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Appendix 1 Image Below Right: Charlotte Henshaw - Rio Celebration Event Image Below Left: Ollie Hynd - visits Croft School Images Below: Ollie Hynd - Attending the Special Olympics Sports Day event Images Below: Brierley Forest Park Run SUTTON LOCALITY PLAN ANNUAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 2017 1.0 Health and Wellbeing Health and Wellbeing Opportunities Rio Celebration! A meet and Greet with Charlotte Henshaw, Rio 2016 Bronze Paralympic medallist took place in October in the Idlewells Shopping Centre. Active Ashfield Sports Awards 2016 Winners from the Sutton area included Louisa Chatwin (Coach) Meg McFarlane (Junior Disabled Sportsperson), both from the Lammas Ice Skating Club, Holly Felton (Junior Sportsperson) and Croft Primary School (Primary School Award). Active Ashfield Games Targeted dance sessions were delivered at Croft Primary and Skegby Academy Schools, followed by performances at Active Ashfield Day Active Ashfield Factor ‘Sing in the Ring’ Karaoke session at Starbox gym Active Ashfield day/Ashfield Tour of Britain Launch in July at Sutton Lawn attended by around 2,500 people throughout the day Tanya Towle from Sutton was runner up in the Active Ashfield Factor Final 2 Special Olympics Sports Disability Events held at Lammas Leisure Centre. The events were available for pupils with a disability from local primary and secondary schools to have a go at a variety of different sports. The events were attended by the following Sutton Schools – Dalestorth Primary, St Mary’s Primary, Skegby Junior Academy, Quarrydale Academy, Sutton Community Academy and Woodland View Primary GP Referral Scheme - From July 2016 to July 2017, there were 4,766 visits to GP Referral sessions held at the Lammas and Huthwaite Leisure Centres. Active Ashfield Sports Awards 2017 - Nominations are open for Active Ashfield Junior Sportsperson and Junior Disabled Sportsperson - the closing date is Friday 29 th September. Help Your Health - a launch event was held September 2016 at Summer House Childrens Centre. Consultation was conducted to identify health priorities and identify any gaps in provision. A cooking on a budget course has been arranged as a result. Brierley Parkrun - Brierley Forest parkrun is now available on a weekly basis. Since it started in September 2016, 2,237 runners have taken part with an average 164 runners per week. Start - Starbox community gym in Stanton Hill have been supported to deliver a new exercise class ‘Nifty Fifties’. Starbox and Sutton Youth Centre will deliver the leadership programme for young leaders from September. Mums’ Movement - balanceability courses will be available to Mums with children under 5 at Sure Start Leamington. Breastfeeding Friendly Scheme– Lammas Leisure Centre and Sutton Library have been accredited to the scheme. Workplace Health – Lammas Leisure Centre have been supported to achieve the Bronze Award. DST now known as Paragon (Sutton Printing Company) have also been supported to recently submit a Silver Award application. Walk Leader Training - 60 people have been trained as ‘Walking for Health’ Walk Leaders over the last year. This will enable them to deliver walks in their local community. Public Access Defibrillators (PAD) Public access defibrillators provide vital first response life-saving equipment in the event of a medical emergency. A private donation has funded the installation of a new PAD at the Council’s Northern Depot site on Station Road. 1.1 Improving Health & Wellbeing

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Appendix 1

Image Below Right: Charlotte Henshaw - Rio Celebration Event

Image Below Left: Ollie Hynd - visits Croft School

Images Below: Ollie Hynd - Attending the Special Olympics Sports Day event

Images Below: Brierley Forest Park Run

SUTTON LOCALITY PLAN ANNUAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 2017

1.0 Health and Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing Opportunities

Rio Celebration! A meet and Greet with Charlotte Henshaw, Rio 2016 Bronze Paralympic medallist took place in October in the Idlewells Shopping Centre.

