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Ambassador Programme

Through its Community Ambassador programme, Gloucester Heritage URC ensures that local people are involved in the developments and have the opportunity to comment on the regeneration plans as they unfold.

Each of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ sites leading the city’s regeneration has a Community Ambassador who provides a vital link into their communities, allowing the views and opinions of local people to be heard at Board level and helping build stronger relationships between the city businesses, residents and Gloucester Heritage URC.

 

Pictured: Helen Cook, Sam Hoad, Lou Spira, Mike West, Maxine Overbury, Fred Reed

The Community Ambassadors are:

  • Blackfriars: Lou Spira, local artist and arts teacher
  • Canal Corridor: Vacant
  • Gloucester Docks: Helen Cook, Commodore of the yacht club and initiated Gloucester in Bloom as an annual event in 2008
  • Gloucester Quays: Pat Culley, member of local community groups including the Hempsted Wine Circle and a resident who has lived in the Gloucester Quays area for more than 70 years
  • Greyfriars: Maxine Overbury, local artist and resident
  • Kings Quarter: Mike West, renowned in the world of motorcycles and works with his wife Carol who has run ‘Carol’s Flowers’ in King’s Square for 36 years
  • Railway Triangle: Vacant

What does a Community Ambassador do?

  1. Encourages good connections within their local community
  2. Act as the ambassador for the community within the Gloucester Heritage URC
  3. Help the Gloucester Heritage URC produce a local Community Engagement Plan specific to their regeneration area

Community Ambassadors are selected for their local knowledge of the community and areas represented.  Each ambassador is supported by the Community Engagement Manager 

GHURC’s Community Engagement Manager has continued to work with each Ambassador to increase links with the Magnificent 7 area communities. Ambassadors are looking to increase their profile within their areas to ensure effective representation at Steering Group meetings.

A comprehensive review of the Community Ambassadors programme is underway with recommendations for improvements/changes to the Residents & Community Forum in September 2010

To contact the relevant Community Ambassador or for further information contact:

Sam Hoad, Community Engagement Manager
tel: 01452 782994
email: Sam.hoad@gloucesterurc.co.uk

or

Martin Wallace, Programme Executive
tel: 01452 782995
email: Martin.Wallace@gloucesterurc.co.uk