IPPR NORTH Environmental Justice Balancing, Social, Environmental

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IPPR NORTHEnvironmental JusticeBalancing,
Social, Environmental Economic Concerns

• Quayside Exchange, Sunderland
• 8th September 2003

PREPARED BY Matthew J. Finkle Project
Officer E-mail matthewfinkle_at_btconnect.com
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Map of Castlemilk
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Environmental Action Plan for Castlemilk Review
2004

• Purpose of Review
• Examine work to date
• Aid formulation of Best Practice
• Guide
• Re-assess sites
• Consultation Document
• Adoption

• Part 1 - Aims Objectives
• Existing Woodland
• Biodiversity
• Forestry planting
• Watercourses
• Footpaths
• Landmarks (Artworks)

• Open Space,
• Play areas
• Gateways
• Maintenance/Management
• Community Participation
• Monitoring

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Part 2 Original Sites

• Woodland
• Development Sites

• Ridges
• New Plantations

• General Open Space

New Sites

• Castlemilk Park
• New Housing Partnership

Further Project Sites

• Carmunnock Road
• Lainshaw Drive

• Downcraig Road
• Mitchell Hill

Strategies

• Public Art (Reputations)
• Access Strategy
• Sustainability, Local Agenda 21 etc
• Maintenance Management
• Project Officer Community Parks Officer

• Biodiversity

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9 for 99 (1999-2000)
Part 3 Programme Funders

• Trusters
• Glasgow City Council
• Communities Scotland (now gone)
• Outside Bodies
• ERDF
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Scottish Arts Council

• Castlemilk Partnership
• Entrust
• FA
• SNH

• Projects
• Civic Square (1)
• 6 Environmental Sites (6)
• Gateways (5 Artworks) (1)
• Project Officer (1year) (1)
• 715,000 Total funding (9)
• Funding
• 50,000 SAC Lottery Fund 250,000 SEG
• 260,000 ERDF 90,000 Landfill Tax
• 65,000 Trust funds

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Civic Square

• Approximately 410k, including fees VAT.
• Hard Soft landscaping, decorative planting
• Car-park, taxi rank
• Decorative walls railings

• Six Environmental Sites
• Approximately 167k including VAT Fees.
• Sites across Castlemilk
• Ecologically based planting, native species mixes
• Minimal maintenance

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Gateways, 2000
1. Southern Gateway

• Ardencraig Road/
• Carmunnock Road
• Rick Kirby, Nr London

• 5 Sculptures
• 125,000 plus VAT
• 5 white, middle aged, male artists
• Worked with local existing projects on a one to
  one basis
• Limited involvement in some cases
• Implementation relatively simple
• One planning permission
• Conference held at end of process, attended by 60
  delegates, which led to Reputations project

2. Light Columns (up and up)

• Carmunnock
• Road
• Doug Cocker,
• Aberdeenshire

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3. Gateways

• Croftfoot Road/ Castlemilk Drive
• Paul Grime, Kelso

5. King of the Castle

• Fernhill Road/ Bowhouse Way
• Kenny
• Hunter,
• Glasgow

4. Open

• Croftfoot Road/ Fernhill Road
• Michael Dan
• Archer,
• Loughborough

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CASTLEMILK PARK 2001
Funders Total 500,000 HLF 250k ERDF
128k Entrust 90k FC 9k

• 3 Main Parts
• Landscape Contract
• Building Contract (Building Services GCC)
• Community Parks Officer (Castlemilk Park
  Community Project)

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CASTLEMILK PARK COMMUNITY PROJECT

• Aims
• 1. Provision of community environment events
  programme based in Castlemilk Park
• 2. Environment Education Service to local schools
  and community groups
• Objectives
• a. Encourage more positive Community use of
  Castlemilk Park
• b. Provide new learning opportunities for
  communities
• c. Introduce C.P. as a resource of Health, Social
  and Environmental Education.
• Projects
• Volunteers
• Events
• New Start
• Castlemilk Park Young
• Peoples Group
• Biodiversity
• Schools
• Group/Community Involvement

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A Public Art Programme of Social Environmental
Interaction From Castlemilk

• Planning
• Scottish Arts Council,GCC Cultural Leisure
  Services
• 18 Artists from Scotland, England, Spain,
  Belgium, Austria, France,Canada
• Finance
• 900k - 1m Budget
• No public arts strategy for Glasgow
• Scottish Arts Council, Lottery Fund
• Community Involvement
• Planning, development, design, participation

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Reputations - Example Project

• Esther Shalev-Gerz
• Title A Thread
• Based in Castlemilk Park
• Roof Shelters
• Artist assisted by School Of Art Students
• Artist working with
• up to 12 separate
• community groups