The Memorial Garden
In the last year the Cambridge homeless community suffered a shocking
number of deaths (over twenty people passed away, many of them young
and from overdoses shortly after detox treatment).
We have since been raising funds to create a Memorial Garden on land
donated by ECHG at their hostel at 222 Victoria Rd. With the support
of Streetsmart, the Cambridgeshire Foundation, Travis Perkins,
Marshalls Paving and a dedicated team of homeless volunteers who have
worked incredibly hard in the last few weeks - we now have a
landscaped garden including a water feature, lighting, paving,
fencing and 6 railway sleeper pillars which will bear individual
brass name plaques commemorating the lives of homeless people who
have died in Cambridge in recent years ...
This garden is intended to be a respectful and dignified place where
homeless people can process their grief and remember lost loved ones.
Each brass plaque will cost £10 (this is a special rate) - we have
consulted with the community and they have asked us to include the
names of nearly 80 people.
Plants are also needed for the garden: large shrubs (not trees),
climbing shrubs such as honeysuckle to cover the fences that run
round two sides of the garden, spring flowering bulbs such as:
snowdrops, daffodils, tulips, crocus, bluebells, and ground cover
perennials such as heathers etc
Cambridge Link-Up very much hope that you will want to support this
venture either by making a donation towards the cost of the plaques
or by buying or bringing plants and bulbs from your own garden to 222
Victoria Rd, Cambridge CB4 3LG
You can send a cheque made out to
Cambridge Link-Up to 222 Mill Rd,
Cambridge CB1 3NF
or you can donate securely online via Paypal to
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IN MEMORY OF:
John McMurray
Peter Croxford (Kiwi)
Jeff Wood
Samuel Martin Daly
Jackie Tye
Stuart Shorter
Peter Byrne
Stuart Bartram
Danny Marks
Ian Mountford
Richard Baldwin
Michael Flood
John Hunter Dempsey
Gary Smith (Purple)
Ralph Moon (Wolfster)
John James (Chimp)
Darren Pateman
David Corser
Craig Wood
Richard Levick (Chef)
Kevin Beckford (Kiwi Kev)
Grant Durrant
James Ulysses Bond Phd link2
Jason Brown
Alison Wery
Francis Moran
Steve Tonner
George Wilson
Justin Gordon
Jennifer Campbell
Eddie Jones
Percy White
Vincent Tomkins
Dave Johnson
Alfred Wright (Starchild)
David Travis
Robin Thacker
James Dilley (Jimmy)
Terry Moore
Shaun Walsh
Tommy Breaker
Richard Middleton
John Dunn (aka Big John)
Harry Frostrick
James Totten
Peter Downing
Michael Pickering
Tara Harding
Mark Mitchell
Christopher Hartley
Carl Lipscombe
Selina Inkersole
David Moden
Wendy Oliver
Sean Rogers
Hayley Chapman
Gary Moore (Stretch)
John Canham
John Slade
Rueben Hotson (Max)
Dave Chapman
Geoff Streeton
Nora Clarke
Susan Ring
Barry Hutchins
John Lydon Black
John Canning
Nick Webb
Wayne Cremore
John Deane
David McIntosh
Alexander McGeachie
Jim Rowson
Jo Roddy
Chris Tegg
William (Billy) Vint
Jolene Willis
Andy Ward
Paul Hubbard
Milton Julien Boxhall
Ian Kersey
If you know of any online information about the above deceased, please send us the links and we will post them above. contact |
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