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Contacts
- Councillors
- Find your MP and Parliamentary Constituency
- Parklands Ward Surgeries
- Neighbourhood Response Manager: Darren Penaluna
Phone: 284 4728
E-mail: darren.penaluna@newcastle.gov.uk
What's happening in your ward
Summer Play Schemes in Gosforth
Gosforth Central Park Open Air Playscheme Monday 2 August - Friday 3 September (not 4 August) 11am-3pm
St Charles RC Primary School, Regent Farm Road Gosforth, Monday 26 July - Friday 3 September 2010 (not 4 August) 11am-3pm
Packed lunch and play clothes required!
Activities include: Arts and crafts, modelling, team challenges, sports, den building, games, adventurous activities, music, dance, freely chosen play and then some. All staff are experienced and qualified and hold current Enhanced CRB Disclosures, First Aid Certificates and have completed relevant Safeguarding Children Training.
Please note that the sessions are operated on a first-come, first-served basis.
All activities and premises are risk assessed against strict council procedures and policies.
All activities are free and are run by Newcastle Play Service with funding from the Big Lottery and East Gosforth, West Gosforth and Parklands Ward Committees.
For more information please phone Jay Stevenson (playworker) on 0191 271 3914.
Home Safety Checks
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service is committed to achieving it's Vision of 'Creating the Safest Community' by reducing the risk of fire in domestic premises through Home Safety Checks. Firefighters can visit your home, where you may be at the greatest risk from fire, and offer simple advice on Fire Safety, tailored specifically to your needs. We can also, where necessary, fit free smoke detectors and in certain cases provide a deep fat fryer to replace a conventional chip pan. We are currently targeting our resources those households most at risk, but will attend to you as soon as possible if you request this service. Find out more at www.twfire.gov.uk/firesafety/your-home/hra/request
Newcastle Futures
James Malia is a Customer Co-ordinator from Newcastle Futures and is working in partnership with the Gosforth Customer Service Centre to help local residents with training and employment advice. If you are actively looking for work, James 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.
Phone James for an informal chat to discuss all the options available to you on 07814 439 986 or email james.malia@newcastlefutures.co.uk. Alternatively you may contact our main office on free phone 0800 587 0478 or for more information visit www.newcastlefutures.co.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.
Fill on the online questionnaire.
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.
Volunteer for the Youth Offender Panel
Volunteers are needed to join youth offender panels in Newcastle. If you become a panel member you will be joining the thousands of volunteers who are already seeing their efforts pay off to tackle crime in their area.
You can do it
Being a panel member is a challenging yet rewarding role. If you want to see less crime in your community, this is the perfect opportunity to get actively involved. It makes no difference where you come from or what you do, as long you are over 18 years old and are willing to make a difference in your community. For more information please visit our Youth Offender Panel webpage.
E-mail Mark Johnson mark.w.johnson@newcastle.gov.uk or Kerry Turner kerry.turner@newcastle.gov.uk or phone 0191 277 7377 for an application pack.
Active Newcastle
A new four year campaign to get more people who live and work in Newcastle doing more exercise more often. The Active Newcastle website gives you information about the wide range of activities taking place in the city from regular classes to one off and annual events.
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)
Events at St Aidans Church, Princes Road, Brunton Park
Brunton Park Babies
Every Monday, 9.45-11.45am
A chance for parents to relax and chat while baby explores a variety of fun and educational activities.
www.newcastletoddlers.co.uk
Drawing Class - Every Wednesday, 10.15-11am
Phone 236 3334 for more details
Friendship Circle
Third Thursday of every month - An informal time for tea, chat and a quiz.
Brownies - Every Thursday (term time only), 6.15pm
Phone Brown Owl on 236 3508
Yoga - Every Monday, 6.15pm
Phone Margaret Urquhart on 236 4424 for more details.
Friends of North Gosforth Chapel (Melton Park)
The Friends of North Gosforth Chapel is a special interest group which aims to protect, enhance and promote the chapel, which is located in Melton Park. This medieval chapel is a scheduled ancient monument which contains a number of memorial slabs and coffin lids. If you are interested in joining the group or would simply like more information, please contact Brian Hutchins on 236 2879.
