Snuff Mills Action Group, Report Rubbish & Vandalism, Sustrans Volunteer Wardens, FLAG, Barton Fields Trust, Valley Action Group, Neighbourhood Forums, Vassall Centre, Please list artwork on buildings, Report issues on the Bristol & Bath Railway Path, Please report it!, Action Needed
Dear All
Following a Cabinet decision on 26th January 2012, to refer sites proposed as surplus to parks requirements to Neighbourhood Committees across the city, I am writing to remind you all that the Greater Fishponds Neighbourhood Committee will be making decision on the future of the sites shown below at the Neighbourhood Partnership meeting scheduled for 7pm on Thursday 22nd March 2012. The Neighbourhood Committee members are the elected members from Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields wards and will make the final decision.
Bracey Drive Open Space in Frome Vale
Part of Gill Avenue in Frome Vale
Delabere Avenue (Halbrow Crescent) in Frome Vale
Part of Duchess Way Open Space in Eastville
Snowdon Rd Open Space in Eastville
Lodge Hill Open Space in Hillfields
(Fishponds Website adds: Royal residence area and viewing point for 100's of years and the highest hill in Bristol). A huge part of Bristol's history and heritage could be lost!)
If you wish to comment or express your view at the Neighbourhood Partnership meeting, you can do so by making a formal Public Forum statement. The statement will be read out before the relevant agenda item. So far we have received 3 Public Forum statements relating to these sites. It is best for Public Forum statements be read out by the person raising the matter. However, if you are unable to attend the meeting it will be read out by the Democratic Service Officer, who is the Neighbourhood Committee Clerk.
If you wish to make a Public Forum statement, you will need to send it in writing addressed to the Neighbourhood Committee. It is advisable to outline reasons for supporting or opposing the proposal and may relate to all of the sites or to those, which concerns you the most. Ideally your statement should not exceed 2 sides of A4.
Statements have to be with the Democratic Service Officer responsible for Greater Fishponds Neighbourhood Committee,
Richard Jones, 0117 922 2386, by email to Richard.jones@bristol.gov.uk by 12 noon on the day before the meeting, i.e. by 12noon on Wednesday 21st March 2012. or you can send it by post to Room 220, Floor 2, Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR,
please allow suitable time for post delivery.
After hearing all the Public Forum statements and discussing the sites in question at the meeting, it is hoped the Neighbourhood Committee will deliver their decision.
Please feel free to share this with other residents from your neighbourhood.
Regards
Abdul Razak Dahir
Area Co-ordinator
St George & Greater Fishponds NP
Neighbourhood Partnerships
bristolpartnership.org >> Greater Fishponds area partnership
Dates for the Greater Fishponds partnership meetings for 2011
please come along and take part... click here
Greater Fishponds won joint 1st prize at the Pride of Place competition for Local History Award.. well done to our amazing action groups for making this possible. Let's make sure we win more awards next year!
Report Rubbish and unpleasant environments.. click here or email community@fishpondspeople.co.uk
Please visit the Bristol Council website and report anything wrong visit bristol.gov.uk and find 'Report v' at the top of the page. Just 5 minutes of your time will make a difference to our community. Whether it's a bench like this or sofa dumped in a park, please report it. Cllr Lesley Alexander reported this as well and within 7 weeks it was like new.
We have had bins replaced, beds removed, graffitti removed, lights repaired, walls rebuilt and much more...
Local Action Groups that are helping to transform Greater Fishponds in to an excellent place to live and work!
Snuff Mills Action Group: blogsite: snuffmills.blogspot.com
Snuff Mills is a beautiful area of green space in Bristol.
We are an active group of local people working together to improve Snuff Mills, Wickham Glen and Oldbury Court for people and wildlife. Please visit our blog for more details: snuffmills.blogspot.com
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Barton Fields Trust bartonfieldstrust.btck.co.uk
Barton Fields Trust has a 'Friends of the Field' group which meets by monthly at the Rugby club, Duncombe lane, Speedwell.
This gives an opportunity for the local community to have a say in the development of the field. It also offers opportunities to work to improve the field through tree planting and planting flowers etc.
The meetings take place every other month on the 3rd Monday at 6.30pm
The year dates are January, March, May, July, September and November.
All members of the community are very welcome!
