4 - Building a Better Sefton - Bootle Action Group and Mike Brennan - Taking action to better the local environment!!!
Season 1, Episode 160, Aug 27, 2025, 09:09 AM
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Today at Building a Better Sefton, we speak to Mike Brennan of Bootle Action Group. BAG is a Community Interest Company aimed at ‘greening up Bootle’ by looking after green spaces, clearing alleyways and rubbish, and raising awareness around the community of all of these issues. Bootle is a relatively deprived town in the south of Sefton Borough.
Bootle Action Group can be found on Facebook. This link hopefully will work – please join them and get involved!!! - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1554473551532716
We chat about : -
- The no doubt soon to be departed fine weather and the stress of the summer holidays!
- The perceived North/South divide in Sefton.
- The importance of green spaces for mental health.
- Pollution, parks and trees.
- Life expectancy across Sefton.
- Opinions on the redevelopment of Bootle Strand.
- Lack of public consultation.
- Children’s Services in Sefton.
- Issues of high turnover of staff at Children’s Services.
- The North/South Divide in the Borough?
- Relative deprivation across Sefton.
- Standing as an Independent.
- The achievements of Bootle Action Group.
- Sefton CVS and the voluntary sector across Sefton.
- The importance of collaboration, and council and government engagement with community groups.
- The lack of consultation with the community.
- Ideas for moving forward.
Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/@BuildingaBetterSefton
Please join our Facebook Page, for written pieces and our podcasts - https://www.facebook.com/groups/695280703082811
We are also on Substack – where you can access podcasts and written pieces - https://buildingabettersefton.substack.com/ - You can subscribe and contribute financially on here.
Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/timshortsefton.bsky.social
You can also contribute financially through our Ko-Fi page - https://ko-fi.com/northsouthpodcasts
You can also support our Crowdfunder - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VWE0qPrl?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink
Bootle Action Group can be found on Facebook. This link hopefully will work – please join them and get involved!!! - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1554473551532716
We chat about : -
- The no doubt soon to be departed fine weather and the stress of the summer holidays!
- The perceived North/South divide in Sefton.
- The importance of green spaces for mental health.
- Pollution, parks and trees.
- Life expectancy across Sefton.
- Opinions on the redevelopment of Bootle Strand.
- Lack of public consultation.
- Children’s Services in Sefton.
- Issues of high turnover of staff at Children’s Services.
- The North/South Divide in the Borough?
- Relative deprivation across Sefton.
- Standing as an Independent.
- The achievements of Bootle Action Group.
- Sefton CVS and the voluntary sector across Sefton.
- The importance of collaboration, and council and government engagement with community groups.
- The lack of consultation with the community.
- Ideas for moving forward.
Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/@BuildingaBetterSefton
Please join our Facebook Page, for written pieces and our podcasts - https://www.facebook.com/groups/695280703082811
We are also on Substack – where you can access podcasts and written pieces - https://buildingabettersefton.substack.com/ - You can subscribe and contribute financially on here.
Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/timshortsefton.bsky.social
You can also contribute financially through our Ko-Fi page - https://ko-fi.com/northsouthpodcasts
You can also support our Crowdfunder - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VWE0qPrl?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink