Client: Norwich City Council

• Woodcock Road Creative Safety Project With the evenings drawing in, car driver awareness is more crucial than ever. That’s why pupils from Catton Grove Middle School in Norwich have launched a new creative road safety project, to tackle this very problem. Over the summer term of 2005, 10 children from Catton Grove Middle School took part in a series of art workshops to design Publicity Posterboards to be sited along local routes to school like Woodcock Road. Working with community organisation Free Form Arts Trust and Norwich City Council, the children were asked to think of words that would make drivers slow down and to suggest images representing the consequences of speeding. Travel surveys at the school have highlighted concerns about speeding on Woodcock Road and this is the first time children have had the opportunity to design road poster boards with Norfolk County Council approval.  Screaming dad logo

		• Bullard Road Garden Consulation has been carried with local residents to create improvements to the Bullard Garden space so that local children can safely play near their homes.   Residents would like to see the garden incorporate both active play elements for ball games and quiet play area for younger children. Railings will surround the garden area to reduce the frequency that wayward footballs end up in private gardens.

Carnival fever swept through the streets of Catton Grove when City Care, council service teams, and local residents joined forces with Free Form, artists, performers and musicians to bring the spirit of carnival to life and provide a make-over for the area.

This was an opportunity to build relationships between council services and local residents and whilst tackling issues such as waste management, fly tipping and recycling. Over 108 tonnes of rubbish was collected during the 2 week clear up operation.

Free Form identified Fiddlewood as a priority area for its programme of improvements. Despite its status as an important ancient woodland it has suffered years of neglect of vandalism. Free Form worked with BTCV and Norwich City Council to develop a programme of projects and events that tackled the problems blighting the woodland and reclaim it as a community space for people of all ages to enjoy.

• Halloween Spooky Spectacular, 31 October 2005 Witches, ghouls and ghosts joined in the magical lantern procession from the local community centre to heart of the woodland. In the lead up to the event, workshops were held at Greenfields community centre in which local residents took part in Bat Box making workshops with BTCV and Costume & Lantern making workshops.

• Standing Stone of Fiddlewood Free Form have worked with local artists 'Making Marks' to create a sculptural landmark entitled "The Standing Stone' in the heart of Fiddlewoods ancient woodland. Community involvement has been pivotal to the creation of the Fiddlewood Standing Stone; its design incorporates drawings and poetry from community workshops led by Making Marks. It is hoped that the Standing Stone will come to symbolise Fiddlewood's importance as a place of natural beauty and one of recreation and enjoyment.

Working with BTCV and the friends of Fiddlewood Group, Free Form carried out improvements to the edges of the woodland, upgrading entrance gateways and replacing timber steps within the woodland.