Category Archives: Community stuff

It was a year ago today that I set up this site after a conversation with Tom at MySociety.  I had no idea the torrent of local activism we would unearth and celebrate.  It has been great fun over a … Continue reading →

Tackling tipping, broken streetlights, graffiti, vandalism was what got me involved in community activity in Kings Cross.  Some weeks I feel like an urban Bill Oddie on ‘TrashWatch’.  There are loads of ways to tackle this – when i first … Continue reading →

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 →