Community Arrow for Bulwell & Bulwell Forest

Bulwell and Bulwell ForestIssue Seven / March 2010 arrow

Get to the pointwith yourCommunityArrow!

Take 5 Theatre School ofDance showcase their talents

Inside: Crabtree School creative pupils Rise Park ActionGroup Take 5 Dance Show Martial Arts Children’s CharityCompetition Making your neighbourhood bloom

Get active and have fun Decade of Investment

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Two Police Officers and a City Council Officer came to talk to us in classabout respecting our neighbourhood. We talked about littering, noise andanti-social behaviour. We then created some posters asking people totake care of their neighbourhood, and the winning four posters will be putup around the community on lamp posts. All the class tried hard to winthe competition.

We tried our hardest to make them bright and colourful and eye catching.Hopefully people will do what they say and not drop litter and cigarettes onthe floor. We really enjoyed the project.

By Shanay Leonardi, Ashley Gough and Luke Ashmore all aged 10

PC Leah Howard said, “The kids were brilliant, they put lots ofthought into how the area could be made a nicer place to liveby them taking better care of each other, their neighbours, andthe environment.”

Rise Park Bulb planting

Crabtree School competition winning entries

Rise Park ActionGroup Plant For SpringOne day back in November, when therain had decided to stop for a while,members of the Rise Park Action Groupplanted 10,000 crocus and daffodil bulbsin the grass verges along Bestwood ParkDrive, and around the shopping precinct.This massive undertaking was completedwith assistance from members of the

Rise Park Community Centre, childrenfrom Rise Park Primary School and TopValley School and members of Entry 2Employment. We also cleared out theplanters in the precinct and refilled withSpring flowering plants. Many thanks goto the Council gardeners who were sovery helpful throughout. We look forwardto a colourful Spring and full recovery ofmy aching bones!

By Paul Bakajsa, Chairman, Rise ParkAction Group

Pupils from CrabtreeSchool get creativein a bid to improvetheir community


Take 5 Theatre School Of Dancing(Based at Old Town Hall, Bulwell), havejust recently hosted their 14th AnnualShow, with 190 pupils taking part (ages3 years - adult). The show consisted ofover 30 routines, performed for twodays to full audiences, entertainingparents, family and friends.

Refurbishment work continues at thedance school, with the proceeds from theshow helping raise funds to have heatinginstalled in Take 5's new dance studio.

Take 5 holds classes for allages - Ballet, Tap, ModernJazz, Cheerleading and KeepFit. With TV shows like StrictlyCome Dancing, Amanda(Principal) really wants toencourage everyone to comedancing and have fun.

Why not try the adult Salsaclass, Tuesday's 8pm for 13 years &over, or Hip Hop classon Fridays at 5.30pm.

If you're interested in enrollingcontact Amanda on 07746 854436or [email protected]

Martial Arts Children's Charity Competition held its first charityevent on the 4th October 2009 at the Southglade Leisure Centre, inaid of the Rainbows Hospice.

The event was opened by the Lord Mayor Cllr Jeannie Packer whowas led into the venue by a Chinese Lion Dance troupe. Therewere various competitions throughout the day, including fancydress for the younger ones.

The event raised an amazing £1081.41p, all of which was donatedto Rainbows Hospice (MACCC), the fund raising wing of MantisNew Generation Nottingham. MNGN over the years has raised over£10,000 for local charities.

From 2010 onwards MACCC has decided to concentrate it'sefforts in to raising funds for the Children's Ward at the NottinghamCity Hospital.

More details of forthcoming events can be found atwww.maccc.co.uk or by emailing [email protected]

Some of the Young People from Take 5 Theatre School of Dancing

Presenting the cheque

Take 5 Dance Show

Martial Arts Competitionraises funds for Hospice


News

Area News

Looking for affordable ways you andyour family can get active and have funtogether? Why not come along to anActive Families session at SouthgladeLeisure Centre.

The two hour weekly sessions offer lotsof activities the whole family can enjoyincluding: swimming, indoor andoutdoor multi sports and games, plusmore unusual activities such as hula andcircus skills. No booking is required, justturn up and take part!

