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3.30pm -5.30pm Afternoon Tea Informal Surgery
Including:
- Swap Shop – bring along your
unwanted plants, clothing, toys, books and accessories and go home
with swapped items knowing you have helped with recycling in your
ward.
(No electrical
items or large furnishings please)
- Local Improvement Schemes –
find out which schemes will be supported from the 2011/12 ward
committee budget.
- Your chance to speak to or have your
say with your ward councillors, street environment officer, safer
neighbourhood police team, neighbourhood management officer, Sara
Harbord from Christians Against Poverty debt counselling service
and many other organisations.
Minutes:
1.1
Residents had the opportunity to:
- chat informally to Councillors
Potter, Funnell and Boyce, Claire Taylor (Neighbourhood Management
Unit), PCSO Mark Jackson and Angus Young (Street Environment
Officer).
- find out information about many
organisations that carry out work in the ward, including Christians
Against Poverty, NHS Foundation Trust, St Nicholas Fields, Safe and
Sound Homes, York & District Mind, The Avenue Children’s,
York and North Yorkshire Probation Trust and York St John Community
Co-ordinators.
- participate in the swap shop
event.
1.2
Cllr Ruth Potter formally invited residents to make any comments on
the provisional list of local improvement schemes for 2011/12
(below). No comments were noted.
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Ref
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Scheme Suggestion
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Cost
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A
Safer, Cleaner Environment
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HE-11-03
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A grant to '20's plenty for
York road safety campaign for 20mph residential road
speeds.
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£250
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HE-11-05
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Funding for additional salt
bins across the ward.
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£700
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A
greener environment
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HE-11-06
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A grant to Sustrans for a part
time warden to keep the Foss Islands Derwent Valley Railway cycle
route clear of debris and undertake minor repairs for the benefit
of all users.
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£4,990
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HE-11-08
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A grant to Friends of St
Nicholas Fields to enable the group to purchase and hire a range of
equipment for use in managing the nature reserve and also to
provide training for the volunteers on how to use the
equipment.
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£3,880
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HE-11-09
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A grant to York Rotters to run
five sessions of 'Grow Your Own in a small space' - a two hour
training session on how to grow your own fruit and vegetables in a
small space.
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£140
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Caring for people in our community
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HE-11-10
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A grant to Age Concern York to
fund room hire for sessions of their Simple Nail Cutting Service
for elderly people which would be provide at community venues
throughout the ward.
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£500
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HE-11-11
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A grant to Active York for the
'Fund for the Gifted' scheme that helps talented young people and
their families with the cost of training, travel and
equipment.
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£300
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HE-11-13
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A grant to Bell Farm Adventure
Playground for their summer playscheme which facilitates children's
play activities and trips for the children and their
families.
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£3,000
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HE-11-14
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A grant to York Youth Council
to help fund the set up of a city centre youth café where
young people can hang out and find information on issues affecting
them.
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£1,000
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HE-11-15
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A grant to Safe and Sound Homes
to fund salaries at York Nightstop, a project which provides
emergency accommodation to young people
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£4,000
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HE-11-17
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A grant to Older Citizens
Advocacy York (OCAY) to support ongoing advocacy work for older
residents in the ward and to enable them to offer outreach
sessions.
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£2,000
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HE-11-18
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A grant to Street Sport York to
fund ten 2 hour street sport sessions throughout the ward such as a
mobile skate park and a climbing tower.
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£2,000
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HE-11-19
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A grant to York and District
Citizens Advice Bureau to provide an outreach service in the ward
on a fortnightly basis equivalent to that provided in the Blossom
Street office.
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£4,243 ...
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