Community AssemblyUpdate

SWCA Members Briefing January 2011

Parks and Countryside

Delivering Quality Open Spaces (Sheffield Standard)

• Improving Green and Open Spaces (3% year-on-year increase in the

number of sites that meet the Sheffield Standard)• Green Flag achievements (at least 1 in each Community Assembly area)• 23 Selected Play Sites Delivered• 200 Allotment plots brought into productive use• Site for Urban Food Growing created• Local Nature Sites/SSSIs – into active management• Promote/deliver tree planting (3000)• Income Generation – supporting sustainable management• Action Plans (including Health & Activity, Education & Learning)• Customer engagement/ Community Involvement• Welcoming Spaces

Sheffield’s Green and Open Space Strategy

Key Deliverables – first 2 years

Wider Neighbourhood survey 2006 and Local Resident Survey 2008 which provide the evidence for local open space needs.

Local resident's perceived barriers to use

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DogFouling

Vandalism Don't feelsafe

Lack offacilities

Age/Disability

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Too faraway

Lack ofdisabledaccess/facilities

Too manyroads to

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What need does quality improvement meet?

2008 Quality Audit

Numbers of sites above/below Sheffield Standard per Community Assembly (Overall 647 of 917 sites below Sheffield Standard)

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What need does quality improvement meet?

What is the Sheffield Standard?

1. Welcoming2. Good and safe access3. Signage 4. Equal access for all5. Community Involvement6. Safe equipment & facilities7. Personal security in park 8. Dog Fouling 9. Appropriate provision of facilities10. Quality of facilities11. Litter & waste management12. Grounds maintenance,

horticulture and habitat management

13. Building, infrastructure &/or equipment maintenance

South West 2010/11Quality improvement sites

Pilot site Identified Improvements

Totley Brook Road (33)

Site signs and seating.Strimming/ cutting back ofhedges and entrances andremoving fly-tipping. TreePlanting to provideincreased shade.

Totley Hall Road (34)

Signage and seats, strimming/ cutting back of hedges and entrances. Goals need painting and the tennis net fixing.

Gillfield Wood (44)

Signage. Picnic benches,woodland benches and alitter bin. There is a needfor repairs to a dry wall and a crushed brickPath.

Categories of assessment:

Years

No. ofSites reaching Sheffield Standard

20 year plan1 2 3

Sheffield Standard

Within the 20-year lifetime of the Green and Open Space Strategy all of Sheffield’s publicly accessible Green and Open Spaces will at least meet and sustain Sheffield Standard

Approx. 900 sites

A step change in the quality of sites year on year

Continuous improvement – to sustain the quality of existing Sheffield Standard sites

What is the Sheffield Standard?

Welcoming Good safe access, signage and interpretation, and access for all

Safe & Secure

What is the Sheffield Standard?Safe equipment and facilities, dog fouling, site presence, good sight lines and good health and safety standards

Clean & well maintained

Good play provision

No Swings

What is the Sheffield Standard?

Litter, waste management and vandalism addressed. Horticulture and habitat management

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South West Community Assembly, 2008 PPG17 Audit Results