This action plan reflects the Whitefoot Assembly’s priority areas identified through Assembly meetings and via outreach to local groups and individuals.
The 5 areas identified by local people as priorities are:
- crime & anti-social behaviour
- lack of community facilities
- activities for young people
- roads and traffic
- lack of community spirit
All of the ideas that people raised within the priorities can be found in the ideas document in appendix 1. To be included in the Action Plan ideas must be S.M.A.R.T. In other words, they should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and with a timescale.
Colour Key:
Priority – Crime & anti-social behaviourObjective: Reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and improve community safety
Summary of idea / Actions / Deadline / Completed / Outcome and/or next steps
A – More street lighting on the back roads and estates in Whitefoot. / Establish weather any work is being conducted around this and who the contact would be. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Check to see that work has taken place. / Apr 2015 / Pending / Work is due to commence in Whitefoot in 2014 / 2015.
B - More street patrols and more visible police, particularly over the summer months. / Establish current patrols within the ward. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Whether patrols can be increased over the summer months. / Mar 2012 / CBC / SNT unable to commit officers to increase patrols over the summer months due to Olympics and the resources required to police the event.
C – Encourage neighbourhood watch in the ward of Whitefoot. / Information available at assembly meetings for people who wish to start their own Neighbourhood Watch. / Ongoing / Yes
Promotion of Neighbourhood Watch via the SNT (Safer Neighbourhood Team) at the Whitefoot Assembly. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Establish how many Neighbourhood Watch Schemes are currently active within the ward. / May 2012 / Yes
D - Extra support and information for youth issues regarding ASB. / Establish What are other services conducting within the ward / Mar 2012 / Yes
See how the assembly can support dissemination of this information. / May 2012
Work with other services in the delivery of information and advice at community events as well as outreach. / Ongoing / N/A
Enable internal and external service providers space within the assembly agenda to provide updates on what they are looking to deliver within the ward.
Information to be made available at future meetings.
E - Surveillance cameras that work in the Whitefoot ward. / Establish where the surveillance cameras are in the ward and weather all of them are in working order. / May 2012 / Pending
Whether there is an annual maintenance check on all cameras.
F - After school activities on-going throughout the year. / Establish whether there are any other youth groups, clubs meeting after school in the Whitefoot area. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Promote these groups through the local assembly so that information is available to local residents.
Establish whether the local secondary school is offering any free / low cost after school activities for local children. / Jun 2012 / Pending
G - Encourage people to report to the SNT / Regular updates at assembly meetings to promote the SNT and the work they are doing. People encouraged to report crime & ASB. / Ongoing / N/A
Information on the SNT readily available at the assembly meetings.
H - Meeting to discuss the level of reported noise nuisance within the ward since concerns were raised in the autumn of 2010 to see whether there has been a reduction in reported cases. / Number of reported incidents to Phoenix Community Housing / Unavailable / CBC / Information not available from Phoenix as records were not kept. They have a new database which will hold this information for future evaluation.
Check to see if any private residents had made complaints to the Council with regards to noise nuisance / Aug 2012 / Pending
Information readily available at assembly meetings to report noise nuisance. / Ongoing / N/A
I - Animal welfare road show to include residents, SNT and Battersea Dogs. / Dog handlers to teach children about how to handle their dogs, provide free poop bags. / May 2012 / Yes
Work with animal welfare to ensure that information is readily available for people to find out at the assembly and also available locally.
J - Targeted clean up campaign on roads. / Information gathered through consultation at the Dog Day provided to the highways team for consideration for future stencilling. / May 2012 / Yes
K - Identify hot spots for fly tipping / Capture information through consultation to establish areas of concern within the Whitefoot ward and provide this information to our environmental waste department. / May 2011 / Yes
Encourage people to use Love Lewisham for the removal of fly tipping in their area.
Awareness raising of the LBL collection service which is available.
Information readily available at assembly meetings to report fly tipping. / Ongoing / N/A
Priority – Lack of youth facilities
Objective: Improve facilities and access to activities for young people, especially for sports and physicalactivities
Summary of idea / Actions / Deadline / Completed / Outcome and/or next steps
A - The Need for affordable/ free activities for children aged 8-19 years of age who are not referred children. Also aim to deter young people hanging around on the streets, to ensure that they are supervised activities in a safe environment. / To establish what is available for young people in the ward. / Oct 2011 / Yes
Information on what halls are available to groups readily available at assembly meetings.
