Area Co-ordinators Report E-Brief

OWLERTON & SOUTHEY GREEN

AREA PANEL

E-BRIEFING

 

Issue 15

Information and actions relating to the operation of the Owlerton / Southey Green Area Panel to the week ending 8th Feb 2008.

 

Area Panel News

 

SONY Awards

SOAR, Sheffield Homes and the Area Panel joined together again this year to bring a small amount of pleasure to an otherwise cold and dark winter evening.  Along with friends and family, 12 recipients of SONY (Southey Owlerton New Year) awards attended an event on Friday 25th Jan at Shirecliffe Community Centre to pick up their certificates and enjoy a warming pie and pea supper.  Certificates were presented to volunteers for a range of work across the area including Robert Mawhood and Mike Knowles for their work as volunteers encouraging young people to get involved in positive activity through their support of the Cookson Park Cycle Speedway.  Three special awards were presented for Outstanding Project, Outstanding Group Support and Outstanding Long-term Commitment. These went to Foxhill Shopping Squad who help people who would otherwise be isolated to get to and from the supermarket, David Pollard for his hard work reinstating Galsworthy TaRA and his involvement as a volunteer with Southey Forum and Norma Moore for her years of support and commitment to the Margetson TaRA.

 

New Area Coordinator

We welcome Lindsay Smith who started on Tuesday 5th Feb as the new job-share Area Coordinator along with Stuart Bolton.  Lindsay joins us from the Council's Community Regeneration Development Team where some of you may already know her from.

 

Next Area Panel / SOAR Public Meeting

We are trailing monthly joint meetings with the SOAR board until April 2008. The next meeting is on Thursday  February 21st  7pm to 9pm, at the Wolfe Road Centre, 31-33 Wolfe Road, Foxhill.

 

2008/09 Area Plan

The Area Action Team are working on the process and information to inform the development of the Area Panel's next 1 year Area Plan.  This is due for publication in June 2008 in line with the start of the new Council year, following the May elections.

 

Service improvement: access to opportunities

 

Governor Elections

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has a dedicated Council of Governors, all are volunteers and made up of members of the public, patients and their carers, staff and representatives from partner organisations. We are holding a series of informal talks on elections and becoming a Governor. Please register your attendance by calling

0114 2260678 or email

 

Community Safety

 

ABC Awards

The ABC Awards is a small grants scheme run by South Yorkshire Police Authority, in partnership with South Yorkshire Police.  Through the initiative, community and voluntary groups and statutory organisations can apply for up to £2,000.  Application forms available from 11th February to Thursday 20th March 2008  by contacting 0114  296 3535/3421 or you can e-mail  AGelder@syjs.gov.uk

 

 

Children and Young People

 

New Primary SEN School

Engagement work will some start to inform community of plans for development of a new primary SEN school in the area.  The site is next to and will link with Mansell School.

 

Parkwood School

Parkwood School is currently consulting with the community regarding the option of pursuing Academy status along with a number of other schools in the City.

 

Neighbourhood Issues

 

Foxhill Community Centre

Work is progressing with Community Buildings Team on determining the options for the future of the Centre and which once firmed up will be put forward for consultation

 

Small Highways Schemes

Savings across the programme have enabled the Area Panel to progress work to help alleviate the parking issues at Southey Magnet.  This will comprise of marking out 13 parking bays at Southey Hill outside the shops.  Following this, we hope to be able to work with Southey Forum over the next year to see what other actions can be taken to improve Southey Neighbourhood Centre.

 

Please get in touch if you want to know more about anything in this e-briefing, or if you have items to contribute to the next edition.

 

Stuart Bolton or Lindsay Smith (Joint Area Coordinators)

Tel: 203 7796