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What's happening in your ward
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Your ward committee and getting involved
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What's happening in your ward
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 Blakelaw Ward Neighbourhood Charter Newsletter (pdf, 247Kb).
Fill in the online questionnaire
Monday Night 'League Play' at Blakelaw Park
Every Monday at Blakelaw Park (3G turf) from 5.30–7.30 pm (registration from 5pm).
Come on your own or with your mates – play lots of games and have loads of fun! It's free to play but players must be registered. Prizes for the most goals scored. For under 12, 14 and 16 age groups.
Phone Duncan O'Farrell on 0191 277 3643 for more information.
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.
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).
Citizen's Advice Bureau
The Citizen's Advice Bureau at the Blakelaw Community Centre is open Fridays 5-7pm and Saturdays 10am-12 noon. It provides advice on issues or problems concerning benefits, debts, housing, gas and electricity, employment, family and relationship matters.
Contact Mike Nelis. Phone: 286 8083.
Small Sparks
The Small Sparks programme offers individual grants up to £250 on a match funding basis. You don’t need to be involved in any other neighbourhood activity or have lots of resources to apply. It doesn’t matter how old or young you are, what you do or what abilities you have. You just have to get together with one or more people from your local area or community group and plan a Small Sparks project, complete your project within two months and be willing to attend an end of year community celebration to share your story with other Small Sparkers. Phone 211 3584 to find out more about this scheme.
View the guidance notes to find out more. (pdf, 82Kb)
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 phone 277 7373.
Click here for more information about Newcastle Warm Zone.
Regeneration
Part of the Blakelaw Ward is involved in the North Central Regeneration project. Consultants appointed by the City Council have been gathering the views of various groups and individuals within the community about the Blakelaw area. The findings will be fed into a report which will go to the executive. Watch this space for more information about the proposals and how they will affect you and your community.
Blakelaw Park
Blakelaw Park is open to everyone. The tennis courts, basketball, skateboarding, BMXing and play area are free at all times. The multi-use sports pitch can be booked through Parks and Countryside. Phone 277 3533. On Tuesday and Friday evenings there is free community football for local people from 5-9pm. A coach is provided during these sessions. For more information phone 211 6214.
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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 Blakelaw ward is Dave Roberts.
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, 29.9Kb)
- sets out the key environmental issues in the ward and what we are doing to tackle them
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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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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 on the fourth Thursday of the month at 7pm, excluding August and December. The dates for meetings are:
2009
28 May, 7pm - Fenham Library.
25 June, 7pm - Blakelaw Neighbourhood Centre
23 July, 7pm - Fenham Library
24 September, 7pm - Blakelaw Neighbourhood Centre
26 November, 7pm - Blakelaw Neighbourhood Centre, Binswood Avenue
2010
28 January, 7pm - Fenham Library
25 February, 7pm - Blakelaw Neighbourhood Centre
25 March, 7pm - Fenham Library
Drop in before the meetings at 6.30pm to raise issues with Local Councillors, Council Officers, YHN and the Police.
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 Blakelaw 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 Blakelaw Ward Committee are:
2009
9 November for 26 November meeting
2010
11 January for 28 January meeting
8 February for 25 February meeting
8 March for 25 March meeting
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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 Blakelaw ward (pdf, 46Kb).
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 Blakelaw.
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.