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Malcolm Robinson

Bedlington AMT

By Malcolm Robinson, in News,

West Bedlington Town Council is currently working alongside Action for Market Towns (AMT) on a Bedlington Benchmarking Project.
Benchmarking has been conducted by AMT in over 120 towns across the country and involves capturing data on 12 Key Performance Indicators within town centres such as retail offering, footfall, car parking, business confidence, shopper origin and town centre user views. Once the town centre has been reviewed, AMT will provide West Bedlington Town Council with a comprehensive report highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of Bedlington Town Centre, how it could be improved, examples of good practice and how the town fares against other towns of a similar type from across England and Wales.
In the past, Benchmarking has been used to understand how town centres operate, plan and develop regeneration initiatives, measure the impact of developments and as an evidence base to attract funding.
Whether you are a frequent user or someone who rarely visits Bedlington, we would like to know your views - both positive and negative!
The Council would like to encourage as many users of the town centre to put forward their views by completing the online benchmarking survey which can be found on the West Bedlington Town Council website, Bedlington.co.uk web site or the hyperlink below.
www.markettownresources.co.uk/BEDLINGTON/bedlington_tcu.htm
Hard copies are available in the council office as well as locally.
This benchmarking exercise has been funded by Northumberland County Council.
Malcolm Robinson

Bedlington Town Plan

By Malcolm Robinson, in News,

Venue

West Bedlington Town Councillors will be in the Community Centre Front Street West, from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm on Thursday 19th September 2013 and from 10:00am to 3:00pm on Saturday 21st September 2013, to invite views and comments and help complete the questionnaire from anyone who lives within the West Bedlington Town Council area.


Free Cash Draw

Questionnaires are to be distributed to all households within the West Bedlington Town area from 6th September 2013. Alternatively the questionnaire can be completed online on the Bedlington.co.uk website. Questionnaires must be completed by 30th September 2013. The Council will enter all completed questionnaires with a name and address into a cash draw and the 5 winners will be selected at random. Further copies of the Questionnaire can be requested and will be available from the West Bedlington Town Council offices at the Community Centre, Front Street West, Bedlington.


Great Opportunity

Councillor Malcolm Robinson a member of the Councils Communications and Publicity Group believes the survey "is a great opportunity for residents to get involved in the early stages of the Town's plan, a plan which belongs to the Bedlington community, is prepared by the Bedlington community and delivered by the Bedlington community. For once Bedlington residents will have a major say in not only the direction their Town Council takes with regard to various activities but also in the regeneration and development of our Town. I hope as many of our residents fill in these questionnaires as possible so we get a good cross representation of views."


What the Community Wants

West Bedlington Town Council is looking for a Plan that reflects the views of the community, identifies which features and local characteristics are valued, highlights local problems and opportunities and sets out what the community wants in the future. Once the results of the survey are analysed, the Council will use the results to help influence its future spending and service delivery.

Neil
I found out today that there is a planning application in for a 250ft wind turbine about 600m west of the Hazelmere Estate at the top end of Bedlington.
On the Northumberland Planning Portal its case reference 13/01899/RENE or can be accessed by clicking the below link:
http://publicaccess....l=MP3L8GQS2L000
The neighbour consultation period ends this Sunday (August 11th) and I'm quite shocked that I've only heard about this today from a work colleague who is objecting.
We haven't been informed of this application despite it, obviously, having a huge impact on the skyline for miles around and undoubtedly, house values will be affected for people on the Hazelmere Estate, outskirts of Bedlington and also Nedderton. As for the noise, an independent report included with the application, states that the sound will be close to a car passing at 40mph 100m away, obviously this sound is day and night and is constant.
I was viewing the documents online this morning which includes a mock up photograph from a few different angles and to say its horrendous is an understatement.
To object, you can email planningcomments@northumberland.gov.uk, before Sunday 11th August or register on the website to add your constraint.
Proposed View from North Ridge

