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2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the successes of London 2012 was the huge contribution made by the volunteer workforce. Using some of the residual funding, a variety of schemes were set up.\u00a0 During 2014\/2015 one of these schemes was the setting up of 5,000 Community Organisers who were tasked to listen to their communities and identify local leaders, projects and opportunities, and empower the local community to improve their local area. \u00a0 Two Community Organisers were assigned to Canford Heath and were overseen by the Poole Well-being Collaborative.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cThe Coffee House\u201d (now Lounge One) became a meeting place where ther Community Organisers could facilitate conversations with local residents who talked about wanting to bring Community events back to the heath.\u00a0 \u00a0 One of the first events organised was a Christmas Fair in 2014 followed by an Easter Festival in 2015. The support and interest shown in these events encouraged more discussions which culminated in a meeting of interested groups and residents in May 2015.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outcome of this meeting was the formation of ARCH (Association of the Residents of Canford Heath) with initial advice and support being given by the Poole Well-being Collaborative and the Community Development Team from Poole Council (now BCP Council).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first major event planned by ARCH was held in September 2015 to celebrate the 50<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> anniversary of the Canford Heath Community. \u201cCanford Heath 50\u201d was held on the playing fields behind Haymoor Junior School and was well attended confirming the need for this type of community experience.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 2015 saw the formalisation of this adhoc group by creating a not-for-profit community group with a Constitution and a Committee that would oversee the organisations activities. \u00a0 \u00a0 One of the first tasks of the committee was to organise another Christmas Fair which built on the success of the initial one held the previous year.\u00a0 \u00a0 In June 2016, a Community Fair was organised at the Canford Heath Community Centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication became the first key priority so that ARCH became the conduit for information to let\u00a0 residents know about the many activities and events taking place across the heath. \u00a0 A Facebook page and an e-mail address were set up and work was started on the first version of the ARCH website which eventually went live in February 2017.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2018 the new ARCH Network met for the first time with a view to increasing the cooperation and networking between the other organisations on Canford Heath.\u00a0 \u00a0 Well attended Bi-monthly residents are also held in the Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 19<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> May 2019, the Canford Heath Fest was held on the playing fields behind Haymoor School with various stalls and entertainments.\u00a0 \u00a0 Between 11 am and 4 pm over 2000 people attended this despite heavy rain showers that started around 2 pm. At this point the event transferred to an indoor venue on the site for the remaining two hours. As a community event it was a huge social and financial success.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Other events followed including the Canford Heath Remembers Poppy display, Quiz nights and Christmas in the Square attended by 800 people. \u00a0 An event based on the 2019 FEST was planned to coincide with the 75<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> anniversary of VE Day on May 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2020, but due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic this celebration had to be cancelled.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p>However, we were back again in 2021 with events ranging from a scavenger hunt that took place in the summer holidays through to the Light Up Canford Heath Christmas event which was bigger and better than last years. Why not take a look <a href=\"https:\/\/canfordheathnetwork.org\/event-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p><p>In 2022 we achieved a lot &#8211; in February we collaborated with Prama to set up a new group called Saturday Friends for people wanting more connections so as not to feel lonely or isolated. In April we worked with St Paul&#8217;s Church to organise a fundraising event in aid of Ukraine. Moving on to June we had a joint venture with the Pilot Pub to organise the Canford Heath Platinum Jubilee Street Party.<\/p><p>Throughout the year\u00a0we ran various fundraising events including quiz nights, in the summer we went out and about to various fairs on the heath to meet people and promote ARCH.\u00a0 August saw the installation of 4 Art boards we had commissioned across both shopping centres and around this time we funded and installed two additional benches, one in each centre.\u00a0 In October we put up more poppies on lamp posts than ever before as part of Canford Heath Remembers. Moving on to December\u00a0we collaborated with Canford Heath Community Centre, Beacon Church and the Pilot Pub\u00a0to organised the\u00a0Community Christmas Lights Switch-On event and most recently we have been helping with the Community Christmas Hamper appeal.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also instigated a meeting with Michael Tomlinson MP to share our concerns about the ongoing Anti-social behaviour. The result of this meeting helped to secure a 24\/7 CCTV camera in Adastral Square. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We continue to promote Canford Heath events and news via our various media including this e-bulletin, our website, our Facebook page, our 2 noticeboards and the Link magazine.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARCH plans to continue building on its success with other social, promotional, networking and fundraising events being planned, taking on projects that benefit the community.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-232a443e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"232a443e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5f991d\" data-id=\"b5f991d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451829b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"451829b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Copyright (C) 2024 ARCH. 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