Stroud Valleys Project - Improving Access to Greenspaces

Kissing gate installation A new partnership in 2008 was formed with the Gloucestershire County Council Rights of Way department.

Nine stiles were replaced with kissing gates to improve access on footpaths around Kings’s Stanley and Leonard Stanley. This project was also supported by the two parish councils, who provided the gates.

In Cam, five kissing gates were installed on the path from St George’s Church up to Cam Peak. Here, additional financial support came from Cam Parish Council and the Cam Wildlife Group.

Our Volunteers Say

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I've found the projects inspiring and I've developed skills I didn't know I had, to the extent that I am now able to find employment in new fields.

I will always be grateful to the staff and volunteers at Stroud Valleys Project for their encouragement and warm support.

Being involved with Stroud Valleys Project has been a great experience. I've enjoyed and learnt so much through various courses and volunteer projects I've worked on.

Thank you all at SVP for the help and support you have given me in the last couple of years, which has helped me to get my foot back on the ladder in the world of work.

I loved the course (Veg Growing), it was the highlight of my week

“Often I feel so bad I don’t want to do anything but after coming here, working with my group in the sunshine, I always feel more cheerful. They are my friends now.”

“Volunteering with SVP is the best thing that happened to me in my life.”

“I never thought I would get into gardening and growing stuff, but through all my work with SVP I have learnt to really appreciate nature.”

“We get lots of work done – and we have a laugh!”

“Our group is like pieces from a jigsaw puzzle. Everybody mucks in and does what they can, and the job gets finished in no time.”

“When somebody has a bad day, the others in the team make them feel better.”

“I learn lots of interesting things and I feel useful.”

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Improving Access to Greenspaces