Vote now to help our Southwark parks What would you do with £400,000? Southwark Council wants to spend it making your parks and play areas safer and more enjoyable. But we need your help.
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched the scheme to regenerate ten open spaces, and Londoners are being given the chance to vote on which ones will receive a £400,000 grant.
Two Southwark parks have been shortlisted for the vote: Dickens Square and Camberwell Green, and each of them are in the running for a £400,000 makeover.
You can decide which London park gets the grant, by voting online, sending a text message or mailing a postal vote. Voting closes on Friday January 30 2009.
The three ways to vote are:
- Online – go to www.london.gov.uk/parksvote
- Text – The quickest way to vote is by text. Simply text 'parks' and your full London postcode to 62967. This will automatically vote for the nearest park to that postcode (on our shortlist) in the borough. However, if you don't live near one of the two parks but would still like to vote for them, you can replace your postcode with SE5 8TS to vote for Camberwell Green or SE1 6BD for Dickens Square. Texts will cost 10p plus your standard network rate
- Post – you can request a postal vote form by calling City Hall’s Public Liaison Unit on 020 7983 4100
What we will do with the money
 At Camberwell Green, we aim to create an oasis of calm among the surrounding roads by building a new cafe kiosk and toilet block, providing better planting, and putting up signs celebrating the Green's rich heritage. All this should make it a better-used and better-loved space.
At Dickens Square we would integrate the park, adventure playground and neighboring mosque into a vibrant green neighborhood centre, and support the value of the site as a varied inner-city habitat.
So vote for your borough and help make Southwark an even better place to live.
Back the Burgess Park bid - we need Boris's millions!
The mayor of London will also award a single grant of up to £2 million to one large park for a makeover. The Southwark park shortlisted for this money is Burgess Park. This grant will be decided by the mayor rather than by public vote, with advice from a panel of experts.
Join our Back the Burgess Park bid facebook group to show your support. Invite your friends too!
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