issue 35 - april 2013
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New Ferry community newsletter, April 2013TRANSCRIPT
Issue 35: April 2013
See our website www.newferryonline.org.uk
The Newsletter for your Community
Published by New Ferry Residents Association, c/o New Ferry Village Hall, Longfellow Drive, New Ferry, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 5JS.
Printed by Graphitek Ltd, 32-36 Carrock Road , Croft Business Park, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 3RA
GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE
What a winter we have had! For once, New Ferry has had many things to
celebrate (as well as avoiding the heaviest snow!).
• YOUTH CLUB SAVED – see box opposite
• PORT SUNLIGHT RIVER PARK finally started on site with its
£2.3million conversion of the former landfill. The community had been
consulted on this so many times over the last decade, and the park will
now open in summer 2014. The first task, to widen the steps from
Shorefields Nature Park down to the beach, has already been completed.
You can find out more at www.portsunlightriverpark.co.uk
• SHOREFIELDS NATURE PARK has been awarded nearly £8,000 from
the Council’s Neighbourhood Fund. New Ferry Residents Association
want to use the money (and hopefully get more from other sources) to
improve paths and repair gates and fencing in the park). Find out more on
page 2 of this newsletter and come to our next meeting to comment.
• PUFFIN CROSSING INSTALLED AT JUNCTION OF BEBINGTON
ROAD AND BOUNDARY ROAD – at our meetings over the years,
residents have asked for this safer crossing facility between the
shopping precinct and Port Sunlight Village. It has now finally been
installed.
• ROADS RESURFACING – two streets in New Ferry will be resurfaced
this year: School Lane and Beaconsfield Road, whilst Egerton Road’s
footpaths will also be improved.
• CRIME RATE IN NEW FERRY HAS FALLEN thanks to everyone taking
heed of our previous newsletters and reporting crimes and anti-social
behaviour issues. The anti-crime bus has been in the precinct on Friday
evenings and extra police resources put in place to deter gangs from
causing problems. This was down to New Ferry people REPORTING
EVERYTHING that was going on. We haven’t stopped ALL of the
problems, but we have cut it down. Some of the residents in Grove
Street have joined together to form a Neighbourhood Watch. We
recommend that other streets do the same – find out more on page 4.
BEBINGTON & NEW
FERRY YOUTH CLUB SAVED
Thanks to everyone’s help, the
community pulled together to send a
message loud and clear to cash-
strapped Wirral Council: “You can make
your savings elsewhere!” The council
heeded our call, and our Youth Club is
one of the few that will survive.
Thankyou to everybody who signed the
petition. It shows what PEOPLE
POWER can do!
We can also happily report that the
Youth Outreach Team who work with
disaffected teens in New Ferry Park
will also survive the cuts.
NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING:
Wednesday 22nd May, 2013
7 till 9pm
at St Marks Church Hall, New Chester
Road
NeFRA Newsletter: Issue 35, April 2013 – Page 2
SHOREFIELDS NATURE PARK –
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
With the new park now being created on the former
landfill site, Shorefields Nature Park needs some
improvements. New Ferry Residents Association
(NeFRA) made a successful application for funding to
Wirral Council’s Neighbourhood Fund and has been
awarded £8,000.
Although there are some immediate repair/
maintenance work issues that need funding, NeFRA
would like to try to use the money as match-funding
to win additional funding from other sources. To do
this we need, to agree on what the money should be
spent on. A plan is in preparation, but we need your
comments to decide what the priorities should be.
The following suggestions have been made so far:-
• Repair the fencing and gates at either end of the wooded area, to deter access by motorbikes
which ruin the footpaths;
• Carry out a litter pick of the wooded area and cliffs to remove all the tipped rubbish and wind-
blown litter which has accumulated in recent
years;
• Remove the old gateway/entrance to the woods from the end of Oakworth Drive and to fence off
the gap to deter future access and protect the
amenity of residents in that location;
• To repair the damaged sections of footpath in the wooded area.
With additional funding, if we can obtain it, we would
like to suggest the following:-
• Introduce a new gravelled footpath along the top of the cliffs from the woods to the alley to the
rear of River Terrace (to make the boggy field
more “walkable” in wet winter months;
• Install new heritage signage explaining the fascinating history of Shorefields, the foreshore
and its incredible birdlife;
• Install new seating and/or picnic tables along the new pathway;
• Improve the steps at the end of River Terrace, with the addition of a handrail;
• Install new fencing along the edge of the park to the rear of properties in Henthorne Road, to
deter access by fly-tippers at this location.
• Install new bins where possible.
We would love to hear your comments about
Shorefields Nature Park and what should happen here
if we can get enough money to make these and
other improvements. Please let us know what you
think by coming to the next NeFRA community
meeting at 7pm on Wednesday 22nd May at St Marks
Church Hall. If you are unable to attend, but would
like to write down your comments, please do so and
send them to us at our address:
New Ferry Residents Association, c/o New Ferry
Village Hall, Longfellow Drive, New Ferry, Wirral,
Merseyside CH62 5JS
....AND HOW ABOUT KEEPING
NEW FERRY TIDY?
Despite our efforts to improve New Ferry’s
environment, there are – sadly – some people who
seem hell-bent on wrecking it.
We need to care for our environment.
