DG Case Studies
In 2003 the Countryside Agency commissioned a series of case studies charting the progress of 15 community groups starting out on Doorstep Greens projects. In the spring of 2005 we revisited them to find out what had changed, both on the ground and within the community.
Use the links below to view the case studies in PDF format
| Full list of case studies: | 2003 | 2005 |
| Tackling Crime and Drug Abuse – Clifton Place Community Garden in Bristol | BEFORE (173kb) | AFTER (170kb) |
| Working to reduce vandalism – Palace Road Gardens project in Camden and Oak Road, Tunbridge Wells | BEFORE (219kb) | AFTER (129kb) |
| Improving access – Surfleet Recreation Park and Church Fields | BEFORE (209kb) | AFTER (140kb) |
| Making links to other facilities – Ockment, Okehampton | BEFORE (143kb) | AFTER (198kb) |
| Dealing with a lack of urban green space – Weavers Green, Coventry | BEFORE (208kb) | AFTER (186kb) |
| A new group coming together – The Spinney in Cornwall | BEFORE (198kb) | AFTER (190kb) |
| Reversing the decline in rural services, Epping Upland, Essex | BEFORE (215kb) | AFTER (182kb) |
| Purchasing new land for a green, Aston Green in Herefordshire | BEFORE (259kb) | AFTER (138kb) |
| Providing a greenspace for the community for 99 years: Kirkby Thore Doorstep Green, Cumbria | BEFORE (172kb) | AFTER (150kb) |
| West Grange Doorstep Green project in Leeds, where the local authority and the local community group have signed up an agreement to work in partnership together | BEFORE (199kb) | AFTER (200kb) |
| Peter Pan Park in Islington, where the community has to work hard to include minority groups in their Doorstep Green project | BEFORE (206kb) | AFTER (166kb) |
| Gamesley Doorstep Green in Derbyshire – forming a link to the wider countryside | BEFORE (125kb) | AFTER (141kb) |
| Hawthorn Road Doorstep Green project in Bacup, Lancs, where crime and vandalism has been a problem in the past | BEFORE (166kb) | AFTER (140kb) |
| Scotland Gate community group whose DG project aims to tackle antisocial behaviour and crime in the area | BEFORE (127kb) | AFTER (142kb) |
| Carter Park community group who are trying to get old and young to work together in creating their Doorstep Green | BEFORE (184kb) | AFTER (179kb) |
| New Herrington, Tyne & Wear, where Doorstep Greens funding has combined with English Partnerships Coalfields funding and a new Home Zone (No 2003 case study corresponds with this) | 2005 (162kb) |
