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Dusting off the winter blues as weeks of action come to Basford

Spring’s coming early to Basford as the first Week of Action in 2010 gets underway from Monday 25th January.

A packed programme for the week will see action on crime and criminals, extra work around improving the environment, a big anniversary for SmartWater, and a special meeting around neighbourhood priorities during 'Respect for Basford 2010'.

SmartWater

The 50,000th property to be protected in the City will be reached on Tuesday in Heathfield. The property marking system plays a major part of the Weeks of Action project, with a target of a 1000 homes being protected during every week.

Basford and neighbourhood priorities

A public meeting on Tuesday 26th January will allow residents in Park Lane and Heathfield to put forward their ideas for the area. The local neighbourhood management team and other services and agencies in the area will be there. The meeting will take place from 6.00pm to 8.00pm at the Queensberry Baptist Church, Queensberry Road.

Environmental crimes campaign - Ellis Guilford school

Year 7 pupils at Ellis Guilford will be subject to a mock trial for environmental crimes as part of the City Council's continuing campaign against littering amongst the under 18s. The pupils will take the different roles in the trial, and will role play three different outcomes to learn the penalties for persistent littering offenders. The local police beat manager will also be involved for added authenticity (from 9.00am, Tuesday).

Reading champions at Ellis Guilford

On Wednesday the 27th, local councillors will give children from local primary schools a presentation book voucher to mark the launch of the Reading Champions scheme across the Ellis Guilford family of schools. Each child from years 1 to 6 will receive a £5 book voucher to help them in their quest to become Reading Champions. The presentation will take place in the Learning Resource Centre at the school from 2.30pm.

Environmental activities

City Services and Street Scene will be installing new litterbins, removing graffiti and cleaning up fly tips around River Leen and Whitemoor Allotments. Offenders on Community Payback will also be used to help with cleaning and other projects as they arise during week.

Fire safety talks

Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service will be talking to youngsters at Southwark Infant & Primary School (Tuesday to Thursday) and to residents of the Kersal Court and other Sheltered Housing Complexes in Basford (Friday).

Fun day at Ellis Guilford

There’ll be a chance for everyone to get involved in some weekend fun and games on Sunday, 31st January, as Ellis Guilford School & Sports Centre hosts a Fun Day with loads of activities, including

• Dog Training Demonstration
• Sports activities for all ages
• Creative Art Workshop
• Face painting & Henna
• Free Lunch
• Music
• Health Checks & Slimming Advice

The day runs from 10.00am to 3.00pm at the School and Sports Centre on Bar Lane.

Police and Community Protection - extra patrols

These will be on hand throughout the week to reassure the community. People will be encouraged to use the ASB Hotline (0115 915 2020) to report anti-social behaviour and crime in their community.

Police will also be carrying out various operations to crack down on crime and criminals, bus lane enforcement days, along with colleagues in British Transport Police who will be carrying out a rail safety operation at the Park Lane crossing on Tuesday.

There will also be a chance for everyone in Basford to get involved in the BEST of BASFORD project, which is a video and visual art project aiming to capture the spirit of Basford from the point of view of residents, both young and old. The project is taking place across the Basford community from now until Jan 31st.

Further information

The invaluable work and activities carried out during ‘Respect for Basford 2010’, will benefit not only Basford communities, but partners, services and agencies involved in the week, as they all invest significant levels of resources into implementing the ‘Respect’ campaign, to make Nottingham’s neighbourhoods ‘cleaner, greener, safer and healthier for everyone’.

As with all Weeks of Action, the organisations involved have set challenging targets to reach over the course of the week. The results of the Week of Action will be available at the end of the week on request.

Allan Breeton, Director, Neighbourhood Crime & Justice for Nottingham Crime & Drugs Partnership said,

We’re really proud to have reached the landmark of 50,000 homes protected by Smartwater as part of the highly successful Week of Action programme across the City.

Respect for Basford 2010 continues the pioneering work by focussing on the needs of the community by dealing with anti-social behaviour and environmental crime, which have been raised as issues by local people.

More information on the ‘Respect for Basford 2010’ Week of Action - contact the Neighbourhood Management Team on 0115 915 9129.

Smartwater - call the Burglary Reduction Team on 0115 915 3701. Smartwater appointments can now be made online, via the Nottingham City Council website by clicking here: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/smartwater.

Basford and neighbourhood priorities - for more information, please contact Julia King on 0115 915 9126.

(Friday 22 January 09:00:00 GMT)

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