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ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2010/11
Ward Activities this year, including outside bodies:
As usual it has been another busy year in Aggborough and Spennells, plenty going on and plenty to do.
As a panel member for the PACT Meetings (Partner and Communities Together), I have attended the meetings for this year. At these meetings residents have asked for action on an assortment of issues such as litter, dog fouling, speeding, fly tipping, anti-social behaviour and pot holes and poor road surfaces. We have a very positive and active PACT Chairman who contacts the various agencies for responses to the questions raised by residents and Councillor Peter Dyke and I in our role as District Councillors take away issues to deal with. We use our regular Newsletters to advertise the dates of meetings and to give updates and reports back on items raised.
For the past 2 years I have joined with residents to take part in Community Litter Picks around Aggborough and Spennells and I was hoping to expand this idea by re-invigorating a community group that had existed in past years. With this in mind, late in 2010 I facilitated a meeting of interested residents including representatives from the local PTA, The Friends of Cobham Woods, Community Housing, the Chairman of PACT and myself. We met one evening to see if there was a way forward and the initial get together was a great success and future meetings and venues were planned straight away. Since that initial meeting things have moved on in a very positive way, the group has renamed itself(it is now called Aggborough and Spennells Community Correct), adopted a constitution, opened a bank account and elected officers and has established a web site which is updated on a regular basis by one of the members of the group. Group members still take part in Litter Picks and the younger members recently went to County Hall to receive a Try-Angle Award for their litter busting work in the community. Many other activities have taken place such as a Community Christmas working with the PTA at Heronswood School and an Easter Extravaganza on Spennells Playing Field (thanks to WFDC Parks Department for their help with that one). Further activities are being planned at the moment. As treasurer of the group, I do play an active part but all the hard work is done by local residents who enjoy working to improve the community in which they live.
Case Work is still very important to me and I continue to deal with a wide range of ward issues throughout the year including-much needed road and pavement repairs, tree maintenance, parking issues, litter, fly posting and fly tipping, dog fouling, anti-social behaviour, housing issues and many many more.
Working with Councillor Peter Dyke, I continue to keep residents informed with regular editions of our Newsletter. We have tried holding surgeries but have found that residents prefer us to either visit them or communicate by telephone or increasingly, email.
Outside Bodies:
• Community Governor at Heronswood Primary School
• LEA Governor at Comberton Primary School
• Charter Trustees of Kidderminster
• Member of the Corporate Parenting Group representing Wyre Forest at County Hall, this group meets monthly
• Treasurer of Ascc (Aggborough & Spennells Community Connect)
Through my paid employment I am
• Chairman of Wyre Forest Community Safety Partnership
• Vice-Chairman of the Safer Communities Board
• Chairman of the Integrated Offender Management Strategic Board
• Chairman of the Town Centre Community Safety Group
Highlights:
I think that my proudest achievement is being in the position to be able to facilitate the initial meeting of local residents to form the new community group for Aggborough and Spennells. This group has been a fantastic success and moves on from strength to strength and is a credit to local residents and the community.
Special Knowledge:
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Attendance Percentage for 2010/11
86% (subject to the Sports & Leisure Centre Review Panel meeting to be held on 17th May 2011).
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