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Contents

Agenda for the day 3

Summary 4

Background & Aim of the conference 8

Who participated? 9

Photographs 10

What we did and how we did it 11

Action Planning in small groups 13

Conclusion of the day 21

Evaluation of the day 21(Contents is hyperlinked to pages, just click on title, also contents hyperlink at bottom of eachpage is hyperlinked back to the contents page)

Report by Kalishia Le Coutre

With thanks to Jean Thomas for noting the days proceedings; Jacqui Swayne, PaulBramwell, Steve Andrews, Dawn Rennie for writing up group work; Joanna Hill for editing.

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Agenda for the day

9:45amSign-in, coffee and tell us the key thing that

should be improved in Coldean.10:00am What we did at the last conference.

10:10am

What has happened since residents andservice providers tell us what theyve been doingsince the last conference. Therell be lots of time

to ask questions and find out more.

11:10amPrioritising the key issues that you want to talk

about for the rest of the day.

11:15am Break

11:30amTell us what you want changed in Coldean

Ideas and solutions to issues and problems

12:30am Free Lunch!

1:00pmAction Planning In smaller groups

How are we going to change things and who isgoing to do it?

1:45pm Break Cancelled

2:00pm Sharing each others plans

2:25pm Conclusions and what next

2:30pm Thank you & Goodbye

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Summary - Coldean Conference 2009

The main aims for this years conference were:

To celebrate the years achievements with presentations from project volunteers andservice providers who deliver a service locally. Local community groups also producedposters of achievements, with pictures and quotes of their work.

To look at the last years work and see how far the community has come, also to see if

there is anything else that still needs doing and to identify any gaps in services and tryto fill them.

To action plan around new issues that the community are facing and also old issuesthat still need doing, making sure to outline: who, when, what, why, and how they canbe actioned.

Welcome & Sign-inColdean residents and a wide range of service providers were invited to the Conference. Fiftyone people came: 22 residents and 29 service providers attended.

Each person was given a conference pack with an outline of the day and information about

projects and services in the area. Everyone attendingwas asked to write on a post-it onepositive thing about Coldean and one burning issue if they had one. They were asked to stickthese up on the wall.

Introductions and what we did at the last conferenceThe outline and aims of the day were presented (see above). We then revisited the Coldeanmap which had been drawn up by Coldean residents at the last conference. Together, theyhad added post-its, to point out hubs and services in the community.

Community members and representatives of different services spoke about the part they takein the local community.

Local Police Community Support OfficerYouth Project WorkerLibrary ManagerVolunteer and Community ActivistPlayspace and New Larchwood EvaluationColdean Colts WorkerHead Teacher, Coldean SchoolNew Larchwood Surgery (spoke later in the afternoon session)

Prioritising key issues sticky dots on to post-itsPeoples post-it notes with one positive thing about Coldean and one burning issue weregrouped together and each person prioritised their three most important issues by sticking adot beside them. Five top priorities were identified out of this:

Environment

Communication

Sports Facilities

Transport

Play Activities & Equipment

General/ Any Other Issues

Action planning in small groupsEveryone was then divided in to small groups each addressing a different issue. Facilitatorsasked people to contribute ideas about gaps in services, what could be improved, what could

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be changed and what still needs doing. Every group had a chance to contribute to each issuein turn.

The following is a summary of the key issues and actions that came out of the groupdiscussions. Please refer to the main report for details.

EnvironmentThe issues and actions people identified in this group included:

A need to improve refuse collection and recycling. Actions included, inviting City Cleanto the Residents Association to improve communication; Redoing the environmentalsurvey, with the Residents Association sending it to City Clean

A need to raise community awareness about vehicle parking. Actions included raisingthe issue in the SCLAT

Varley halls expansion: Positive aspect could be that the students would get on and offthe bus near their Halls, which would keep noise down. Actions included working withthe Community Liaison officer to improve relations with students.

School field improvements. Actions included School and Colts to meet and to discussfunding for levelling the pitch with the Sports funding manager at BHCC.

