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Friends of TOM (FoTOM)
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The communal gardens and other external areas are maintained by outside contractors. The contractors are managed by our Managing Agents.
The Friends of The Old Meadow group (FoTOM) was formed in 2019 and developed following conversations between neighbours who indicated their willingness to "do their bit" to help both develop a sense of community spirit whilst working to bring small but important improvement to the general care and maintenance of the estate.
A WhatsApp group was set up for the Friends group to aid communication between volunteers. The group has a written constitution that was drawn up, with a clear understanding that the group's activities would be subject to both support and potential sanction by the board of directors of the Residents' Management Company Ltd.
An important aspect of the link between the RMC board and the Friends' group was a board decision to allocate an annual budget of £1000 to support the group's activities. This is an ongoing commitment and has allowed the purchase of equipment including, wheelbarrow, litter pickers, brushes, brooms, buckets and other gardening equipment. A quantity of green hi vis slipovers are available for the safety of volunteers whilst working on the site at TOM.
Unfortunately, since COVID there has been a fall off in activities but we still retain the annual budget that allows us to carry out ad hoc works and small planting schemes. If you fancy volunteering to do a bit of weeding, litter picking, sweeping, watering etc please email friendsoftheoldmeadow@gmail.com with your details.
Use this email similarly if you would like to be included in the Friends' WhatsApp group. FoTOM is open to all residents.