Joy-Caron Canter

Member since February 23, 2021

I am the Network Coordinator for One Newham, a partnership network for the voluntary, community and faith sector.

https://www.onenewham.org.uk/

I have a background in youth and community work, volunteering and working in the voluntary sector for over 30 years

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Joy-Caron Canter3 years ago project idea submitted on behalf of Mo & Tommy Parker! Over the tracks is a gardening project - mainly a growing project to produce edible plants, herbs, fruit and vegetables. We will encourage residents of all ages & backgrounds to get involved growing and harvesting from this new community garden space. People will be able to pick vegetables to take home as well as use them for community lunches and BBQs held in the garden. We will aim to teach people of all ages, including young people how to grow and harvest different types of fruit, vegetables and herbs that they would usually not have access to - or can be expensive. We will also build a new preserving station - to teach people how to make jams & preserves. Which they will also be able to take away with them. LBN have funding for capital works on the site. This funding would be specifically to run activities in the growing space.There will be at least 1 weekly session for children and 1 weekly session for adults

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Joy-Caron Canter3 years ago The project is to arrange social activities and trips for older community members and stroke survivors. This would include local shopping trips, including Christmas shopping trip, visits to garden centres, a fish and chips lunch, afternoon teas and a boat trip. Social events and afternoon teas would celebrate community holidays e.g. Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s day, St George’s day and Eid celebrations - all trips and themes will be agreed in advance with community membersProject idea submitted on behalf of local resident Glynis Webb.

Joy-Caron Canter4 years ago Grass Routes will renovate, stitch together and activate a corridor of green/open spaces within the Royal Docks ward in Newham. The project will improve the green infrastructure of the ward/borough, enhancing biodiversity and increase access opportunities for residents to engage with nature by enhancing/creating publicly accessible green spaces for people and wildlife:FOOD GROWING: Community gardening, creating food growing spaces enabling local residents to learn to be more self-reliant. • TREE PLANTING: Plant and maintain trees, which will provide shade for wildlife and fauna• HABITATS: Improve habitats for invertebrates, birds, bugs, hedgehogs, butterflies and pollinators such as bees, creating a green corridor with a range of new habitats including hedge rows, providing wildlife corridors to find new food/water sources. We will turn grey into green creating parklets improving the area and increasing wildlife/biodiversity.• CLEAN UP: Clean up & litterpicks in local green spaces and parks• GREEN TRAINING: A green activities programme to support local people of all ages to access green spaces and engage with nature, providing regular learning opportunitiesSUSTAINABILITY & COMPOSTING: We will utilise grey water from butts and providing composting bins. The majority of the physical improvements will be natural and therefore self-sustaining.

Joy-Caron Canter5 years ago We will provide inclusive and improved indoor and outdoor spaces - as well as activate these spaces with free activities to engage local residents - an inclusive community food and activity hub, including two indoor and two outdoor cafes and free activities in the spaces. These will be at St Marks Church, RDLAC (indoors Monday - Friday), St John’s Green and Royal Victoria Gardens including weekends. The hub will provide inclusive spaces for local residents to meet both indoors and outdoors, engage with wellbeing, learning and social events and activities or simply to relax and enjoy a cup of tea or healthy meal and include pop up cafe nights and BBQ’s, providing an opportunity for local community chefs as well as a safe space for local residents to meet. Examples of activities include yoga, tai chi, pilates, gardening, computer sessions, coffee mornings, local walks and art classes. We will also include free refreshments, drinks and healthy snacks for participants. We will consult with local community members to help design the hub, to choose additional activities that they would like to see as well as suggest menus for the cafe. This project meets the priorities: Cleaner environments Inclusive and Improved outdoor spaces Community safety Project Photos from Sept - Dec 2021

Joy-Caron Canter5 years ago A local community gardening project in St John’s Green Community Garden, North Woolwich and surrounding green areas We will run 3 sessions each week. 1 weekly adult gardening sessions on a Wednesday for 2 hours 2 weekly children’s gardening sessions, including offering activities through the North Woolwich Library and local after school clubs Adult sessions will include watering, sowing, planting, growing, weeding, mowing/ strumming, building raised beds, litter picking and learning how to maintain green spaces. This will provide health benefits improving mental health and after stroke careChildren’s sessions will include children learning to grow and harvest seeds, plants, fruit, herbs and vegetables as well enjoying nature and environment art sessions and bug hunting to learn more about local biodiversity. We will organise foraging and preparing fruit eg. jam bottling fruit and vegUsing raised growing beds throughout the area, we would like to provide growing space for locals to grow edible gardens - eg a “soup” box, a “salad” box, a “ herb” box - where residents can walk past and simply pick and take home - we will collect with the children to make healthy snacksThis would meet the following priorities: Cleaner environment Inclusive and Improved outdoor spaces Community safety Project Photos Sept - December 2021

Joy-Caron Canter5 years ago We already know the large number of residents, including children that are suffering from bad air quality (eg high rates of asthma) A campaign to encourage drivers to turn off their engines - especially not to idle engines outside of schools would be great. Even better, to encourage them to walk or cycle. It would also be good to implement green walls and posts to combat negative effects and help improve air quality. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/problem-solving/could-green-lamp-posts-solution-air-pollution-problem/amp/