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Southcoates West NewsWard news - information about your neighbourhood and community
Southcoates West News
March 2017
Get ready to start your spring clean. The everpopular Southcoates West Ward spring clean isupon us again. This is your opportunity to clearout all your garages and your lofts, it will start onSaturday 1 April in the Sweet Dews Grove,Belmont Street area and finish on 20 May in theKelvin Street/Telford area of the ward.For exact dates of when your street will becovered, look out for a letter which will be handdelivered through your post box nearer the time.
You can play a part in improving yourenvironment by taking part. A refuse collectionvehicle and a recycling cage vehicle will tour yourstreets so you can dispose of any unwantedhousehold items or rubbish, the streets will thenbe swept. If residents could try and avoid parkingand keep the street clear of cars on the day until after 2pm it will ensure that themaximum area can be cleaned.
We are unable to collect large amounts of gardenwaste and builders’ rubble. Please take these to one of our household waste recycling centres.
Stephen BradyThe GuildhallAlfred Gelder StreetHullHU1 2AATel: 01482 615 071Email:[email protected]
Mary GlewThe GuildhallAlfred Gelder StreetHullHU1 2AATel: 01482 615 071Email:[email protected]
Hull has three household waste and recyclingcentres located across the city at:
l Burma Drivel Sutton Fieldsl Wiltshire Road
All sites are open daily from 10am - 5pm(except Christmas Day, Boxing Day, andNew Year’s Day.)If you cannot get to any of the recycling centres,you can take advantage of Hull City Council’sbulky item collection service. Residents can have1 bulky item collection per property (up to 5items) free of charge in each calendar year.Additional collections requested within 12 monthswill be charged at £20 (up to 5 items) percollection. DIY items are chargeable for allcollections.Alternatively, if you have an unwanted item that isin good working order, unsoiled and under cover,you can get it collected for free by the charity“Re-run”. Re-run work with organisations such as the Salvation Army, Humbercare and theHomeless charities. You can arrange your collection from Re-run bycompleting the online form at www.hull.gov.uk oryou can contact Emmaus on: 01482 223 722 www.emmaus.org.uk/hull/shops
Southcoates West Spring Clean is here again
Despite the Bring Out Your Rubbish Days,
some residents and landlords are still flytipping.
This is illegal and offenders will be prosecuted.
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Following numerous complaints about thefootpaths on Eskdale and Sherwood Avenue,Councillor Glew and Councillor Brady theSouthcoates West Ward Councillors arranged toremove the grass verge and extend the footpaths.This will greatly increase ease of mobility on thestreets and improve their appearance. Edgeware Avenue footpath was in a poor state of repair and this was re-laid due to complaintsfrom local residents.
The local Councillors have given the thumbs upto all the works and hope residents will as well.
Footpath improvements
From In With a Bang to the Made in Hull lightshow and the impressive blade, we believenational perception of our city has changeddrastically, with renewed confidence and pride forboth residents and visitors alike. There were342,000 visitors to Hull in the first week aloneand with thousands of volunteers helping.
Hull 2017 has something for everybody, from apoppies weeping window commemoration ofWorld War 1 to a children’s literature festival inEast Park.
Radio 1’s Big Weekend is being held at Burton Constable Hall on 27 and 28 May. This is a freeevent with 50,000 tickets being released via theRadio 1 website. There will be music to cater forall tastes throughout the year from the Hull JazzFestival to the Freedom festival and ELO and theBeautiful South. We look forward to the 24Festivals, 42 exhibitions and new pieces of workthat will be taking place over the next 6 months.We hope that everyone will find something thatthey like.
City of Culture
Each of Hull 2017’s four seasons has a particulartheme inspired by the city and its place in theworld:
Made in Hull (January - March);Roots and Routes (April - June);Freedom (July - September) and Tell the World (October - December).
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Southcoates West Ward prioritiesIf you have anything that you would like to be considered as a Ward safety priority, or have anythingyou would like to see improve on the Ward, please contact the Park Area Team via 01482 300 300 or email: [email protected]
Humberside Police have received a few reports of drug dealing in the Newbridge Road area, in orderto progress this and take positive action against offenders we need your help.