CommunicationThe issues and actions identified in this group included

Newsletter: keen to continue, needs more volunteers and funding, especially ifincreasing frequency

Library: Developing it as central point for information/ sign posting

Noticeboards: more visible, including bottom of Coldean Lane.

Coldean Website: should be promotion of website and beginners sessions; e-newsletter; e forums

Coldean Conference: this was positive but the day should be changed to a Saturday toallow more people to come.

Communication with Service providers: regular meetings between services andresidents to be disseminated within the newsletter or a similar format.

Volunteer bank, to match volunteers according to skills

GP Surgery: information available is restricted to health related issues. Develop as agood point of access, while waiting to see the GP.

Sports Facilities (Including those at the school)The issues and actions people identified in this group included:

A need for activities for young people of 13+. The Youth club plans to look in toColdean youth club having better facilities and extend for this age group.

A need for sports and play activities, e.g. a summer play scheme in Coldean;gymnastics club. There is a lack of volunteers to support sports and youth activities.Action included: development of a general sports interest group; seek funding forfacilities and training to encourage children and young people to participate in sport;

Community use of Swimming pool at Coldean School. Actions included: exploringopportunities to open out of school hours; getting private sector sponsorship for therunning costs of the pool if it was open to the public

Coldean Colts need a local facility. A number of actions were suggested, including: ameeting with the School and the Albion, and formation of a steering group; keep theunder 8s playing in Coldean by repairing the top pitch; approach Sports Development

Team at Brighton & Hove City Council (new School Sports Coordinator) to identifyfunds for developing the lower pitch with school agreement; Friends of Coldean to calla meeting about the need for better football facilities in Coldean.

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TransportThe issues and actions that came up included:

Poor Bus service: Need to stick to timetables and weekend/ evening service needsimproving. Actions included: trial changes to current bus services (more buses at peaktimes/smaller buses at slower times

Better communication about service. Actions included: bus company to have"participatory planning" session with residents; survey residents using the newsletter;meet with the commercial manager of the bus company; ask local councillors tosupport campaign for changes.

Kerbs too low and cars are parking in bus stops. Clearer road markings needed

Play Activities & Equipment

A number of issues were identified by this group, but the group did not continue toaction plan on this area:

Improving play facilities, including Softball, Skateboard area, pool table, basketballhoops, softplay facilities; young people congregating around play equipment in a

negative way needs to be addressed. Positive progress getting funding for playspacewithin a 12-month framework.

Extending Play schemes, such as a regular summer scheme.

Lack of youth provision, especially 13+age group. The support of Youth Group byDevelopment Worker is appreciated. More varied activities for Young People(including cookery) need to take place

Fundraising seems to be dependent on Volunteer(s); support needs to come fromwithin the Community

Intergenerational activities: the Wii facility at new Larchwood & Library can be used todevelop intergenerational events; disused pond on School grounds as a green

community event

General/ Any Other Issues

A key issue that came up was developing day centre services at New Larchwood.

ConclusionThe action plans were shared. TDC staff will write up the report and circulate it to conference

participants. TDC will take the report and action plans to the different community groups for

further follow up. Some of the issues and actions identified would feed in to TDCs workplans,

but all the groups would need to work together to move the actions forward and a meeting

should be held to get representatives from the groups together to take this forward.

After the action plans were shared, participants discussed whether it was a useful forum to

have a Conference. On the whole, feedback was positive but some people felt it would be

better to try having it on a Saturday so more residents could come.

TDC staff thanked everyone for coming; the TDC Community development worker for

organising the event; and the facilitators and Working Together Project for their support.

Everyone was invited to fill in the evaluation form.

Evaluation

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A summary of participants evaluations has been compiled. Overall, this feedback indicates

that people felt that they had learnt something new and found the conference useful. The

Conference could have been improved by having more of a balance of service providers and

residents throughout the day.

