Big Society needs big gestures, bring on the Angel of Lee Valley.

The Angel of the Lee Valley– a much loved and most successful people public artwork was commissioned by Tony Beckwith of Lee Valley Regional Parks Authority for the Millennium.  

Quote today from Tony Beckwith, now senior partner of MI society.

"The Angel of Lee Valley represented so much more than just a quality visual experience on the surface of Leyton Marsh. It represented the culmination of a process that positively brought communities together through the creative process.
The image of the Angel is both impressive and timeless, today more so then ever before the need to bring our communities together within a society that is experiencing ‘trust deficit’ is paramount to realizing that overly used term ‘community cohesion’.
Big Society needs big gestures, bring on the Angel of Lee Valley."

Photos: Mark Wickwar

Thanks Tony

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