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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
Gosforth Pool and Impulse Fitness Suite offer a range of activities seven days a week. from early morning until mid evening Monday to Friday, 8am - 4.30pm on Saturday, 8.30am - 12.45pm on Sunday. Some pool and sauna sessions are aimed at specific groups so please contact the reception on 0191 284 3696 to check details.
Swimming lessons are available every day, from babies to adult learners.
Ashburton Residents’ Association
The Association will hold its third Summer Fair on Elgy Green on Saturday 12 July. Details of the times will follow, but it's intended to have some favourite activities such as children’s races, face painting, balloon modelling, children’s entertainers, refreshments, tombola, coconut shy and bathing belle stocks. Volunteers please contact the ward co-ordinator on 211 6296.
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.
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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 West Gosforth ward is Darren Penaluna.
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, 24Kb)
- 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
23 July, 6.30pm * - Gosforth Customer Service Centre and Library, Regent Farm Road
17 September, 6.30pm - venue to be confirmed
19 November, 6.30pm - venue to be confirmed
* informal drop in 5.45-6.15pm. The PCT will be at the drop in to consult about access to urgent healthcare and access to GP services and community health services.
2009
21 January, 6.30pm - venue to be confirmed
18 March, 6.30pm - venue to be confirmed
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 West Gosforth 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 :
2008
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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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 West Gosforth.
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.