Facilitators met to evaluate the event on 1 October. Their comments have been noted in

order to feed into future events. Overall, facilitators felt the day went well and the aims had

been broadly achieved: there was a good turn out; it generated a lot of discussion and anumber of issues and actions have been noted. It will be important to ensure participants and

their groups are involved in the follow-up of the Conference. The report and action plans will

be sent to service providers and residents who participated and to the different community

groups for further follow up.

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Background

In 2004 The Coldean Residents Association approached the Trust for DevelopingCommunities to ask if they would help develop work in the area.

Linda Saltwell, Special Projects Officer at the Trust for Developing Communities, worked withfocus groups, individuals, and existing community groups to develop an Action Plan for thearea through consultation events, attending group meetings, a young persons event and viaa survey (developed with the community) that went to every household.

In all 362 people responded to the consultation - 15% of the Community.The NAP was then delivered to every household and has been the tool used to determinework in the area.

Last year Coldean Community Development Worker Jenny Moore got the residents together

to organise the 2008 Coldean conference. Since then the community have achieved so muchwith new services being delivered in the area, community groups growing and developingnew projects and activities.

The main focus of last years conference action plan have either been actioned or are beingactioned through the delivery of the current Community Development Worker.

Aim of the conference

The main aims for this years conference were:

To celebrate the years achievements with displays and presentations from projectvolunteers and service providers who deliver a service locally. Local communitygroups also produced posters of achievements, with pictures and quotes of their work.

To look at the last years work and see how far the community has come; to see ifthere is anything else that still needs doing and to identify any gaps in services and tryto fill them.

To action plan around new issues that the community are facing and also old issuesthat still need doing, making sure to outline: who, when, what, why, and how they canbe actioned.

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Who Participated?

Residents:1. Richard Pearce ColdeanResident

2. Joe Tansey ColdeanResident3. Margaret Tugwell ColdeanResident4. Mary Knight ColdeanResident5. Marrey Coldean Resident6. Coldean Resident7. Coldean Resident

8. John Day Coldean Resident9. Suzanne Harris ColdeanResidents Association

10. Oshik Romen Coldean YouthProject

11. Ted Harman CTLA/ ColdeanResident

12. Elaine Mepham-Foster ColdeanResidents Association

13. Pat Berry Coldean ResidentsAssociation

14. Jean Thomas Coldean ResidentsAssociation/ Community Caf

15. Julie Donovan Friends of ColdeanParks Group

16. Rachel Gouldthorpe Coldean Vicar/Coldean Resident

17. Eileen Jones Coldean Resident18. Sue Hollingdale Coldean Residents

Association19. Phillip Pilbeam Coldean Colts20. Steve Storey Coldean Resident21. Annemarie Coldean Resident22. Coldean resident

Service Providers:23. Mark Bowen B&H Buses24. Kevin Mannoll Brighton University

Liaison Officer25. Rob Dunbrill City Parks BHCC

26. Nicky Brown Coldean ChildrensCentre BHCC

27. Stuart McConnachie Head

Teacher, Coldean Primary School28.Tony Baker Environment

Improvement Team BHCC29. Wendy Barrett Coldean Library

Manager30. Deirdre Prower New Larchwood

Surgery31. Malin Andersson New

Larchwood Manager

32. Thomas Morvan-Toone PoliceCommunity Support Officer33. William Whitehead Police

Inspector34. David Guthrie SCIP35. Julie Stacey Active East Brighton

BHCC36. Steve Andrews Community

Participation Worker, NewLarchwood (facilitator)

37. Kirsty Walker Project Manager,TDC

38. Jaqui Swayne Volunteer, TDC(facilitator)

39. Claire Burchell YouthDevelopment Worker, TDC

40. Sally Clarke The Bridge41. Dawn Rennie The Working

Together Project (facilitator)42. Paul Bramwell The Working

Together Project (facilitator)43. Christine Simpson Ward

Councillor44. Matthew Harfield Coldean Library45. Victoria Jarvis Coldean Library46. Debbie Mallard Varndean

