TWO new faces will be helping cement an Oxford community following a major regeneration project in Rose Hill.
The pair have been recruited by Oxford Citizen’s Housing Association (OCHA) and their part-time roles are financed by the estate’s £361,714 Lottery grant.
Volunteer co-ordinator Ali Hall is tasked with creating a 30-strong group of community volunteers to drive the social regeneration of the estate following the £20m housing rebuild which was completed in February.
Her professional background includes working with disabled children, helping them to integrate with other children and working as a carer at Helen & Douglas House.
She said: “I will be coordinating and managing the volunteering project.
“We are looking for people to engage in the health initiative promoting health and well-being in the commun-ity.
“By bringing the health bus on to the estate and running activities for children and young people that contribute to their health and well-being, there are lots of ways for people to get involved.
“The other project is the Rose Hill newspaper which is published six times a year, so we are working on recruiting commun-ity journalists to go out and find out what’s going on and celebrate the good which is being done.”
The other new face is administrator Asha Rogers, who will support the team from the OCHA offices in Barns Road, Cowley, helping to ensure that events such as tonight’s community celebration and the monthly health bus visits run smoothly.
The St Anne’s College PhD student will work two days a week.
She said: “I was really excited about being able to contribute to the project which did so many different things and is making such a big impact.”
Organiser Fran Gardner said: “Having gone through a very extensive recruitment process involving almost 100 applicants, Oxford Citizens Housing Association (OCHA) were delighted to be able to appoint these two lovely ladies.
“It means that the community work OCHA have been doing on Rose Hill can now be widened considerably.”
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