The Autumn Campaign Starts Here
Hello Everyone
Following a good summer break, it's time to kick start our campaign for the autumn.
The last staging post was our meeting with Adrian Rourke, Peter Short and Councillors Brom, Green and Hussain in the Sons of Rest building at the end of July.
One action point taken away from that meeting was to contact Valerie Edwards at the Council to get a list of play equipment providers as used by the Council, so we could look at what was on offer. This has been done. Will keep you posted.
Rob has also sent an email out to John Freeman and Rose Dukes (Jewkes?) asking for a copy of the Birmingham Play Strategy and Action Plan 2007 -2012. They have also been asked about the eligibility of our proposals in relation to the Plan. (Shouldn't really be a problem there looking at the play facilities that have been put in place in the refurbished Park).
Seeking out funding streams was the biggest and most important challenge to come from the meeting. There was a suggestion that there might be some money from SRB6 underspend. We await news from Councillors and/or Adrian about whether funds were available from this.
Adrian and the Councillors agreed that setting up a Consultative Steering Committee for the Park should take place as soon as possible. There are a number of groups who are active: us, Hinstock Road residents, Handsworth Park Association among others. There has been contact via email about setting up meetings for this. Some dates have been proposed, namely:
29 September 2006
03 and 05 October 2006.
We await final confirmation of the exact date.
Finally, a friend of one member of the group was at a Police Community meeting last week where it was said (by a Councillor for Perry Barr district) that a large sum of money had been won / allocated to provide new equipment for the older age group in the Park. We haven't had this confirmed from an official source. Yet.
The (elderflower) champagne is still on ice..........
Following a good summer break, it's time to kick start our campaign for the autumn.
The last staging post was our meeting with Adrian Rourke, Peter Short and Councillors Brom, Green and Hussain in the Sons of Rest building at the end of July.
One action point taken away from that meeting was to contact Valerie Edwards at the Council to get a list of play equipment providers as used by the Council, so we could look at what was on offer. This has been done. Will keep you posted.
Rob has also sent an email out to John Freeman and Rose Dukes (Jewkes?) asking for a copy of the Birmingham Play Strategy and Action Plan 2007 -2012. They have also been asked about the eligibility of our proposals in relation to the Plan. (Shouldn't really be a problem there looking at the play facilities that have been put in place in the refurbished Park).
Seeking out funding streams was the biggest and most important challenge to come from the meeting. There was a suggestion that there might be some money from SRB6 underspend. We await news from Councillors and/or Adrian about whether funds were available from this.
Adrian and the Councillors agreed that setting up a Consultative Steering Committee for the Park should take place as soon as possible. There are a number of groups who are active: us, Hinstock Road residents, Handsworth Park Association among others. There has been contact via email about setting up meetings for this. Some dates have been proposed, namely:
29 September 2006
03 and 05 October 2006.
We await final confirmation of the exact date.
Finally, a friend of one member of the group was at a Police Community meeting last week where it was said (by a Councillor for Perry Barr district) that a large sum of money had been won / allocated to provide new equipment for the older age group in the Park. We haven't had this confirmed from an official source. Yet.
The (elderflower) champagne is still on ice..........
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