A Christmas tree has appeared under the County Hall Museum, decorated with a large QR code. Scanning it takes you to the Abingdon Community Heroes — a project run by The Abingdon Bridge that celebrates people nominated for their kindness, resilience, and dedication to making Abingdon a better place.
Those featured include Beth, Sienna, Nial, Donte, Matty, Ben, Philip, Rawda, Paul, and Darren. Some are young people who first came to The Abingdon Bridge for support and have since grown into leaders and mentors for others. Others work across the community: a member of staff at Oxfordshire Mind, the manager of the Foodbank at Christ Church, the Mayor of Abingdon, the chair of Abingdon Town Amateur Boxing Club (who has raised significant funds for The Abingdon Bridge over several years), and the founder of Wandering Minds, a peer-support group for adults with ADHD.
The Abingdon Bridge is a youth-wellbeing charity supporting young people aged 13–25. Their offices are in the old police station and in the building behind the County Hall, above the Coventry Building Society.
I saw and appreciated the tree, but would very very gently remind the organisers that not everyone can access a QR code. So I had no idea who had placed the tree or why, So a non QR explanation would be good – as I could not understand the purpose I walked by. IE messages need to include the whole community.. not just a select majority…….. may be you were seeking ££ for an Abingdon cause (which I would have supported), but I simply don’t know………..
But now you know for next time – problem solved