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What's happening in your ward
Westerhope School Success
A New Children's Centre for Westerhope
The Westerhope Wheel Project
Holy Nativity Church, Chapel House
Westerhope Community Policing Team
Newcastle Warm Zone
Westerhope School Success
Special congratulations go to Knop Law Primary School following their success in last year's SATS. Department for Children Families and Schools figures show that every single pupil at the school reached the government's target in the core subjects of English, Maths and Science, giving the school a perfect rating score of 300 out of 300. Head teacher Pauline Dutton said "We had excellent teachers, and we get great support from our governors and parents".
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A New Children's Centre for Westerhope
A Children's Centre is currently being developed within the Westerhope area, where services from Health, City Council and the Voluntary and Community Sector are working together to improve support and information for children and families, with particular emphasis on families with children from pre birth to five years of age.
Children’s Centres include:
Childcare and early education support for pre-school, and before and after school childcare.
Information and support for parents and families, including training and jobs advice and information.
Child and family health services including baby massage, breast feeding support and general parenting support.
The Children's Centre services will not be available in one single building but will be delivered from a number of existing facilities within the Westerhope area. However, the Westerhope Community Association, Hillhead Road will undergo refurbishment as part of the development. Work should be completed by the end of March. If you would like more information about the Children's Centre development please contact:
Paddy Docherty, Extended Services Co-ordinator
Phone: 0191 277 4494
E-mail: patrick.docherty@newcastle.gov.uk
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The Westerhope Wheel Project
Members of the Westerhope Village Residents Association are working with Councillors and Officers from Westerhope, Woolsington and Denton, to restore and reclaim a miners wheel originally from Ellington Colliery in Northumberland. The group, Westerhope Wheels in Action, has secured funding to acquire the wheel which is in safe storage in the City. The intention is to restore the wheel, inscribe 'Westerhope' around it, and install it on the roundabout at the junction of Stamfordham Road and West Denton Way. This will form an attractive feature at the entrance to the Ward. Alongside the renovation of the wheel an arts heritage project is being developed that brings the three Westerhope Primary Schools and the local history society, together with an artist to produce a modern day ‘Westerhope Miners Banner’. For more information contact your Ward Co-ordinator.
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Holy Nativity Church, Chapel House
'Outside In' was launched in 2007 and aims to upgrade and refurbish the church to make it a versatile, accessible, welcoming and sustainable community resource for the next 30 – 40 years. The building of additional meeting space, kitchen, office, drop-in and other facilities will ensure the community has new space for a range of social, spiritual, recreational, creative and educational activities.
Phase 1 is in progress: the re-generation of the church.
Phase 2 is in the planning stage: this will include new facilities and additional meeting space.
The Church is working alongside Newcastle Primary Care (NHS) Trust, the local GP and Dental Practices, the Local Authority planning department and other potential partners towards the regeneration of the central amenities site in Chapel House. 'Outside In' is Holy Nativity Parish's contribution to the development plans and has the support of CHADCA, Knoplaw and Milecastle Primary Schools, the Councils of Denton, Newburn and Westerhope Wards, local Scout and Guide groups and a variety of other local residents groups.
'Outside In' Progress Report.
The Big Lottery Community Buildings Fund has awarded 'Outside In' a development grant to progress the project to the planning permission stage. An application for stage 2 of the grant (the capital grant from the building) will be submitted in August 2008. The Lottery decision will be made in February 2009. The doctors, dentists and Primary Care NHS Trust hope to announce in the next few weeks the appointment of a developer for the long awaited new health centre on Chapel House. The Church and the Surgeries will continue working together to ensure the best use of space and design of buildings for the community facilities needed. Local fund-raising and other efforts have raised the total for 'Outside In' to over £115,000. Continued local fund raising is extremely important as it demonstrated the involvement of the local community in the project. Please keep supporting us.
For more information please contact Revd Bill Rigby, phone: 267 4069.
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Westerhope Community Policing Team
The Community Policing Team is led by Inspector J Harrison and covers Denton and Westerhope wards. The Community Policing Team includes:
Sgt A Berry
Sgt D Johnston
Sgt N Mackell
PC H Hunter
PC A Smith
In addition Police Community Support Officers 9814 Michelle Clark and 6838 Stuart Baird operate in the Westerhope and Denton area. The team are based at Etal Lane Police Station.
Phone: 221 8424
The main Police number for the area is 0845 604 343
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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 0191 277 7373.
Click here for more information about Newcastle Warm Zone.
You may find other useful information on the Denton Ward webpage.
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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 Westerhope ward is Edward Bulloch.
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, 21Kb)
- 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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Your ward committee and getting involved
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 Committees meet at least once every two months and are open to all members of the pu blic. The dates for meetings are:
The Ward Co-ordinator organises and publicises Ward Committee meetings and deals with issues raised both at the mee tings and elsewhere in the ward. 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 Westerhope 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 at right of screen). Deadlines for the submission of application forms are :
to be confirmed.
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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Community Groups
Westerhope Community Partnership
Is an umbrella group with representatives from most of the groups in the ward. Their aim is to improve the quality of life and well being for those living and working in Westerhope. The group meets at 6.30pm on the fourth Thursday of the mo nth at the Westerhope Community Assoc
iation and new groups are always welcome.
Westerhope Local History Society
Westerhope Local History Society is a corpo rate member of the Association of Northumberland Local History Societies and meets in Westerhope Methodist Church, Stamfordham Road at 7pm on the third Monday of each month, between September and May. Annual subscription £5.00, visitors 50p.
19 May – Annual General Meeting
Followed by Local History topics and refreshments.
For more information contact Tom Peacock, Chair - phone: 267 0937.
Westerhope Village Residents Association
This group will celebrate its 20th anniversary in August 2008. The group aims to improve the appearance of Westerhope Village and were responsible for the installation of the millennium clock outside the Methodist Church on Stamfordham Road. The group have also worked hard to increase the floral displays in the ward. They are currently involved in a project to mark the 20th anniversary with the Westerhope Wheel project.
Westerhope Community Association
The management committee, workers and volunteers invest a lot of time in keeping this, the only community facility in the ward, available for use by local people. Currently the centre is enjoying a refurbishment funded by the Children's Centre and the Westerhope Ward Committee. Works should be complete by the end of April. For more information contact the Association on phone: 267 3757.
Chapel Park Residents Association
Is a relatively new community group that is meets monthly to consider issues affecting the Chapel Park area of the ward. For more information about the group and their meetings please contact the Westerhope Ward Co-ordinator.
St John’s (Whorlton) Cemetry Group
Another new group has formed to look at making improvements to the Graveyard. The group are looking for help to identify people who been buried in the cemetery. If you have any information please contact Reverend Andy Brown through the Church Office, phone: 0191 271 2992.
Future Plans
It is hoped to form two new groups or networks in the ward this year, one to give voice to older people (age 50+) and an Environmental Group to look at local environmental issues. Further details will follow over the next few months. If you are interested in getting involved in either of these groups, please contact Judith Paxton, Westerhope Ward Co-ordinator (Wed/Thur) on 0191 277 3533 or email: judith.paxton@newcastle.gov.uk
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 Westerhope.
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.