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Cleaner Colourful Cullercoats

Cleaner Colourful Cullercoats : Cullercoats Collective + Cullercoats Co-op + North Tyneside Council
June 19th 2021
Community clean up event bringing together different organisations and community members to clear weeds from certain areas as part of Cullercoats Green Spaces Project as well as litter pick across Cullercoats.

Project Stats

Volunteers

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Sacks of green waste cleared

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How it went

Early on 19th June volunteers from Cullercoats Ambassadors, the Co-op, Cullercoats Coffee and the community gathered to tackle a specific area in Cullercoats. For three hours volunteers tackled some large brick planters that had been overtaken with weeds and the fenced park area to prepare them for the next phase of our Cullercoats Green Spaces Project. Volunteers also litter picked, swept, wiped and brushed the streets and roads around these areas.

The weather was kind to us with the sun shining throughout the time and there was a great community atmosphere. People stopped and chatted and others picked up a brush and joined in. This was just the first phase for the planters and fenced area and more work will be taking place in the weeks and months ahead to smarted up these areas.

Operation Payback Fund

Cullercoats Collective have successfully recieved funding for Cullercoats Ambassadors and community events from the Operation Payback Fund

We have been waiting a long time to share this news with you all and finally that moment is here. In the week we officially launched Cullercoats Collective in March of this year we received news that we had been successful in a funding application to the Operation Payback fund provided by Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuinness using money from the proceeds of crime.

Kim said, “I am really pleased to support the fantastic work of Cullercoats Collective in making Cullercoats a safe and enjoyable place to live. The funding I have provided through my Operation Payback Fund will increase the work already undertaken by the team and specifically aim to reduce ASB through the provision of diversionary activities and the recruitment of Beach ambassadors. I look forward to hearing how the project develops and the positive difference this will make to all who live or visit the area.”

We have already begun to put this money to good use through the recruitment of Cullercoats Ambassadors, who will provide a welcoming and positive presences as well as getting involved in community projects. You may have already seen them out on the streets on 8th May and they will be visible around Cullercoats in the coming weeks and months. We are also putting the finishing touches to a number of small events aimed at both Cullercoats residents and visitors over the summer and beyond.

If you would like to know more or you would like to find out about volunteer opportunities with us then please contact us via a direct message or through the contact forms on our website.

Cullercoats Ambassadors

Do you love Cullercoats? Are you enthusiastic about everything our community has to offer? You might make an ideal Cullercoats Ambassador. Cullercoats Collective are currently recruiting members of the local community to provide a warm welcome to the village and bay on warm, sunny days at the coast. There is also oppurtunities for our Ambassadors to get invovled in other community focussed events such as litter picking and commuity gardeing. In addition, you’ll assist with keeping the community safe and presentable, liaising with the authorities if you notice anything of concern. Most importantly, you’ll be working as part of a friendly and enthusiastic team striving to promote Cullercoats as a great place to live, work and play.

Community events

We will be hosting a number of small community ‘happenings’. These will be small scale sessions and events that will engage both visitors and residents in postive activity. From yoga to fitness, kayaking to paddle boarding and much more.

Total Funding

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Cullercoats Green Spaces

Cullercoats Collective: Our Green Spaces are just as important as our Blue!

We’ve had a lot of interest from our Community Engagement for Cullercoats Collective to look into our Green Spaces, as part of Cullercoats’ Eco and Environment aspect and our Pride of Place strategy arms.

Cullercoats has a lot of great areas of interest: from the dunes and areas around the slopes leading onto Cullercoats Bay full of weeds and rubbish, to neglected planters outside of estates such as John street and Cullercoats Metro Station.

Cullercoats Collective can help facilitate willing volunteers and make these ideas a reality.

To show pride of place for our Green Spaces by seeking opportunities to fund community gardening projects, facilitate and co-ordinate volunteers who are willing to adopt certain previously neglected areas, and host a series of 'community gardening' based events (e..g Cullercoats in Bloom, Competitions, 'adopt a planter').
To promote sustainability by hosting demonstrations and talks to suit anybody in Cullercoats "whatever-the-size" of available space.
Ongoing.
Kick Off meeting May 2021 to launch gardening and sustainability projects late-May 2021
Cullercoats Collective can link up a network of volunteers (named Cullercoats Ambassadors) who are willing to tidy up, weed, plant in certain designated areas with available funding opportunities and equipment loans/donations, as well as liaise with responsible bodies (e.g. North Tyneside council, local housing, etc) to all show Pride of Place.

