Category Archives: How to get things done locally

Kings Cross isn’t short of gritty urban locations and Randell’s Road is being used for a film shoot again today.  A small crew is filming a short called ‘Land Fit for Heroes’ about three men in an old folks home … Continue reading →

You can see in the top left hand corner of this site a list of the latest local problems reported via the easy to use Neighbourhood Fix-It website.  If you want to report a street problem just go to their … Continue reading →

If like me you have a small flat overflowing with stuff then why not have a go with Freecycle to give things away to local people.  I have shifted dozens of DVDs and a whole set of encyclopaedias to people … Continue reading →

Some really good news for local kids and anyone who wants a good artificial grass surface – the excellent local youth group the Copenhagen Youth Project have pulled off a real coup in refurbishing the Cally Pitch next to Orkney … Continue reading →

Wow – this site has just had its 10,000th page view.  This isn’t bad for a site only aimed at people who live within 500 metres of each other in Kings Cross. Internet statistics are funny things but the following … Continue reading →

I chaired a meeting of the Environmental Task Group for North Kings Cross yesterday.  Officials from different bits of the Council and other local bodies site down with a couple of residents to tackle persistent environment problems.  This group works … Continue reading →

The West Area Committee of the Council has given me a small grant from the West Area Community Chest to do a few things to underpin this website  – the first of which is to create a proper web address … Continue reading →

People pulling together have helped turn Kings Cross around from a warzone in the mid nineties to one of the most exciting and stimulating places to live in London.  Every bit of the community has worked with each other, the … Continue reading →