FRESHAYR have teamed up with Newton Primary School in a project to create ‘a safe place to live’ highlighted in their upcoming Little Voices Festival.

The aim is to encourage pupils to get involved with the project of creative diversity which launched last year. Children were asked about the problems they face on a daily basis and how they can combat the issues.

Robert Singer explained: “The school children were asked: ‘what would make your area a better place to live in’. 

“From a very simplified point of view a great many of the ideas fell into ‘a wish for a safe place to live and play surrounded by pretty flowers’.

“Although, naivety may immediately jump out of this statement, it is exactly what makes it possible ‘the problem is the solution’.

“So if the problem is a lack of feeling safe in an uninspiring environment, could it be that the solution is to use creativity to make the area more aesthetically pleasing, interactive and safe.

“This project seeks to involve the children of Newton Primary in an investigation into making their area what they want. 

“Wallacetown is a fairly large area covering from the north side of the river Ayr to Tam’s Brig, so it would be ridiculous to contemplate attempting to address the whole area in one project.

“The proposal is to look at the area of Macadam Place/Church Court as a starting point to develop a programme of creativity centring around zero waste, sustainability and up-cycling that can grow into the other areas.

“FreshAyr in collaboration with Newton Primary have brought together a number of departments of South Ayrshire Council along with other agencies to initiate a grass roots project that has as its starting point the Voice of children: Change by design

The children have come up with the theme of favourite television characters for an afternoon festival ‘little voices’ on September, 29 to activate Church Court in Wallacetown from 1pm until 5pm.