Meeting Aims To Reimagine the Heart of Acton

Locals invited to participate in discussion in person or online

A visualisation of The Mount drawn up during an earlier initiative
A visualisation of The Mount drawn up during an earlier initiative

A meeting is being held to discuss what the future might hold for the centre of Acton particularly the area around The Mount.

‘Reimagine The Heart of Acton’ is described by its organisers, MutualGain, as a collective conversation and it takes place on Tuesday 14 September from 4pm to 6pm.

MutualGain, is a social capital building organisation, and it will be hosting a live round table meeting at St Mary’s Church. If you can’t make it in person there will be the opportunity to participate virtually. All members of the community are invited to attend.

Matters for discussion will be how the area can be improved and what would people be willing to do to make change possible.

A steering group made up of community groups including the Churchfield Community Assocation and volunteers have been meeting over the last few months to understand what questions need to be asked and how the process can be as inclusive as possible.

This will be stage one of the supported delivery by Mutual Gain. Once information has been gathered from this meeting, local people will be invited to pitch for an available £15K of funding to help address the themes that come from discussion.

If you would like to register click here.

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September 8, 2021