Newcastle City Council

Contacts
What's happening in your ward
Local council services
Reporting problems
Your ward committee and getting involved
Further information

Contacts

• Councillors
• Find your MP and Parliamentary Constituency
• Newburn Ward Surgeries
• Ward Co-ordinator: Chris Mason
  Phone: 277 3527
  E-mail: chris.mason@newcastle.gov.uk
• Neighbourhood Response Manager: David Hepworth
  Phone: 277 3977
  E-mail: david.hepworth@newcastle.gov.uk

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What's happening in your ward

Newburn Judo Club
The club was formed in 1987 and has been an integral part of the local community with many young people participating and benefiting from the support given to them. The club is a member of Judo's National Governing Body, the BJA (British Judo Association) and it's club number is 0877 and is a member of the BJA Northern Area. The club is fully insured and operates within the practices and policies of the BJA. The club has gone from strength to strength and has gained an enviable reputation at local, national and international level.
Contact us at:-
Newburn Activity Centre, Grange Road, Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 8ND
Club Secretary, Jean Wakeford, phone: 0191 2679720. Joe Laws, phone: 07762 817584

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

Newburn Library
More than just a library! Come along and participate in a range of events.
Every Monday and Tuesday from 10am -12noon we have a coffee morning where our readers can help themselves to coffee or tea and have a chat with each other.
2nd Thursday of the month, 10 - 11am - Stay and Play, un by Sure Start. Next sessions are 11 March, 13 May, 10 June and 8 July.
2nd Tuesday of the month, 1.45 - 3.15pm - Adult Reading Group. Next sessions are 9 March, 13 April, and 11 May.
1st Thursday of the month, 4 - 5pm - Children’s Chatterbooks. Next sessions 4 March, 1 April and 6 May.
2nd and 4th Fridays of every month - Children’s Story Time. Next sessions 12 March, 26 March, 9 April,  23 April, 14 May and 28 May.
Thursday 8 and 15 April, 2pm to 3pm- Easter Activities.
We have a community room which holds about 15 people for hire and use of special children's events throughout school holidays. Opening Times:-
Monday - 9.30am-12.30pm and 1.30–8pm
Tuesday - 9.30am–12.30pm and 1.30–5pm
Wednesday - closed
Thursday - 9.30am–12.30pm and 1.30–8pm
Friday - 9.30am–12.30pm and 1.30–5pm
Saturday - 9am–1pm and 2.15–5pm
For further information please phone Newburn Library on 0191 2774260.

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

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 Newburn Ward Charter newsletter (pdf, 548Kb).

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.

Walbottle Village – conservation status
Newcastle City Council are applying for conservation status for the village of Walbottle in Newburn Ward. If you would like further information please phone Susan Degnan (City Council Conservation Officer) on 0191 232 8520 or e-mail susan.degnan@newcastle.gov.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).

Newburn Children's Centre
Newburn will have its own new Children's Centre service in the very near future. For further information phone Paddy Docherty on 277 4494.

Throckley Residents Action Group (TRAG)
Throckley Residents Action Group take forward the concerns and views of local residents to any issues raised. The current focus of TRAG is the proposed planning application by Esh Group for the development of Henderson Water Treatment Works at Hexham Road, Throckley. The group meet every Tuesday night at Vallum House on Hexham Road. If you would like further information, want to get involved or have any issues you wish to raise you can contact the group through their website.

Newcastle Libraries Modernisation Programme
Newcastle Library service are conducting a city wide consultation exercise to establish local peoples views in how local people would like to see their modern library service develop. You can participate in the consultation via the Community Engagement webpages or you can phone Angela Forster, Senior Library and Information Manager on 277 4148.

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 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.

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Local council services

Neighbourhood Services, one of the council's departments, is responsible for dealing with the cleanliness, safety and improvement of the local environment. The manager for Newburn 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, 17.3Kb)
  - sets out the key environmental issues in the ward and what we are doing to tackle them
• Planned repairs and maintenance of roads and pavements (pdf, 26Kb)
• 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.

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Your ward committee and getting involved

Ward Committees

Your Ward Committee is made up of three local councillors. Its purpose is to identify and address l ocal issues. The comm ittee consults and works with local residents and businesse s, agencies and voluntary and community sector organisations. 

The Ward Committee meets at least once every two months and is open to all members of the public. The dates for meetings are:

2010
20 January, 6.15pm - Blucher Methodist Church
17 March, 6.15pm - Throckley Community HAll
19 May, 6.15pm - Walbottle Institute
21 July, 6.15pm - Newburn Community Hall
15 September, 6.15pm - Blucher methodist Church
17 November, 6.15pm - Throckley Community Hall

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 Newburn Ward Committee meetings.

Grant Aid

The Ward Committee has a budget which community and voluntary sector groups can 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 Newburn Ward Committee are:

2010
6 January, noon (for 20 January meeting)
3 March, noon (for 17 March meeting)
5 May, noon (for 19 May meeting)
7 July, noon (for 21 July meeting)
1 September, noon (for 15 September meeting)
3 November, noon (for 17 November meeting)

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Residents' Community and Voluntary Groups
Newburn Ward has a number of community and voluntary groups. If you would further information on any of the groups listed below or you are a local group that is not mentioned and would like to be listed please contact your Ward Co-ordinator.

• China Painting Group
• Eve’s Womens Group
• Friends of Newburn Countryside Park
• Friends of Throckley and Walbottle Dene
• Grange Association Carpet Bowles
• The Grange Centre (a number of community activities)
• The Grange Welfare Association
• Magpie Junior Football Club
• Newburn Community Centre (a number of community activities)
• Newburn Drama Group
• Newburn Leisure Centre
• Newburn Parent and Toddler Group
• Throckley Campus Tennis Club
• Throckley Northside Tenants Association
• Throckley Play Group
• Throckley Community Hall (a number of community activities)
• Throckley Commu nity Hall Aerobics
• Throckley Community Hall Parents & Toddler Group
• Throckley Outdoor Bowling club
• Throckley Recreation Centre (a number of community activities)
• Throckley Rec reation Play Group
• Throckley Womens Health Group
• Together We Can Manage (Strategic community representative group)
• Walbottle Arts Group
• Walbottle Methodist C hurch Parent & Toddler Group
• Westmacott Allotments Association
• 1st Walbottle Guides
  

Further Information

Residents Survey 2008
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 provide to you and what you think about the area you live in.
View the results for Newburn ward (pdf, 47Kb)

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 Newburn.

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 the right of the screen.