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Friday, 15 February, 2008
 | Update on St Mark & St Francis Community news |
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County Councillor Mary Douglas updates as follows:
Victoria Park has won the first stage of lottery funding for a major ‘revamp’. This first stage pays for a detailed design to enable the District Council to bid for money to actually do the work…
Hudsons Field’s Management Plan has been formally adopted, so we should be seeing some improvements here too.
Stratford Community Centre – the plans for this area, with new affordable housing, have been rejected, so it’s back to the drawing board…
Salisbury Vision is continuing apace, with plans and projects becoming more specific. We should see some of these coming to fruition within a year or so, while others, such as the major change of use for Churchfields, will take much longer.
Plans for the Market Place go to the District Council Cabinet for approval this month and, if approved, a Design Competition is planned, with entries to be judged by the end of the year.
Health and Social Care – with major changes in the top management teams of both the Primary Care Trust and County Hall, there is now a real sense of working together to tackle the (considerable) challenges facing us.
The County Cabinet is meeting regularly with the non-executive Directors of the PCT to make sure that we join up our services, our plans and our funding.
Monday, 04 February, 2008
| County Councillor Mary Douglas |
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Victoria Park - has won the first stage of lottery funding for a major ‘revamp’. This first stage pays for a detailed design to enable the District Council to bid for money to actually do the work…
Hudsons Field’s - Management Plan has been formally adopted, so we should be seeing some improvements here too.
Stratford Community Centre – the plans for this area, with new affordable housing, have been rejected, so it’s back to the drawing board…
Salisbury Vision - Plans for the Market Place go to the District Council Cabinet for approval this month and, if approved, a Design Competition is planned, with entries to be judged by the end of the year.
is continuing apace, with plans and projects becoming more specific. We should see some of these coming to fruition within a year or so, while others, such as the major change of use for Churchfields, will take much longer.
Health and Social Care
The County Cabinet is meeting regularly with the non-executive Directors of the PCT to make sure that we join up our services, our plans and our funding.
– with major changes in the top management teams of both the Primary Care Trust and County Hall, there is now a real sense of working together to tackle the (considerable) challenges facing us.
I hope you had a good break over Christmas and are refreshed and ready for the New Year!
2008 promises to be a very interesting year for St Mark’s and Stratford, for Salisbury and, indeed, for Wiltshire. Just some of the changes which lie ahead…
| Mary Douglas on Culture |
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As Wiltshire Cabinet Member for Culture, I have been talking to many fascinating people across the county, who are doing wonderful things in the arts, theatre, music and sport. It never ceases to amaze me just how much cultural activity is going on.
My aim is to harness this good work to help those most in need. Taking part in a theatre project, for example, can reach a disaffected young person in a way than nothing else can, completely changing the way they see themselves. As a result, the life of that young person is set on a totally different, and altogether better, path. For an elderly person, joining a local handicraft, or physical exercise, group can help them to stay in their own home within their local community for as long as possible.This year, many new faces have arrived on the Salisbury cultural scene. I have met up with the new Director at Salisbury Arts Centre, the new Chairman and Director at SalisburyMuseum and the new Executive Director and Artistic Director at the Playhouse. These are all innovative people with bold and exciting ideas. We are privileged to have them working in our city and I look forward to seeing the fruit of their labour.Finally, Salisbury Library has recently opened a new Teen Lounge. It was launched in December with great celebration and much loud live music! If you have not yet seen it, do go and have a look…
| Tree Cutting at Old Saram |
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Councillor Mary Douglas asks "What’s happening to our trees?"
Some of you have expressed concern that trees have been chopped down at Old Sarum. English Heritage are doing this because the tree canopies were creating shade which was killing the grass, leading to soil erosion. Some of the mature trees are also dangerous or are significantly damaging the structure of the ancient monument.
As part of their survey, English Heritage has numbered all the trees. Please be reassured that not every numbered tree is to be felled!
If you want to find out more, please ring Shane Verrion on 01722-434416.
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