Community Spend Seeks Approval At Neighbourhood Committee
14 December 2011
Community grants totalling £25,000 are set to be allocated at a
meeting on Thursday 15 December 2011.
The grants will be awarded at the Rural
North Neighbourhood Committee meeting at Northborough Village
Hall, Northborough, Peterborough, at 7pm.
Each of the five wards in the Rural North Neighbourhood
Committee area has been given £5,000 to spend on community
projects.
Residents of the five wards are being invited to the meeting to
find out how the money will be spent.
Eye and Thorney Ward has bid for a £2,500 contribution towards
improving the pavement, grass verge and steps outside the village
shop. The total cost of the project is £7,500 and Thorney Parish
Council has secured the remainder of the money required.
Northborough Ward has asked for £1,500 towards the creation of a
disabled parking bay at Maxey Village Hall. The money will also pay
for the installation of handrails and signage. Additional funding
required will be met by the village's community association.
Glinton and Wittering Ward wants £3,500 for the purchase of new
street name plates and £1,500 for speed awareness signs to be
placed on refuse bins.
Newborough Ward has applied for £2,500 to pay for improvement
works at Peakirk Village Hall. The works will help to ensure the
hall is compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act. The ward
also wants £2,500 towards structural works to the village’s
community sports pavilion.
Barnack Ward will be seeking a £900 contribution towards IT and
activity equipment for young people in Wothorpe. Ufford
Parish Council is hoping to buy a community notice board and
community safety equipment for the village with the £900 they have
requested. The ward has also requested £2,300 towards fencing and
equipment for an environmental project led by the Langdyke
Countryside Trust.
The meeting will also be a chance for people to find out more
about the city council's planned improvements of street lighting
and bridges in the area.
Residents will be invited to raise issues affecting their area
and suggest agenda items for the next neighbourhood committee.
Julie Rivett, Peterborough City Council's Neighbourhood Manager for
North and West, said: "This particular meeting will confirm the
money allocated for improving communities and making a positive
difference to where people live. Residents have made a considerable
input into the plans and it is proof of how they are able to play a
big part in future decisions that affect them.
"We will also be addressing issues and concerns residents
highlighted at our last meeting and there will be a presentation,
followed by a discussion, on how people can contribute to existing
voluntary sector work in the area."
The neighbourhood committee includes a ‘ward forum’ in which
people can talk to their local councillors about specific issues
and concerns they may have prior to the neighbourhood committee
meeting taking place.
Ends.
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