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Over 60? You are more than twice as likely to be killed or injured in a house fire
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service has launched a new fire safety campaign aimed at older people. The theme is ‘it takes years to build up memories – and just seconds for them to go up in flames.’ The fire and rescue service staff, in uniform and carrying photographic ID badges, are currently visiting people over 60 in Newcastle offering home safety checks and fitting free smoke alarms where necessary.
If you live in South Heaton and are over 60 or know someone who is, please call our freephone number on 0800 032 7777 or visit www.twfire.gov.uk to request a home safety check.
South Heaton In Bloom Garden Competition 2010
Entry is now open to this annual event to promote best kept gardens and areas of South Heaton. The categories are:
- Best Garden
- Best Back Yard
- Best Effort by a Group (Residents, Youth Group or School entry)
- Best Commercial / Business premises
- Best Edible Gardener (new category for food growers)
- Overall Winner
Entry forms are available from: Shields Road Customer Service Centre, East End Pool and Library, Shieldfield Housing Office and local community centres. You can also download an entry form here (pdf, 58Kb).
Closing date for entries is 16 July 2010
Please send completed entry forms to Caroline Collinson, South Heaton Ward Co-ordinator, Heaton Complex, Room 21 First Floor, Trewitt Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5DY.
Judging will take place on 22 and 23 July 2010 (weather permitting)
Prizes and certificates will be presented by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle Councillor Brenda Hindmarsh at the Newcastle Garden and Allotment Show on Sunday 5 September 2010.
Summer Reading Blast Off at East End Library
Are you brave enough to take a giant leap to the final frontier this summer? Join our Space Hop reading challenge from Saturday 26 June where your mission will be to read six books over the summer holidays. Everyone who signs up can keep track of the books they read on a special fold out poster and it’s free to join. If you triumph in your space mission you will be presented with a certificate from East End Library Mission Control and be entered into a fantastic prize draw.
Your school holidays begin when Space Hop summer challenge launches at East End Library on Saturday 24 July. Drop in anytime between 1-4pm. No booking required. See how monster masks are made and come face to face with Dr Who’s oldest and deadliest enemy- a dalek!
From Saturday 24 July – Sunday 5 September 2010, there will be a range of free Space Hop events in East End library.
Come along every Friday 2.30-3.30pm for interplanetary crafts.
Wednesday 4 August 2.30-3.30pm - Charlie’s Space Hop magic show. Fun for all the family.
Wednesday 11 August 2.30-4pm - Science Families Workshop ‘The Magic of Magnets’
Tuesday 24 August 2.30-4pm - Science Families Workshop ‘Build your own Solar System’
Thursday 26 August 2-4pm - Jack and Daniel’s Space Hop Quick comics.
There’s also plenty more fun to be had on the Space Hop website. You can find out about cool new books to read, comment on books you’ve enjoyed and join in games that are out of this world! Read blogs from your favourite authors on www.spacehop.org.uk. For further Space Hop information keep checking this website or phone East End library on 0191 278 8400. Events need to be booked, unless otherwise stated. Children under the age of eight must be accompanied by a parent or carer. It’s time to prepare for blast off!
The Great "Big Lunch" at Iris Brickfield Park, Heaton
Sunday 18 July, 12 noon - 2pm
Come and join in our Big Lunch - an initiative of the Eden Project in Cornwall - on Sunday 18 July, which is fast-becoming the UK's national day of street parties! Quite simply, it's about getting to know each other and building up our community spirit!
Friends of Iris Brickfield Park are inviting all Heaton residents to come out from behind their doors, eat lunch together in the Park and get to know one another. Bring picnic-style food and drink at 12 noon prompt for the shared buffet - maybe something that you have grown in your garden or allotment or even your Great Aunt Delia's never-known-to-fail fruit scones! (Remember - there are no fridges/chillers so think about what you are bringing and use a coolbox if possible - don't want food poisoning to ruin a great day! For food safety reasons, any leftover food will go to a local homeless charity around 1.45pm so it can be refrigerated for their service users later in the day).
Games and "do-it-ourselves" entertainment from 2pm so feel free to bring your hula hoops, skipping ropes, garden games and musical instruments! I'm sure you get the picture....we might even have a street tug'o'war!
Bring a picnic blanket and feel free to enjoy the Park - we'll have a marquee with tables and chairs so less abled people don't have to sit on the grass - talking of which, why not bring along an elderly neighbour who might need a bit of encouragement to come along? They might have some great memories of the street parties of their youth!
