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What's happening in your ward
Surplus school sites in the Outer West - Land use consultation feedback
In October we hand-delivered a short questionnaire to over 4,000 households in the Chapel House and Chapel Park areas in order to find out residents' views on the possible future use and development of three surplus school sites, comprising
Part of the former Chapel House Middle / Thomas Bewick Schools;
Former Chapel Park Middle School; and
Former Parkway Special School.
The questionnaire asked residents what they thought would be the best uses for these three sites. 1,638 responses were received. This represents an excellent rate of return and means that the results are a good representation of the views of the community as a whole. We would like to thank all those who took the time to fill in the questionnaire. Your comments will be very helpful in drawing up policies for these sites in the future. A newsletter has been distributed to inform residents of the main findings of the research and what we plan to do next.
View the newsletter (pdf, 188Kb).
Read the full consultation report (pdf, 3Mb).
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).
Udecide programme
Newburn Ward has just recently completed its Udecide programme (Participatory Budgeting) where local people decide on how to spend an amount of public money.
Read about the winning bids.
Newburn Children's Centre
Newburn will have its own new Children's Centre service in the very near future. For further information phone Paddy Docherty on 277 4494.
Throckley Residents Action Group (TRAG)
Throckley Residents Action Group take forward the concerns and views of local residents to any issues raised. The current focus of TRAG is the proposed planning application by Esh Group for the development of Henderson Water Treatment Works at Hexham Road, Throckley. The group meet every Tuesday night at Vallum House on Hexham Road. If you would like further information, want to get involved or have any issues you wish to raise you can contact the group through their website.
Newcastle Libraries Modernisation Programme
Newcastle Library service are conducting a city wide consultation exercise to establish local peoples views in how local people would like to see their modern library service develop. You can participate in the consultation via the Community Engagement webpages or you can phone Angela Forster, Senior Library and Information Manager on 277 4148.
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.
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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 Newburn ward is David Hepworth.
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, 32Kb)
- 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 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:
2009
21 July, 6pm - Blucher Methodist Church
15 September, 6pm - Walbottle Institute, Walbottle Village
17 November, 6pm - Newburn Community Centre
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 Newburn 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 Newburn Ward Committee are:
2009
6 July, noon (for 21 July meeting)
31 August, noon (for 15 September meeting)
2 November, noon (for 17 November meeting)
Newburn Ward Committee Annual Review 2007/2008
The annual review of the Newburn Ward Committee for 2007/2008 outlines the work of the ward committee and how it has distributed its grant aid budget and how other streams of funding have been spent in the Newburn ward over the past year. It also highlights some of the community engagement and involvement that the ward committee has supported which involves the local communities of the Newburn Ward. A full report was presented at the July 2008 Ward Committee.
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Residents' Community and Voluntary Groups
Newburn Ward has a number of community and voluntary groups. If you would further information on any of the groups listed below or you are a local group that is not mentioned and would like to be listed please contact your Ward Co-ordinator.
China Painting Group
Eve’s Womens Group
Friends of Newburn Countryside Park
Friends of Throckley and Walbottle Dene
Grange Association Carpet Bowles
The Grange Centre (a number of community activities)
The Grange Welfare Association
Magpie Junior Football Club
Newburn Community Centre (a number of community activities)
Newburn Drama Group
Newburn Leisure Centre
Newburn Parent and Toddler Group
Throckley Campus Tennis Club
Throckley Northside Tenants Association
Throckley Play Group
Throckley Community Hall (a number of community activities)
Throckley Commu nity Hall Aerobics
Throckley Community Hall Parents & Toddler Group
Throckley Outdoor Bowling club
Throckley Recreation Centre (a number of community activities)
Throckley Recreation Play Group
Throckley Womens Health Group
Together We Can Manage (Strategic community representative group)
- Walbottle Arts Group
Walbottle Methodist C hurch Parent & Toddler Group
Westmacott Allotments Association
1st Walbottle Guides
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 serv ices we provide to you and what you think about the area you live in.
View the results for Newburn 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 Newburn.
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.