What's going on in Eastfield & Osgodby
January 2010
Incredible Edible Eastfield
Wouldn’t it be great to grow local produce in some of our open spaces in Eastfield so our community can benefit from good quality herbs, fruits and vegetables around almost every corner? Well why not??
We want to find new ways for the local people of Eastfield to grow their own. It’s a healthy option, it’s cheaper and it’s better for the environment.
For more information and to find out how to get involved call 860751 it might not look like an Eastfield number but it is... i think BT must have run out! Or have a look and see how it has worked else where click>> Incredible Edible Todmorden | The Future Of Local Food In Todmorden
January 2010
Resistance is futile!
Well with change comes conflict and resistance, this was made only to clear at the last Southern Area Committee meeting. On this site you will have read much about Participatory Budgeting a way of giving local residents direct and equal control over how some of the hard earned Council Tax contributions are spent. A sum of £25,000 has been made available in each of the Borough Council areas with the option to put area committee grant funds with it to bulk it up so local residents can decide which community projects are funded rather than just Councillors making the choices. This is a core Lib Dem Borough Council group policy, not just for community projects but we also want to see this approach extended to main stream funding for highways spending, parks & Countryside spending and to major projects which Council Tax contributions go into. Sadly on the night of the area meeting both the Conservative & “Independent” Councillors teamed up to make sure none of the area budget went into PB, they want to keep control and keep local people under the thumb! All their talk of supporting it in principle was just that .... TALK with no action, but we fight on as this approach must win through so local residents can lead from the front.
December 2009 Talking Trees! The new improved Beech Walk play area was given is future greenery, many trees were planted around the new park in a well attended Community event. So we have the play equipment, we have the trees; all we need now are the new sculptures to complete the project.
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27th November 2009 Pride of Eastfield Friday 27th November 2009 saw the very first Eastfield Community Pride awards evening, and what an evening it was! We had seven categories ranging from neighbour of the year award right up to Parent of the year award. It is awesome for Eastfield to celebrate its people and achievements, we have some fantastic people here and a fantastic community, I am proud to live in Eastfield and proud to able to represent the area and my fellow residents. Everyone who was nominated in my eyes are winners no matter if they got a trophy or not. I was chuffed to be asked to MC the evening (even though my MCing skills need to be improved) and fellow Councillor Geoff was equally delighted to be asked to present the trophies. An event like this gives me Geoff and Brian the heart to go on speaking up and fighting for Eastfield, Councillors like us can only do our job with a strong community behind us and here in Eastfield we are lucky to have that. I look forward to next year’s event. I must say a very big thank you to the Eastfield Neighbourhood Partnership team for organising the event.
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Grow your own Part 2! The allotments project is still very much alive due to a new partnership between Osgodby community association and Eastfield parish council. Osgodby community association has worked extremely hard on this major community project. Now Eastfield parish council has joined them with a funding package of £10,000 over two years. As chairman of the parish council and County Councillor for Eastfield & Osgodby I am proud to support this important project which will benefit the whole area. |  |
Grow your own Part 3!
Its all systems go for the allotments project! A planning application is due to be submitted for the allotment site in November of this year, this means allotments could be up and running in the spring of next year. The funding which Eastfield Parish Council secured has done the trick. If you have not yet put your name down for a plot and want to grow your own please give me a ring and I will pass on your details to the relevant people. I am proud to have supported this project both as your County Councillor and Chairman of Eastfield Parish Council. I will continue to help make this happen.
People power!
£32000 has been made available to be spent in Eastfield on community safety and only YOU can decide what it is spent on! Shortly various projects will be on offer for you to look at and give your opinion on, then comes judgement day! On the 20th June you will be invited to come to the Community centre to vote for the project you want. Make sure you have your say, never before has this type of funding taken place. This is your community… your money and your choice! Look out for more details in future editions of my newsletter and the Parish Council newsletter.
Call for action on our broken roads As many you will have noticed allot of the roads have now been resurfaced, I have been able to get things done due to many emails phone calls and meetings with highways bosses! I do know that we have many more roads both in Eastfield & Osgodby which need to be repaired, the repairs had to start somewhere and it had to start with the worst. I do know that some of the repairs have not been done very well by the contractor. I am assured that these will be re done and made good and you have my assurance that this will happen. |  |
Churned up grass verges in Eastfield
As many of you will now allot of our grass verges are in an awful mess due to cars churning them up. I am supporting the environment action group to try and sort this out. However it is proving to be much more complicated to sort out than I first thought it would be and it is going to take a while. We need to make parking bays where there is room which would mean that there will be no need to park on the verges. I am confident that this can be done and I will continue to fight to make this happen. |  |
The big build!
Eastfield is going through change; we are poised to expand with the proposed development of 1200 new homes. You need to have your say in how its all going to take shape, everyone needs the opportunity to speak out if they want to. We have had one public consultation but it was not in fact well organised or well timed. I have made sure that the next public meeting will be held at times when people (with plenty of notice) can attend and not while they are still at work! There is a long way to go before the Borough Council and the developer can go for planning permission. I will continue to keep you informed of what is happening and what is going on. If you have any questions please use the contact page on this site to get in touch with me.
Anti Social behaviour continues to be a problem in some areas around Eastfield. I have been working with 4Youth ( the County Councils youth service) to bring more direct services into the area with projects designed to engage with young people and give them something to do. This is long over due and has been held up due to 4Youth going through a major re organization. More on this to follow...
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