The area around The Meadows (formally the Closes) area
Redcar will get the opportunity to learn new skills and get their voices heard
as a week of activities take place as part of the ‘Redcar and Cleveland Love
It’ campaign.
Coming as the
result of work done in Neighbourhood Action Partnership meetings chaired by
ward councillors Chris Abbott and Billy Wells, residents on The Meadows estate will
lead on tackling issues affecting the estate including anti-social behaviour and
general cleanliness. They will also be forming their own residents’ group to
continue this week of action in the future.
Starting on
Monday 24 October, members of the ‘Love It’ team will show residents on The
Meadows estate how to use their recycling, green waste and general waste bins
as well as implementing some anti-theft measures including spray painting house
numbers and street names on bins and offering tips on how to secure bins.
There will be a
skip day, dates to be confirmed, so people can get rid of bulkier rubbish for
£3 each and the money raised will go towards funding new activities and
initiatives around the area.
One of those
activities is a community litterpick on Thursday 27 October at 10.00am where
council staff, residents and volunteers will come together to clean the estate.
It isn’t just
waste and recycling that will be part of the week of action as a healthy
lifestyles workshop takes place at Rye Hills School from 9.00am – 11.00am on
Tuesday 25 October with a healthy eating workshop on the afternoon.
There will also
be a microwave cooking taster session at Roseberry Library on Thursday between
1.30pm and 3.30pm.
Also passing on
their knowledge is Cleveland Police who will be running a session on crime prevention
and Cleveland Fire Brigade will be doing patch walks, both on Thursday.
Cllr Billy
Wells, Independent ward councillor for Newcomen, said: “Hopefully if this week
of action is a success it will encourage residents in other parts of Newcomen
ward to create their own group and have their own week of action and as ward
councillors I will work with Cllr Abbott to continue to support this.”
Cllr Chris
Abbott, Deputy Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland and Lib Dem councillor for
Newcomen, said: “The area needed a new management plan and it is great to see
that residents are prepared to work alongside the two ward councillors the
community development team and all the other local agencies to help deal with
the anti-social behaviour problems, rubbish dumping and get to work on
improving the appearance of the area.”
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