Contacts
What's happening in your ward
Local council services
Reporting problems
Your ward committee and getting involved
Further information
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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 Cal on 211 3584.
View the guidance notes and find out more (pdf, 82Kb).
Newcastle Warm Zone are working in your area and we encourage you to talk to our assessor who will call to your door - 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 of 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.
Regeneration
Part of the Kenton Ward which includes Cowgate Estate and Kenton Bar is involved in the North Central Regeneration plan. The project also includes parts of Blakelaw and North Kenton. Over the last few months consultants appointed by the City Council have been gathering the views of various groups and individuals within the community about their area. The findings will be fed into a report which will go to the executive. The report will recommend how the area can be regenerated. Watch this space for more information about the proposals and how they will affect you and your community.
Opportunities for older people to get involved
The Older Persons Network in Kenton is for residents aged 50 or over. Anyone is welcome to come along. Coffee mornings are held regularly in the Montagu Estate Residents Association building on Wyndley Place in Montagu Estate. This is an opportunity for residents to get together, have their say about the area and meet other people from the Ward. The network is also going to be organizing events over the next year. If you would like to get involved or find out more please contact the Ward Co-ordinator.
Health Trainers
A team of Health Trainers is working in the Kenton area to get local people involved in activities to improve their health. This could be anything from increasing people’s self esteem by getting them involved in arts and crafts activities to helping a resident lose weight by accompanying them to swimming classes to increase their confidence in accessing exercise. Some workers focus on improving the health of individuals whilst others provide help to families. The trainers are based at Montagu Community Full Service School in the community wing one day a week. Contact the reception on 277 1775 to find out more.
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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 Kenton ward is Julia Crowley.
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, 45Kb)
- 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 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 meets at least once every two months and is open to all members of the public. The dates for meetings are:
2008
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 Kenton 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 to right of screen). Deadlines for the submission of application forms are :
To find out more about grant aid please read the Guidance Notes (pdf, 35Kb) or speak to your ward co-ordinator.
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Residents Survey 2007
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 Kenton ward.
More information about the Residents Survey and Citywide results.
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 Kenton.
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.