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In Your NeighbourhoodImproving neighbourhoods, changing lives

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Welcome to the second newsletter for your area, produced by Rushmoor Borough Council with the support

of local partners, working in your neighbourhood.

We’ve been doing lots with residents and partners over the last three years to improve your neighbourhood, after recognising that some areas need a bit of extra support. Housing associations, voluntary organisations, Safer Neighbourhood teams and Rushmoor Borough Council staff have been working in the area contributing towards the Cherrywood Plan- a three-year action plan to improve your neighbourhood.

The focus of this newsletter is skills and employment. If you would like to learn new skills, change jobs or perhaps need help in applying for work, we hope this edition will help you to take action - see middle pages for more information.

As the long summer holidays are approaching, there is information for families about what you can do to help occupy your time, especially children, to make sure they have local activities which are enjoyable, active and positive.

If you have an idea about what you would like to see in the next newsletter or to give any feedback, please email - communitydevelopment@rushmoor.gov.uk . You may like to share a recipe, provide a money-saving tip, or just want to suggest an article – don’t hesitate, email today!

Improving neighbourhoods, changing lives

www.rushmoor.gov.uk/summeractivities

Summer activities in Rushmoor

Activities for young people!TGZholiday

club28 July - 22 August

Your local holiday club, for children aged four to 12 years, is based at the Grange Infant School, Moor Road. This fun holiday club offers a wide variety of activities, including sports, themed days, arts and crafts, cooking, movie afternoons, den building, board and computer games. Cost from £10 a child.

For details, call 01252 545 265 or email clairedixon@thegamingzone.org.

www.thegamingzone.org

There are loads of activities organised for children and young people during the summer holidays.

You can find details on the Rushmoor Borough Council website:

or you can call for a brochure on 01252 398 399

Youngsters, aged 16 and under, can swim for £1 during the summer holidays (24 July - 1 September). The offer is available at Farnborough Leisure Centre, call 01252 370 411, and Aldershot Indoor Pools (excluding the Lido), call 01252 323 482.

Swim within the ‘all welcome’ and ‘family fun sessions’, up to 4pm week days and 6pm weekends.

There’s no need to register - just turn up and swim! (one under-eight goes FREE for each paying adult).

Swim for £1

This activity week is based at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Sand Hill and local activity centres. The aim is to give young people an enjoyable, challenging and safe week with a mixture of physical and craft activities. The theme of the week is ‘hope’ and it is open to young people in school years six to ten.

The activities include archery, climbing, high ropes, crafts and games, bouldering, open canoeing, bowling and a family barbecue.

For more information, call Fiona Mooreon 07546 361 180 or email youth@goodshepherdchurch.org.uk

Soccer @ 6Soccer @ 6 sessions, run by Aldershot Town Football Club’s Community Trust, have returned to Rushmoor. Open to boys and girls, aged between five and 14, just turn up, pay and play. Your first session is free and after that, it’s £3 a session.

The sessions run from 6pm to 7.15pm every week until 29 August, excluding Bank Holidays.

The local sessions are:

• Mondays – King George V Playing Fields (Sycamore Road), Farnborough

• Wednesdays – Osborne Road Recreation Ground, North Camp

• Fridays – Cove Green Recreation Ground (Prospect Road), Farnborough

There are also free pan-disability sessions on Wednesdays, 10am - 11am at Samuel Cody Specialist Sports College, Ballantyne Road, Farnborough.

www.aldershottownfitc.co.uk

Activity Week 2014 Church of the Good Shepherd

Monday 28 July - 1 August

Skills and employment focus!

Interested?Text ‘SKILLS’ with your name to 07831 528 383

(standard network charges apply)

Do you want to work locally alongside skilled tradesmen to learn new skills that will help you in your search for a job?

If your answer is ‘yes’, then Skilled Up could be just for you. It is a four-week programme, organised by Rushmoor Borough Council, where local people volunteer to work alongside skilled tradesmen.

It is open to anyone, over the age of 18, who is claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or Employment Support Allowance. All you need is an interest in learning new skills.

Activities include bricklaying, painting, slab-laying and general maintenance.

We provide safety boots free of charge.

Skilled Up teams have been working in Cherrywood to

smarten up the area.

Tony Burns, Skilled Up Project Co-ordinator says: “We’ve seen some fantastic success stories from previous Skilled Up programmes - recruits who had low self-esteem have been transformed and secured full-time jobs through attending the voluntary programme.”

The club meets at the Mayfield Community Centre, 14 Totland Close, Farnborough

between

10am and 1pmevery Tuesday

apart from 12 and 19 August.

Prospect Estate Big Local Co-ordinatorCall 07879 384 014

Did you know there’s a free internet café with friendly tutors and volunteers on your doorstep?

Every Saturday between 10am and midday.

Call in and find out more!

Mayfield Community Centre, 14 Totland Close, Farnborough (behind Totland flats near playground).

PEBL internet caféUse the computers and Wi-Fi for FREE

All welcome - FREE refreshments

MayfieldCommunity Centre

Job Club The job club provides a venue for people looking for a job or who need advice and support in applying for jobs.

There are computers with internet access, up-to-date newspapers and support from advisors who can provide help and tips on job hunting.

Call Gill White, MB Learning, on 07765 283 087

Where to look for a job and get helpLooking for a job can be a daunting task. Your local job club and job centre can help, as well as Samuel Cody Specialist Sports College, which offers a variety of courses, like applying for jobs and interview skills.

