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Wednesday 26 February 2014

CASP Gardening Project

 Click Here for original council document of below information.


CAMDEN ASSOCIATION OF STREET PROPERTIES

CASP GARDENING PROJECT
February 2014 

HISTORY OF CASP GARDENING SCHEME
The CASP Pilot Gardening Project was established in June 2011 with  financial assistance from the Gospel Oak DMC. 

The Association set up and somewhat manages the project which has now been extended to include Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Hampstead. 

Funding to date includes: Gospel Oak £7000, Hampstead £6000 & Kentish Town £10.000

The aim of the project is to provide gardening assistance to older, vulnerable or disabled tenants who live in Camden owned street properties. 

Historically, this type of service was never provided by Camden Council despite many ground floor LBC street properties being allocated to disabled tenants, etc. 

Initial discussions during the setting up of the project were extensive and covered area's such as insurance, suitability of the gardening team to work with vulnerable adults (CRB checks, etc), references and related housing management issues, etc. 

The Association set up and manages the project which has now been extended to include Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Hampstead, although we remain in close contact with senior housing staff to discuss different aspects of the scheme such as funding and its management, etc. 

CASP meets regularly with the gardening team overseeing the works and any special requests such as input from OT's are passed to housing staff, etc. 
Many of the gardens have been left unattended for years and pretty extensive works have been required in some of the gardens in order to make these areas usable - before and after photographs are available on request. 

Over the years, some of these unattended areas have also attracted high levels of ASB and funding was used in some instances to revamp these areas - groups of individual gardens - into usable and attractive areas. 
For example, one of the areas (consisting of four individual gardens) was cleared and made attractive by sowing wild flowers, etc. 

GO, KT and Hampstead housing staff have also been proactive in identifying street property tenants who meet the criteria to receive assistance from the scheme. 

Our team of gardeners have extensive experience of working with vulnerable tenants in the community and the Association is already receiving excellent feedback. 

Since funding was first allocated in June 2011, funding used or is already committed to funding works taking place in the following Gospel Oak, Kentish Town and Hampstead streets: 

1. Malden Road NW5
2. Queens Crescent NW5
3. St Leonard's Square NW5
4. Russell Nurseries Estate NW5
5. Savernake Road NW5
6. Basset Street NW5
7. Grafton Road NW5
8. Marsden Street NW5 
9. Herbert Street NW5
10. St Baptist Gardens NW5
11. Maitland Park Road NW5
12. Grafton Terrace NW5
13. Hawley Road NW5 
14. Chetwynd Road NW5
15. Brecknock Road NW5
16. Caversham Road NW5
17. Gaisford Street NW5
18. Patshull Road NW5
19. Lawford Road NW5
20. St Alban's Road NW5
21. Chester Road NW5
22. Leighton Grove NW5 
23. Kingsgate Road NW6
24. Maresfield Gardens NW3
25. South Hill Park Gardens NW3
26. Goldhurst Terrace
27. Woodchurch Road NW6
28. Lady Margaret Road NW5 (New Referral) 
29. Ingestre Road NW5 (New Referral)
30. Croftdown Road NW5 (New Referral)

update 8 March 2021