Have Your Say At Central And North Neighbourhood Committee
16 December 2011
Residents can find out more about community and voluntary groups
which are working to improve the Central and North areas of Peterborough at a
neighbourhood committee meeting in the Town Hall Reception Room,
Bridge Street, Peterborough on Monday 19 December 2011 at 7pm.
Among the community and voluntary groups presenting at the
meeting will be Gladstone Connect, Millfield and New England
Regeneration Partnership, Victoria Park Residents' Association,
Step UP and a group representing Muslim women.
People will also have the opportunity to sign up to the
Peterborough Neighbourhood Champions scheme. Launched city-wide in
September, Neighbourhood Champions are local volunteers who want to
improve their communities by reducing crime, anti-social behaviour
and hate crime.
The meeting will also be a chance for people to find out more
about the city council's planned improvements to street lighting
and bridges in the area. A display will show areas that were
improved during the last year.
In addition, there will be an update on Operation CAN-do, a
multi-agency ten-year project launched this year to revitalise the
Millfield and New England areas of Peterborough. Residents will be
asked for their opinions on the work which has taken place so far
and for suggestions of what else can be done to improve the
area.
Prior to the start of the meeting, residents will also be able
to talk to their ward councillors about specific issues and
concerns they may have. Councillors will be available to speak to
residents from 6.30pm.
Peterborough City Council's Neighbourhood Manager for Central
and East, Cate Harding, said: "There is a lot on the agenda for
this meeting so I hope residents will attend and have their say on
the issues that matter to them. There will also be the regular open
sessions where residents can make comments and ask questions about
issues which are not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
"People at the meeting will hear from a number of groups and
organisations that are working hard to make life better for them
and everyone else in the Central and North areas of the city. There
is so much good work happening in the community, not least as part
of Operation CAN-do, which residents can get involved with to help
shape the area and embrace the unique offering it brings to our
city."
Ends.
Media contact: Amanda Rose, media officer -
telephone 01733 452304 or email media@peterborough.gov.uk