How can you help?

Updates

We are planning a meeting via zoom with those who expressed interest into community gardening on Wednesday 5 May 2021 6pm. If you would like to attend this meeting, then please get in touch with us at environment[@]cullercoatscollective.co.uk and we can send you the meeting link.

Cullercoats Ambassadors

To recruit, train and manage a small team of volunteers who will engage visitors, promote Cullercoats and liaise with the Police and Council where problematic behaviour or environmental issues occur.
For initial volunteers to be in place by Spring of 2021.
We believe that by increasing a friendly presence in Cullercoats on warm days to welcome visitors at keey points around the bay, assist with directions, engage with visitors about our lovely heritage and outstanding beauty spots, promote café deals and offers, hand out bin bags and leading by example by litterpicking, calling TRASHMOBS when needed and showing pride of place (engaging with council via CC directors to ensure that Cullercoats is kept tidy), feedback problems arising to the police in real time, before anti-social behaviour escalates. Cullercoats Ambassadors will be approachable, proud of Cullercoats and wanting to show it off. They defintitley won't be wearing High-Vis!

Project Costs

Initial Setup Costs

£ 0

Cost Per Beach Ambassador

£ 0

How can you help?

This is a big project that requires co-ordination. We envisage a rota system of willing volunteers to come down and enjoy the beach and surrounding areas for 2+ hours on a warm, sunny day. Please get in touch if you would be willing to volunteer some of your time to be a Cullercoats Ambassador, or to assist with co-ordination.

Local Business Incentives: We would love to work with our local businesses to be able to reward our Cullercoats Ambassadors.

Fundraising. This project requires us to fund some aspects (equipment and training for our Cullercoats Ambassador programme. If you would like to help, then please do not hesitate to check out our Fundraising page.

Updates

We are meeting with Northumbria Police to discuss the relationship between our Cullercoats Ambassadors and the neighbourhood police. A funding bid has been sumbitted which will help with the initial setup of this project.
Volunteer recruitment launched 1st March 2021.
8th May saw 13 ambassadors take part in our Million Miles Beach Clean event alongside the TVLB, Neighbourhood Police Team and North Tyneside Council.
Funding recieved from Operation Payback 2021 from the Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuinness.

VOLUNTEER AS A CULLERCOATS AMBASSADOR

Do you love Cullercoats? Are you enthusiastic about everything our community has to offer? You might make an ideal Cullercoats Ambassador. Cullercoats Collective are currently recruiting members of the local community to provide a warm welcome to the village and bay on warm, sunny days at the coast. We are looking for friendly, welcoming individuals to greet visitors at key arrival points. You’ll provide information on local businesses and services and promote the village’s cultural calendar. In addition, you’ll assist with keeping the community safe and presentable, liaising with the authorities if you notice anything of concern. Most importantly, you’ll be working as part of a friendly and enthusiastic team striving to promote Cullercoats as a great place to live, work and play.

If you are interested in this project and would like to be apart of it you can read the full person specification and volunteer job description here and fill in the initial interest form below.

Visit Cullercoats

To develop a high-quality online resource highlighting the various services available for day trippers, tourists and visitors.
To be available for April 2021.
We are working with Alex of Design on the Tyne who is based in Wallsend and has links to Cullercoats and is the man behind Cullerfornia. The brief is to develop a websites and brand attractive to people who visit Cullercoats; explore it's natural beauty, chill at one of our many coffee shops, enjoy our proud history and heritage, and find places to stay.

Project Summary

Initial Setup Cost

£ 0

Ongoing Costs (per year)

£ 0

How can you help?

Do you own a buiness local to Cullercaots? Are you a photographer or artists? Do you run events? If you can answer yes to any of these or if you feel you have something you feel would enhance the visitcullercoats.co.uk site then please get in touch.

Updates

Work on visitcullercoats.co.uk is currently in progress. Design revisions are under way with branding to be completed by the middle of March.
Basic site launched on the 15th May alongside social media for Visit Cullercoats