Sessions take place every Saturday10.30am - 12.30pm and cost just 50pper person.

The project, funded by NHS NottinghamCity has been developed as part ofNottingham's Early InterventionProgramme to get more adults andchildren taking part in physical activitiestogether.

For more information visit:www.mynottingham.gov.uk/activefamiliesor call 0115 915 2740.

Get active andhave fun in 2010

Do you fancy brightening up yourneighbourhood this summer? Last year80 communities joined Nottingham inBloom's campaign to encourage small,resident-led communities to achievelong-term improvements throughhorticultural, environmental andcleanliness initiatives. This year, it'shoped that even more will join in.

Participants in 2009 includedRiseborough Community Group withtheir small courtyard garden; RuffordTenants' and Residents' Associationwith many planting and litter pickinginitiatives; young people from the Catch22 Junior Youth Inclusion Programme

who worked on a garden at SpringfieldHome, and a rooftop garden created atLathkill Community Home by volunteersfrom CRESTA.

Benefits include building pride in thearea and community spirit, as well ascleaner and greener surroundings for ahealthier community. To find out moreabout getting involved, and having yourefforts recognised through the RoyalHorticultural Society's new 'It's YourNeighbourhood' Award scheme,contact Nottingham in Bloom on0115 915 2745 or [email protected]

www.mynottingham.gov.uk/bloom

Cresta rooftop garden planting day

Making your neighbourhood bloom


www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Area News

Hundreds of jobs coming to Bulwell

A new Tesco store is going be built inthe centre of Bulwell and will create 460new jobs.

Many of the jobs will go to Bulwell people,thanks to an initiative between the City

Council and Tesco called the BulwellEmployment Partnership. The scheme willhelp promote training and job opportunitiesin the store for local people, and in particularto recruit the long term unemployed andthose getting job-seekers allowance.

Tesco will be located on Main Street,and they will encourage their contractor tobuild the store using the Bulwell

Employment Partnership to recruit locallabourers, apprentices and sub-contractors.

Cllr Alan, Portfolio Holder for NeighbourhoodRegeneration, said; “The new store willcreate hundreds of jobs and we will workwith Tesco through the employmentpartnership to get people from Bulwell towork at the store as well as receiving trainingand development opportunities”.

Already three months into the New Year, it's hard to believe that we're alsothree months into a whole new decade in Nottingham. So, let's take a lookback at the first 10 years of the new millennium and see how 10 years ofinvestment in our local area has made a difference.

Decade of Investment

£55m for local schoolsOver £55m has been or is beinginvested in local primary and secondaryschools, including over £26m for thenew Bulwell Academy, opening itsdoors ready for the new school year thisSeptember. This money has beeninvested by the Government, byNottingham City Council and byacademy sponsors, and represents thelargest government investment inschools for over 50 years.

£22.5m bringing local servicestogether in BulwellWork on the new Bulwell Joint ServiceCentre will soon be underway thanks toan investment of over £22m. The centrewill bring together local servicesincluding: housing, Bulwell Library, localGP practices, local health services, andlocal Council services. The new centrewill be open next year.

£2m for your newleisure centreThe Council's £32m scheme totransform the city's council ownedleisure centres includes over £2m to

develop the Ken Martin Leisure Centrein Bulwell. The centre now boasts asuperb health suite with sauna andsteam room, modern changing facilities,swimming pool viewing area includingchildren's section, a refurbishedswimming pool hall, and a fantasticfitness studio and activity room.

On top of this, millions of pounds havehelped bring the tram to Bulwell,creating new public transport routesinto the city. All this in the last 10 years.


Councillor News

Local News From Your Area Councillors

CouncillorsYour local City Councillors want to improve the quality of life for all residents, and support local people to get involved inmaking decisions about the things that matter to you. If you have anything you wish to discuss or would like their view on astory you wish to contribute to the Community Arrow, do feel free to get in touch.

