Archbishop makes a mark on community

Times

July 31, 2004

Archbishop makes a mark on community

Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, rolled up his sleeves and went to work with a brush and a pot of green paint, putting the finishing touches to a wooden arch at an adventure playground in Kennington, South London, yesterday.

Rowan Williams joined volunteers who had been working on the inner-city playground all week as part of the Soul in the City scheme, which involves thousands of young Christians from around Britain taking part in community projects across the capital.

Dr Williams met people taking part in the two-week initiative as well as the youth workers who run the playground.

Volunteers began renovating the site on Monday by painting, gardening and clearing away rubbish, aiming to make it safer, cleaner, and better-looking. A playground worker, Lorna Johnson said: “It makes the children that aren’t getting that care and attention at home feel that somebody is doing something for them.” Dr Williams also opened a newly landscaped garden and joined in activities at a children’s club in Pimlico, Central London.

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