Lighting up Foxhill

Lights have recently been installed at the Park in Meare Road Foxhill. This will allow young people to use the very popular football and basketball area during the long winter evenings.

The request came from the youngsters themselves when Sam West, formerly the youth service outreach youth worker on Foxhill, persuaded some of the young people in Foxhill to make video diaries about what they wanted in their area. This was after a troubled few weeks with disturbances around the Bradford Road shops, a couple of years ago. They really took to this task and one of the requests that came up a lot was for lighting in this part of the Park.

Sam managed to get the some finance from the Council's Community Safety budget, but it was very expensive to get the lights linked to the electricity supply and there was a £4,000 shortfall.
It was at this time that the Medlock Trust stepped in to make up the balance and the supply has now been connected just in time for the winter. (Photo by kind permission of the Bath Chronicle)