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- Neighbourhood Response Manager: David Hepworth
Phone: 277 3977
E-mail: david.hepworth@newcastle.gov.uk
What's happening in your ward
Newcastle Futures
You may not be aware that Newcastle Futures are in your area and working in partnership with your Ward Co-ordinator to help local residents with training and employment advice. If you are actively looking for work, our Customer Co-ordinators will be able to help you get started. This confidential and voluntary service is there to help you when you need it and will be tailored to your requirements. This can range from advice and guidance to potential financial assistance to help bridge the gap from benefits to employment. For an informal chat to discuss all the options available to you, free phone 0800 587 0478 or visit www.newcastlefutures.co.uk.
Places for children
Places for children Newburn Riverside is a high quality purpose built nursery on the Newburn Riverside business park. The nursery is part of the non for profit organisation of Places for People and provides childcare and education for children aged from 6 months to 5 years.
The nursery is open Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm 51 weeks of the year providing full and part time sessions. We supply everything your child will need for a happy, enjoyable and enriching day with us including nutritious meals, formula milks, nappies, wipes, stimulating activities, large outdoor facilities, separate baby unit, sensory lighting, early learning opportunities, and lots of quality toys in an open space with a nurturing relaxed atmosphere.
At Places for Children we welcome all children and accommodate to their individual needs whether this be special educational needs, English as an additional language, social services referrals for family respite or support to meet care plans, or 3-5 year nursery education grant funding sessions only. For more information visit our website: www.placesforchildren.co.uk
Finding the credit crunch tough? We could help
If you feel you’re having to tighten your belt and money isn’t going as far as it used to, our new ‘Income Generator’ team might be able to help. We have joined up two parts of the council – the Benefits Section and Welfare Rights – to create recession-busting help for anyone in the city.
The team can help you by looking at what benefits you may not even realise you’re entitled to which could save you pounds on council tax, rent or other areas of your budget.
For more information please phone our specially trained advisors, Claire Toleman, Welfare Rights Officer on 07976 507 471 or Peter Scott, Revenues and Benefits Operational Support Officer on 07500 224 928 or email them on claire.toleman@newcastle.gov.uk or lisa.meadows@newcastle.gov.uk
Lemington Heritage Group
Are you interested in the local history of your area? Do you have memories of Lemington in the past which you would like to share?
A group of local residents supported by council officers are putting together a local heritage guide to Lemington. This is a relaxed, fun, informal group who get together every month to share experiences of Lemington’s rich heritage.
If you are interested in joining this group then please do come along and bring your ideas for places of interest, old photos or just your memories. You will receive a warm welcome and lots of tea and biscuits!
For further information contact Chris Mason, Ward Coordinator. Phone: 0191 2773527, e-mail: chris.mason@newcastle.gov.uk
Neighbourhood Charter
A Neighbourhood Charter is an agreement between you, the community, and us with our partners such as the police and health service at a local level. The purpose of a charter is to help us give you the services you want at a local level to improve your quality of life. This includes giving you a bigger say over health, housing, employment, education, policing and local facilities. Find out more by reading the Lemington Ward Neighbourhood Charter newsletter (pdf, 3.5Mb)
Health Trainers – making healthy choices easier
HealthWorks Newcastle have a team of Community Health Trainers who can help you to make better health choices. They can provide people with information about local services, community groups and projects. They can support people to stop smoking, reduce stress and anxiety, get fit and make friends and make healthy and safe relationship choices. Community Health Trainers work with individuals and groups. If you would like their support phone 273 8889.
Active Newcastle
Active Newcastle is a four-year campaign funded by Sport England, Newcastle PCT and Newcastle City Council. Its aim is to make it easier for people who live or work in Newcastle doing more exercise more often.
To find out what opportunities for physical activity are available, you now only need to visit one website. Go to www.activenewcastle.co.uk and see many of the activities that are taking place in our city. There is a postcode finder with handy directions to a wide range venues, as well as video footage of everyday people talking about the activities that give them a buzz.
Are you in a team or club that involves physical activity in any way? Let us know about it through the website and we will gladly promote what you do to others. We need your help to make this website a success, so tell your friends and colleagues about www.activenewcastle.co.uk today.
The Alan Shearer Centre
Tucked away behind the A69 at West Denton the Alan Shearer Centre is a state-of-the-art activity centre and short break service for the whole community. In 2007, with the help of a donation from Alan Shearer, the old West Denton Hall building was converted by social care charity St. Cuthbert's Care to provide sensory rooms, a hydrotherapy pool, sound and vision experience, café and creative expression room. Holiday/respite accommodation is provided on the first floor, while the sensory experience continues outside where the extensive gardens have been developed with grassland, walkways, planters and a water feature.
