POSSIBLE BENEFITS FOR YOUR STREET if you join in Streets Alive

Participants in Streets Alive have commented on the many benefits they have observed in their own neighbourhood, such as:

• Increased trust levels
• Knowing your neighbours may prevent future barriers building up
• Meeting neighbours informally at a social level may break down existing barriers. Making new friends
• Fellowship/friendliness
• Sense of belonging - community
• Caring
• Security
• Connecting children for play
• Care for elderly
• Companionship - an alternative to loneliness
• Possible romance!
• Social aspect in street after a working day - little effort to get together
• Fun, without having to get in your car
• Helping in practical ways/sharing skills
• Exchange of ideas, eg recipes, plant tips
• Aliveness

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