Active Ashfield Sports Awards 2016 Winners from the Sutton area included Louisa Chatwin (Coach) Meg McFarlane (Junior Disabled Sportsperson), both from the Lammas Ice Skating Club, Holly Felton (Junior Sportsperson) and Croft Primary School (Primary School Award).

Active Ashfield Games • Targeted dance sessions were delivered at Croft Primary and Skegby

Academy Schools, followed by performances at Active Ashfield Day • Active Ashfield Factor ‘Sing in the Ring’ Karaoke session at Starbox gym • Active Ashfield day/Ashfield Tour of Britain Launch in July at Sutton Lawn

attended by around 2,500 people throughout the day • Tanya Towle from Sutton was runner up in the Active Ashfield Factor Final • 2 Special Olympics Sports Disability Events held at Lammas Leisure

Centre. The events were available for pupils with a disability from local primary and secondary schools to have a go at a variety of different sports. The events were attended by the following Sutton Schools – Dalestorth Primary, St Mary’s Primary, Skegby Junior Academy, Quarrydale Academy, Sutton Community Academy and Woodland View Primary

GP Referral Scheme - From July 2016 to July 2017, there were 4,766 visits to GP Referral sessions held at the Lammas and Huthwaite Leisure Centres.

Active Ashfield Sports Awards 2017 - Nominations are open for Active Ashfield Junior Sportsperson and Junior Disabled Sportsperson - the closing date is Friday 29th September.

Help Your Health - a launch event was held September 2016 at Summer House Childrens Centre. Consultation was conducted to identify health priorities and identify any gaps in provision. A cooking on a budget course has been arranged as a result.

Brierley Parkrun - Brierley Forest parkrun is now available on a weekly basis. Since it started in September 2016, 2,237 runners have taken part with an average 164 runners per week.

Start - Starbox community gym in Stanton Hill have been supported to deliver a new exercise class ‘Nifty Fifties’. Starbox and Sutton Youth Centre will deliver the leadership programme for young leaders from September.

Mums’ Movement - balanceability courses will be available to Mums with children under 5 at Sure Start Leamington.

Breastfeeding Friendly Scheme – Lammas Leisure Centre and Sutton Library have been accredited to the scheme.

Workplace Health – Lammas Leisure Centre have been supported to achieve the Bronze Award. DST now known as Paragon (Sutton Printing Company) have also been supported to recently submit a Silver Award application.

Walk Leader Training - 60 people have been trained as ‘Walking for Health’ Walk Leaders over the last year. This will enable them to deliver walks in their local community.

Public Access Defibrillators (PAD)

Public access defibrillators provide vital first response life-saving equipment in the event of a medical emergency. A private donation has funded the installation of a new PAD at the Council’s Northern Depot site on Station Road.

1.1 Improving Health & Wellbeing

Images Below: Brierley Forest Park

Images Below: Kings Mill Reservoir Heritage Lottery Fund King and Miller to Kingfisher Project

Improvements to Parks and Open Spaces

Brierley Forest Park Three Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation within Brierley Forest Park have been surveyed by an ecologist and recommendations made to help inform their ongoing management. All the footpaths have been numbered with new marker posts and signage to help visitors navigate their way round the park.

Huthwaite Welfare Park As a result of the play area project work undertaken in partnership with the University of Derby, a funding bid was submitted to the Veolia Environmental Trust. Unfortunately the bid was unsuccessful, but opportunities for alternative funding sources will continue to be explored and it is intended to submit a bid to Nottinghamshire County Council’s Supporting Local Communities Fund by December.

Kings Mill Reservoir The annual programme of Himalayan balsam pulling has been commissioned on the reed bed and River Maun in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council’s Biodiversity Action Group and a team of local volunteers.

Footpath resurfacing work has been completed around the north side of the reservoir completing the access improvements around the full extent of the reservoir.

