Low Heaton Community Association
6.30 – 7.30 Weds 4 June 2014
Ouseburn Community Centre
Agenda
1. Attendees
Robin Beveridge, Your Back Yard
Walter Morauf, Resident and Ouseburn Community Centre Committee
Cllr Stephen Powers
Residents: Chris Boyle, Cecilia Dalrymple, Steve Gardiner, Pat Haggarty, Suzy
Forbes, Hannah George, Eve Champney-Smith, Iona Owen, Sean Mallen, Nick
Hall, Caela Gosling; Sunil Bhopal
2. Apologies
Michaela Guglieri, Anne Fry, Graeme King
3. Bank account
Iona has started to complete the application form to open a bank account.
The committee agreed to arrange to meet and complete the process.
4. Membership
Chris reminded the group that we need to formalise membership. He will
bring in forms in order to achieve this.
5. Projects and Consultations
We are currently involved in two projects that were initiated by the council
(the communal bin scheme, and Sustrans). Iona suggested that we formulate
our own action plan, and that it could be useful to begin setting our own
agenda.
Member of the group suggested projects:
 Hannah: focusing on people e.g. an event that would bring the local
community together. Cecilia added that her street has successfully
held barbeques which has been a good way for neighbours to get to
know each other
 Iona: supporting already existing events such as the Heaton Arts
festival
 Pat: focusing on gardens, planters and wildlife e.g. using wildflowers
to create a beeline
 Eve: tidying planters and clearing litter
 Suzy: tackling rubbish at City Stadium, possibly installing bbq picnic
tables.
Pat and Nick raised additional considerations: the need for tools, gloves etc,
and whether insurance would be needed. Nick suggested BTCV (need to find
out new name) as an organisation who could advise us about insurance.
Nick asked Cllr Stephen Powers about council plans for the City Stadium.
Stephen explained the cycle paths and allotments have been the main focus
recently. The cycle path is going to be widened, with a barrier added. He
added that the council would find it useful to consult with us about plans or
when there is funding available for local projects.
Iona and Nick suggested that we use City Stadium for local events. Stephen
explained that the council have approached the Ouseburn Community Centre
about a summer event – we could possibly take the lead on this
Robin confirmed with us that our chosen projects are:
 A summer fair
 Sustrans
 Tidying green spaces
6. Widening Engagement
Nick explained that Sustrans are keen to have a presence at the meeting that
we hold at Teasy Does It, in order to achieve a wider engagement with the
public. We decided on June 25th for the meeting. Suzy suggested that it would
be useful to invite Sustrans to any events that we hold. Sean added that
Sustrans have made suggestions to improve green spaces, such as creating
community orchards.
Hannah showed the group a draft of the leaflet that she has designed to invite
local residents to the meeting. The group approved of the leaflet and
discussed some minor changes which will be made to the final version.
We have not made a final decision about our logo. Steve suggested the
Shakespeare picture used on the Facebook page, but Iona was concerned that
it might be difficult to adapt as it is a detailed photo. She suggested a simpler
logo, and examples from other associations were looked at.
Steve offered to manage the leaflet distribution: volunteers should contact
him. Hannah felt that the leaflets should be delivered no earlier than a week
before the meeting in order to maintain momentum. Suzy suggested putting
the event in the Hotspur School newsletter. Iona asked Stephen to provide
large maps of the area to use at the meeting.
7. Funding
Robin explained that now that we are further towards solidifying our plans,
we can apply to Awards for All, but we still need a more prioritised list that
we can start costing.
Walter asked whether businesses could become members of the group. Chris
felt that the constitution could be altered to allow this if we were happy with
this.
8. Any Other Business
Hannah asked if we were happy for minutes to be put up on Your Backyard’s
website and linked to from the Facebook page. There were no objections to this.
It was agreed to meet on June 18th to prepare for the Teasy Does It meeting.
9. Date and time of next meetings
 6.30 18th June, Ouseburn Community Centre
 6.30 25th June, Teasy Does It