The Centre is open to all but is specifically designed for people with disabilities and their families and carers. Offering wide-ranging challenge, leisure, relaxation, therapeutic and short stay opportunities, the Alan Shearer Centre encourages choice and empowerment for individuals, families and groups. For more information contact the Centre on 0191 267 8118 or visit the www.alanshearercentre.org.uk.
Fusion is a two-year, City Council-led scheme that aims to increase participation in physical activity amongst children, young people and family groups across Newcastle. The scheme offers free activities at council managed leisure centres and pools and at partner organisations. View the latest newsletter (pdf, 595Kb).
Newcastle Warm Zone are working in your area. An assessment to see if you are eligible for free cavity wall and loft insulation takes only five minutes and we don't even need to enter your property. All of our staff carry ID and wear the Warm Zone uniform. If you have any queries about the Newcastle Warm Zone project please call us on 277 7373.
Click here for more information about Newcastle Warm Zone.
The Lemington Centre
The Lemington Centre on Tyne View is a fantastic community facility with lots of community activities going on. It is also a Children’s Centre and a Healthy Living Centre. Visit their website at www.lemingtoncentre.co.uk to find out more.
Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment Update
The Housing Development Team has recently completed a Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment of the Lemington Village area. See 'related files' at the right of the screen. For further information contact the Housing Development Team. Phone: 277 7839
Local council services
Neighbourhood Services, one of the council's departments, is responsible for dealing wi th the cleanliness, safety and improvement of the local environment. The manager for Lemington ward is David Hepworth.
The managers are in charge of the Neighbourhood Response Teams, whose job it is to respond quickly to problems that soon make a place look untidy or make it feel unsafe. This team includes the Rapid Response staff who sweep the streets, pick up litter and empty litter bins; remove small scale graffiti; make minor repairs to the footpath or street furniture; and cut back shrubs. They also deal with problems such as dead animals, blocked street drains, potholes and fly-tipping.
The Neighbourhood Response Managers make sure these teams are doing the jobs that are a priority for the local community. They work with local councillors, ward co-ordinators, tenants' and residents' groups and local people to find out what their priorities are. They work closely with other Neighbourhood Services teams in the area such as grounds maintenance, and road and pavement work.
If you want to contact your Neighbourhood Response Manager you can contact them directly, e-mail them or go along to a ward committee meeting.
Key monitoring documents
- Ward priority plan (pdf, 22.9Kb)
- sets out the key environmental issues in the ward and what we are doing to tackle them - Service requests to Envirocall
- shows the number of requests for our cleansing services
Reporting problems
If you want to report environmental problems, such as overhanging trees or graffiti, or ask for a bulky rubbish collection, you should contact Envirocall.
Our streetlights are maintained by a PFI (Private Finance Initiative) project.
We work with the police on removing abandoned vehicles.
Your ward committee and getting involved
Ward Committees
Your Ward Committee is made up of the three local councillors. Its purpose is to identify and address local issues. The committee consults and works with local residents and businesses, agencies and voluntary and community sector organisations.
The Ward Committee meets at least once every two months at the Lemington Centre staring at 6pm (informal) 7pm (formal meeting) and is open to all members of the public. The dates for meetings are:
2010
25 March - Lemington Centre
27 May - Waverley Primary School
22 July - Lemington Centre
23 September - Waverley Primary School
25 November - Lemington Centre
The Ward Co-ordinator organises and publicises Ward Committee meetings and deals with any issues raised. They can help you with transport to and from the meeting, childcare and information in a range of community languages.
View the public papers for Lemington Wa rd Committee meetings.
If you would like to receive ward agendas by e-mail please e-mail chris.mason@newcastle.gov.uk wi th text 'request ward agendas by email'.
Grant Aid
The Ward Co mmittee has a budget which community and voluntary sector groups ca n apply for by completing a grant aid application form. Further information about this budget and copies of the application form are available on the Ward Committee Funding webpage, or by contacting your Ward Co-ordinator.
Deadlines for the submission of application forms for Lemington Ward Committee are:
2009
Monday 6 July, noon (for 23 July meeting)
Monday 7 September, noon (for 24 September meeting)
Monday 9 November, noon (for 26 November meeting)
Further Information
Residents Survey 2008-09
Each year the Council undertakes a survey of residents in the city to find out what you think about the Council’s performance, the services we p ro vide to you and what you think about the area you live in.
View the results for Lemington ward (pdf, 44Kb).
Find out what consultations the council is carrying out in your ward and submit your views online. You can also see the results of previous consultations.
Cityeye gives details of events in your ward. You can also find information about societies and clubs in Lemington.
Use our online map to find your nearest libraries and schools. You can also find out where your nearest recycling site is and find leisure services, such as swimming pools, and heritage information, such as listed buildings and ancient monuments.
See also the Related Pages panel at t he right of the screen.