Mike Bond
Chair
Barton Fields Trust
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Image is of Patrick Hassell of Hillfields, Fishponds at the Railway Path Spring Clean
The Sustrans Volunteer Wardens help to keep our cycle ways clean and respectable. Our group for Greater Fishponds also cover the wider area from Saltford near Bath to Bristol's Old Market area area. During future events in Fishponds they'll let us know so that we can all participate to keep our area of the path clean. If you would like to be involved regularly then please visit the following website: volunteering-with-sustrans and for the specific Ranger scheme visit:
sustrans.org.uk/support-sustrans/get-involved/volunteering-with-sustrans/volunteer-rangers there are currently about 20 people looking after our Railway Path.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following councillors who have helped to clean up the Greater Fishponds area of the Railway Path by ensuring the removal of graffitti, accessibility and general housekeeping:
Councillor Patrick Hassell - in the picture above, often reporting various issues across the wider community.
Councillor Lesley Alexander - Clearing the Frome Valley, Snuff Mills, Railway Path and Fishponds Park.
Councillor Steve Comer - Keeping the area clean while focussing largely on the future of Eastville Park
Councillor Phil Hanby for work in the Coombe Brooke Valley.
Our neighbourhood Police teams have worked really hard in each ward to clear area as well. If you see objects making our area unpleasant then please report them to your councillor or email community@fishpondspeople.co.uk and we'll report it on your behalf.
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FLAG - Fishponds Locality Action Group
The Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds BS16 3TR
Fishponds Locality Action Group (FLAG)
We hire this hall to local residents & groups for parties, weddings, birthdays and meetings etc. We also have two offices for the use of local community groups and a community garden which we need help running, so if you like to grow things or want to use the hall or offices please email Terry King: tk007h9736@blueyonder.co.uk or Tel. 01179 650 203. This hall as in the picture is available from £15 an hour. Terry King, FLAG Treasurer.
Bristol Adult learning service is starting a YOGA for all abilities class at The Beechwood Club on Tuesday 3rd May, initially for 10 sessions from 10-00 am to 11-30 am. The instructor is Louise Kennedy.
To enrol contact Adult Learning Service on 01179 038 844 quoting course code WB2503ABW. The cost of the ten sessions is £55.
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Coombe Brook Valley Action Group: website: valleyactiongroup.org.uk
We are a community based Action Group in Mayfield Park, Fishponds, Bristol.
Mayfield Park can boast to having a nature reserve (Coombe Brook Valley Nature Reserve) which has sadly been left to decay and has become a place where people no longer feel they can walk or let their children go to play in safety.
Please visit our website for more details: valleyactiongroup.org.uk
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Take part in making our community a better place: voscur.org/haveyoursay/takepart
Ask Greater Fishponds open forum is now up and running click here
Ask Bristol askbristol.wordpress.com - Get your ideas across on current city wide topics..
Its My Bristol itsmybristol.org is a new way to have your say about ideas for improving things in Bristol.
Also help Bristol Council to plan by visiting bristol.gov.uk/nav/council-and-democracy
Places of worship for sustainable neighbourhood's click here (you'll be taken to the Worship page)
Neighbourhood Policing click here (you'll be taken to the Police page)
Fishponds and all of our neighbours have an active neighbourhood watch scheme in operation with a team of dedicated wardens assisting the Police to help keep the area safe and generally free of most crime where possible. Visit our police page and local council pages for information in to how to get involved.
Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network: www.mynhw.co.uk >> South West Region
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Bristol Council has designed a webpage for all online services where you can report problems and explore options:
- Pay for it - Bills, Rent, Council Tax...
- Apply for it - Bus pass, Careers, Schools...
- Report it - Fly Tipping, Graffiti, Street Lights...
- Find out about - Community Groups, Centre's, Planning Applications...