College47. Jay Butler Be Creative

48. Gemma King Be Creative49. C. Patrick Lowe Conservatives50. Carol Ramsden Conservatives

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51. Tereba Large Coldean Library52. Joanna Hill TDC (facilitator)

53. Kalishia Le Coutre TDC(facilitator)

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Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)The PCSO spoke about local crime. He felt that Coldean community was like a village and people are welcoming. Crime figures are very low in Coldean. It was important toconcentrate on things that groups could achieve, such as conservation. He encouraged people to phone for incidents, including minor incidents. Coldean Local Action Team isbrilliant, as it brings all the different services together and it is incredibly important that itcontinues to have regular meetings, keeping things going. He said it was important forresidents to take responsibility and bring local groups together, such as LAT, ResidentsAssociation, Tenants and Leaseholders.

Youth Project WorkerThe Youth Project worker has been involved with the youth project in Coldean for four years.He grew up in a village that had a strong community life. He became a youth leader and thenmoved to the country. He believes that prevention is the best answer to troubles in thecommunity. He started a youth club in a building now knocked down. It was for children, 9 to13 years of age and involved cooking, games, art, and outside activities. It is about makingkids feel they belong; this can produce positive feelings for the community. He said they

need more funds and also parents as volunteers.

Library ManagerThe Library Manager spoke of the use of IT in the library in the evening and was alsointerested in involving the community more to find out what else it would like the library toprovide. There had been a 1940s day recently. She would like people to tell library staff whatother events they would take part in. She suggested a scrabble league, card games or a Wiiintergenerational event. In response, participants asked if they would provide a photo club,movie evening or film making facilities. The library would have to consider licensing laws.She would investigate whether they had a Microsoft/ film-making package.

Volunteer and Community ActivistThe volunteer said that in the last three years or so she has been involved with differentvoluntary activities in the local community: City Cat Shelter, New Larchwood (CommunityCaf and other events) and Stanmer Preservation Society, where she gives history talks onSundays during the summer at the Donkey Wheel. Although she is not originally from Sussexshe feels at home here in Brighton, particularly Coldean and enjoys being part of the localcommunity.

Project Manager at the TDC, My Play Space project and New Larchwood evaluationThe Project Manager talked about the Councils My Play Space project which is being carriedout over 2 years to to improve the quality of the city's play spaces. She had leaflets with

contact details so people could find out more about the plans for Coldeans parks. Sheinvited people to look at the display board and offered to facilitate a group on play facilities.

The neighbourhood evaluation carried out recently on New Larchwood yielded a verypositive response, although some people didnt know what activities went on in the NewLarchwood building. It showed that people think overcame obstacles to get together. There isa perception of the Community Caf as being an older persons space and not for youngpeople.

One person asked what the Council was doing to come out to the community. The facilitatorsresponded that the East Brighton Living Centre had Coldean as part of its area. Through

funding, the Council also supported the work of community organisations such as the Trust,who supported groups such as the Residents Association, Friends of Coldean Parks etc.

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Some participants felt we should focus on not on what they do for us but what we can do forourselves. Another said, We need to concentrate on building things in Coldean.

Coldean Colts RepresentativeThe representative from the Colts spoke about how the Colts started 2 years ago whenColdean had no football club. He asked the former head of Coldean School for the use of theschool fields. After 2 years they now have 70 players and recently held a memorial event forHenry Nugent that raised a great deal of money. He felt that sport taught children discipline.The Colts need more volunteers. Organisations like the Residents Association have beenvery supportive. There was a proposal for a Mini-school of Excellence, but this did nothappen. He felt they needed wider support from Coldean residents. The Colts would like theschool pitches improved: they need the top pitch repaired and the lower levelled off. This iswhat kids want. The Colts needed more funding. It costs 90 for 2 teams to play. We haveno team colours; this means a lot to kids and keeps them off the streets.