Malcolm Robinson
West Bedlington Town Council are celebrating the award of two prestigious national awards to green spaces within its area.
The Green Flag award scheme which recognises the best green spaces in the country has been awarded to both Doctor Pit Park and Plessy Woods Country Park.
The Green Flag Award® scheme is the benchmark national standard for parks and green spaces in the UK, a site flying a Green Flag is a high quality green space which can only be a boost to its popularity.
These awards come on the back of recent awards for other green spaces in Bedlington.
Gallagher Park has been awarded Queen Elisabeth II status and is a winner of the "Fields of Trust" award. Over £25k of funding has been secured to improve and update the park.
Attlee Park has been awarded funding to improve the bandstand and immediate area with plans to secure additional funding for a new access footpath.
Building on the strength of these excellent awards the sites were included in the Town Councils application to Northumbria in Bloom. A judging panel recently visited the sites along with other green spaces and floral displays in Bedlington. The results of the entry are due to be announced at the end of September.
Looking forward the Council would like to invite any interested parties, individuals, groups or organisations to help plan their submission for next year's Northumbria in Bloom award. The Council would like to involve local residents, businesses, clubs and other voluntary organisations in the planning and organisation process by setting up a steering group specifically with this award in mind.
Any interested parties should contact the West Bedlington Town Council office for further details. You can telephone the office on 01670 457070 or e mail westbedligtontowncouncil@gmail.com
John White

Richard's History Listen

By John White, in News,

L to R: Neal Younger (Synergy), Richard Pyle
and Newbiggin Mayor Will Rogers.

And Richard's commentaries will feature in a series of broadcasts on Synergy when the station returns on 87.7FM and on-line at www.synergyradio.co.uk in August.
Richard, 53, who now lives in Zurich, was born in Newbiggin and admits to being "a huge local history buff". "I completed my masters degree on British history at Newcastle University a couple of years ago," he said. "I specialised on the history of south east Northumberland and my dissertation centred on Newbiggin."
Richard's interactive guide to 14 villages and towns includes 30 sites in his native Newbiggin including Church Point, The Haven - former summer home of the Trevelyan family of Wallington Hall, and the old colliery site.
"The app, which I call 'Village Guides' is aimed at visitors and residents alike and I hope it will contribute to a better understanding of the area's heritage," he added. Newbiggin's mayor, Councillor Will Rogers welcomed the new app. "I think it is incredible", he said. "It is an excellent guide to the area. We want people to come and visit Newbiggin, and this guide is a great and innovative way to sell the area".
The guides are available on the itunes app store priced 99p to £1.99p. For more information contact Richard via villageguides@gm.com ■
Malcolm Robinson

The Big Event II

By Malcolm Robinson, in News,

BIG EVENT PROMISES TO BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER: Big Event Poster (1).pdf
Thousands are set to flock to the site of the Miner's Picnic as locals gear up to celebrate Bedlington.
"˜The Big Event 2' is a family fun day taking placing on Saturday 25th May, from 10:30am - 3:30pm, at Attlee Park in Bedlington - which is at the bottom of Bedlington bank.
The event is being organised by local charity Leading Link, in partnership with the Bedlingtonshire Development Trust, and will feature:
"¢ Sizzling summer BBQ
"¢ Ice-cream and candyfloss
"¢ Fun Fair rides
"¢ An enterprise market
"¢ A health and wellbeing tent
"¢ An entertainment stage around the old band stand
"¢ FREE caged football
"¢ Pony rides
"¢ Art and Crafts activities and much more.
The day will also see the highly anticipated final of Northumberland's Got Talent "“ now in its sixth year "“ and a special enterprise market of local products by young people.
The enterprise market is part of a competition being running in local schools in which groups of young people have each been given a start-up grant to design, produce and market their own local products, which will be on sale to the general public on the day.
The final is being judged by a specially collated panel of judges, and the winners will be awarded £250 as well as further enterprise coaching from the Bedlingtonshire Development Trust to take their product to a wider market.
Malcolm Robinson, Chief Executive of the Trust says "We are proud to be associated with this initiative. It's exactly what we need to further an enterprise culture amongst our young people within Northumberland."
The Big Event is part of a wider heritage project for the community of Bedlington has been made possible thanks to grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and The Heritage Initiative - Bedlington.
Lyn Horton, manager of Leading Link, said: "As always - when we say big, we mean big!"
"With so much going on with our HLF project, it seems the perfect opportunity to invite everyone to celebrate this fantastic area "“ and there promises to be something for everyone at The Big Event. We want absolutely everyone, even those with no affiliation to Bedlington, to come along and celebrate the wonderful community spirit that still exists around these parts. Hopefully the sun will be shining and we can give people a Bank Holiday weekend to remember!"
Parking at Attlee Park on the day will be disabled parking only, and MUST be pre-booked with Leading Link by calling 01670 820 088 or emailing info@leadinglink.co.uk.
There will be a FREE shuttle bus running all day from the car park behind Tesco for anyone wishing to park and ride.
If any groups would still like to be involved in the Enterprise Challenge, please do get in touch by the end of this week.
If you require any more information, please contact the Leading Link team on 01670 820088.
Colin