Please report any incidents to us on the 101 number or alternatively you can call Crime Stoppers on0800 555 111.
Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) is something that effects all of us at some point, this can be noisenuisance, youths causing issues, neighbour disputes to name a few. It is surprising how muchresidents will put up with before reporting problems. Humberside policing takes ASB seriously andworks closely with other agencies to tackle the problem. Meetings to discuss any issues can be doneaway from your address or via the phone. They can also be reported to Hull City Council on01482 300 300. Please don’t suffer in silence.
Pickering and Ferens Homes Pickering and Ferens Homes, working inpartnership with Hull City Council, are developing84 x 2 bedroom bungalows on a site offNewbridge Road. This site was owned by HullCity Council and is in the Southcoates WestWard boundary. The bungalows are planned tobe completed by July 2018.
Hull City Council has 100% nomination rights forthe bungalows - this means we will nominatepeople from our housing list to Pickering andFerens Homes, to be considered for a tenancy.
We are in the early stages of agreeing a prioritysystem for the nominations, but it is likely thatpeople currently living in the same area as thebungalows will be nominated before people fromwider areas.
If you would like to be considered for a bungalow,you need to register on Hull City Council’shousing list and tell us that you wish to benominated to Pickering and Ferens for thebungalows at the Newbridge Road site.
If you are not already registered, you can obtain an application form from any Hull City CouncilCustomer Service Centre or Information Point, or you can download one to print off from ourwebsite www.hull.gov.uk
Integrated Care Centre and Pickering Ferens BungalowsIf you are already on the housing list, you need tomake sure you have told us you would like to benominated to Pickering and Ferens for the newbungalows. Please contact the Home SearchTeam on 01482 300 300 if you would like toquery your housing application or you have anyquestions about how to apply.
Former David Lister School siteNHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)is working with Hull City Council, and otherpartners, to develop the new Integrated CareCentre, which will deliver specialist care, bettermanagement of long term health conditions,and services for frail, elderly patients acrossHull.
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Major Projects10 Year City Plan
The City Plan aims to create 7,500 jobs for localpeople, delivering a £1 billion investment in thecity, reducing the bills of every household, cuttingthe city’s carbon footprint by one million tonnesand reducing the welfare bill.
The Plan currently incorporates 65 projects to bedelivered over the next 10 years, but will continueto develop and evolve as local residents aregiven the opportunity to contribute their ownprojects and ideas.
The Plan has five key ambitions:
l To harness all Hull’s assets to become theleading UK Energy City.
l To make Hull a world-class visitor destination.
l To help residents to make their money gofurther.
l Prevention and early intervention.
l Safe guarding the most vulnerable residents.
For more information why not visit: www.hull.gov.uk or call 01482 300 300.
l Ferens Art Gallery - The £4.5 millionrefurbishment has been completed and preparation is well underway to host the Turner prizes.
The development included improvements to thecafé, roof light replacements and basementlighting. The Gallery had received 100,000visitors within a month of reopening many lookingat the restored Lorenzetti. The Turner prize isalso eagerly anticipated in September.
l Hull New Theatre - September will seethe reopening after a £15m refurb. There will be a Gala performance by the Royal Ballet.
The expansion would allow new adjacent lorryparking to ease the unloading of equipment,increased stage capacity, external stage facilitiesand improved backstage access. Work is reallytaking shape, the development is 31 Meters highand more than 18km of steel enforcement rodsare being used along with 250 tonnes of concrete.
Here is an update on some of the city’s majorprojects
l Public Realm - A city centre public realmcapital investment programme to ensure that key visitor destination elements of the Council’s City Plan are met.
To improve key pedestrian routes, open spacesand to increase footfall, therefore boosting Hull’sstatus as a visitor destination. The proposedworks are aimed at major refurbishment of thekey streets and public areas with high qualitynatural stone paving materials, additional treeplanting and integrated public art throughout.
l Fruit Market - The Fruit Market will drawvisitors to Hull’s waterfront area and will ensure a sustainable long term legacy for the city far beyond 2017.