Other good places to look include:

• The free Star-Courier newspaper and the Farnborough News and Mail - both available on Thursdays

• Local shops for retail/cleaning work

• Prospect Community Centre job board - jobs are advertised each week in the window of the community centre

• Companies advertise jobs on their websites, such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s

• CV library - www.cv-library.co.uk allows you to store your CV online and send it out to a large number of employers

• www.gov.uk - the official government website for many services including jobs, training and funding

While you’re looking for a job, there are other ways that you can get experience - such as volunteering. Find out more from Rushmoor Voluntary Services - www.rvs.org.uk Tel: 01252 540 162

Guide highlights new skills opportunitiesAre you looking for a job?

Would you like to train for a new career or perhaps try something new? Then the Rushmoor Employment and Skills Zone brochure could be the answer.

Packed full of useful information, the guide contains details about courses to develop your work and personal skills, such as getting started with IT,interview skills and creatingCVs.

For a copy of the brochure, visit www.rushmoor.gov.uk/jobhelp or pop into Samuel Cody Specialist Sports College, Ballantyne Road, Farnborough to pick one up.

Need a computer to get online, but don’t have the money for one? A new scheme, called Techstart, is helping to make buying a computer more affordable than ever. TechStart is receiving donated computers and laptops from local businesses, refurbishing them and selling them at very affordable rates.

Some people may be entitled to receive a free computer if they are referred to TechStart from support services, such as the CAB, The Vine, Step by Step and social landlords.

The centre also offers a job club,computer classes and a ‘drop-in’.

For more information call 01252 311 660 or visit the shop - The Galleries Shopping Centre, Aldershot, GU11 1PE.

Apprenticeships are an excellent way for getting qualifications and workplace experience. As an employee, you can earn as you learn, and you get practical skills from the workplace. They are open to anyone aged over 16 and notin full-time education. Apprenticeships offer real jobs with qualifications and give young people something to aspire to.

Apprenticeships are available at intermediate, advanced and higher levels.

Apprenticeships in plumbing and electrical installation are available locally - www.wlt-group.com and www.farn-ct.ac.uk

All apprenticeships must be at least 12 months’ long.

To apply go to www.apprenticeships.org.uk

Apprenticeships

TechStartHelping the community get online

Ideas for summerFREE activities!

50 things to do before you’re 11¾

The ‘50 things to do’ list, which the National Trust is promoting, includes ideas like picking wild blackberries, making a daisy chain, star gazing, hunting for bugs and going on a nature walk. You can find loads more ideas at:

Why not go foraging in the park, hedgerowsor woods?

From late summer onwards, you’ll find blackberries growing in abundance. A great activity to do, as a family, is picking blackberries, washing them and making a crumble, pie or adding them to your breakfast cereal! Blackberries are high in vitamin C - and it’s much cheaper picking them yourself than buying them in a supermarket. Try it !

FREE activities – things to doThere are many free activities to try on your doorstep.

These include tennis at Cove Green and visiting parks and open spaces - the nearerst one to Cherrywood is Moor Road Recreation Ground, which links up to Cove Brook - great for cycling and walking. The two playgrounds in Cherrywood are Moor Road and Water Lane, with the multi-use games area behind Totland flats.

The Streetgames programme is FREE for young people aged between 14 and 25 years.

Mondays (excluding Bank Holidays) Girls’ Basketball 5pm - 6pm Boys’ Basketball 6pm - 7pm

Tuesdays Football 5pm - 6pm

Just turn up and join in!

For more details, call 01252 398 745

Streetgames is based at Samuel Cody Specialist Sports College, Ballantyne Road, Farnborough.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/50things

Funding for community groupsCommunity groups can apply for up to £2,000 to help their local projects. The ‘Have Your Say’ fund provides money for local community projects, chosen and voted for by local people.

We welcome applications from small grassroots community projects that help improve the local environment and strengthen the community. This includes churches and schools.

For more information on how to apply, visit www.rushmoor.gov.uk/haveyoursaygrant

Dates foryour diary

Mayfield Community Partnership- free sports festival and fun event

Saturday 27 SeptemberMidday - 4pm

There will be activities for all the family at a free sports festival and fun event at the Samuel Cody Specialist Sports College on Saturday 27 September. Activities include a basketball tournament for 11-year-olds and over, mountain bike challenge, football skills, rifle shooting, willow weaving, arts and crafts, computer games, stalls and refreshments.

For more details call 01252 368 689

‘Stop loan sharks’ presentation

Monday 14 July 7pm - 9pm

Learn how to protect your communityfrom loan sharks.

Mayfield Community Centre, 14 Totland Close, Farnborough.

For more details call 07879 384 014or email prospectestate.bl@gmail.com

If you would like a copy of this booklet in larger print or as an mp3 file, please call 01252 398 808

Councillor Clive Grattan Email: clive.grattan@rushmoor.gov.ukMobile: 07510 524 074

Councillor Barry Jones Email: barry.jones@rushmoor.gov.ukTel: 01252 652 906Mobile: 07941 018 170

Councillor Les Taylor Email: les.taylor@rushmoor.gov.ukTel: 01252 512 385Mobile: 07703 834 326

Your councillors’ surgeriesCouncillors’ surgeries are held on the FIRST Saturday of the month from 10.30am - 12.30pmat the ProspectCommunity Centre, Mayfield Road.

Drop in and meet the people who represent you and discuss local issues with them.