Outline of draft 2008-2009 Community Action Plan for Little Hulton and Walkden Community Committee 26/11/07
Little Hulton and Walkden Community Action Plan
April 2008-March 2009
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Objective
Action
Proposed
Delivery Lead
A Healthy City
1.1
Develop an implement health action plan for Little Hulton and Walkden,
including key themes:
To address local health priorities and
reduce inequalities in health care.
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Tobacco control
Diet and Nutrition
Physical Activity
Sexual health
Alcohol & Substance misuse
Emotional health and well being
PCT
Full plan of delivery contained within Health Improvement Action Plan
1.2
DAAT
Further enhance service delivery in
relation to drug and alcohol issues locally.
1.3
Improve young people’s fitness.
1.4
1.5
Improve accessibility to dental care.
1.6
Implement and review a multi-agency drug and alcohol action plan
Continue to develop and deliver wide range of physical activities programmes
for young people during holidays.
Review accessibility of NHS dentists in area.
Improve accessibility to fitness and leisure
facilities.
Review accessibility to fitness facilities (pool, gym’s).
Reduce Teen pregnancy rates and carry
out awareness raising activities .
Develop an outreach project with young people.
Promote KISS services.
(Drug & Alcohol
Steering Group)
Salford Community
Leisure.
PCT
Salford Community
Leisure /
Urban Vision
PCT
Outline of draft 2008-2009 Community Action Plan for Little Hulton and Walkden Community Committee 26/11/07
Reducing Crime in Salford
2.1
2.2
Reduce incidences of the illegal sale of
alcohol to underage people.
Test purchasing at off licences. Awareness raising among adults buying
alcohol for children.
Improve security of properties at risk from
burglary.
Identify and secure funding for target hardening and security improvements to
vulnerable properties.
2.3
Identify key causes of fear of crime and develop action plan.
Increase the feeling of safety and reduce
fear of crime.
2.4
Improve Security measures to Walkden
Railway Station.
2.5
Trading Standards
Burglary Reduction
CSU
Continue to develop communications to inform the community of action being
taken to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.
Assist friends of Walkden Station to secure funding to implement
improvements.
GMPTE
To deliver Little Hulton and Walkden anti social behaviour strategy and action
plan for 08-09 to ensure a coordinated approach to address key current ASB
issues and hotspots.
Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour through
improved partnership approach.
Coordinate action to reduce:
-Vandalism and Graffiti
-Nuisance Behaviour
-Drug and Alcohol related problems
-Deliberate Fires
LPDG
NM Team / GMP
Encouraging Learning, Leisure and Creativity
3.1
Sports
Development
Enhance recreational facilities in the area.
Work with residents to assess demand, and if appropriate identify and secure
funding for drainage works to improve recreational field on Eastham Way
Environmental
Services
Neighbourhood
management
team.
Outline of draft 2008-2009 Community Action Plan for Little Hulton and Walkden Community Committee 26/11/07
3.2
To develop and encourage community use
of local new leisure facilities at Peel Park.
Secure funding to provide a permanent ranger presence in Peel Park
Provide support/assist with the development of a ‘Friends of Peel Park’
community group
3.3
Develop involvement of local residents in
community arts.
Develop continued community arts work following success of Lowry on
Walkabout with identified groups
3.4
Enhance facilities for play.
Investigate feasibility and provide community support to develop play facilities
for children and young people in estates lacking facilities.
3.5
Increase awareness of opportunities for
older people to engage in learning, leisure
and creative activities.
Improve advertising of facilities and activities available.
3.6
Engage young people in positive activities
3.7
3.8
Provide opportunitieis for young people
hanging around in the street to engage in
positive activities.
Promote and develop after school clubs.
Develop activities and promotional material for coordinated programme of out
of school and holiday activities.
Environmental
Services
Neighbourhood
Management
Lowry
Environmental
Services
/
City West Housing
Trust
Neighbourhood
Management
Team
Salford Community
Leisure
Youth Services
Target outreach work to area’s.
Youth Service
To provide more facilities for young people to access homework
clubs/groups.
Children’s
Service
Directorate.
Investing in Young People
4.1
To assist young people to have more of a
voice within the community.
To develop the Youth Forum for the area and ensure it has influence over
local decision making.
4.2
Publicising achievements of young people.
Continue to promote the achievements of young people in the area through
contact with the Youth Service and other agencies.
4.3
Improve accessibility and use of youth
centres.
To review access to youth centre facilities and develop plan to increase their
use and ensure they are accessed by young people throughout the area.
Salford Youth
Service.
Youth Task Group
Youth Services
Outline of draft 2008-2009 Community Action Plan for Little Hulton and Walkden Community Committee 26/11/07
4.4
Create opportunities for young people to
become involved in positive diversionary
activities
Deliver targeted activities for young people within the Peel, Kenyon and
Amblecote areas.
4.5
Provide assistance to young people out of
work and education.
Develop targeted taster training / mentor sessions to young people at
accessible community venues
Youth Services
/
Salford Community
Leisure
Economic
Development
Team
Salford College
Promoting Inclusion
5.1
Increase number of people engaged in
neighbourhood management.
