In July 2003, the "Rowner Carnival" was started, bolstering the morale of the community.
It was a huge success for the hundreds of people involved - they weaved a long figure of eight around the estate in a musical parade.

The Carnival brought out hundreds of residents. But what the carnival also did was re-ignite an enthusiasm for the estate community to have a voice in their future.
Jacky Charman is a Community Development Worker with the Rowner Access Point. She explained that the residents were feeling disenfranchised, so the carnival made the difference for so many. "People feel so undervalued and they didn’t understand that they do have a voice, they can make a change and they have; and they have done it through carnival.
"Carnival is very non-threatening; people turned up to talk about costumes or routes, ice-cream men or whatever, and all of a sudden they are now involved in being active on their estate," she explained.
Jacky is also convinced that the work they are doing on Rowner is making a real difference. She told the Inside Out web site: "At the end of the day, we're not looking at the concrete, we're looking at the people, and if we can build the people up, and that's what's happening, the people will then get a voice and make things change."