Albertina McNeill
I was born and brought up in central London but moved to Greenford in Middlesex (London Borough of Ealing) in 1990. I have a Portuguese/Scottish/Irish background. My interests include crochet, quiltmaking, embroidery, lino printmaking, drawing, photography, local politics and the environment. And gardening (obviously!).
About ten years ago I had what would probably once have been called a "nervous breakdown". Although I was lucky enough not to become so ill that I needed hospitalisation I became much more aware of the stigma associated with mental illness. Now I consider myself to be partly disabled by anxiety, agoraphobia and what could be a mild form of Tourette Syndrome. I now hold down a part time job but hope to do something more challenging in the future.
My motivation for starting the campaign is a desire to reverse the trend to wipeout or build over gardens. It has come as shock to discover that the area of central London that I grew up in is now "greener" than the suburb I moved to.
Recent activity
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Albertina McNeill posted "iPM", BBC Radio 4, Saturday 19th September, 5.30pm to the Gardens Not Concrete campaign blog (at 11:28 on 17 September 2009).
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Albertina McNeill made the pledge to 'Join and use my local Freecycle group' for the campaign Go Retro Green (at 10:58 on 29 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill commented on the discussion :( in the campaign Gardens Not Concrete (at 12:08 on 28 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill commented on the discussion A freecycle experience in the group Freecycle (at 11:10 on 22 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill joined the group Freecycle (at 11:03 on 22 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill joined the campaign Flipping Fly Tipping ! (at 09:54 on 17 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill commented on the discussion Fight Fly Tipping in the campaign Flipping Fly Tipping ! (at 09:54 on 17 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill added the photo gardensnotconcretevegseeds.jpg to the campaign Gardens Not Concrete (at 12:30 on 15 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill added the pledge to find/join/support my local horticultural society. for the campaign Gardens Not Concrete (at 13:02 on 14 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill made the pledge to 'find/join/support my local horticultural society. ' for the campaign Gardens Not Concrete (at 13:02 on 14 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill commented on the blog post An allotment society spring show in the campaign Gardens Not Concrete (at 12:51 on 14 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill posted Better late than never - growing your own veg from seed to the Gardens Not Concrete campaign blog (at 12:46 on 14 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill commented on the blog post An allotment society spring show in the campaign Gardens Not Concrete (at 23:04 on 08 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill posted An allotment society spring show to the Gardens Not Concrete campaign blog (at 08:51 on 08 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill added the photo haagaspri20ms.jpg to the campaign Gardens Not Concrete (at 07:48 on 07 April 2009).
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Albertina McNeill added the photo msbebopics_004.JPG to the campaign Go Retro Green (at 08:12 on 31 March 2009).
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Albertina McNeill voted for the story Get your hands dirty! (at 08:10 on 31 March 2009).
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Albertina McNeill voted for the story Why your grandchildren may not see this (at 08:09 on 31 March 2009).
Since joining Greenvoice over 3 years ago, Albertina has…
…taken 4 campaign actions and created 2 actions for others to take.
…posted 0 news stories and voted for another 4 stories.
…left 6 comments around Greenvoice.
Albertina has started 1 campaign:
Albertina is following 5 campaigns:
Albertina is a member of 2 groups:
