The River Roding

To complete the improvements outside the school on Cannington road to make the street safer, more attractive and more people Continue reading →

Cakes & Community Spirit

It’s been a busy few weeks for DIY Porter’s Lodge trying to get all the final elements of construction finished as Continue reading →

DIY Porter’s Lodge: Celebrate!

We’re excited to invite you to our DIY Porter’s Lodge: Celebrate event on 21st June between 10am – 4pm!  Everyone Continue reading →

Footprints & Flamingos

Lately we’ve been ‘art and about’ (!) in Becontree looking at different ways the urban environment can be a blank canvas Continue reading →

Shutter Love

Many residents we’ve spoken to have mentioned how unpleasant the empty shop shutters at the Gale Street/Rugby road junction look, asking how they Continue reading →

“I want people to feel proud of this neighbourhood”

At the end of November we held a Clean up along Rugby road as a response to resident feedback about Continue reading →

Cleaning up Becontree!

At the start of the engagement for DIY Porter’s Lodge lots of people we spoke to talked about how they Continue reading →

Painting the railings of Parsloe’s Park

Young people from Barking and Dagenham helped out DIY Porter’s Lodge at the end of September by starting to paint Continue reading →