Over 40 residents attended our monthly meeting on Tuesday. Here are some notes to give a flavour.
Anna Clews came to talk to us about the Albany care home and said she was hoping to organise some community events which will include:
- A champagne reception on National Care Homes open day on Sat 19 June
- Teapot Tuesdays from 2-4 pm from 7 July
She also hopes to transport some of the Albany’s residents to future Ward Focus meetings. The Albany Care Home is located behind London Court at 7 London Road.
County Cllr Roz Smith reminded us about National Carers’ Week from 8-14 June and gave us web links to various websites relating to carers:
Care Matters Summer 2015
Partner Organisation Directory 2015
Further information for carers and updates on Carers Week can be found on the County website or on Face Book or by telephoning 0845 050 7666.
Anthony Frankland gave us a presentation on the work of the County Council’s Learning Disabilities Daytime Support Service. This includes helping people into education and employment and equipping them with social and everyday living skills. Ruskin College and the Co-op help with this too.
If you want to know more about the services provided in Headington, please check out their website
We reported back on the actions we had taken following last month’s meeting. And here are some further issues that residents raised with us:
- Granite fletts in North Place need pointing as cycle wheels get stuck in them
- The Plain ‘improvements’ – more use to pedestrians than cyclists? Is it a waste of money? We discussed the County Council’s proposed measures of success
- Problem with taxi parking on the corner of Latimer Road
- Headington Car Park – dangerous driving and a need for a half hour tariff?
- Ingle Close open space – can this be used for allotments?
- Road sweeping needed in 6 roads in Highfield and New Headington
- Pavement cycling by Cheney School pupils at the London Rd bus stop
- Osler Rd parking outside the designated areas
- Trimming of trees outside the NOC
- Digital citizenship survey – is too much council money being spent on digital delivery of services?
- Bus stops and through routes
- Parking in St Andrew’s Road – it’s going to be surfaced on 24th June
Last but not least – we all plan to go along to the Headington Festival this coming weekend 30/31 May, and invite you to check out the Neighbourhood Forum stall in the Park on Sunday where copies of the character assessments of different parts of the area will be available for you to see, as well as draft policies for comment into the Headington Neighbourhood Plan.
Headington is the only City ward where councillors hold open monthly public meetings and invite residents to raise issues of local concern.