Kingsway Villagers

I was reading a post (here) about organising a 5-a-side football team, well what about a kids football team?

My son is 5 & he loves football. I have considered Quedgeley Wanderers but the hike to Waterwells every Saturday morning with 3 children doesn’t appeal, especially since Kingsway School has a football pitch that could perhaps be put to good use!

My husband is the secretary of a Football Club & I’m sure he would be more than happy to help somehow.

Everyone is quick to moan about the kids in Kingsway messing around etc… so maybe something like this would be ideal!

The latest Police SCT meeting took place on February 22nd.
On the same day, PC1706 Sam Jones started work as the new Local Beat Manager for Kingsway Village.

During the course of the meeting, we were informed of a recent public consultation undertaken by the Police; the results of the survey were as follows:

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48 indicated no problem (that they couldn’t think of an issue for the police to tackle).

21 responses related to cars. However analysing these responses further, there was no pattern of location, or type of offence.

16 responses related to kids: Hanging around, large groups gathering, nothing for them to do, etc.

15 responses related to Anti-social behaviour (ASB). Again there was no specific location, or type of behaviour. Interestingly it didn’t all happen on Friday and Saturday nights!

6 responses were issues only one person raised. Where appropriate, these repondee’s were recontacted, or their concern passed to the relevant authority.

In conclusion, nearly half of people questioned couldn’t think of something for The Police to look at.

The questionaires were carried out at over 15 locations across the local Police beat area, chosen randomly, and took approximately 5 minutes each.

Locations included several in the Kingsway, and outside Tesco’s on a Saturday afternoon.

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So, policing priorities remain the same:

1. To tackle Anti-Social Behaviour in Quedgeley, Hardwicke and Kingsway.
2. To tackle speeding motorists on Bristol Road, Green Lane and Pound Lane (all in Hardwicke).

In addition, Fraser Mackie has asked the traffic unit to increase the frequency of their patrols in Quedgeley’s area, and reported that they are planning a joint operation in the near future.

Fraser also reported that the Youth Pod will be arriving in Kingsway during the Easter School Holidays (April 12th) and (although not yet confirmed) the local youth service expect to have funding to open the pod for 3 nights per week.

For more information about the pod, contact Equals Youth Centre.

It has been a long time in the discussion, but Kingsway is about to get its very own Children’s Centre. This will be based in the grounds of Kingsway Primary School and together these two organisations will offer much needed services for children and families, in your community.

On Wednesday 3rd February from 5.00 – 7.00pm, the plans will be on display at Kingsway Primary School for any interested residents to view. Key personnel will also be present for any of your questions and for hearing your ideas for shaping our services to your community. We will also invite you to have a look around the school and to meet the Headteacher too.

Without the support of this community, others will shape the services that are offered which may not be what you would choose. Please do come along and help us get this right. Please pass the message on to any residents you think will be interested in this event.

Thank you,

Mrs Needham (Headteacher of Kingsway Primary School)

Last Friday (27th November) I attended two local meetings, as follows:

Police SCT Meeting

Complaints have been received from Kingway residents, regarding youths bullying younger children in the big park, and cars speeding on Woodvale and Thatcham Avenue. Both of these issues will receive close Police attention in the immediate future.

In addition, the Police are clamping down on local cyclists riding without lights. Spot fines will be issued and unsafe bikes may even be confiscated.

In January 2010, a new local "Beat Manager" – Sam Jones – will be joining PCSO Debbie Brimfield in Kingsway.

Youth Pod

Sheila Golder (Equals Youth Centre) reported that planning permission has (finally) been received for placement of the Youth Pod in the car park at Kingsway Primary School. The pod is expected to be sited by February 2010 (half term) and will provide some badly needed facilities for local youths.

Residents Association Meeting

The first meeting since the new committee was formed was to have included elections for the committee, but since there were 10 places and only 10 volunteers, elections were not necessary.

The meeting minutes are available on our Residents Association Home Page.

Equals Youth Centre (Quedgeley) have a fabulous program of events lined up for this summer, running from 20th July to 21st August, including:

A street games session to be held at (the big park) Kingsway, EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 6pm – 8pm.

A special Summer Project for 13/14 year olds, including trips and BBQ’s, 3 days per-week throughout the holidays…
(Click the "summer project" link above for further details).

Sheila Golder and the team at Equals Youth Centre are largely accredited with the reduction in crime and anti-social behaviour issues involving young people in the Quedgeley Parish, and are also in constant contact and communication with young people in Kingsway via their dedicated outreach workers, as well as giving constant support to young people at Severn Vale School.

Sheila is always looking for voluntary youth workers, so – if you’re interested in helping out – please contact her on 01452 722484.
 
 
For details of the full 2009 summer program, see our Equals Youth Centre page.

We are a small local Christian community (MU32U) who come into Kingsway School each Wednesday to run the school assembly.

We are considering starting a youth group, particularly for the children who will be leaving the school this year. The only way we can run such a group is if we have enough volunteers to support us in supervising the children. If your child is interested please could you email us at mu32u@btinternet.com

You can check out our website to see who we are and what other activities we run in the Quedgeley/Kingsway area.

Judi

Mrs. Judi Barr
Leader (MU32U)