Eleven benches for Severn Walkway
Eight traditional design benches
together with three Wye-Knot benches are to be provided for the Severn
Walkway, chairman Ted Dowling reported on February 21. Funding for this
project includes £4500 from the Severn Waste Environment Fund and
£2140 from Herefordshire Ciry Council. SHARP also hopes to contribute
to the development on land off Dorchester Way.
SHARP
ball court
vandal-proof "so far"
Asked at the AGM (November 11) how successful SHARP's major achievement
- the ball court - had been, a spokesman said it was appreciated by local
youths, is still well-used and, so far, has "proved to be vandal-proof".
Regarding the project to install
eight bench seats round Shaw Walkway, one suggestion is that they be sponsored.
Chairman Ted Dowling, secretary
Kathleen Keeler and treasurer Des Parish were all relected
Benches,
or play surface
are possible projects
Youth shelter abandoned at September 14 meeting. Funding in hand: £5000
(Severn Waste), £5000 (Children in Need), £2500 (HCC). Possible
projects: benches along Shaw Walkway, improved all-year surface for Northolme
CC play area.
No
go for the
youth shelter
A survey provided by
Dist Cllr Glenda Powell at the August 10 meeting showed that more local
residents were against rather than for SHARP's proposal to erect a youth
shelter near Waterside Road. It was unanimously decided not to proceed
with the project. The fund providers (Children in Need, and Welcome to
our Future) will be contacted and asked if they agree to transfer the
funds to a different project on the same site, the same project on a different
site, or a different project on a different site.
The provision of bins
to reduce litter and broken glass round the ball court was discussed but,
since these could be abused, it was decided not to proceed.
Shelter
proposal
up in the air
The June 15 meeting took the form of forum in which three local residents
(two from Argyll Rise and one from Dunoon Mead) put forward concerns about
SHARP's proposal to install a youth shelter at a site east of the A465.
Anti-social behaviour
at the ball court installed by SHARP was cited as a reason against this
new move though it was later agreed that alcohol drinking, by youths said
to be under-age, was the reason for this rather than the recreational
opportunities offered by the ball court. It was pointed out that absence
of recreational facilties was frequently deemed to be the cause of anti-social
behaviour.
Dist Cllr Phil Edwards
said he had been approached by many people who had welcomed the ball court.
A further problem is that funding for the shelter comes from Children
in Need and if the project is not completed within a set time-scale this
will have to be returned.
A door-to-door survey
of houses in the relevant area revealed more residents in favour than
against.
It was finally agreed
that a smaller youth shelter would be acceptable together with an additional
separate bench if this could be funded by the council. However, since
the meeting, the residents have said, via Dist Cllr Glenda Powell, that
seating was not agreed.
Bantamweight
SHARP
now going for Pod
SHARP (South Hereford Area Regeneration Project) is a
tiny, Belmont-based organisation which punches above its weight. Its most
recent achievement was finding the funding for, and creating, the new
ball court at the junction of Southolme and Waterfield roads, officially
opened in August. Now the organisation has obtained £5000 from Children
in Need, plus £2399 from Herefordshire Council for a Youth Pod,
a meeting point for young people incorporating some protection from the
weather.
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