Street Pride

  

Civic societies across the country are taking action to create better streets for people and in 2010 we will be running the street pride campaign to help rid our streets of unnecessary clutter and create streets we can be proud of.

 

The campaign responds to the enthusiasm expressed by civic societies during the recent debate undertaken by the Civic Society Initiative for action to improve our streets.  It builds on excellent campaigns already undertaken in Stamford, Oxford, Salisbury, Alnwick, Bath, Wakefield and elsewhere. 

• Alnwick Civic Society
• Ambleside Civic Trust             
• Bath Preservation Trust          
• Battersea Society  
• Beaminster Square Enhancement Initiative  
• Beverley Civic Society
• Bexley Civic Society (click News - Street Signs Campaign)
• The Bracknell Forest Society
• Brighter Uckfield Campaign
• Brighouse Civic Trust       
• Bromley Civic Society
• Buxton Civic Association
• Cambridge Preservation Society
• Cheltenham Civic Society
• Chippenham Civic Society
• Chislehurst Society
• City of Winchester Trust
• Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society        
• Crewkerne Civic Society
• Dronfield Civic Society
• Enfield Society
• Gloucester Civic Trust
• Hexham Civic Society
• Hove Civic Society
• Huddersfield Civic Society
• Ilkley Civic Society
• Isleworth Society
• Kidderminster Civic Society
• Market Weighton Civic Society
• Nantwich Civic Society
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Civic Society
• Norwich Society
• Nottingham Civic Society
• Odiham Society
• Otford Society
• Oxford Civic Society
• Pontefract Civic Society
• Portchester Civic Society
• Putney Society
• Ripon Civic Society
• Sale Civic Society
• Salisbury Civic Society
• Seven Dials Trust
• Sonning Parish Council
• South East Bayswater Residents’ Association
• Southwell Civic Society 
• Spalding and District Civic Society
• Stamford Civic Society
• Stratford-upon-Avon Society
• St Mawes and St Just in Roseland Society
• Thetford Society
• Todmorden Conservation Group
• Tonbridge Civic Society
• Tottenham Civic Society
• Wakefield Civic Society
• Wavertree Society
• Warwick Society
• Whaley Bridge Amenity Society

* if you want your civic society added to this list email streetpride@civicsocietyinitiative.org.uk

* to let us know if your civic society has been active in tackling street clutter and promoting street pride – email streetpride@civicsocietyinitiative.org.uk

The campaign will include a toolkit for civic societies to involve their members and others in identifying and urging action against unnecessary street clutter and a number of campaign workshops around the country.  We will focus on poor pavements and unnecessary signs, posts, bollards and guardrails.  The results will feed into a national database and support a high profile campaign for national action. 

If you want to get involved, help in arranging a campaign awareness workshop or simply keep in touch then contact us now on streetpride@civicsocietyinitiative.org.uk  

We are grateful to English Heritage and the Public Realm Information and advice Network (PRIAN) for supporting this campaign. You can read how PRIAN can support your civic society by visiting http://www.publicrealm.info/prian_civic_societies.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press Coverage for Street Pride

Street Pride, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, (38 minutes in)

Prince of Wales backs Street Pride campaign to protect public spaces, The Times, October 26th

Prince of Wales backs civic campaign to tidy Britain's streets, The Telegraph, October 26th

Sign of the Times, The Times, October 26th

Civic societies to launch drive for better streets, Planning Resource, October 26th

Civic societies across the country take action to create better streets for people, Rudi.net, October 26th

We are all Nimbyists now, The Times, October 27th