Develop and implement annual communications plan to promote the work of
community committee and opportunities for community involvement.
Neighbourhood
Management
5.2
Develop capacity of local community
groups.
Improve accessibility of
Shops, Community Centres and all
Leisure Facilities.
Provide targeted support and training to develop skills and knowledge of local
residents and groups to improve their neighbourhoods.
Conduct audit of community facilities to identify priorities deliver accessibility
improvements to priority facilities.
Neighbourhood
Management
5.3
Urban Vision
Owners of buildings to work together and report on the progress and provide
a cost on making all buildings Disability Discrimination Act compliant.
5.4
Attract new investment to district centres.
5.5
Increase awareness of issues around
disabled people.
Encourage investment in vacant shops to improve the variety and quality of
retail facilities.
Deliver awareness raising training for residents and agencies along with
supporting information.
5.6
Increase awareness of issues around
asylum seekers & refugees.
Deliver awareness raising training for residents and agencies along with
supporting information.
5.7
Develop opportunities for young people to
engage with the wider community
Develop opportunities to encourage
multicultural and intergenerational
understanding.
Develop constructive activities that facilitate intergenerational work. (e.g.
community gardening, artwork)
Support community celebration events and activities that bring together
different sections of the community and promote understanding and respect.
5.8
Economic
Development
Disability Forum
Neighbourhood
Team
Refugee Action.
Neighbourhood
Team.
Youth Services
NM Team
Health
Improvement
Team
Youth Services
Outline of draft 2008-2009 Community Action Plan for Little Hulton and Walkden Community Committee 26/11/07
Creating Prosperity
6.1
Improvement to Walkden District Centre.
Influence improvements to District Centre through officer group meeting and
developing dialogue with centre owner and businesses.
Economic
Development
6.2
Regeneration of West Salford.
Ensure involvement and influence in delivery of West Salford Strategic
Regeneration Framework.
Urban Vision
Strategy
Regeneration
6.3
Develop vision for Longshaw Drive site.
Confirm users and specification for Hub buildling. Agree timescales for
delivery of build programme.
6.4
Address issue of low employment and
benefit dependency in Little Hulton and
Walkden.
NM Team
PCT
Economic
Development
Implement Employability Strategy and action plan for Little Hulton
Enhancing Life in Salford
7.1
Improve engagement with private
landlords and their tenants to improve
standards of private housing.
7.2
Promote landlord accreditation scheme to private landlords
Housing Services
Undertake audit of where litter bins are provided, and provide additional bins
in problem areas
Identify area’s affected by fly tipping and recurring litter and develop targeted
action plans of enforcement and education to resolve persistent problems.
To reduce litter and dog fouling throughout
the area.
Promote the use penalties and prosecutions for perpetrators of environmental
crime.
Environmental
Services
Deliver campaigns to reduce dog fouling and littering.
7.3
To improve the quality and safety of parks
and open spaces in the area.
Install dog bins in problem areas.
Implement improvements in line with masterplan for Peel Park.
Update and implement action plan for Parr Fold Park.
Identify and implement actions to improve safety and amenity of other parks.
Develop action plans to address poorly maintained public space within
estates.
Environmental
Services
Outline of draft 2008-2009 Community Action Plan for Little Hulton and Walkden Community Committee 26/11/07
7.4
To enhance the street scene through
greening projects.
Support opportunities for enhancing the street scene through “in bloom
project” community project and street trees.
7.5
To engage the community in issues
regarding maintenance of open spaces.
7.6
7.7
7.8
7.9
To engage the community in improving
highways and road safety issues in the
area.
To improve road and footway surfaces
across the area.
To improve street lighting in priority area’s.
Improve linear walkways in area.
7.10
Deliver improvements to make Little
Hulton Cleaner, Greener and Safer.
7.11
Ensure community influence over
development of City West Housing Trust.
7.12
Improve public transport within the area.
Develop communities capacity to influence open space management and
maintenance issues through the use of the Green Directory
To agree programme of works to be funded through devolved highways
budget and ensure delivery.
Increase community capacity to engage with road safety issues.
Deliver programme of works targeted to roads and footways in accordance
with community priorities.
Implement prioritised programme of street lighting improvements.
Seek funding to implement further phases of walkway improvements and
ensure ongoing cleaning and maintenance is undertaken.
Allocation of Safer Stronger Communities Fund (SSCF) programme within the
Little Hulton area for 08/09 in line with national outcomes and local priorities
to address;
 Crime
 Cleaner/Greener/safer
 Quality of Life/Service Delivery
 Neighbourhood capacity / decision making
Provide regular information updates to community on changes to housing
management and promote opportunities for involvement.
Identify priority actions and campaign for improvements with consideration to:
-Performance of buses servicing estates.
-Crowding / capacity of trains at peak times.
-Accessibility to Hope Hospital.
-A6 corridor
Environment Task
Group
Neighbourhood
management
/
Environmental
Services.
Urban Vision
/ NM Team
Urban Vision
Urban Vision
Urban Vision
Neighbourhood
Management
Team
Neighbourhood
Team
Neighbourhood
Team
GMPTE