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Good News from the East Marsh Part One

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Good News from the East Marsh Part One


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At East Marsh United (EMU), the first half of the year has seen a flurry of activity across key projects. It’s a pleasure to bring you Good News from the Marsh.


Postcards for King Charles


Over the past 18 months, we have been working with children from our local primary and secondary schools on musical projects with our Project Developer Sue Baker and one of the area’s leading singing teachers, Caroline Gooch. Last year, children wrote verses for a new song, The Anthem for the East Marsh and performed together at Havelock Academy. This spring, Sue and Caroline have been back in our schools working with the children to use some of the words they wrote last year to create short audio postcards to send to King Charles as a gift for his coronation.  The audio postcards are being mastered in readiness to send and will give the king a snapshot of the lives, hopes and dreams of our young people.  


Thanks to the Mariners Trust, a large number of those children and their families were able to attend a Grimsby Town Football Club match in April, where they sang their hearts out to the crowd and cheered on eight schoolmates who were mascots for the events.  It was a memorable evening, and one that will be lasting for many of those children as it was their first ever visit to Blundell Park.


Greening the Marsh


The East Marsh has only 7% tree cover, making it one of the least green wards in the borough. East Marsh United is dedicated to making a green transformation in our locale and there are big projects underway to effect change. In February, 30 young trees were planted in Grant Thorold Park thanks to funding from the Urban Tree Foundation and our partners in making these changes, Create Streets. EMU has been working with Create Streets for several years, exploring how we might transform the hard concrete streets with planting, traffic calming, and improvements to buildings. The 30 young trees are the first part of the story. On the day, we were joined by our local schools plus partners and friends including NELC, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, Cadent Gas, Together for Childhood, GTFC and others. The East Marsh Peace Choir and friends sang to the trees as they were being planted and we were gifted a fine, bright day with plenty of sunshine. 


EMU is also working with Foresight, the WEA, LHP and the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust to take over a piece of disused land and transform it into a community growing space. We are delighted to welcome Emma Maskell, formerly a Community Organiser at Centre 4, as Project Lead for this important piece of work.  


In May, the first meeting of a new Friends of Grant Thorold Park group took place.  Our community outreach leaders, Carolyn Doyley and Sue Baker have recruited residents who are invested in caring for and transforming the park for future generations.  Watch this space as the park reaches its 150th birthday in 2024  - of course, all big birthdays need a party!


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