Bedrock 2013

By Colin, in News,

Other entertainment on the Saturday evening will see The Koast Radio Roadshow at Bedlington Terriers football ground. Topping the bill will be new girl band Angels In Chaos www.angelsinchaos.co.uk along with local singer Chloe Fennell and other supporting acts.
Sunday the fun begins at 2pm. Venues in Bedlington will swing open their doors for 10 hours of live music. From solo acts to bands it's sure, once again to be a brilliant day. All venues this year will be collecting for their own chosen charities.
This year the whole event will be filmed by WooGoo productions with all money made from DVD sales going to the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Please support what will be a fantastic weekend for Bedlington.
threegee

Election Special!

By threegee, in News,

To quote a little of what was said:
So there you have it! We've agreed that the political dinosaurs who refuse to engage other than under strictly controlled conditions have no right to gag "the new politics". We've an amazing spread of views across our membership, and there's a matching tolerance to the rights of others to express their opposing views.
Maybe the best advice to members is to consider what the person you give your vote to is going to do with it after they've safely pocketed it? Are they going to go AWOL until the next election, or are you going to be able to put searching questions to them afterwards, and get a prompt explanation of why they are doing what they are doing in your name?
If there's one thing that's generally agreed it's that our Town has been badly served by "party hacks" of all parties. The "new accountability" is everywhere these days, so perhaps it's not a big ask that Bedlington gets its rightful share! â– 
John White
Produced and edited by Synergy presenter John White and based on a script by the Sixtownships community history group, the re-enactment was recorded by staff and students of Morpeth's King Edward V1 School.
The play is amongst a dozen of John's Drivetime show items in the Audio Archive
Said John: "We plan to build up the audio archive so that people in the area who may have missed local items when they were first aired will now have the opportunity of listening to them. And as we're coming up to the hundredth anniversary of such an infamous event in Bedlington's history, we felt it just had to be included as part of the archive."
Amongst other items that are now available on the site is John's transatlantic interview with expat author Paul Mann whose book "The Leek Club" describes his formative years growing up in Bedlington.
Synergy organiser South Northumberland Radio Group is applying to Ofcom for a second 28-day licence to broadcast on FM and simultaneously on-line later this year.

Listen Now
Keith Scantlebury
The reputation that Burnside has had over the last decade or two has not been the best, to say the least. Things have improved significantly over the last 12 months or so and it is our intention to build on that and make it an estate that people wont be ashamed to admit to living on.




There are many good people living on this estate and they have had to suffer the stigma of living on Burnside because of the way a certain few chose to lead their lives by disrespecting their neighbours and environment and, in doing so, tarring everyone on the estate with the same brush, things can only change for the better.
BURNSIDE ESTATE RESIDENTS GROUP
---- neighbours pulling together ----


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