Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

The Blue (heart) rewilding project/campaign was founded in 2014 by wildlife filmmaker Fergus Beeley, The project was founded in response to dramatic biodiversity and biomass declines in the UK. The only requirement is to allow a patch of land to grow and see what plants and animals return. My film looks at the projects implementation in the Leicestershire village of Desford where village residents have enhanced the projects visibility by running bunting featuring the projects symbol (a Blue Heart) along a roadside verge. Desford Parish Council and Leicestershire County Council have agreed not to mow this verge during spring and summer 2021 in the support of the projects aims to see wild flower plants and animals return to the area.

The entrance to the now disused and filled in Southgates pedestrian underpass in the centre of Leicester has become one of leicester`s increasing number of legal street art zones, areas where street artists can practice their art in a safe and legal way, whilst also turning areas of the city that would otherwise become forgotten, into ever evolving open air galleries.

A disused toilet block on Townsend Road in the center of the Leicestershire village of Enderby has been transformed with a Street Art/Mural piece by artists Rebecca Bromley and Ellie-Rose. Enderby Mission Church and Enderby Parish Council commissioned the work depicting various scenes from Enderby`s History after securing a grant from the Enderby Co-op 'Local Community Causes' fund. The artists met with Enderby Heritage Group and explored ideas for the work. The main (front) of the building depicts the pink/red brick houses of enderby and quarrymen returning home from work at the quarry, the background depicting the roads that the quarry stone was used to construct. The right-hand side wall contains images of quarry trucks or 'hoppers' a competition was held for residents to create a design for the side of each truck which attracted entries from a wide age range.  the left-hand wall depicts a 'frame knitter' at her loom using local wool to create product...