Further development work has been completed towards the second stage Heritage Lottery Bid following the success of securing the development grant. Consultants have been appointed who are working on the development of:

� Visitor centre design improvements � Dredging and wetland design � Sediment management � Education pack development � Viaduct restoration � Access and signage improvements � Digital media development

As part of the King and Miller to Kingfisher project, the Council have teamed up with a number of groups and organisations to help shape the future of three open spaces.

Throughout June, consultation sessions were held across Ashfield and Mansfield to discuss ideas and potential activities for the project as well as encouraging people to get actively involved and to learn more about the heritage of Kings Mill Reservoir, Sutton Lawn and Hermitage Ponds.

The workshops have been wide in their variety, reaching out to residents from as many different walks of life as possible.

Duke of Edinburgh students from Portland College helped to complete an access audit of the three sites. The students looked at the accessibility of entrances, car parking, signage, pathways and the café facilities. Their recommendations for improvements will be included in the project bid for the second stage of funding in early 2018.

At Kings Mill Reservoir sessions were held on Saturday 17 June to discuss ideas and potential activities for the project activity plan. The morning’s walk and talk session involved representatives from local friends groups, community organisations, heritage societies, walking groups, along with representatives from the NHS, Fire Service and the local sailing club. One group member at the walk and talk session said: “I really enjoyed the workshop today. It’s always good to work with other parties and gain a perspective from all angles. I always learn so much from working with others who I may not have considered had a stake if I was just looking from our own point of view”.

The afternoon consisted of a family friendly wildlife activity session for the International Club which gave youngsters the chance to enjoy making bug hotels and go on a wildlife safari to spot insects and animals at the reservoir.

The Council and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust attended the monthly meeting of the Forget-me-not Dementia Support Group at Trinity Church in Kirkby. The group members gave their opinions on potential activities and enjoyed a dementia-friendly wildlife activity session with recordings of birdsong and planting of wildflower seeds.

1.2 Investment in Parks and Green Spaces

Images Below: Kings Mill Reservoir Heritage Lottery Fund King and Miller to Kingfisher Project

Images Right: Sutton Lawn Wheelchair Accessible Roundabout and New Footpath

Image Below: Lindley’s Windmill

Improvements to Parks and Open Spaces (continued)

Kings Mill Reservoir (continued) Project stands were set up in King’s Mill Hospital and the Lammas Leisure

Centre.

Consultation was also carried out at the Ashfield (Notts) Canine Society Companion Dog Show on Sutton Lawn and a family picnic event at the Polish School in Mansfield. A number of the ideas raised at the sessions will be included in the activity plan to encourage local people to get actively involved and learn more about the heritage and wildlife opportunities at the three sites.

Heritage and conservation groups joined the Council to see the inspection works being undertaken to the Kings Mill Reservoir viaduct and have a talk by the conservation accredited engineer overseeing the work. The inspection works will inform a maintenance plan to safeguard the structure for future generations.

Lindley’s Windmill - The mill which dates back to 1821, is one of only two stone built windmills remaining in Nottinghamshire. The structure is Grade II listed and was renovated by Ashfield District Council.

A film about the history of the mill can be viewed inside the building with many interesting artefacts and the opportunity to grind flour. The mill was opened for National Mills Weekend on 13th/ 14th May by Sutton Heritage Society and will be opening for the national Heritage Open Days on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September from 11am – 4pm.

Oval play area – Working in partnership with The Community of Christ Church, the Council has secured funding from Nottinghamshire County Council’s Supporting Local Communities Fund to improve this play area on the Carsic estate. Consultation work on the choice of new equipment has been undertaken with children from the church’s Peacemakers group and school council members from Brierley Forest Primary School. The new equipment is due to be installed by March 2018.

Ashfield Estate Play area - Working in partnership with the Alfreton Road Area Community Leisure Group, the Council has secured funding from Nottinghamshire County Council’s Supporting Local Communities Fund to improve this play area on the Ashfield estate. Consultation work on the choice of new equipment has been undertaken with school council members from Mapplewells Primary School. The new equipment is due to be installed by March 2018.

