<
Participatory budgeting - You get £50,000, you decide how it’s
spent!
Voting has now closed - this article is for information
only. Results to be announced in February 2011
A key element of our Value for Money Strategy is encouraging
tenants to have more of a say in how money is spent.
In response to this the Board have set aside £50,000 and it will
be up to tenants to decide where we allocate these resources.
Over the last few months we have been asking tenants for their
ideas and suggestions for the type of schemes that could be
delivered with this money and the Tenants’ Panel has now evaluated
each idea to make sure that it is legal, feasible, can be delivered
within the budget and benefits RBH tenants in some way.
Now it’s your turn to get involved! We need your help in
deciding which of the suggestions should be funded. Take a
look at the list below and use the voting card sent to you inside
the December issue of Tenants Talkback to indicate the three
schemes you wish to vote for – indicating your first, second and
third choice.
We will award three points for your first choice, two points for
your second and one point for your third. The scheme which
attracts the most points will win. If the winning scheme can
be completed for under £50,000 the remainder of the money will be
awarded to the next highest ranking scheme that can be delivered
with the funds available.
If the winning scheme or schemes will directly affect individual
tenants then we will need to consult with them to make sure that
they are happy for the scheme(s) to go ahead.
We will announce the winning scheme(s) in February and follow
this up with a feature in the Easter issue of Tenants Talkback.
If you have any questions please telephone Sue Kershaw on 01706
273829 email or Wayne
Storey on 01706 273834 email.
Make sure you return your voting card by Monday 10th January to
ensure your vote is counted.
| Number |
Scheme |
| 1 |
Tackling dog fouling. |
| 2 |
Providing security features such as spy holes, ID card slots
etc. |
| 3 |
Holding children’s play schemes, trips out, fun days and
activities during the school holidays. |
| 4 |
Fitting a new front door at Chisholm Court. Also fitting 3 new
gates to the Wood Street bungalows, taking down the inside wall of
the garden wall and replacing the railings on the outer wall which
are dangerous. |
| 5 |
Re-painting the metal fencing on Brotherod. |
| 6 |
Creating a garden for tenants of flats at Cartmel Walk,
Middleton. |
| 7 |
Creating a communal seating area at Walton Close, Heywood. |
| 8 |
Fitting safety doors and buzzers at Nelson Street,
Middleton. |
| 9 |
Easing parking congestion on Wren Green, Newbold, by lowering
kerbs and making driveways to the 2 bungalows that have sufficient
space. |
| 10 |
Relaying uneven paving stones on garden paths on Hawthorn Lane,
Milnrow and fitting new locks to the garden gates. |
| 11 |
Creating a path over the grassed area on Hill Top Drive for
safe access to properties on Hill Top Drive, Kirkholt. |
| 12 |
Providing alley gates at the rear of Hind Hill Street, Heywood
to improve safety and security. |
| 13 |
Revamping the raised flower bed area at Goldbrook Close,
Hopwood. |
| 14 |
Installing speed humps on Brimrod Lane, Roch Mills Crescent and
Holborn Street, Rochdale. |
| 15 |
Setting up a youth group through the tenants and residents
association to provide a range of activities for 6 to 19 year olds
on the Brimrod estate. |
| 16 |
Laying tarmac on the courtyard at the front of the bungalows on
Hope Street, Falinge Hill. |
| 17 |
Installing CCTV cameras on Smallbridge estate to help combat
anti social behaviour and providing some skips to help clean up the
area. |
| 18 |
Fitting a handrail along the sloping pathway outside bungalows
on Bowling Green Street, Heywood. |
| 19 |
Providing skips on Kirkholt. |
| 20 |
Flagging the plot at the back of Bideford Road and putting a
gate for communal pedestrian access to the bungalows. |
| 21 |
Clearing and levelling the area at the back of Elm Street,
Moorclose where the garages were demolished. Then painting
hopscotch and other games for small children only to use.
|
| 22 |
Refurbishing the perimeter fencing around the community kick
pitch on Freehold. |
| 23 |
Tackling anti social behaviour in Newbold through initiatives
to improve security/safety and by providing parenting skills
training and activities for children and teenagers. |