It is known for art galleries, music and performancevenues and is an emerging digital and creativesector. The Fruit Market also forms part of theOld Town Conservation Area and is beingdeveloped as Hull's digital and creative quarter.It is strategically tied-in with the iconicfootbridge/A63 Castle Street crossing and isdesigned to extend the visitor journey into the oldtown, boosting the city’s visitor economy. It is linked to plans for a cruise terminal andinternational arts centre making this a distinctive,cultural quarter of the city providing an attractionthat will encourage tourists to explore the area ontheir journey to and from the city’s ferry port.
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l Old Town Regeneration - The project willdeliver direct intervention to upgrade the indoor market and facilities, facilitate street markets by providing infrastructure to enable stalls and events to operate in Whitefriargate and Trinity Square, and a package of financial support measures (grant schemes providing business start-up capital grants).
The overall vision is the rebirth of the Old Town as an area of thriving café bars, visitorattractions, restaurants, independent retailersand to bring retail and office space back.
l Hull Venue - Music and Events Centre A state-of-the-art, music and events complex, providing a 3,500 capacity venue that will allow Hull to attract large corporate conferences, exhibitions and trade tours as well as major touring concerts, stand-up comedy, family shows and sporting events.
l City Centre Riverside Berth - The project meets a proven growing demandfor European cruise ship growth and capitalizes on the economic benefits to the local Hull and regional economy calculated at £3.1 million in economic impact for Hull and £16 million for the Yorkshire economy.
The project aim is to create Hull and the sub-region as a new European visitor destinationto showcase the history and countryside ofYorkshire. The Council will procure a privatesector partner to develop and operate the cruiseship terminal and facilities. Construction will beundertaken in stages by accommodating a portof call and a home port.
Following demand and feasibility studies, anoption appraisal and Environmental ImpactAssessment is being completed due to the statusof the Humber as a Site of European Importance.The project will create a new piece of publicallyaccessible city centre waterfront and riversideberth, available to a variety of vessels such ascruise ships, a programme of other visiting navalvessels, educational and heritage vessels etc.
Ten foots -gating schemesMany gating schemes have been supportedby your Ward councillors with funds from theWard budget. However, residents mustunderstand and accept that the gates, oncethey are installed, become their collectiveresponsibility for maintenance, insurance etc.
Hull City Council is unable to clean tenfoots or replace locks and keys. Any disputeswhich may arise regarding the gates are to bedecided by the residents. ALL residents areurged to keep gates locked at all times, apartfrom on waste bin collection day when all areencouraged to take their turn to open thegates and not leave it to one household. The gates are an effective deterrent to crimeand have reduced reported incidents of crimewithin the ward, significantly over the last 12years.
The Ward members have treated ten foots astheir number one Ward priority and numerousresidents have stated that the gated ten footshave not only improved securityimmeasurably, but have also made them feelsafer and reduced their fear of crime.Residents are also reminded not to parkillegally across a ten foot entrance causing anobstruction.
Waste binsAll residents are remindednot to leave their binson the street, it has beenbrought to our attention thatbins in your area are beingleft out permanently on thepublic footpath.
Please present your bins by 7am on yourcollection day and return them to your propertyas soon as is practicably possible after they areemptied.
Bins that are left out can cause an obstructionand they also make the area look uncared for.
If you have any queries regarding this or anyother recycling and waste issues please do nothesitate to contact us on:
l 01482 300 300
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Dial a Ride If you find it difficult or are unable to use publictransport, East Hull Community Transport canhelp. Their Dial-a-Ride service is a safe,convenient way to travel to your medicalappointments, keeping in touch with family andfriends or just go shopping. The entire fleet arewheelchair accessible.
Please contact: 01482 719 600 or look at www.ehct.co.uk for further details.
Update from St JohnsChurch St John's Church and Community Project is openevery Tuesday for people to get together. Food and drink is available 9.15am - 3pm whichis low cost or free. There is a meet the localpolice, and Council officers (10am - 12 noon).
A community allotment where people are welcome to help and hopefully reap the rewardshas been set up. In the coming weeks a FairShare scheme will commence and it will be afood bank using food contributed from stores.
The Church has IT equipment in order for allresidents but especially the elderly or infirm toaccess the internet to prevent social exclusion.
Debt Counselling and other support will also beprovided. There are many community eventstaking place. Please contact Rev Martyn Westbyon 01482 781 090 or just drop in.
