Improve spaces between buildings	Enhance appearance of the estate by improving the paved spaces between the blocks	Plant trees along roads & pavements

Okay, so how do we have our say?
We've developed several different ways of residents' accessing the information and feeding back on their priorities for the estate:

Click here for an online questionnaire. You can fill this in on the spot or you can choose the print option questionnaire which you can print off, complete then return by post. The address is on the form.

You can pop in to our drop-in sessions at the One-Stop Shop, 21 Hampstead Rd:

15 November - 11.00am to 12.30pm
29 November - 2.00pm to 3.30pm
4 December 4.00pm to 5.30pm

You can attend one of the focus sessions (attendees receive a one-off payment of �12 for their time) - contact us on 020 7490 5210 to register your interest or leave a note in our box at the One Stop Shop.

You can attend our evening consultation event on:

27 November , from 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Refreshments will be provided.

Contact Wendy or Tracy at WDS for further details
Tel: 020 7490 5210 or email [email protected]

You can talk to one of the community researchers - local residents who have received training to undertake questionnaires with people. �

You can join our walk around the estate and "Ask the Architect" event on 11 December. Lunch will be provided. Meet 12.00noon at WECA.

You can pop in to the library, WECA or Surma Centre & fill in a questionnaire on the spot.

You can take part in a street interview - we will be staffing a display at various places on the Estate, and using visual and fun methods such as 'Ideas Walls', photographs and issues boards.

Come to our January celebration event 'The Estate We're In' - more information to follow.

What If I want to get more involved?
Great, we're looking for residents to join the Steering Group to work with us and manage a pot of money set aside for community groups to develop their own environmental improvement projects.

Contact us on 020 7490 5210 or attend an open meeting to find out more about the steering group on Tuesday 13th November from 6.30 to 8.30pm at WECA, 89d Robert Street.

Wendy Sugarman & Tracy Hind - WDS

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