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Issues, Actions and Plans
Priorities
The following have been identified as being the important issues in the South Panel area:
Improving the Environment by:
- Supporting the regeneration of parks and open spaces in the area
- Providing clean and well maintained streets and neighbourhoods in particular around shop sites
- Improving the range of play provision for children and young people
Creating a Safer Community by:
- Supporting community safety plans and partnerships
- Creating greater opportunities for young people
- Making our streets safer with improved street lighting in 'hotspot' areas
Improving the lives of Children and Young People by:
- Supporting community led projects working with young people
- Providing additional youth work sessions and activities for young people
- Supporting work on new school buildings, children’s centres and extended schools
Supporting People and Communities by:
- Organising informative, bi-monthly public meetings where people can raise local issues
- Making sure that local concerns are listened to and acted on by the Council and other agencies
- Working with local community groups, forums, partnerships and tenants associations and responding to local issues
Creating successful neighbourhoods by:
- Working in partnership to improve council housing stock to the ‘decent homes’ standard and providing extra care facilities for older people
- Supporting vulnerable and excluded people like older people and refugees and asylum seekers
- Promoting the health and wellbeing of people by raising awareness and carrying out projects around exercise, sexual health and alcohol abuse
South Area Plan
Each Area Panel produces a three year and a one year Area Plan that sets out the priorities for the Panel. The one year plan incorporates an Action Plan with targets for the year ahead. Panel priorities are set by the Area Co-ordinator and Members through consultation with members of the public and other partners. The latest plans for the South can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.
Downloads
South Area Panel 2008/09 Area Plan (1.16 MB)
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