Click here to be directed to the webpage bristol.gov.uk/nav/recycling-rubbish-and-waste
Weekly Collections bristol.gov.uk/missedcollection and to order a new bin bristol.gov.uk/newbins
How to Report Local Issues:
Crime & Emergencies Telephone. 999
Police non-emergencies
Tel. 0845 456 7000Crimestoppers
Tel. 0800 555 111
Waste & Street Maintenance
Fly Tipping, Graffiti, Sex & Drugs Litter, Roads & Lampposts
Tel. 01179 222 100
For Park's maintenance visit: bristol.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environment-and-planning/parks-and-open-spaces/parks-and-open-spaces---maintenance E-mail: bristolparks@bristol.gov.uk Tel: 0117 922 3719
Anti Social Behaviour Team 0117 9222500 (report any kind of anti social behavour i.e. neighbours to gangs etc)
Report issues with private homes 0117 3533871 (Landlords and tenants)
Council tenants are required to keep their homes in good order as a part of the tenancy agreement, report any local issues to the council i.e. hedges, gardens, paths etc.Sarah Sparks looks after part our Greater Fishponds email. sarah.sparks@bristol.gov.uk
Gas Emergency: Tel. 0800 111 999
Electrical Emergency: Tel. 0800 365900
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Reporting the Bristol & Bath Railway Path and our other parks
The Bristol side of the Bristol & Bath Railway Path is 50% in our Greater Fishponds Neighbourhood Partnership which includes exit 17 at Greenbank Graveyard to exit 34 near the Staple Hill Tunnel. The path is a linear park falling under the jurisdiction of the Parks department.
When the path was sold to the council, and subsequently to Sustrans, a covenant was placed on the path restricting its classification as a highway. This means that the path could, in theory, revert back to being a railway line. Its status as a park also prevents utility services running cables underneath the surface of the park.
To report issues along the railway path please use the 'Report a Problem Page' on the Better By Bike website betterbybike.info/report-a-problem. This page gives members of the public appropriate contacts in our local community for reporting issues.
For issues in our other parks please visit the parks webpage bristol.gov.uk/parks e-mail: bristolparks@bristol.gov.uk tel: 0117 922 3719 text: 0771 039 6713
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A government website has been designed to assist us with our community and our neighbourhood concerns, this is a very useful resource to explore possible avenues in to resident empowerment communities.gov.uk/communities
There are caring and considerate people throughout our communities who work tirelessly to keep our areas as safe and as clean as possible, green and running efficiently. Often these people work full time and community activities is their hobby i.e. every leader in the Scouting Movement giving between 3 - 30 hours of community service every week along with volunteer youth workers, church wardens, firefighters, ambulance crew and special police. It's these hero's who help keep our communities strong while rarely or never looking for recognition in return.
Neighbourhood Watch Forums
There is an active Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in operation, ask your local Police Team how you can attend meetings or use the links below.. you can ask to become a Neighbourhood Watch warden as well.
Frome Vale, Hillfields and Eastville etc
Please try and attend Neighbourhood Partnership Meetings as well and interact online where your voice will be heard click here
Please contact Bristol Council directly by using this link to their Recycling, Rubbish and Waste Online Services page and select the relevant link to fill out the online form.
bristol.gov.uk/recycling
Or call the Graffiti hotline on 0117 9222100 (radical graffiti will be removed within 24 hours)
The Community Police presence here is fantastic, there are a few dedicated PCSO's in the area who are trying to clean up the area's image by clearing public spaces of litter and unsightly bushes whilst balancing this with a demanding police role to cut crime. They ask that residents help them to collect litter and clear pathways every quarter on a Saturday morning, Please contact your local police team for more details of how to get involved. Police Teams
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New access path needed here. Dangerous and used by people of all ages and abilities.
People can hit their heads and slip. If this happens at night it could be several hours before they are found.
The only access point without going right out of their way.
Fencing needs spraying to freshen it up.
Rubbish and litter in the area.
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Listing artwork on buildings - by Steve Comer Cllr for Eastville Ward in Greater Fishponds
For a while I've had a concern that there was no listing of art on buildings that people consider of value. We had a reminder of this with the accidental painting of a Banksy piece in Eastville banksy.co.uk. I think it would be a good idea for Neighbourhood Forum's to identify such art, and put it on a register. I'm copying the press release I've sent out on this topic. Although this refers to public art, it could also apply to stone signs, old adverts etc. on buildings.
Since sending the press release I've done an interview for Jack FM/Breeze and the BBC and the Evening Post have also expressed an interest. I've also asked that this be put on the agenda for the next meetings of the Neighbourhood Forums in Greater Fishponds.
Steve Comer
Liberal Democrat City Councillor for Eastville in Greater Fishponds Neighbourhood Partnership.
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Past & present issues of Our City Magazine:
bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/press-releases/our-city---news-magazine-for-residents