Gosforth Customer Service Centre and Library
At the Customer Service Centre you can get access to lots of different Council services that were previously only available at the Civic Centre. Click here for further details about the Centre.
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 0191 277 7373.
Click here for more information about Newcastle Warm Zone.
Impulse Fitness at Gosforth Pool
For when you want to swim, work out or just relax in the sauna. A variety of classes are available, including family and women only sessions. For more information contact Gosforth Pool.
Phone: 284 3696
Brunton Park Floral Art Club
St Aidan's Community Centre
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm. £4
Qualified demonstrators show how flowers can be arranged to their best advantage. For more information please contact your Ward Co-ordinator.
Anchor Staying Put Newcastle Trades Register
For many older people finding a trades person can be a worry. Not getting the right one can work out costly and be more stressful than necessary. The Newcastle Trades Register can help you to find trades people to carry out repairs and maintenance in your home.
View more information about the Register
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 Parklands ward is Darren Penaluna.
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, 21Kb)
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
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.
Gosforth Neighbourhood Police Team.
Your Ward Committee and getting involved
Ward Committees
Your Ward Committee is made up of three local councillors. Its purpose is to id entify 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 and is open to all members of the public. Inf ormal meetings commence at 6.30pm and give people an opportunity to raise matters of local concern with relevant o fficers, this is followed by a formal meeting from starting at 7pm. The dates for meetings are:
201027 July - St Aidan's Church, Princes Rd, Brunton Park, informal drop-in 6.30pm, formal meeting starts 7pm.23 September - Grange Community Centre, Norham Rd, informal drop-in from 6.30pm, formal meeting starts 7pm.
26 November - Gosforth Customer Service Centre, Regent Farm Rd, informal drop-in from 2pm, formal meeting starts 2.30pm.27 July - St Aidan's Church, Princes Rd, Brunton Park, informal drop-in 6.30pm, formal meeting starts 7pm.23 September - Grange Community Centre, Norham Rd, informal drop-in from 6.30pm, formal meeting starts 7pm.26 November - Gosforth Customer Service Centre, Regent Farm Rd, informal drop-in from 2pm, formal meeting starts 2.30pm.
2011
28 January - Gosforth Customer Service Centre, Regent Farm Rd, informal drop-in from 2pm, formal meeting commences 2.30pm
31 March - St Aidan's Church, Princes Rd, Brunton Park, informal drop-in 6.30pm, formal meeting starts 7pm.
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 langua ges.
View the public papers for Parklands 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 (See related forms at right of screen). Deadlines for the submission of application forms are :
2010
Tuesday 7 September (for 23 September meeting)
Tuesday 9 November (for 26 November meeting)
2011
Monday 10 January (for 28 January meeting)
Monday 14 March (for 31 March meeting)
To find out more about grant aid please read the Guidance Notes (pdf, 98Kb) or speak to your ward co-ordinator .
Residents' Groups
Grange Park Estate, which lies to the west of the Great North Road, has two residen ts’ groups working in partnership.
- Grange Community Association was established around 30 years ago and meets twice a week, providing a social outlet for older people in the area.
- Grange Residents’ Association concentrates on wider issues affecting the area such as the environment. The residents’ association has been working closely with Newcastle City Council on a pilot scheme in Kingsway Avenue which will combine a highways scheme with replacement of the trees in the street. Some preliminary work with street lighting will be carried out in advance of the majority of the work which is scheduled to start in the autumn.
- Melbury and Warkworth Woods Residents' Association
The Association was formed in 2006 and has a Management Committee, comprised of fourteen Great Park residents. The group looks at all issu es concerning Great Park Residents. More information and contact details can be found on their website, www.melburyandwarkworthwoods.com
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 provide to you and what you think about the area you live in.
View the results for Parklands ward (pdf, 49Kb).
Cityeye gives details of events in your ward. You can also find information about societies and clubs in Parklands.
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.