Sutton Lawn A wheelchair accessible roundabout has been installed within the play area to improve access to play for all. A new footpath has been constructed providing a new pedestrian link between the lake and upper parts of the park.

Green Flag Awards Brierley Forest and Sutton Lawn have retained the prestigious Green Flag Award for the 15th and 13th years running. Flag raising events will be held at both sites to mark the occasion.

Healdswood Recreation Ground Footpath resurfacing has been completed at the recreation ground improving access through the park and to the play facilities.

Image Above / Left: Keep Britain Tidy Celebration Event Images Below: Volunteer Recognition Event

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2.0 Economic Regeneration

Identify and Develop Volunteering Opportunities

Over 40 Environmental Volunteers attended a celebration event at Ashfield District Council Offices as a thank you for their contribution towards the Council’s achievement in winning the Community Engagement Award at the Keep Britain Tidy Network Awards. The Council received the award for its work empowering local people to get involved and look after their local area through litter picking, bulb planting and various other environmental tasks.

Since the initiative started, there have been 7 Sutton schools involved in the Green Buddy Scheme and 140 volunteers and 201 Green Buddies have taken part in 17 ad hoc environmental initiatives across the Sutton Area.

As part of Make a Difference month in October 2016, the Council promoted volunteering opportunities across Sutton and showcased a range of environmental projects and events across the District through press releases, the Council’s website, Facebook and Twitter to inspire people to ‘Get Up, Get Involved and Get #mad4ashfield’.

The Council held the annual Recognition Event on 28 June to celebrate the valuable contribution that volunteers made to Council projects and initiatives within the last year. Regular volunteers received a tree pin badge in recognition of their efforts whilst groups received a certificate. The event included a buffet, awarding of recognition certificates and pin badges by the ADC Chairman and opportunities for networking. Background music was provided by a harpist and violinist to set the mood. Volunteers also contributed to a promotional film which is being made to highlight volunteering in Ashfield.

2.1 Increasing Skills & Employment

Apprenticeship Grants for Employers - have continued to be offered to encourage and incentivise employers to recruit apprentices. Training providers operating across the area are helping us to promote the £1,500 per apprentice grant

Enterprising Schools Projects - Delivery continues, a business case for additional funding after 2017/18 has been made.

Careers in Local Government - Two graduates and one undergraduate from Ashfield undertook successful placements in Corporate Communications and Legal at the Council during 2016. Graduates and undergraduates are being invited to apply for project placements in preparation for summer starts. A business case for additional funding after 2017 has been made.

Annual Jobs Fair - The annual jobs fair brings together local employers with vacancies, recruitment specialists, training providers and organisations set up to provide practical employment, support and guidance with residents who are looking for opportunities to either return to employment, make a career change or access training. It will take place in September.

Networking Events for Business Start-up’s / Women W ho Do and Entrepreneurs’ Forum Networking Forums - Events providing the opportunity for businesses to network, inter trade and benefit from expert speakers and seminars have taken place through 2017 in order to continue supporting individuals to develop their entrepreneurial skills.

Support Adult and Community Learning - Various local schemes supported through networking and volunteering opportunities.

Retail Business Forum and Commercial Opportunities

We continue to work closely with the local retailers in developing business links across the district. This has included re-issuing the grant funding information, and the retailer support offered by the Regeneration team.

The initial trial of cashless payments does not seem to have had a detrimental effect on market stall holders though this is work in progress leading to full implementation from the 1st September. Refurbishment of Sutton Indoor Market - The refurbishment work continues, with the recent opening of the central atrium allowing public access to the new roof light for the first time.

Community Events in the Town Centre

The Town Centre and Markets team continue to promote the market on Portland Square to new and existing traders. The new location is proving to be a huge success with the Sutton community and continues to be well supported by traders. An Easter shop window competition, with a trophy donated by Showstoppers of Kirkby was well supported by Sutton retailers, helping develop working relationships across the town. The Outdoor market plant fair held in May was a huge success and was again well supported by local producers and traders.

