These young people joined our workshop today about how to protect and respect public spaces and local wildlife as part of Portland Youth Councils campaign.

The group discussed their favorite public spaces, what makes a public space good, what problems we might find with a public space and how to overcome these – all whilst enjoying a walk in the sunshine!

We also met some of the wildlife characters that Portland Youth Council had created along the way and learnt about their habitat, diet, threats and how we can help them.

We spoke about public space ownership and how sometimes communities come together to fundraise to buy spaces to turn them into public spaces.

They then met Charlie Pascoe Art who coached them in painting skills to make postcards of their favorite Portland public spaces and contribute to a piece of public art using patterns, words and messages.

Thank you to the lovely Sally and Poppy who came along to support and of course to Charlie for her wonderful workshop.

Thank you to our partners and funders for helping support this work…

Dorset Council (Local Alliance Group), Portland Town Council and The National Lottery Community Fund