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I hadn’t seen Louise in almost a decade. We went to high school together. She has left Livingston twice, but is back and works in the catering team in the local St John’s Hospital.
I hadn’t seen Louise in almost a decade. We went to high school together. She has left Livingston twice, but is back and works in the catering team in the local St John’s Hospital.
A little toddler was brought along to the group by his big sister. Unaware of the danger, he toddled off into the skatepark. Good thing the skater’s are a protective bunch.
Scott is a youth volunteer and the social media co-ordinator for The Vennie. He’s been coming along for about 8 years now, and is in college studying cyber-security.
“I come here to hang around!” was this lad’s cheeky response to being told to get down.
At the community garden in Knightsridge, the local kids get involved planting and growing, learning life skills for later on.
Seb is one of the youth volunteers – most often found with a clipboard, keeping a note of everyone attending. Here he stands watch over kids learning how to power up a petrol lawn mower.
They sit in the middle of the skatepark, ignoring the skater’s objections, to “set the world to rights”
Akira loves snails and has Giant African Land Snails as pets. In The Vennie Community Garden, she tries to rescue as many snails as she can from the paths.
Harvesting the carrots, The Vennie Community Garden, Knightsridge.
The harvest is over! Carrots at The Vennie Community Garden, Knightsridge
“No, that’s not a cucumber, it’s a courgette!”
The Vennie is a community based project in the Knightsridge area of Livingston, the skatepark was designed by the kids themselves who love to skate. Connor is a bit older, and spends his nights teaching the younger kids tricks.
Lorna is a dog groomer and owner of Bud’s Buddies, a dog services that she runs from a shed in her back garden. She’s looking forward to her hip healing, so she can go back to training Buddy, Willow and Raven to win more agility competition medals.
This is John. He hopes the improvements to his driveway are completed soon.
I found this couple eating dinner on the steps outside the mini-mart on a sunny September evening. They happily posed. They asked me not to share their names.
Sep 14, 2020