Weekly Lunch Club Every Friday at St. JohnsChurch 12 noon - 2pm. Cost: £4.50 per person.
Email: [email protected] or
Tel: 01482 795 700.
Local residents of the Southcoates West Wardare urged to consider emergency vehicle accesswhen parking their motor vehicles.
Please park vehicles responsibly and in a mannerthat allows clear access.
The average fire engine is 2.6 metres wide(9 feet) and 8 metres long (26 feet).
Parking obstructions could impact their ability torespond to an emergency as fast as possible.
Humberside Fire & RescueService
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HullDAP (Hull DomesticAbuse Partnership)Scared to leave?...Scared to stay?...Don’t knowwhere to get help?...Isolated by where you liveand by fear?
Ask yourself these questions:
l Are you not allowed to have or see yourown friends?
l Are you not allowed to go out on yourown?
l Are you ever kept with money?
l Are you constantly humiliated, criticised,insulted, threatened by someone you live with?
l Is someone using violence to get what they want from you or your children?
l Are you being hit or threatened by a person you live with?
l Are you frightened - for yourself and/oryour children?
If you can answer yes to any of these questionsand you would like to talk to someone in confidence, Call: 01482 318 759.
Talk to Victim Support for free andin confidence:
Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm
Call: 01482 305 080 to book an appointment.
Services are free and available to all, whether ornot the crime has been reported and regardlessof when it happened.
For more details contact 0300 303 1971 or lookat www.victimsupport.org.uk.
Abandoned shopping trolleysAny resident can report abandoned trolleys
and the numbers are:
Morrisons: 01482 784 500
Farmfoods: 0121 7007 160
ASDA: 0792 187 430
Estcourt Street andassociated court terraces258 properties are receiving frontageimprovement works including painting;replacement of fascia’s and gutters, railings orboundary walls and railings including the renewalof the footpaths to the court terraces.
The programme is expected to takeapproximately 12 months to complete.
Do you live in a privatelyrented home?If you are privately renting you can report aproblem in your home to the Private HousingTeam at Hull City Council either via telephoneor through the Council’s website.
Telephone: 01482 300 300
Website: www.hull.gov.uk
The team investigates complaints about:
l Internal and external broken fixtures andfittings.
l Missing fixtures.
l Damp.
l Faulty electrics and/or plumbing.
l A lack of bathrooms, kitchen or wash hand basins.
l A lack of or broken heating and hot water.
The Private Housing section aims to respond toyour report within 2 working days.
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Park Area TeamCentral PavilionEast Park Hull HU8 8JU
Tel: 01482 300 300Email: [email protected]: park to 07795 563 000Visit: www.hullcc.gov.uk/park
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Money AdviceIf you are a Council tenant and struggling to payyour bills, including your rent, please contactyour Housing Officer on 01482 300 300 who canoffer advice and support.
Additionally come along to one of the followingsurgeries:
East Hull Community Money Advice,St Johns Church, Rosmead Street 10am - 3pmevery Tuesday.
Telephone: 07443 603 981
Email: [email protected]
Citizens Advice Centre, outreach surgery, Freedom Centre, Preston Road, Hull -held every Wednesday between 9.30am - 12.30pm (drop in service).
You can also visit the Hull Advice Centre, basedwithin the Hull City Council Wilson Centre whichis open 5 days a week to seek free independentadvice or call 01482 300 303.
Karl Turner MPsurgeries
Your local MP is Karl Turner and hisconstituency office is based at430 Holderness Road, Hull HU9 3DW
The office is open Monday - Friday9.30am - 5pm.
You can call the office on 01482 781 019.
Dates for your diary
l Friday 21st April 2017
l Friday 5th May 2017
l Friday 19th May 2017
l Friday 2nd June 2017
l Friday 16th June 2017
l Friday 30th June 2017
l Friday 14th July 2017
l Friday 28th July 2017
l Friday 11th August 2017
l Friday 25th August 2017
l Friday 8th September 2017
l Friday 22nd September 2017
l Friday 6th October 2017
l Friday 20th October 2017
l Friday 3rd November 2017
l Friday 17th November 2017
l Friday 1st December 2017
l Friday 15th December 2017
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