What is the Together Initiative?

The South West Ward of Gainsborough is an area that has very little open accessible green space and no children’s play parks or outside activities.

It also suffers from a lack of community buildings. The programmes and initiatives aim to rectify this, alongside developing a greater sense of community spirit, ownership and involvement.

The conclusion was that if we are to see long lasting positive change then we must work together. This goes beyond networking but coming together and deciding together what the priorities are for the area and ALL working towards them.

The Vision

The vision for the programme is to see a healthy thriving community for all that acts as an inspiration for others and a restored, renewed and revived area that acts as a flourishing gateway to all that Gainsborough is and could be.

Mission and Values

The Together Initiative aspires to:

put the needs of people first – Engagement highlighted that some previous projects did not consider what people really needed or wanted.
do what we say we are going to do – Residents feel let down, neglected and are tired of promises being made and broken.
choose encouragement, collaboration and problem solving – Change the blame culture and silo working that has held back progress.
develop greater trust and give people hope. – Resident discussions revealed a lack of hope that things would ever improve and a lack of trust in the authorities.

Objectives and Aims

The objectives and aims of the project are:

develop and support current services and identify gaps in provision.
improve community spirit and opportunities for residents to become involved.
increase access to open space, outdoor activities & community facilities.
improve living conditions, so that people feel safer and healthier.

Current Programmes

Our current programmes are:

regular Christmas and Summer community events on Ashcroft Green.
monthly community walkabouts.
Ashcroft Green development project.
Thorndike green space project – awaiting result of a bid from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
Scouts Hill project – a 50 acre green space site, which we hope to develop for the local community.
Anglian Water site development – adjacent to Ashcroft Green.

You can find out more using the programme contact details below.