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Starting a Community Project Later in Life
The man who rebuilt the bus shelter bench on my old street was 71.
Stand at a busy junction outside a primary school at 8:40 on a wet Tuesday and you will see it: a person in a long yellow coat, holding a round sign on a pole, stepping into traffic so that a stream of small children can cross.
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The man who rebuilt the bus shelter bench on my old street was 71.
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The first time I stood up at a council meeting, I had four pages of notes about a dangerous junction outside our primary...
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The first time I took my six year old to sort tins at our local food bank, she lasted twenty two minutes before announcing she...
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Ask people on almost any street who knows the neighbourhood best and you will rarely hear the name of a councillor.
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