Craven Ward Plan 2014-15 - Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Craven Ward Plan 2014-15
Ward Members
Ward Officer
(Vacant)
Noreen Akhtar
Cllr Andrew Mallinson
Date Approved
Cllr Adrian Naylor
March 2014
Annual Ward Plan
Code PRIORITY BROAD ACTIONS
Specific Ward Actions (summary)
Target Areas/
Target Groups
Who responsible
Across Ward.
Silsden Park
Routes To school
WPT
Warden Service.
Street Scene.
Probation
Kirkgate Silsden
Across Ward
WPT
Warden Service.
Street Scene.
Probation
Across Ward.
WPT
Warden Service.
Street Scene.
Probation
Cleaner Greener
Support communities to tackle anti
social dog fouling.
Increase visibility and enforcement via Council
Wardens.
Encourage local residents to become eyes and ears.
Support the role out of the Green Dog Walkers
Campaign
Develop a Business
partnership/network in the Craven
ward.
Open a dialogue with business owners.
Look at constructive ways of supporting private
businesses.
Organise specialised days of action.
Develop Footpath Clear up
programme
Identify hotspots, through consultation with Ward
Representatives and residents; look at levels of
reported incidents to Council Contact centre.
Deploy Clean teams
Encourage community solutions to localised problems.
Identify Walking Groups to carry out footpath audit.
Safer Communities
Educate and enforce anti social
parking.
Negotiate and deploy joint working processes involving
NPT and Warden Service .
Work with Local employers and others looking at
suitable resolution of issues.
Work with individual schools to tackle the issue, with
staff, pupils and parents.
Residential areas
in conflict
commuter parking Thornhill Road.
Schools – In
particular Steeton
Primary school.
Airedale Hospital
WPT
NPT
Warden Service.
District
Councillors
Town &Parish
Councils.
Traffic and
Highways
Airedale Hospital
Identify strategic mechanisms to influence a District
Wide response to the problem.
Educate residents on crime
reduction.
Increased awareness programme for residents,
businesses and general public.
Suburban
residential areas.
Practical help and support for those in high risk areas.
Public areas –
parks and
footpaths.
High profile days of action and convictions.
Address low public satisfaction in
public services.
Target work where higher levels enforcement and
visibility will have a desired outcome.
Negotiate joint working protocols with Police and
Council Wardens and other service providers.
Promote the low levels of crime in the ward, reassure
residents through various methods of engagement.
Across Ward.
Silsden and
Steeton residential
areas
WPT
Warden Service,
WPT. NPT,
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils.
Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing
Develop a community linking project
supporting Older Peoples Groups
Work on an intergenerational Project with schools and
community groups.
Across Ward
Silsden
Support Silsden Churches together with engagement
activities.
Steeton
Develop Older Peoples HUB in Steeton.
Work with Adult Services to Map commissioned and
non commissioned services.
Increase information and
Knowledge relating to appropriate
benefits for residents.
Look at current provision and match with needs
analysis, to identify gaps.
Across Ward
Warden Service,
WPT. NPT,
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils.
Churches
Adult Services
Incommunities
CAB
Across ward
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils.
Community and
Voluntary Groups.
Church Groups
Public Health
Adult Social
Services
Grow links with support organisations in order to
signpost people to appropriate networks.
Publicise availability of help and support and utilise
local community venues for welfare advice.
Older People services awareness
raising.
Look at ways of addressing similar needs in different
localities in the ward.
Encourage new and innovative ways of working from
community and service providers.
Identify pilot areas and negotiate seed money to try
new ideas.
Warden Service,
WPT. NPT,
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils.
Churches
Adult Services
Incommunities
Income Skills and Housing
Across Wards
Encourage appropriate rural service
provision and advice for those
worried about financial planning.
Sign post to social services and benefits advice
agencies.
Work in partnership with relevant agencies to provide
sign posting and support services to meet a range of
family needs and issues.
Increase the level and opportunities
to access benefit advice.
Look at current provision and match with needs
analysis, to identify gaps.
Silsden
Steeton
Grow links with support organisations in order to
signpost people to appropriate networks.
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils.
Community and
Voluntary Groups.
Church Groups
CAB
Adult Social
services
CAB
Public Health
KIVCA
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils
Publicise availability of help and support and utilise
local community venues for welfare advice.
Across Ward
Maintain link with LDF team, in
order to provide clear and up to date Maintain and increase good communication and
information.
information sharing with Town and Parish Councils.
Support for consultation and engagement on
Neighbourhood plans.
Develop opportunities for greater understanding of
National, Regional and District planning policies for
local residents
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Council
Planning.
Yorkshire
Planning Aid.
Children and Young People
Encouraging children and young
peoples input into local decision
making processes.
Linking Ward and Parish Councillors with Young
people thoughts, views and actions.
In all three
Parishes of the
Ward
Supporting Silsden Youth Council to strengthen and
grow.
Development of
Neighbourhood
Developing a programme of work to encourage
Plans in Steeton,
parish, ward and civic groups to embrace young
Eastburn And
people’s involvement in Neighbourhood Planning,
Silsden.
Parish budget setting and project design and
implementation.
Development of
the Steeton Play
Linking with Youth Service Vice and Influence
area for under
programme.
10’s.
Develop mechanisms for children
and young people to take civic
responsibility for public spaces and
amenities.
Build links with Silsden Primary schools for
environmental days in the park.
Silsden Park
Silsden Beck
Work with young people groups in Silsden to tackle
rubbish in Silsden Beck
Work closely with appropriate service providers to
develop programmes on Environment to be
delivered through community and school settings.
Encourage young people
volunteering.
Across the Ward
Develop a rights and responsibility programme for
young people in the ward.
Ward Partnership
team
Ward Cllrs
Year 6 in primary
schools
Steeton With
District
Councillors
Eastburn PC
Silsden Town
Council
Addingham
Parish Council
Addingham Civic
Society
Local
Achievement
Partnership
ECS play team
Schools
Youth Services
Recreation
services CBMDC
District
Councillors
Ward Officer
WPT
Uniformed
Groups
Sports Clubs
ECS play team
District
Councillors
Youth Services
Looks at personal safety and health and wellbeing
issues targeted at girls.
Silsden
Broaden opportunities for young people to fully engage
with ward, area and district decision making processes
Stronger Communities
Productive Governance and
decision making between first Tier
and the principal Local Authority
Ward Exchange meetings between Ward Members
and Town and Parish Councils.
Across ward
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils
Across ward
Asset
Management.
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils
District
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils
Maintain and increase good communication and
information sharing with Town and Parish Councils.
Sustainable community use for non
operational and operational Assets
in Craven Ward.
Support Town and Parish Councils in developing and
delivering their Parish/Neighbourhood plans.
Engage with Asset management to look at future
planning of council owned resources.
Work with local communities to identify long term
sustainable uses for public buildings.
Across ward
Support community participation in
decision making processes.
Police
Schools
Ward Officer
Uniformed
Groups
Sports Groups
ECS play team
Support by providing information that communities
need.
Identifying mentoring or training for members of
community organisations.
Encourage greater dialogue with Decision makers
including, Town And Parish Councils, Elected Ward
members, Area Committee and Planning Panels.
Across ward
District
Maintain & improve relationships
with key community partners
Ongoing contact with Parish, Town Councils
Respond appropriately positively and clearly to
requests for support and information.
Maintain regular contact at formal meetings.
Continue partnership working with groups through
community engagement opportunities and issues.
Councillors
Town and Parish
Councils.
Voluntary and
Community sector