Cathedral Ward Worcester City

'It’s no new, modern creation; no complex, mysterious concept; its people helping people for the greater good; its individuals taking more responsibility for themselves and their neighborhoods; its communities being empowered to shape their place, to find and deliver solutions to local challenges together' (1). So why may you ask am I writing this a year on from David Cameron’s Big Society Concept?  I suppose it’s to highlight; that it’s kind of been there all along, in various forms and guises. The Asian community when first arriving to this country were the epitome of the Big Society Concept; ‘as Asian communities have historically lived in extended families that included grandparents, parents, aunties and uncles acting as unpaid nannies and baby sitters for young children; carers for the elderly and guardians of young adults’(2) . The Asian community, to many people may seem closed and misunderstood to the outside world, but underneath that illusion, a whole host of socia

I am writing to you regarding Fort Royal Park and it's current state. You may be aware that the park was voted 8th best in the Whole Country by the Independent in 2005. ‘8 Fort Royal Park, Worcester ( http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-ten-best-urban-parks-490071.html ) With its hilltop views towards Worcester Cathedral and The Worcester Commandery, this is the perfect park for glorious sunsets. A Civil War battle was fought here, and it is home to Fort Royal, the listed monument that gives the park its name. The fort itself is surrounded by a rose garden and extensive flowerbeds, and there's a playground on the site, so it's all pretty child-friendly’ Add this with the history of the park Fort Royal was a Civil War on a small hill to the southeast of Worcester overlooking the Sidbury Gate. It was built by the Royalists< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier > in 1651 to defend the hill, because during the siege in 1646< http://en.wikipedia.org/wi