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Whitehawk Community Hub Proposal Update Issue 1 March 2010
Written by AdministratorThank you very much to everyone who responded to the initial consultation on the Whitehawk Community hub proposals. A range of feedback was received by email, letter, and feedback forms and from the three public meetings and meetings at Whitehawk Primary School.
This is the first of regular updates on the project. Here we summarise comments, queries and key concerns expressed and update you on where we are now.
The permanent exhibition of the proposals remains up at Whitehawk Library and Whitehawk Primary School.
Whitehawk and Manor Farm Festival Group Minutes of 1st March 2010.
Written by AdministratorPresent: Dawn Dohety, Faith Matyszak, Lyn Bennett, Toya Regan, Jacqui Cutter, Peter Berry, Andy Silsby.
Apologies: Maggie Smeeth, Chris el Shabba, Paul Holt
Minutes of last meeting: Agreed
Matters Arising:
Help reclaim the ‘Hawk on the Hill’ Saturday 20th March
10:30 am - East Brighton Park Cafe
Please bring, strong shoes, waterproof clothing, gloves and any tools you may have. e book
(edging tool,secaturs,lump hammer)
The Learning Festival are having a fantastic Recycled Fashion show at the Jubilee Library and Community Skills and Learning are offering a photography masterclass where you can come and use your own cameras to photograph the event.
If you are a Watch group then please let us know the name of your group and the location so that we can ensure you are registered with the SUssex Neighbourhood Watch Federation
Free over 18's 'Parkour' taster sessions
Parkour is a physical training discipline that allows people to overcome any obstacle within their path, by adapting their body movements to fit with their surroundings.
It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible. Skills involve jumping and climbing as well as other bespoke parkour manovers.
The object of parkour is to get from one place to another using only the human body and objects such as railings, steps and walls as aids to assist their movement and travel.
Parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the diverse environment public structures provide.
If you would like to take part in a FREE parkour workshop, then contact Emma Greenough on 01273 852304 or
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to reserve your place.
Lisa Mytton
City Neighbourhood Support Officer
Communities & Equality Team
Tel: 01273 296809
Email:
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‘ Be your own coach’ course, starting on Thursday 4th February.
The course is for young women (16-25 yrs) and will take place at Brighton Women’s Centre, 72 High Street, Kemptown.
Cost: Free
Childcare costs are available.
Please could you circulate to colleagues or young women as appropriate?
Many thanks
Sue Shaw
For the leaflet please see the attachment
This year sees the 75th birthday of Whitehawk school and as the estate was founded in the 1930s’ it is also a fitting birthday year for the whole of Whitehawk.
To mark this event the school in partnership with East Brighton Bygones, and the community is planning a series of celebratory events in the week of March 22nd 2010.
These will include a series of exhibitions in the school, birthday parties for the children, and the collecting of personal memories of the school by past pupils. Further work and activities are being planned but these will need your help’
Brighton & Hove Universities Hospitals Trust
Written by Duncan HillThe Brighton & Hove Universities Hospitals are proposing to become a Foundation Trust. Local people can become members of the Trust, elect and serve on its Board of Governors, and be involved in the future direction of the Trust. Membership is free and available to anyone aged over 12. The hospitals are a major local employer, and of course provide hospital care to many in Whitehawk and Manor Farm.
More information is at
http://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/about-us/foundation-trust-ft/
A preview of the January 2010 is available from http://whitehawk.uk.net/newsletter/jan2010/ or can be downloaded from the files
“East Brighton: Building on Success” Grants 2010
Written by AdministratorNew Funding Opportunity for Groups and Organisations in Whitehawk and Manor Farm
“East Brighton: Building on Success” Grants 2010
Exceptional, one-off, awards of up to £2,000 for third sector¹ organisations with an annual income of up to £50,000 based in, and supporting residents of, East Brighton.
Young apprentices offer helping hand to Whitehawk Inn
Written by Administrator
A group of students from City College Brighton and Hove who are
currently studying for their Young Apprenticeship in Construction, are
providing their skills free of charge to The Whitehawk Inn in East
Brighton. The tasks they are undertaking include protecting fencing,
benches and stairways with water resistant wood sealant, painting and
decorating lower areas of the building plus bricking and
plaster-boarding vents in an area of the basement which is leaking.
Monday December 7, 4.30pm at the Crew Club, 26 Coolham Drive BN2 5QW.
Whitehawk Community Hub
Exciting changes are on the way in your area, with a new centre for the community bringing together, health and social care services, pre-school facilities, education, and library services in one place at or near Whitehawk Primary School in Whitehawk Road. The project is due to be completed and open in September 2011, providing it gets planning permission.
How do I comment and find out more?
Public meeting
Attend the public meeting on Monday December 7, 4.30pm at the Crew Club
Exhibition
Brighton youth club angry at funding decision
Written by AdministratorA successful youth club may have to close many of its projects due to lack of funding.
The Crew Club in Whitehawk, Brighton, set up ten years ago following the fatal stabbing of Jay Kensett, has more than 400 members aged seven to 16.
But its organisers are stunned after being knocked back in an initial application for a £25,000 grant from Brighton and Hove City Council.