Head Teacher, Coldean SchoolThe Head Teacher understood the situation about the football facilities. School grounds areowned by the council so Coldean Colts would need the Councils permission to improve the

school fields and any funding bid for school fields. The school does not have the budget.Children use the field in school time. The field would be out of action for a year if levelling etcwent ahead. The top pitch is laid out and in a state because everybody uses it. He proposedthe bottom pitch is laid out.

Doctors SurgeryThe New Larchwood Surgery nurse updated people on the Surgery:

Surgery is open 5 days

Slowly gaining more people

It is nurse-led

Trained for prescribing and diagnosing people

For surgery to survive it needs to encourage people to change to this surgery Needs to be 1,000 patients to be viable (out of 2000 residents in Coldean)

If not successful in 3 years Coldean will lose surgery in New Larchwood

Cant advertise services

The bigger we make the surgery the more we can get out of it

Can include Varley Halls

Carden Hill included

Can drop prescription at New Larchwood if Carden Hill patient and hand to Mannish atBeatty Pharmacy

Participants said that some people like to see the same doctors as they have seen for sometime. They suggested information was put in the Newsletter to inform people of options

Prioritising key issues sticky dots on to post-itsEach person was given three sticky dots to go up to the burning issues and pick theirpriorities to stick a dot on. The dots were then counted and everything grouped to differentheadings e.g. sports facilities, environment etc. The top priorities ended being groupedtogether into five different groups

Break

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Coffee morning

Badger watches

New Larchwood Caf

E-watch

GP Surgery health related issues

Needs improving

News letter more frequency- space factor- inclusion of info/lack of space

More volunteers needed busy lives

Library wasnt prepared for conference, i.e., display boards not asked to do anything

Conference bi-annually!!

Notice boardsConference:

All comments were positive regarding the conference. However the ratio of serviceprovision to residents was problematic, reducing the true picture of satisfaction felt bythem in regards to issues raised. Residents felt that changing the day of conferenceto a Saturday would allow more to come.

The library felt that they were not properly informed regarding display boards andsupplying leaflets.

It was mentioned holding the conference bi-annually. However, this would waterdown the outcomes and confuse its purpose. (Two public meetings could be heldinstead)

Notice boards:

Coldean has several notice boards across the central area, some of which aredisplayed in residents gardens. General comments included that they needed to bemore visible, and spread across Coldean (i.e. bottom end of Coldean lane). Serviceproviders felt they could make use of these also, but were not aware to whom theyshould speak.

Coldean Website: Many residents do not have internet access, but did not feel confident enough to use

the library computers. Some residents felt it could be made easier to use. It was alsosuggested that online discussion groups could be developed and the inclusion of ane-newsletter. Those commenting were not aware if there was beginner sessions heldfor residents.

It was felt that there should be an increase in the promotion of the website.GP Surgery:

Information available is restricted to health related issues. Many felt that it would be agood point of access, due to the nature of waiting to see the GP.

Overall feeling from all participants, particularly services, was that communication was quitegood in comparison to other communities.

A suggestion put forward by a service provider to improve communication was for regularmeetings between services and residents to share information and for it to be disseminatedwithin the newsletter or a similar format.

Sports Facilities (Including those at the school)Facilitator Paul Bramwell, Working Together Project

General issues Facilities and activities are needed for young people 13+, although it was noted that

the youth club will be extending its reach to that age range shortly

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It was suggested that there should be some work done on understanding how muchneighbouring pitches are used Stanmer park, Wild Park, Falmer School, Universityof Brighton, University of Sussex and if there is spare capacity which were not surethat there is, to use the central booking system, and to use the affordable minibus atMoulsecoomb Neighbourhood Trust to transport young people.

That if there is the opportunity to improve the pitch at Coldean School, there needs tobe some work done about who is able to use it as at the moment, the heavy usemeans that the pitch is a health and safety hazard.

That there are opportunities to link into current initiatives like the Take Part in Sportcampaign that are leading up to the 2012 Olympics

That the Colts need to get support from the new Schools Sports Co-ordinator DarrenHanbrook.