Finally, volunteers would be very welcome - perhaps to help on the day itself (e.g. welcomers, singing coaches, musicians, dancers etc) or in advance of the day (making bunting and table decorations, leafleting, bakers, artists etc).
Local community groups and evening classes are welcome to bring a stand to promote their activities - just get in touch to arrange.
Check out our Big Lunch event on Facebook
Any questions, phone Friends of Iris Brickfield on 0191 265 0514 or visit www.biglunch.com and pop in your postcode!
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 South Heaton Ward Neighbourhood Charter Newsletter (pdf, 134Kb).
Fill in the online questionnaire
New Climate Change Strategy for South Heaton
We are the first ward in the city to try and look at this global environmental challenge at a local level. We will be working with local residents and community groups to try and make it a success.
We have used lots of local people's ideas already to draw it together - and we have already planned in extra awareness raising and Warmzone door knocking in the ward in the coming weeks as part of what we are doing to tackle climate change by getting more insulation into people's homes. This work is both about tackling fuel poverty and getting the benefits for the environment of reducing household energy use, showing the social and environmental benefits of what we are doing with this strategy.
Local people’s ideas have already been listened to and form the basis of what's in the document. We have also identified a local climate change community champion, who we will try and get more involved in the detail of this work alongside your local councillors. We'd like to hear any further ideas or issues you think we should listen to so we can include them as part of the work we are hoping to do on climate change in the area.
To give us your comments or request a copy of the strategy please e-mail henri.murison@newcastle.gov.uk or download a copy of the strategy here (pdf, 114Kb).
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.
New Activities at Charles Street Community Centre
Algernon Road (Rington’s Estate), Heaton.
Knit ‘n’ Natter – Wednesdays, 1–3pm
Knit, embroider, sew, crochet or just natter. Learn new skills and share yours. All Welcome. Refreshments included. 50p donation to Charles Street Community Association.
Bingo - Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30-9pm. 20p entry.
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. FUSION is aimed at all children and young people aged 5-18 who live in Newcastle. The scheme offers free activities at council managed leisure centres and pools and at partner organisations. View the latest newsletter. (pdf, 595Kb)
Udecide programme
This year, South Heaton ward introduced the participatory budgeting programme. The project involved school children in the ward voting to choose £45,000 worth of play equipment for the Iris Brickfield site. Read the full story on the Udecide webpages.
Heaton Older People's Information Network
The ward co-ordinator has established an information exchange network for groups consisting of or working with older people. As part of the Council’s plan to ensure that older people have access to information, advice and advocacy, the network will act as a hub, bringing groups together to share good practice and allow them to bring their concerns to the Council and receive advice in return. There is no cost to joining the network. For further information, please contact the ward co-ordinator.
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.
Iris Brickfield Needs You
We want to work with residents to improve Iris Brickfield Park. We want to improve the park equipment, the green space and pond. Iris Brickfield is home to lots of wildlife and is enjoyed by many residents. We want it to be enjoyed by many more. If you are interested in getting involved in some way, no matter how small, we are really keen to hear your ideas. Contact Stephen Green on 278 3007.
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 South Heaton ward is Stephen Green.
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 s cale 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 i n 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, 16.5Kb)
- 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 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 can also give grants to community groups.
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
Wednesday 14 July, 7pm - Heaton Mosque, Rothbury Terrace, Heaton
Wednesday 8 September, 7pm - Charles Street Community Centre, Algernon Road, Heaton
Wednesday 10 November, 7pm - Heaton Baptist Church, Heaton Road, Heaton
2011
Wednesday 12 January, 7pm - Heaton Community Centre, Trewhitt Road, Heaton
Wednesday 9 March, 7pm - Elim Church, Heaton Road, Heaton
Your Ward Co-ordinator organises and publicises Ward Committee meetings and deals with any issues raised. They will be able to help you with transport to and from the meeting, childcare and information in a range of community languages.
View the public papers for South Heaton 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 re lated forms to right of scre en). Deadlines for the submission of application forms are :
2010
27 July for 8 September meeting
29 September for 10 November meeting
2011
31 November for 12 January meeting
25 January for 9 March meeting
To find out more about grant aid please read the Guidance Notes (pdf, 98Kb) or speak to you r ward co-ordinator.
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 South Heaton 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 South Heaton.
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 swimm ing pools, and heritage information, such as listed buildings and ancient monuments.
See also the Related Pages panel at the right of the screen.