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19th
July
2004
Get Organised to Improve our Open Spaces Dudley Council has £3.4 million pounds to give away to worthy projects involving parks and open spaces - but people in the north of the borough - which includes Gornal, Sedgley and part of Coseley - risk losing their share through apathy. The money has been allocated to Dudley through the Government 'Liveability' initiative. The Council has specified 'Friends Groups' as the management mechanism for identifying suitable schemes and implementing them, and already considerable useful work has been done by such groups in areas like Mary Stevens Park and the Priory. However, North Dudley is lagging behind and at last week's Area Committee residents were urged to get organised in order to benefit from this exciting injection of cash into the community. Cotwall End Valley is a particular example of a potential recipient of grant funds, if a Friends Group can be established and an appropriate action plan generated. However, the Council will also consider a wide variety of ideas, so if you know of an open space which could be brought back into use, made safer, improved for the benefit of the public etc., the first step is simply to contact the Council for advice on how to form and operate a Friends Group. If our chunk of this welcome windfall is diverted elsewhere through lack of interest we will no doubt be the first to complain. So let's prove to the Council that we are not as apathetic as they think! For further information, contact Trevor Williams at Dudley MBC on 01384 815589, or get on to the website at www.dudley.gov.uk and look up the officer responsible, Duncan Lowndes. newsdesk@yampy.co.uk. --> |
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