TransportFacilitator Dawn Rennie, Working Together ProjectPriority

Timetables - need to stick to the timetables

Evening/weekend service needs to be improved, long meandering routes on Sundays

Kerbs and pavements too low Over crowded buses

Shop hop fares?

Improved links between estates e.g. Moulsecoomb - people that travel between thetwo areas are at a disadvantage/time consuming

Better communication about route changes and service generally

Cars parking in bus stops

Other comments/information

Brighton and Hove Bus Company

The bus company could carrying out a "planning for real" or a "participatory planning"

session with residents to see how any new services could work, this would giveresidents first hand experience of organising routes around B&H, they could see howchanging something in one place would impact on Coldean, the environment andother areas the bus services covers.

Rubbish bus service impacts on house prices and rental values - no one wants to livehere, it's difficult to get to work.

Free bus trips could be offered to schools to encourage young people to see thebenefit of using buses

Improved services to areas that have a high percentage of older people, especiallyReeves Hill, Woolsey Road and Middleton Rise)

Local campaign to make changes

Play Activities & EquipmentFacilitator Steve Andrews, TDC Community Participation Worker

Soccer pitch needs sorting (donation)

Fencing improvements in Haig Avenue need to happen

Young People congregating around play equipment in a negative way needs to beaddressed

Varied activities for Young People (including cookery) need to take place

Fundraising seems to be dependent on Volunteer(s)

Inclusion is important

Support gratefully received from outside Coldean thus far, but needs to come fromwithin the Community

Support of Youth Group by Development Worker is also appreciated

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Lack of Youth provision needs to be examine

Positive progress funding available for playspace within a 12-month framework

Coldean has strong family intergenerational connections

Children would appear to be playing on scaffolding of an evening in lieu of playequipment

Softball and Skateboard facilities are needed

Library service has offered successful pre-School play facilities

Playbus scheme and swims successful at School during summer holidays; Permanentcover needed for School pool so that it can be used by the public throughout the year

Regular summer scheme to be hosted on alternative site(s)?

Wii facility at new Larchwood & Library precursor to series of intergenerationalevents i.e. Young People playing against Older

Disused pond on School grounds needs cultivating as a green community event

No shelter from direct sunlight during hot days in School grounds

Need identified for soft play facilities

School has a breakfast club and can provide childcare and halls for hire, althoughthere are some disability issues

There needs to be provision for the 13+ age group, to alleviate boredom There needs to be a quiet area for gentle reflection

There needs to be a place for a pool table and basketball hoops

We need to celebrate in Coldean two major successes:- The Doctors Surgery being at New Larchwood &

- The Youth Groups future use of the old GP Surgery

General/ Any Other IssuesA key issue that came up was the resource of day centre services at New Larchwood

Lunch

Continue Action planning in small groups

Solutions to issues

How are we going to change things and who is going to do it?

Key priorities

What achievements

Timescale

Who is responsible?

Training needed

Environment Solutions:Facilitator TDC Project Manager

Whats been done/Suggestions for solutions

Grass cutting hasnt improved, although residents have phoned about maintaining thetrees and grass verges. Parks have come to cut the trees

Speed calming: Residents have asked Highways to address this, but they have lookedat number of accidents criteria. Coldean Lane is not a priority on this basis

There was a suggestion to follow the examples of other areas, like Carden school

getting children to design 20 is plenty signs. On Coldean Lane, there is a speed camera but people know where it is and slow

down there. Could try training residents to hold speed guns.

They could try a pedestrian crossing. A bridge could be built over Coldean lane

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Students should take more responsibility for their behaviour.

In the same way that the bus company goes to schools to talk about responsible useof buses, they could go to the university and have a meeting. The bus company couldtake packs to the university like CityClean do

Landlords: Residents could work with the landlords and the university to check thelandlords agreement re keeping gardens clean and tidy.