As the above photo recently taken from the bottom
of the Shorefields cliffs looking upwards clearly shows,
some people keep tipping household rubbish and
building waste over the cliff edge. We are aware
that this is being carried out not only by some local
residents, but also people from outside New Ferry as
well. We are also deeply concerned that with the
Council introducing a charge to empty garden waste
bins, more residents will simply tip their garden waste
onto our open spaces.
WHY should we all put up with this? Who wants to live
in a sea of grot? Rubbish and litter everywhere? Dog
dirt on the pavements? Vandalised signs and
wrecked bins? Play equipment in the park damaged?
We appeal to everyone to take a ZERO TOLERANCE
APPROACH to such anti-social behaviour. If you feel
as we do and you witness any of the following, please
ring the Council’s Community Patrol on 0151 666 5265
and report what you see and – if you know – WHO is
doing it.
• Abandoning of litter in public areas like parks, in the street, anywhere other than in a rubbish bin.
• Fly tipping all manner of rubbish from old mattresses and plastic cots, to household rubbish.
It is sordid and squalid. Do you really want to live in
your own or everyone else’s filth?
• Churning up parks with motor bikes, quadbikes and other vehicles.
• Breaking public amenities, anything from swings and flower beds in the park to fences, pathways
and street signs.
• Getting drunk and behaving irresponsibly in public;
• Allowing dogs to foul streets, pavements and parks and not cleaning up the mess.
If we want to enjoy life we need to try to make the
world a more beautiful and happier place. Do your bit, and REPORT IT! Reporting it DOES get results!
Neighbourhood Watch is one of the biggest and most
successful crime prevention initiatives ever. Getting
together with your neighbours to take action can cut
local crime.
We all know the police are there to help us, but with the
current cuts they need our help more than ever.
YOU can set up a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in
your own street, with the help of a group of your own
neighbours – whether that be four or forty households.
And DID YOU KNOW that belonging to a
Neighbourhood Watch scheme may also help to
reduce your insurance premiums (with some
companies).
A scheme is usually led by a volunteer co-ordinator
whose job it is to get people working together and
make sure things get done. A committee is usually
formed, to discuss local issues affecting your street and
to keep in close contact with local police to share
information and advice.
If you are interested in setting up a scheme in your
street and being the volunteer co-ordinator, you can
get information on how to do so from:-
David Nichols, Wirral Watch, Merseyside Police,
Wirral Joint Community Safety Team, Old
Courthouse, Manor Road, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1BU
Tel: 0151 606 5057
or email: [email protected]
GENERAL ADVICE:
In Wirral at the moment there are some types of crime
which are currently happening. Be aware, be safe!
• Keep your house and car keys out of sight of
anyone peering into your letterbox to use a hook
on a pole to get at them (particularly car keys!);
• Keep doors and windows locked whilst you are
out in the day and at night. This includes properly
lifting the handle of modern uPVC doors and
patio windows;
• Fit a shed alarm, as garden sheds are currently a
target for opportunist thieves in this area.
BUTTERFLY PARK OPEN
DAY & ART TRAIL Sunday 5th May 2013, 11-4pm
Come and join us for
our Open Day
See ‘IMAGO’
our NEW BUTTERFLY
HUT to be opened by
the Mayor of Wirral,
Cllr Gerry Ellis at 11am
Visit the NEW
Apothecary garden, our
Caravan Visitor Centre
and Art Trail.
We have new artworks
on the trail this year
by artists:
Sarah Jane Richards,
Anna Ketskemety,
and Pamela Sullivan.
Lots to see and do for
all the family.
Follow us
@wirralbutterly or on
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/
newferrybutterflypark
for more news
• Woodland Craft
Demonstrations;
• Art & Craft tables
• Plant Sale
• Cake Sale
• Face Painting
• BBQ
• Tmbola
• Raffle
• Nature Walks
• Pond Dipping
• and ....Spider Walks
FREE ENTRY
Disable parking only on
the site; other parking
along Greendale Road
(opposite the park).
New Ferry Butterfly
Park (behind Aldi).
NeFRA Newsletter: Issue 35, April 2013 – Page 3
USEFUL INFORMATION & NOTICES:
Recycle unwanted furniture Items of furniture can be recycled by Wirral Independent
Recycling Enterprise (WIRE) and they even collect free of
charge. Ring them on 0151 638 6691
Wirral Farmers’ Market Dates The next markets will be held on:
� Saturday 11th
May 2013
� Saturday 8th
June 2013
� Saturday 13th
July 2013
Find out more at www.wirralfarmersmarket.org.uk
Anti-social behaviour Having problems with anti-social behaviour in your neighbourhood? Ring “It’s Your Call” on 0151 606 2020. The line is open 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday, with an answerphone for out-of-hours advice. All calls treated in confidence.
You can also ring Wirral Community Patrol on 0151 666 5265. They have mobile officers who can respond 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
NFRAG Newsletter: Issue 35, April 2013 – Page 4
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New Ferry Residents Association consists of local residents and business people. We work together with officers from Wirral Borough Council, local councillors and our Member of Parliament in order to improve New
Ferry. We are a non-political organisation.
If you have any community based problem which you think we can help you with, please contact us by writing to:
New Ferry Residents Association, c/o New Ferry Village Hall, Longfellow Drive, New Ferry, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 5JS Website: www.newferryonline.org.uk
Published by New Ferry Residents Association, c/o New Ferry Village Hall, Longfellow Drive, New Ferry, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 5JS.
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