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Community Conscience

Team 39 of the Preston Prince’s Trust, in association with the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service with the assistance of Recycling Lives has embarked on a redevelopment project for the benefit of elderly residents at the Gateway-owned community in Ingol, Preston.

The charity-based organisation hopes to dispel negative stereotypes of disadvantaged teenagers involved in gang culture, knife crime and anti-social behaviour by giving something back to the community. The team members involved hope to show that not all out-of-work young people are yobs by building bridges with the local residents. “Far from it”, many do actually care about elderly residents of their communities, and few are given opportunities to make a positive difference.

The ethos of the Prince’s Trust, is mirrored by the ethos of Recycling Lives. Our own attitude towards better social cohesion and integration is of paramount importance in making communities live and work better together.

One elderly resident currently living in Ashbourne Crescent, Preston was actually robbed by a youth and has now been left traumatised by the incident. The Prince’s Trust team along with support from Recycling Lives hope to restore some faith in the younger generation by renovating a common area which has become rundown through neglect and an inability of the residents to maintain it themselves. They hope to develop a sustainable, easily maintainable plot of land that will enrich the lives of some of Preston’s most vulnerable citizens.

The team would like to thank the following local business for offering donations:

• Recycling Lives Ltd
• BG Fencing
• Barton Grange Nurseries
• Wickes
• Woody’s Warehouse
• Jewson

Recycling Lives were obviously keen to help in any way that they could and so offered to donate the skips required for the clearance work. Recycling Lives then took the skips away and recycled the materials contained within accordingly.

The fifteen strong team are eager to give something back to the older generation and have just two weeks to renovate a neglected communal garden, which has fallen into an advanced state of disrepair. Upon completion the Team intends to have an opening ceremony attended by Preston’s Mayor, councillors, police and fire officers.

PC Greg Plummer a Preston based officer who is seconded to LFRS in the capacity of Team Leader leads the group. Greg said “Preston Team 39 can rightly feel very proud of making such a valuable contribution for the elderly residents of Ashbourne Crescent Ingol. Completing this garden project in less than 2-weeks is testament to how brilliantly they have bonded together as a Team.  They have proved that young people can do something  positive for the community and deserve credit for their hard work”.

The team is made up of young people aged 16-25 who predominantly emanate from a variety of vulnerable backgrounds and are ‘Not in Education Employment or Training’ (NEET). During the 12-week course they learn a variety of skills including building confidence, problem solving, tolerance, as well as personal development. By the end of the programme they become more employable and some go to college having previously dropped out of school.