Portland Road and Clarendon
Clare Hopkins
Submitted by tdc on 31 July, 2009 - 10:35. Portland Road and ClarendonPortland Road and Clarendon
Submitted by mark.james on 2 March, 2009 - 13:56.
Helping develop the Portland Road and Clarendon Forum into a sustainable representative organisation:
- Supporting the resident-Chairperson and facilitating administration for the bi-monthly meetings
- Strengthen resident involvement
- Supporting communication and publicity
- Help to administer Healthy Neighbourhoods Fund including support given to funding panel
Working with Poets Corner Community Society (PCCS):
- Helping with 3 week Community Festival
- Support with business planning around Stoneham Park Cafe, Talkshop community facility and West Hove News
- Supporting governance, trustee and membership recruitment
Working with Vallance Community Centre:
- Further open up their IT facilities and produce a community newsletter 'The Goldstone News'
Developing Stoneham Park Association of Residents and Kids (SPARKS):
- Strengthening resident involvement
- Liaison with the council around money being allocated for park equipment and improvement
- Helping to co-ordinate the ParkSafe scheme in collaboration with Central Sussex YMCA
- There have been regular bi-monthly Forum meetings attended by many resident organisations and a variety of local service providers
- PCCS (Poets Corner Community Society) continue to manage a successful cafe, community space and West Hove Newsletter
- Community Festival fortnight was successful with approximately 2000 local residents attending
- SPARKS having constituted in January 2010 have since been able to start fundraising for projects like ParkSafe
- ParkSafe project delivered over 20 sessions for local and young people
- Quarterly editions of Vallance Newsletter went to over 500 households and community venues
"The local Councillors have worked with Dave Allen for some months now since he took over the role of Community Development Worker and Forum Co-ordinator. I have always found Dave very easy to work with and share his clear commitment to the neighbourhood, and to see positive outcomes for all residents. His breadth of interest has been very helpful, and he understands at a detailed level the issues, problems and opportunities that are present in the Portland Road and Clarendon neighbourhood.
We look forward to continuing to work with him in the future.
Councillor Brian Oxley
Flo Singleton
Clarendon resident and Vallance Newsletter group
“The SPARKS group – Stoneham Park Association of Residents and Kids - gets a lot of help with its work for the park. Having a say in the Forum gets the park’s issues understood by those with the final responsibility and it’s opened my eyes to the wider community picture.”
Kevin Moore
Chair of SPARKS
When I started volunteering with Poets Corner Community Society I was shocked by the amount of community care and involvement. So much so I have spent the last two years being as involved and productive as possible. TDC has supported me all of the way through.
Adam Palk
PCCS volunteer and new WICO student
The TDC enables ordinary folk (residents) like myself to be active in their own communities, irrespective of any long term health condition or personal circumstances (I am a parent carer). Through the Forum that TDC supports I am able to have a say in how our local and city wide community is governed and the delivery of its services back to the communities. This enables me to feel stronger, less isolated and more connected to where I live and able to effectively contribute to my community in a rich and meaningful way.
Rachelle Howard
Portland Road & Clarendon Forum, Chairperson and Community Safety Partnership representative
Kirsty Walker
Submitted by tdc on 2 June, 2009 - 09:25. Woodingdean, Portland Road and Clarendon, Moulsecoomb, Hollingdean
