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Projects – updated July 2006
1.
Communications
The village
correspondent is David Armitt who will be pleased to report on your group’s
public meetings or activities. Ring
him on 01304 831 834 and David will write up your news for the weekly columns in
the local papers.
David's Email:
The Forum web-site and e-mail address continues to be
developed by Ray Greensmith and aims to make communication easier for residents.
2.
Community Magazine
Residents are encouraged to send in copy for the community magazine to improve the circulation of views and news. The deadline each month is published in the front of the magazine and is usually the second Monday of the month.
The Forum is looking to distribute a supplementary newsletter with contact information for all local groups.
3.
Raising Funds
Eileen Rowbotham, the District County Councilor, and Wendy Hansell, Dover District Councilor, are able to advise about grants that may be available for local projects. Groups will need a bank account and a constitution to apply for grants and Heidi Golden, DDC Community Worker, can provide assistance.
4. Improving Health Provision
This campaign continues with the East Kent Primary Care Trust asking for more information to inform their decision from residents. A questionnaire will be sent to all residents in the Summer.
5.
Community Family Day
The success of this day on Sunday 18 June 2006 showed that local groups could benefit from working together on events. A full report will be published after the next Forum meeting on July 14 where a decision on a steering group for next year will be taken.
6.
Empty Warehousing at Pike Road Industrial Estate
We could explore possibility of using empty warehouse space for ‘leisure’ facility; explore possibility of ‘paintballing’ for the youth.
7.
Sweetbriar Meadow
Working with the Countryside Project – would it be popular to set up a project to develop this area for recreation and nature conservation. It could include the existing use, develop allotment areas again and put in other recreational projects.
8.
Local Development Framework
The public consultation on the land that has been submitted has been delayed until September 2006. The Parish Council has submitted the Adelaide Road Play area and the site of the old allotments in Elvington as land suitable for housing development and also Monkton Land for inclusion in the Eythorne village boundary.
Ongoing Health Provision Campaign
Dear Resident,
As
you may know, the Forum has been conducting a campaign to improve health
services in the community. We would like to take this opportunity to update you on what
has been achieved and ask for your views to guide our future activities.
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In February this year,
we wrote to the Chief Executive of the East Kent Coastal Primary Care Trust
(PCT) to arrange a meeting to discuss our concerns about the lack of surgery
provision in Elvington and to request that new clinics be held in the Elvington
Community Centre.
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In the June Community
Magazine, we asked for residents to write letters saying what health issues are
important to them and these were very helpful in our meeting with the PCT in
August. With support from our
County and District Councillors and our Health Visitor, Tracy Donovan, we had
very useful discussions.
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In September, the
Trust agreed to look at surgery provision and health clinics and they assigned a
Health Promotions Officer (Sergio Moura) to work with the community.
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In October, we asked
the Parish Council to back our campaign and were pleased that they gave a
positive response.
Having
reached this stage, we need to continue building a wider campaign to achieve an
improved health service for the local area.
We want to inform as many people as possible about the aims and to get
your support for positive action from the PCT. We
understand that health resources are scarce but believe that the best use of
these resources is for a local service for all local residents. This
is where you can help.
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We would like more
feed back on what you would like to see in terms of health provision.
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To keep everyone
informed of the campaign progress, we would like to build a database of names,
addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of everyone that wants to be kept
in touch.
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If you would like to
be on our contact list, or help with our campaign, please phone Christine
Haggart on 007795 205 196 (weekdays) or speak to Tracy Donovan, Wilfred Rogers
or John Ryan or send an email to
Christine's Email:
or drop a line to:
Elvington
& Eythorne Forum, c/o 5 Fairview Rd, Elvington CT15 4EP.
We
would love to hear from you