Kingsway Villagers

My 6 year old female cat named Molly went missing last night (25th of February).

I only got her yesterday from Cheltenham rescue centre and she’s very shy and timid… She accidently escaped last night when I opened my back door to put some washing on the line and she shot through my legs!

Molly is pure white with random ginger patches on her back. She has an unusual black and grey stripey tail and bright green eyes.

She is a family cat and my two children miss her so much and we all want her returned safely to us, so basically what I am asking is if you could check your gardens and underneath your cars and see if she is there.

Molly is a very scared cat and she doesnt get along with other cats so she will probably hide in places like bushes, sheds or under cars; she’s the kind of cat that would hide somewhere and won’t come out unless found.

If you do find her in a hiding place she may not come to you as she is very shy, but she will come if you entice her with cat treats or cheese (she likes cheese a lot), and if you start to stroke her head, she will let you pick her up… (but please approach her slowly or you may scare her away).

We will be very grateful if you find her and we just want her returned.

If you see any sign off her please can you contact me - Tracey on 07591608472, or my daughter Kim on 07896024103, or return her to us at:
8 Mildenhall Way, Kingsway, Gloucester, GL2 2DH.

Please help us she means a lot to us.

Thank you.

In October 2008, Jason Dunsford posted a comment here about a new Gloucester City employment initiative called “Gloucester Works”.

What is “Gloucester Works”?

An organisation created to implement the City Employment and Skills Plan (CESP):
An initiative aimed at getting people (back) into work.

Who Is Jason Dunsford?

Jason is the Community Area Co-ordinator for Gloucester Works (South).
You can contact Jason at:
GloucesterWorks,
Gloucestershire First,
Conway House,
33-35 Worcester St,
Gloucester,
GL1 3AJ
T: 01452 450059 – M: 07971 309004 – E: jason.dunsford@glosfirst.co.uk

When did it start?

The official launch of Gloucester Works took place on the 7th October at the Kings Walk Shopping Centre with a public signing of the City Commitment.

What is the City Commitment?

The Gloucester Works City Commitment is a voluntary, public commitment by a company, as an employer within Gloucester City, to work with the Gloucester City Employment and Skills Plan to shape a better future for our City by:
1. Building the reputation of Gloucester as a place to live and work through our employment practices.
2. Becoming a stakeholder in the City of Gloucester.
3. Advertising recruitment opportunities to local people through Gloucester Works Jobs Bank.
4. Encouraging and supporting all your employees to up skill themselves both to assist your businesses productivity and to improve their employability and futures.
5. Work to ensure your workforce meets a minimum educational standard of Level 2 qualifications.

Representatives from a wide spectrum of partners signed the agreement which shows their pledge to work with Gloucester Works.
Employers including Ecclesiastical, Ramada Jarvis, Gloucester City Homes and SLG Beauty signed the City Commitment.
A variety of partner organisations also signed the commitment including the City and County Councils, Learning and Skills Council, training providers and Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company.
All employers, whether public, private or third sector, are invited to sign the commitment and enjoy the benefits of upskilling their workforce, advertise job vacancies to a committed and skillful pool of people and be part of change in Gloucester. Organisations supporting Gloucester Works to engage with local people are also invited to sign the Community
Commitment.

What is the Community Commitment?

The Gloucester Works Community Commitment is a voluntary, public commitment by an organisation to work with the Gloucester City Employment and Skills Plan to shape a better future for the City by:
• Referring clients onto the programme
• Supporting the Community Area Co-ordinators to engage with local people, particularly hard to reach groups
• Working together with partners to avoid duplication
• Encouraging and supporting all employees and volunteers to up-skill
themselves and reach a minimum educational standard of a level 2
qualification
• Inform the development and implementation of new employment and skills activity Community Area Coordinators are committed to supporting organisations by:
• Facilitating the referral mechanism and providing partners with feedback of client progression
• Communicating with partners on a regular basis
• Promoting partners signed up to the commitment
• Supporting and adding value to first steps provision where appropriate
• Identifying and minimising barriers to client participation
• Always being client focussed
(For more information contact Kim, Jason, Jo or Nas on 450064 or info@gloucesterworks.co.uk).

How Do I Enrol?

Employers:: Contact the Employment Engagement Manager on 01452 450067, 07971314901 or employers@gloucesterworks.co.uk
Individuals: Complete the form available here.

Hi Guys,

I know the village has got some bad press but a friend of a friend who is a teacher on the estate provided me with some information which – to be honest – left me quite stunned! I’ve copied and pasted what I can and I think you’ll agree it makes for shocking reading.

Not enough of the houses have sold so they were sold cheaply to the housing association and an email was sent to all social workers/EWO’s/ advising them if they had any problem tentants who they wanted off their patch, move them to Kingsway!

Until the School opened, we had all the children coming to our school and they are not a nice bunch

Our Head’ went to a meeting about the place the other week and the Police said it is now "one of the worse places in Gloucester, full of drug addicts, criminals and now the drug dealers have started cruising about"!

Teachers at school seem really good, very experienced but one teacher told me that only 2 of her 29 were from private housing, 17 free school meals, 5 on child protection…

Not the original plan for the village, which was suppose to be a nice private development with just a small smattering of social housing – that’s the credit crunch for you!

3 charities that have centres in white city / coney hill have opened centres in Kingsway because most of their most ‘needy’ clients have relocated there!

The police seargent described it as "a terrible social experiment that was going very wrong!"

This was in an e-mail between teachers in the local area. Shocking huh?

I’m not a particularly snobbish person and I know we’ve all got problems with the credit crunch especially those in the building trade but if the above is true I can’t see how it’s possibly legal. If it is true surely I should be able to sue my builder for misrepresentation of the property and the surrounding area? Or take issue with our MP or something?

I’m just totally stunned. I’ve seen minor incidents around the estate but have put this down to general estate life and the fact that Quedgeley isn’t really the nicest area in the world anyway, but if this is the direction it’s going in then I want out. I must admit when I’ve heard people from Severnvale saying how problematic Kingsway is I’ve begun to wonder.

Does anyone have any concrete information on what is happening to the estate? I for one won’t be sticking around if the above is true as having grown up on trouble estates in Birmingham as a child I don’t want to go through that all again.

It seems like everything on this estate is turning out to be a let down. We still haven’t even got pavements for crying out loud!

I really hope someone can help ease my fears.

Tony