Noise from the road was a big problem: could they try highway shielding to decrease

noise. Parking is checked regularly by Neighbourhood warden, traffic warden

Annual clean up of woods: this was tried with the youth group and Lewes RoadConsortium. There was less involvement from the wider community. There was asuggestion that there should be an awareness campaign to get Coldean Residents torespect their environment. Solar panels, e.g. on the library would have to be discussedwith Hanover.

Varley halls expansionPositive aspect could be that the students would get on and off the bus near their Halls ratherthan in the middle of Coldean, which would keep noise down. Residents would like to know

more about what Kevin (Community Liaison officer) does and work with him to improverelations with students.

Refuse: what needs to be done

improve communication with CityClean; garden waste

Redo environmental survey

Send to CityClean

Invite CityClean to meeting with Residents Association

Update information on website regularly

Residents Association would do the above

Vehicle parking: what needs to be done

Residents Association will take the issue to the SCLAT

Where parked in the wrong place, get PCSO to talk to

Residents Association to put in school newsletter for awareness about double parking

School field: what needs to be done

School and Colts should discuss funding for levelling the pitch with the Sports fundingmanager at BHCC

Organise a meeting to discuss with the school and sports facilities

Communication SolutionsFacilitator Community TDC Volunteer

What needs to be done to make changes?

Regular set meeting with service providers

Resident reps to update in the format of conference

E news letter discussion groups online

The involvement of more volunteers. Members of the Residents Association currentlydeliver the Newsletter, which they fit into their busy lives.

A volunteer bank was suggested, which could match volunteers according to their

skills, not only on the newsletter, but on other groups that rely on volunteers. The library felt they could hold some copies of the newsletter to ease the problem with

circulation. This was felt unhelpful, as it would not reach all residents.

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the School and the local authority will allow them to have a port-a-cabin on site forchanging and storage facilities.

There is likely to be some section 106 funding available for the improvement ofcommunity facilities.

That Carol Page at the Sports Development Team at Brighton & Hove City Council willhelp identify funds and develop a plan for the development of the lower field at theschool as a multi-use sports pitch and associated facilities.

Sport and Exercise for Older People

Older people would like the opportunity to use the swimming pool

Tai Chi for older people stopped because only regularly attended by four people butthose four would like the group to start again

There was quite a lot of interest in ballroom dancing. It was identified that there shouldbe a class to cover the basics before each tea dance particularly for men.

Games afternoons, including skittles / short mat bowling

Conclusion of the dayParticipants:

It would be important to go to the local council and say what Coldean wants Give individual people from groups a task to take forward the actions

Generally people felt there has been a positive result since last conference althoughsome felt that more could have been done; Conference reports could have been morewidely circulated

It was suggested to have the next conference on a Saturday so that people who areworking can come to it

It was the hope of the participants that there will be action from the ConferenceTDC Community Development Worker (CDW)

The Report was available from last conference very soon after the conference

The CDW will begin to address issues that have arisen from this conference

Explained that we all need to work together to get the work done in Coldean- thegroups and the CDW will work together to take it forward.

TDC Project Manager

Thanked everyone for coming and participating

TDC will identify issues from the Conference to take forward

Thank you to facilitators, service providers, WTP, Kalishia for organising conference

Participants were asked to fill in the Evaluation Form

Thank you & Goodbye

Evaluation of the dayA summary of participants evaluations has been compiled. Overall, this feedback indicates

that people felt that they had learnt something new and found the conference useful. The

Conference could have been improved by having more of a balance of service providers and

residents throughout the day.

Facilitators met to evaluate the event on 1 October. Their comments have been noted in

order to feed into future events. Overall, facilitators felt the day went well and the aims hadbeen broadly achieved: there was a good turn out; it generated a lot of discussion and a

number of issues and actions have been noted. It will be important to ensure participants and

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their groups are involved in the follow-up of the Conference. The report and action plans will

be sent to service providers and residents who participated and to the different community

groups for further follow up.

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