Live Project #4 is based in Foxholes in North Yorkshire, a small remote town situated just North of Driffield and approximately 20miles inland from Bridlington on the East coast. The village has a population of approximately 180-200 people. Residents within the village include children of the newly arrived families, the elderly who have been within the village all/most of their lives.
Existing services within the village are minimal, there is no permanent post office, pub, shop or medical centre - these are provided through mobile units that visit the village on a weekly basis. The mobile signal in the area is minimal to none and there is no gas within the village that is not in a bottle.
The only community building is the Village Hall which is situated at the geographical centre of the village, where most community events are held. This hall is in a very poor state, the roof has holes in it, the walls are single skin brick and the windows, as shown in the picture, are in a poor state, held together in one place by a cup!
Activities which occur in the hall includes pilates, coffee mornings, flu vaccinations, craft group meetings and youth group meetings and much more. As a result of the poor condition of the hall, many of these are moving away to private residences which are warm and clean.
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