With the Tour of Britain coming through the district, we have an opportunity to hold a shop window competition to support the race - The Picture House have kindly donated a prize. All retailers along the route have been visited and given promotional material and further information on our business grants.

2017 Christmas Events - The Sutton Christmas Festival will take place on Saturday 2nd December. This will incorporate the tree lighting, a stage with entertainment, snow globe, community involvement and a Christmas market. Huthwaite tree lighting is likely to take place on 7 December (to be confirmed) and Stanton Hill tree lights will be switched on in early December, both events will be organised by the local community. The Ashfield Activities Association are hosting a community Christmas event on Stanton Hill High Street on Sunday 3rd December.

Stanton Hill High Street Regeneration Plan - The plan has been completed. The identified proposals will be considered as part of the ongoing work in line with the objectives of the Council’s Priority areas, which include Stanton Hill.

Floral Initiatives

10 flower tower displays were installed across the Sutton area to provide bright and colourful features in Sutton Town Centre, Huthwaite, Stanton Hill and Skegby. Colourful summer bedding displays were created in the town centre, on traffic islands and on Sutton Lawn. Officers are working in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council and the Idlewells Centre Manager to improve and update the shrub bed outside Sutton bus station.

2.2 Regenerating Town Centres

Gateway Signage - New Gateway signage has been installed across the area, and with a successful SLC bid from Notts County Council, replacement signs will be placed on Nottingham Road, Derby Road, Hamilton Road and Coxmoor Road.

3.0 Place and Communities

Even Cleaner Streets and Litter Awareness Initiatives

During the last year, engagement with groups and schools to undertake litter picking events and awareness raising initiatives has resulted in many positive activities taking place across the Sutton area.

Litter Assemblies - have been developed to raise awareness of littering and environmental issues, to date they have been delivered in Sutton Schools including Dalestorth, St. Mary Magdalene and Forest Glade.

Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean - during March the team were involved in community clean up events to support this initiative in Teversal Village and at the Stanton Hill end of Brierley Forest Park involving 30 volunteers.

Clean Street Awards - Love Where You Live - Events have been held in the New Cross Area including a ‘Clean Street Fresh Start’ tidy-up event which collected over 4 tonnes of waste in just one morning and a ‘Clean up Your Butts’ event focusing on cleaning up cigarette butts whilst encouraging people to quit smoking. Support and advice was available at the event via the smoke free Nottinghamshire mobile service.

Green Buddy Scheme - The scheme is about encouraging children and young people to get involved in taking positive environmental action to make a difference in their local community. In Sutton, officers worked with local Councillors and Huthwaite volunteers to hold a very successful Green Buddy event on Brierley Forest Park. 57 children from All Saints and John Davies were involved in various environmental challenges to compete for the Brierley Forest Cup. Green Buddy recycling activities were delivered at Leamington School in partnership with Notts County Council and Veolia during April, over 100 children took part.

Leamington Blooms - thanks to local school children and volunteers - Children from Leamington Primary Academy formed a gardening club and recruited volunteers to design, dig and plant a large flower bed over several months, they have signed up to become regular volunteers to look after the flower bed.

Children and volunteers from Sure Start signed up to winter and summer planting the large trough to enhance the appearance of the entrance to the Leamington Estate. In March a tree planting day with funding from the Woodland Trust was organised to plant 100 seedlings on green spaces around Leamington – linking in with a Community Hub event to engage the local community.

Leamington Community Hub Open Day and tree planting event was held in March and an Easter activities event was held in April.

Environmental Volunteers • Over the last year, there have been a further 41 Sutton volunteers registered

with the Council; this brings the total across the Sutton area to 65 adults. These volunteers continue to regularly litter pick, tidy greenspace areas and support projects and initiatives.

• Environmental volunteers have been recruited to tidy, weed and plant an island on Carrfield Close on the Carsic Estate.