Councillors Eileen Heppell, JohnHartshorne and Ginny Klein havecontinued with their series of ward walksaccompanying the Neighborhood ActionOfficer and a member of City Servicesand Nottingham City Homes whenappropriate. So far the inspections havecovered Bulwell Hall Estate, SandhurstRoad, Crabtree Estate, most ofSnapewood, and the Cinderhill roadarea. Working with the neighbourhoodteam enables the Councillors to discussthe different issues for different areas.Ginny Klein says: “It highlightsproblematic areas where there is graffitiand fly tipping, the walks allow for thecouncillors to meet with local residentsand to hear their views.”

Change for Bulwell remains significant,the Bulwell Health Centre is nowdemolished and its services moved intotemporary premises on HempshillVale.The building of the Academy is well

on the way and work will begin soon onthe children's play park next to the toylibrary on Bulwell Hall Park.

It has been agreed that the old depot onLillington Street can be demolished tomake way for 8 new build councilhouses which will offer a larger unit for afamily with a disabled member. Thefunding was obtained from the Homesand Communities Agency and the bidwas in competition with many otherAuthorities. All three of your localcouncilors supported the opportunity tohave some more housing on vacantland. The old depot has stood empty forsome time now and attracts much litterwhich becomes trapped in the fencingso it will be good to see it go.

Bulwell

Councillor surgeries are anopportunity for you to speak toany of your local councillorsshould you have any issuesabout your area you wish todiscuss. Times, dates andvenues of surgeries in yourward are listed here.

Surgeries are held at:

Bulwell

Red Lion Community Centre, Bulwell2nd and 4th Saturday of every month,10am – 11am

CouncillorJohn HartshorneTel: 0115 915 7780

CouncillorGinny KleinTel: 0115 927 3415

CouncillorEileen HeppellTel: 0115 919 0101


www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Alan and Eunice have been engagingwith local people in Bulwell Forest overthe last few months.

They joined a planting day withcommunity reps in Top Valley (seepicture) when several thousand bulbswere planted. They are looking forwardto seeing the results of their hard work allalong the grass verges on Ridgeway overthe coming weeks.

Both summer and winter planting havemade a great impact in the communityon Highbury Road, on Bestwood ParkDrive and on Top Valley.

At the same time, Alan and Eunice havebeen busy talking to local people aboutearly ideas for the major refurbishmentand rebuild of Top Valley School. Thiswill give us not only a learning institutionwith facilities designed for the twenty-firstcentury, but it will give the school thechance to be a real community school.

Alan and Eunice also attend regularmeetings with the local Police BeatManagers (Paul and Katie) and localcommunity and church groups withintheir beats. They feed in theirobservations and concerns from theirregular ward walks.

In the next few months, ward walks areplanned in Highbury Vale and Rise Park.Work has started to improve security atSouthglade Park.

Councillor Davie has welcomed andattended: the recent openings of the newNottingham City Homes Tenants andResidents Association Centre atHoundsgate; the new police informationpillar in Bulwell Market Square, andNottingham Contemporary.Commitments going forward include: theBulwell Jobs Fair; parents evenings atlocal schools; and regular ward walksand estate inspections.

Gerry has again been representingconstituents at Council meetings andendeavoured to help them in a variety ofissues including helping residents in avariety of housing matters, from damage toproperty and concerns about damp, to therelocation of residents with specific needs.

Bulwell Forest

CouncillorAlan ClarkTel: 0115 915 5667

CouncillorEunice CampbellTel: 0115 915 5675

CouncillorGerry DavieTel: 07900 681 840

Surgeries are held at:

Bulwell Forest

Eunice Campbell and Alan Clark holdsurgeries as follows:

Bulwell Library, Highbury Road 1st Saturday of every month11am – 12pm

The Church on Rise Park2nd Saturday of every month -11am - 12pm

Southglade Library (access at Gala Way)4th Saturday of every month -11am - 12pm

Gerry Davie holds surgeriesas follows:

Bulwell Market1st Saturday of every month -9am - 12pm

Cllr Campbell and Cllr Clark ona planting day in Top Valley


Rise Park Action GroupThursday 18th February at 7.30pm Rise Park Community Centre.All residents welcome

Business Advisory sessions(Business Link)Every Monday at Bulwell Library9.30am - 11.30am - open surgery12:30pm - 2pm - appointments onlyIf you're thinking about starting a businessthen help is at hand.

