News on Aylesbury Phase 2B

As you may already be aware, since July we have been engaging with Aylesbury residents and the wider community on the new vision and plans for Phase 2B, as part of a wide-reaching consultation on the plans that will run into the Spring of next year.

So far, we have met with over 110 people at our pop-up events around the estate, and also have held a series of meeting local residents and key groups. More information on this process and how you can get involved can be found on the ‘Get Involved’ page, here.

While this consultation has kept us busy, Notting Hill Genesis remains committed to our existing community investment programme, which sees over half a million pounds invested into local communities to ensure that they directly benefit from the ongoing regeneration of the Aylesbury estate.

We therefore wanted to recap on just some of the activities and engagements we have been doing to this end over the summer months, and also flag some fresh training opportunities that you, or someone you know, might want to get involved with at this time.

As we head into autumn, we will be holding more consultation events on Phase 2B and also on Contract C of the First Development Site. Look out for more information coming soon!

It’s good to be back (in person!)

It was great to be back in person for this year’s Summer Programme.

This year's activities included drama, spray painting, dance, pottery and cycle skills (to name just a few). There has been something for everyone and the young people who joined the programme have developed many skills over the summer.

One resident who took part said, "I'm short of words to say how much we appreciate you and the whole team. Thank you so much for your support."

You can read the full article and see more photos at

http://aylesburynow.london/news/posts/summer-its-good-to-be-back

We also held a picnic where we got together with 25 members of our ‘Cuppa and a chat’ group.

Former resident, Moussa, a teacher and master craftsman of West African instruments, accompanied by his brother, provided some wonderful music so it didn’t take long before many were up dancing to the music!

One resident said, “Many thanks…for all your hard work putting a lovely event together for us. We truly appreciate and loved every bit of it.” Another was pleased to see the joy it created: “It was good to see all the ladies up dancing to the music which was great, and the children happily decorating their canvas bags.”

You can read the full article and see more photos at

http://aylesburynow.london/news/posts/getting-together-for-a-cuppa-and-a-chat

Upcoming employment training opportunities for local residents

There are also a number of training opportunities that Aylesbury residents can take advantage of. These include financial wellbeing and career confidence workshops.

You can find out about these opportunities and more by contacting Valerie Alaro on 07892 766804 or Valerie.Alaro@nhg.org.uk .

Image courtesy of Daniel Thomas on Unsplash.