3.1 Reducing Crime and Anti -Social Behaviour

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Community Protection

There are robust Partnership patrol plans in place and Nottinghamshire Police and our uniformed Community Protection Officers pair up on a Friday and Saturday evening to operate across Sutton dealing with anti-social behaviour and nuisance activities. Weekly there is a management tasking meeting to enable risk to be assessed together within the hub, this includes key partners such as social care, youth offending and probation to manage what causes issues to the residents within Sutton and the surrounding areas. Much work has been carried out with social care to understand where our most complex families and individuals live to ensure that the needs of the communities are met. By working with schools that are often the eyes and ears to our vulnerable children and issues that they may face at home we have been able to coordinate support using various tools and intervention plans such as Acceptable Behaviour Contracts for the young children, talks with small groups of children around nuisance behaviours and multi-agency meetings around the families to help and support. Collectively as a wider Ashfield incorporating our colleagues in waste services we have a stronger understanding around key indicators and the fact that this may lead to further complex issues within the family unit. As a Community Protection team we have supported people to clear the waste and recycle correctly but at the same time understand what is going on in the household and sign post or offer interventions from Community Protection to move forward more positively.

Working with partners and The Hub - At this moment in time key functions across Ashfield are all co-locating within the Hub at the council offices. This has led to stronger communication and understanding of what affects all services and how actions impact on each other. An example, of this is recently we have carried out operational activities as a partnership tackling various streets specifically in the New Cross area to discuss issues from over grown gardens and poor waste management to poor housing standards. By sharing relevant intelligence around people and locations that are of concern across the partnership hub we have endeavoured to ensure that people do not suffer in silence and that key interventions are implemented.

Enforcement - Community Protection want to help and support people to sustain and achieve positive futures but sometimes this may not be achieved and enforcement action has to take place to support the victims of this behaviour within our communities. Anti-Social Behaviour Case Officers continue to support and offer change options to the offenders. Recently the team has been successful in obtaining two Youth Injunctions and two Adult Injunctions that related to particular behaviours in Sutton town centre, New Cross and the Leamington area. The injunctions included exclusion zones to ensure that those who had suffered the most were no longer targeted. Out of the four injunctions there have been offenders that have been taken to court and imprisoned for their behaviours and the impact that they have had on the community. Upon their release we will continue to hope that we can work positively but we will take action if required. There has been concern over people drinking in Sutton town centre which has been causing significant nuisance for business and the local community. In partnership with Nottinghamshire Police we have continued to challenge and address this behaviour to ensure that this does not continue. Following efforts to amend the behaviours of one individual that so far failed we have now successfully obtained a Criminal Behaviour Order meaning that it is a criminal offence to drink and cause a nuisance in Sutton in Ashfield. This should send a clear message to the community highlighting that this is not tolerated.

Other Activities - there is a strong desire to ensure that demands within our communities are understood and that residents continue to be happy with the service that Community Safety offer. As mentioned the close work that is carried out with the environment team enables dog fouling and littering to continue to be targeted, utilising the Public Space Protection Order to support these actions. By understanding the demands that present Community Safety it enables good planning and resources to be allocated accordingly.

New Cross Support Team

Based in the heart of the New Cross community in Sutton-in-Ashfield, the New Cross Support Team works with individuals and families in the area, supporting residents to live a self-sufficient and balanced life. Consisting of officers from agencies including Ashfield District Council, Nottinghamshire Police, Notts Fire and Rescue Service, Jobcentre Plus, and Notts County Council, the team works closely with residents to build trusting relationships that lead to sustainable solutions. Since January 2016, the team has worked with approximately 200 residents in the locality, as well as a host of residents located in the wider Sutton area, assisting with issues such as finances, anti-social behaviour, housing disrepair, environment issues, community safety, fire safety, benefits and employment. Over 80% of residents we have worked with say their situation has stabilised or improved as a result of our interventions. A full evaluation report is available on request. If residents would like to know more about the New Cross Support Team, or they live in the area and would like to see how the team can help, please call David Hinds (Team Leader) on 07957 377 367 or contact via email [email protected]

3.2 Community Cohesion and Support

Develop partnership projects around community ident ity

In partnership with voluntary sector organisations, Community Action Officers continue to provide information and signposting services to a range of local opportunities, support and advice networks across Sutton. This includes the Sutton food banks and the Let’s All Eat weekly community eating events, both of which provide invaluable information on volunteering, education and employment opportunities as well Citizens Advice.