Coffee Morning —Bulwell Hall Healthy Living CentreEvery Friday morning9.00am - 12.00pmCome & join us for a drink and a chat- all welcome.Contact us for more information: 0115 979 4708

Health EventThursday 29th April, 10am - 3pmBulwell Market Place

Gardeners Tenants &Residents meetings Mon 15th March, Mon 19th April& Mon 17th May 6.30pmat Bulwell Toy Library

Easter Egg HuntSouthglade ParkMonday 29th March - 1.00 - 3.00pm Meet at the children's play area. Childrenmust be accompanied by an adult.

Nature WalkSnape Wood & Sellers WoodSunday 11th April - 10.30amDiscover the hidden world on your doorstep.Join the Park Ranger for an informative walk.Meet outside Snape Wood Community Centre.

Wild Food Walk — Sellers WoodSaturday 8th May - 1.00pmJoin the Park Ranger to discover all thethings you can find growing naturally in thewild that are good enough to eat. Meet atthe entrance on Wood Link Road.

Nature Camp — Snape WoodMonday 31st May - 1.00 - 3.00pmCome along to the park and take part in avariety of fun and creative nature themedactivities. Parents welcome too! Meet at theentrance on Snape Wood Road.

Bulwell Police Football Sessionsfor 13 - 19 yr oldsTaking place weekly at Henry MellishSports Centre Come and play your local police team.If you are interested call PCSO Ian Cottonon 07595 012084 or speak to your localBeat team on the street.

Surfing tonight - not sure where to go?Why not visit www.risepark.plus.com forloads of information about Rise Park Estateand the surrounding area.

Police Beat surgeries are being set upacross your area. If you would like to find outwhere and when your nearest one takesplace, please visit our website atwww.nottinghamshire.police.uk or call yourlocal Beat Manager• Bulwell Forest Beat

PC Paul McMillan - 07792 437312• Bulwell Hall Beat

PC Darren Mackenzie - 07792 437310• Town Centre Beat

PC Jo Homan - 07792 437315• Hempshill Vale Beat (Includes Crabtree

Farm) - PC Leah Howard - 07792 437311• Rise Park Beat - PC Katie Nolan

07792 437314• Bulwell Beat (includes Snape Wood &

Rufford walk area)PC Lloyd Goucher - 07792 437313

Dates for your diary...

Your Community ArrowWritten by you, printed and distributed by Nottingham City Council.

Useful ContactsNottingham City Council’s NeighbourhoodManagement teams work hard in eacharea to bring people and services together.For all the ways you can get involved inlocal decision making, or to report an issuein your area, you can contact the Bulwell &Bulwell Forest NeighbourhoodManagement team below.

c/o Bulwell Housing Office1 Gilead StreetBulwellNottingham NG6 8NATel: 0115 915 3232

[email protected]/whereilive

We realise that everybody needs extra helpand support at some point in their lives andthese are difficult times for us all. There aremany places you can go to get free adviceon debt, financial and legal matters.You can also find out if you're entitled toreceive additional support through grantsand benefits.

North & West Advice Service,available at:

■ Bulwell Advice Centre, open 9.30am- 12.30pm, 21a Merchant Street,Bulwell, NG6 8GT, 0115 915 1500

■ Bulwell Children's Centre,Steadfold Close, Crabtree Farm,NG6 8AX, 0115 915 3913

■ Bulwell Hall Healthy Living Centre,Lawton Drive, Bulwell, NG6 8BL,0115 979 4708

■ Snapewood Community Centre,Snapewood Road, Bulwell,NG6 7GH, 0115 975 3299

Nottingham City Council CustomerContact Centre

Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BT,0115 915 4944

For advice about Council Tax and Housingbenefit, as well as free school meals andthe school clothing allowance.


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