16th MAY 2009
· Southlands
· Community
· Development
· Taster Training
· Welcome
· Name
· Why you came today?
· Something good about Southlands
· Something you would like to be different
SMART
Specific
Measureable
Appropriate
Realistic
Timely / Timescales
Communication
Developing people’s skills
GROUP AGREEMENT
· Develop realistic action plan with dates
· Action to follow talk
· Everyone and every opinion is important
· Volunteer for action
· Confidentiality
· Listen to each other
· Recognise each other’s strengths
· Helping each other
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME
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Community Spirit Friendship
Being able to discuss ideas with other people
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My own development – learning
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Working for charity and other people
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To better the community for myself and my children
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Making new friends
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A sense of purpose
Satisfaction
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Do as much as possible
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Helping when and where I can
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Helping
More things for my family
Life fulfilment
Happy providing service
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Help in my role and a future for all
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Meeting more people and making more friends
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More comfort/security
More friends
More cuddles
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Being appreciated
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Developing friendships in my community
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Feel needed
Get more involved
Make new friends
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The joy of serving my community in some way
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WHAT’S EXPECTED OF ME? / WHAT I WANT TO OFFER?
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Support
Friendship
Time
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My time to train to gain skills to share with others
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To work for the community in any way my time is needed
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To be tolerant and listen to other people
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Help with what we have to offer however small
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Doing what I can with my disability
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Speak for normal person
Meet my final goal
Organising things
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Practical help
Organising
Resourcefulness
Prayer
Talking things through
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Helping practically in some way
I love gardening
I’m a mum & grandmother (I do have time constraints as I work)
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Contact for young families and help develop them.
Friendship and guidance
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My time to train to gain skills to share
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Good communicator
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Helping each other
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WHAT IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
· Making improvements
· Talk to each other / smile
· Have fun
· Willingness
· More interaction between different groups
· Clear about how it will happen
· Family forum is an example
WHAT IS COMMUNITY
· Spirit of community
· Sense of belonging
· Knowing people
· Helping each other / look out for others
· Trust
· Lack of fear
· Being considerate of others in your area
· Net working
· Identifying local skills and services
· Working together for a common cause
· Mutual support young and old
· Place of belonging
· Interactive groups
· Smiling and saying hello
· A group of people
WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE WE A PART OF
· Church
· Swimming
· Under 30’s
· Under 40’s
· Over 50’s
· Over 80’s
· Engineering
· Gardening
· Mums
· Cricket
· Sport
· Allotments
· Charity – lifeboat – St Barnabas
· British legion
· Political parties
· Cooking
· Fitness
· Healthcare – practitioners
· Ill health
· Holidays and travel
· Southlands – fundraising
· Britain’s got talent
· Computers
POSSIBLE CHANGES
· Community hall
· Longer opening hours – community garden
· Run of community to residents involving young and old people
· Lack of facilities for children and teenagers
· More involvement of families
· More things to do
· Increase ‘friendly’ involvement
· Improve roads
· Accident and emergency department at Southlands hospital
· Parking on corner Wilmot rd (Milward Court)
· Easier access for buses
· Better bus service
· More say in the local community
· Pulling together as community in Southlands
· Enable to experience wellbeing in all aspects
· More seats in local park
RESOURCES (group 1)
SOUTHLANDS
Post Office
Hairdressers
Convenience shops
Park/play area
Bus shelters and bus services
Community hall – Milward Court
Southlands hospital
Two churches – St Giles & St Julian’s and other church groups
Nursery
Southlanders – community group
Neighbourhood watch
Mixture of accommodation
Schools
Rest/ take away?
Royal George
Community allotment
Mobile library
Community cafe
Football team
Groups and clubs
Other voluntary groups
Glebelands special needs
WHATS AVAILABLE ‘UP THE ROAD’
Wadurs swimming pool
Superstores – retail/DIY/gardening
Quayside youth centre
Riding stables
Buckingham and middle road Adur recreation
Railway / airport / harbour and Brighton marina
Residential – sheltered homes
Special needs
Cinemas / clubs/ pubs
Horse racing circuit
City dog stadium
The Albion
County cricket ground
Beach and national park
Museums and libraries
Museum and old houses
Two universities Sussex and Brighton
Piers – Brighton and Worthing
Vibrant voluntary centre
Theme parks
Transport network
Fire stations and lifeboat
Lighthouse
Ferries – Newhaven and Portsmouth
Gatwick triangle
Tourism
Pink pound
Political conferences
Venue for national events
RESOURCES (group 2)
SOUTHLANDS
Hospital
Schools – Primary – Secondary
Parklands Green
Milward Court Community Cafe
Middle Road Green
Glebelands
Allotments (Community Garden)
Mansell Rd Post Office
Shops – Stoney Lane, Mansell Rd, Co-op, Upper Shoreham Rd
Pub – Royal George
Bus stops (2,9,46)
WIDER
Children’s Centre – Middle Rd
G.P. Surgeries
Corner House Drop in Centre
Southwick Square Shops and Green
Wadurs – swimming
Scouts
St John’s Ambulance
Stores – Holmbush, B&Q, Halfords
Churches – St Julian’s, St Giles, Methodist churches
Libraries – Shoreham and Southwick
Southwick community church
Southwick leisure centre
Southwick community centre
Dolphin road industrial estate
RESOURCES (group 3)
Post office - Mansell road
Hospital tea bar – League of Friends Hospital shop and bookshop
Kings Manor / St Julian’s / Schools / open space
Parklands swings
Allotments – Williams Rd / Middle Rd
Buckingham Park – Cup Cakes Cafe – Communication Centre
Southlands Community Cafe
Swimming pool – Wadurs
Local pill box for reinforcement
Cubs / Scouts / Brownies
Hospital
Doctors
Sheltered accommodation
St Julian’s Lane boy’s school
Kings Manor School
Glebelands Day Centre & Social Services
Nursing Homes – Cavell House, Kingston House
Kingston Buci family centre
Bumps and Babes
Churches – St Giles & St Julian’s
NEXT STEPS
1. Ann to type up flipcharts by end May
2. Ann & Andy to circulate to all participants
3. All invited to Southlanders Committee on Tuesday 19th May @ 7pm
4. Peter to put information on the web site
5. Develop plan to update Southlanders Community Action plan and local neighbour improvement plans
6. Training in community surveys, profiling, finding out what residents think
a. 1 to 1 discussions
b. Group discussions
c. Questionnaires
d. Authorisation
7. Planning
a. What and how
8. Next training date 30th May 10am – 1pm
9. £9,000 for training, community profiling development plans
10. Feedback from today to local and county councillors
a. Future Southlanders committee agenda item
11. Informing community budgeting processes
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