Partnership projects continue to be held to increase community pride and respect in the neighbourhood areas of New Cross, Leamington, Carsic and Teversal and are being developed in Stanton Hill.

Stanton Hill Quality of Life – partnership working to deliver targeted work identified through community consultation linked to the Help your Health and Even Cleaner Streets initiatives.

The Friends of Sutton Lawn were supported to apply for Greenwood funding for a Community Orchard which was successful. The group were then supported to plan and deliver the planting event involving Forest Glade and Croft Schools on Sutton Lawn.

The Brierley Forest Park Trust were supported to deliver a tree planting event following the success of their application for a Greenwood tree planting grant.

The Good Neighbour Scheme was piloted in partnership with Surestart in the Leamington area in August as part of a Play Day event which was very well received. This model is due to be replicated in the Stanton Hill area.

Support Community Groups to become more empowered a nd sustainable

During the last year, continued support has been provided to a wide range of Sutton community groups and organisations through the community grants and community support process. This includes governance support and advice, group set-up, funding support, event and activity planning and guidance. Groups worked with include the New Cross Community Links, the Friends of Sutton Lawn, Huthwaite Youth Club, the Ashfield Activities Association and the Happy Wanderers Walking Group. Starbox Community Gym have been supported to complete an application for charitable status which was successful, this will now enable them to apply to new funding streams as well as accessing certain rebates.

Sutton Area Groups and Services

Community Action Officers continue to review the information held on groups in order to provide them with opportunities to engage with services and keep the community informed and involved. In the Sutton Area there are 116 known groups which include churches, interest clubs and societies, children and youth groups, safer neighbourhood and tenants and residents, luncheon / breakfast clubs, older peoples groups and food banks.

Additionally there are 16 groups delivering district wide services including advice and support, first aid, older people, self-help and general interest.

Ensure Communities have more of a say on what goes on locally

• Representatives from groups and organisations applying for grant funding continue to be invited to attend Sutton Area Committee meetings.

• The team have taken on board community comments and where possible, public consultation exercises are delivered locally in various Sutton venues for example at Kings Mill Reservoir, The Oval and Lammas Leisure Centre

• Regular updates are circulated to community members and groups to provide them with information and articles about funding opportunities, guidance and relevant legislation, training opportunities and community activities and events taking place in their areas.

Member’s Grants

During 2016/2017 : • Sutton Councillors awarded 37 community grants with a total value of £13,945 during the 2016/17 financ ial year • Of these 35 were for community groups or services delivered in the Sutton area and two were for groups delivering in

Sutton and another area of Ashfield • Groups / activities funded included:

o 10 awards for environmental/planting projects o 9 awards to benefit children/youth groups o 3 event awards including a Remembrance Parade o 2 awards to older peoples groups o 4 awards to sports clubs o 2 awards to support groups with for room hire o 1 award to a food bank o 1 award towards a replacement mini bus o 1 award towards cctv/shop fitments o 1 award for signage o 1 award for choir books o 1 award for an information board o 1 award for safety equipment

The grant funding was used by groups for a range of different purposes as detailed above, the funds support groups who might otherwise struggle to provide activities for their local community.

If you would like further information about any of these projects please get in touch by contacting the Sutton Locality Team:

Donna Mellar / Julie Wright Melanie Wheelwright / Paul Crawford Community Action Officer Investment and Projects Officer 01623 457451 / 01623 457249 01623 457451 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Team Locality Team – [email protected] Community Protection - [email protected] Environment Team - [email protected]