Local children get to meet the animal sculptures they named

Sovereign South+West Press Release
Date: 23 November 2011

Local children get to meet the animal sculptures they named

Children from Courtney Primary School, in Kingswood, will get to meet the crocodile, snake and turtles they named at an event on Friday 25 November.

The wooden creatures have been created by local wood carver Andy O’Neil to mark a new housing development at the old Woodstock School site, built by Sovereign South+West.

His snake, a crocodile bench, three turtle picnic tables and three signposts are being installed into a children’s play area on the development.

The young people from Courtney Primary School took part in a competition to create a poster and name the animals. The winning names are: Choppers the crocodile, Zark the snake, Milly, Tyler and Roxie the turtles.

Notes to Editors:

* The young people from Courtney Primary School will be meeting the reptiles and the artist at 1.30pm on Friday 25 November, opposite the school on the new development. Representatives of the media are welcome to attend.

* Sovereign South+West’s Woodstock School development, built by Leadbitter, contains 66 new properties: 22 for general needs rent, three for intermediate rent and 41 for shared ownership.

* Sovereign Housing Association is a charitable body. It comprises Sovereign South+West, Sovereign Twynham, Sovereign Kingfisher and Sovereign Vale, which were merged into a single legal entity in October 2011. Sovereign Housing Association includes the non-charitable Sovereign Living Limited. Sovereign is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the south and south-west of England. It owns or manages more than 33,000 properties, offering a variety of tenures.

* For further information, please contact Roy Probert, Public Relations Manager on 01635 277406 or at roy.probert@sovereign.org.uk