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Last night our Community Decision Making Panel vis

Last night our Community Decision Making Panel visited the building site to explore progress and hear from Stewart about some of the material decisions we will be making in the next few months. Stewart from our construction team Cornerstone, showed us around and we had a visit to the roof garden for the first time. Amazing progress on site! Then Stewart showed us options for the Yakisugi cladding we have chosen for the front of the building. This is a charred wood option, originating in Japan where cedar would be charred to protect it from the elements and insect damage, also ensuring the carbon sequestered in wood remains longer as this method is more sustainable in terms of replacement after time. It also reduces maintenance costs as doesn’t need to be repainted every few years like other wood surfaces would. We then returned to the Pippin to see some of the surface options @studiopropolis are working on for our interior storage and furniture. Finally a discussion about what the building should be named and an agreement to have a community vote on the options we came up with - also extra points for anyone who spots our erratic ice age rock found under our building, a glacial rock which we are still deciding what we will do with so let us know any thoughts. #communityleddevelopment #sustainablematerials #materialsmatter #yakisugi

✨ PIP TILES PROJECT ✨ • We have had a BUSY

✨ PIP TILES PROJECT ✨
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We have had a BUSY February and March working on the PIP Tiles project! Thanks so much to our Tiles Focus Group and neighbours for all your hard work. #madebymanyhands 🙌🤲🫶🙌🤲🫶
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We’ve had some incredible artists collaborating with us on this project - @_sarah_fraser working her magic with the extruder, making 100s of tiles using recycled clay ♻️ , @sarahcrosby.ceramics sharing her mono-printing knowledge 🧠 , @kiddakinsey and @rebeccamariadavies gathering stories and illustrations for our artwork! 💬 Thank you all!
Such a beautiful programme of activity for this project lead by @alicethatchclay
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We’re so excited to be continuing this project over the coming weeks - more activity coming very soon! 💚
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📸 Thanks always to the brilliant @renton0 for documenting the work so beautifully.

What’s on at PIP This Week & Next! This Week Tu

What’s on at PIP This Week & Next!

This Week
Tuesday 11th March
◍ 4-5:30pm
Youth Club
⫯ The Pippin

◍ 6-8pm
Community Decision Making Panel meeting
⫯ The Pippin

Saturday 15th March
◍ 3-4pm
Saturday Sports
⫯ The Park

Next Week

Tuesday 18th March
◍ 4-5:30pm
Youth Club
⫯ The Pippin

Wednesday 19th March
○ 9:30am-11:30am
YMCA Coffee Morning
⫯ The Pippin
Come down for a cuppa, snacks and meet Heather from the YMCA and see what support is on offer - if there is something you need- come down to the Pippin. Snacks provided!

◍ 12-3pm
Secret Garden Tidying - volunteers welcome! Adults only
⫯ The Secret Garden

Saturday 22nd March
◍ 3-4pm
Saturday Sports
⫯ The Park

S H O U T O U T !!! To three of our young neighbo

S H O U T O U T !!! To three of our young neighbours and youth club members for their tournament at West Brom, to represent Port Vale. They made it to the final and one of them won player of the tournament!!! ⚽️ stellar work from our young footballers under the brilliant leadership and training of our youth leaders Jamal and Zahra and partners @engagecic ✊✨💛💅