What is thelocal school offering (please see summary idea “F” in the Crime and ASB priority. / Jun 2012 / Pending
Work with Dethatched team to see what in-roads they have made in getting the young people involved with local youth clubs. / Jul 2012
B - Open day where youth groups, clubs and organisations can showcase their work, what they do and encourage new members / Find out what is available for young people in Whitefoot through internal and external services / Jun 2011 / Yes
Consultation with the local schools as to what they would like to see at the open day. / July 2011
Send out invitations to groups to be part of a Youth Open Day. / Aug / Sep 2011
Delivery of the Youth Open Day. / Oct 2011
Evaluation of the youth open day.
C - Make use of contractors to teach employment skills to young people giving them practical experience. / To find out whether there is a programme for contractors to employ local people for local developments. / Oct 2012 / Pending
Find out if the local training centres such as the NDTP have contacts to aid and support young local people.
D - Local volunteers to receive some basic training for youth work with some experience of youth work i.e. teachers, army, police and coaches. / Speak with VAL (Voluntary Action Lewisham) to see whether there is a programme to training local volunteers in youth work. / Oct 2012 / Pending
Youth workers mat be able offer specific skills, confidence building or fund trips out of the ward for young people, perhaps cultural trips to broaden their horizons, introduce new interests accompanied by local volunteers.
Priority – Lack of community facilities
Objectives: Improve community facilities and access to activities for residents of the ward
Summary of idea / Actions / Deadline / Completed / Outcome and/or next steps
A - Have a restaurant, café or function room on the Green Man Site owned by Phoenix Community Housing Association. Community facilities provided within new developments and included within planning permissions. / Information on whether this has been agreed within the building contract. / May 2011 / Yes
To confirm what is available to the community within the development once built. / 2013 / Pending
B - More Phoenix type festivals in the local area to improve community spirit over the summer time. / To check on what other events are going on locally within the summer months. / May 2011 / Yes
Have information ready for assembly meetings / Ongoing / N/A
C- Better facilities within the parks for young people and families such as the play area and cafes. / Speak with Glendale as to what is availableForsterMemorial park. / Mar 2012 / Yes
To see whether anyone in the community would be willing to take on opening the café within the park / Oct 2012 / Pending
D - Make use of the following resources:
- School facilities at weekends and over the summer (like St. Dunston’s College or Bonus Pastor)
- BeckenhamPlacePark which belongs to L.B.Lewisham.
- St John’s Church Hall at Bromley Road
- Wesley Hall, Downham way
Check to see if the park is being used as a resource locally for groups and organisations within the ward. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Check to see if the church hall is available for other community events / activities. Community social events. / May 2012 / Yes
Check to see if the church hall is available for other community events / activities. Community social events. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Priority – Lack of community spirit
Objectives: Improved social interaction for the people living in the Whitefoot ward
Summary of idea / Actions / Deadline / Completed / Outcome and/or next steps
A - Coordinated Fun day / street party / big lunch. / Gather ideas and consult on what people would like with regards to a fun day / street party. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Set up a working group to help plan and deliver the event.
Delivery of the event / Jun 2012 / Pending
Evaluation of the event
B - Further communication to residents as to what is going on locally. / Meeting with all of the areas partners to see what is required to get information out to the local community. / Jan 2012 / Yes
Set up of an inter-agency group to tackle issues amongst which is communication with the local residents and how we can disseminate information throughout the ward. / Oct 2012 / Pending
C - Website such as The HUBBUB. / Look into whether a twitter or facebook account could be set up for the Whitefoot Assembly. / Aug 2011 / Yes
Work on a proposal for a live RSS (Really Simple Syndication) at the Whitefoot assembly. Could be developed via the use of Twitter and Facebook. / Mar 2012 / Yes
Access to an online Whitefoot Twitter A/C and Whitefoot Facebook Account / Jul / Aug / Pending
D- More employment opportunities as well as Information on how to volunteer and become more involved locally. / Speak with the NDTP to see if they offer information and advice on local employment opportunities. / May 2012 / Yes
Speak with Phoenix Community Housing to see if they offer any voluntary or employment opportunities. / May 2012 / Pending
Speak with VAL (Voluntary Action Lewisham) to see if they have any opportunities for local people. / May 2012 / Pending
Priority – Roads & Traffic
Objectives: Improve the conditions and concerns raised for the road and traffic issues in Whitefoot
Summary of idea / Actions / Deadline / Completed / Outcome and/or next steps
A - Roads become too crowded during the school drop off and collection & pavements become obstructed with cars either side no room for pedestrians to walk through. / To establish whether there is an aim to reduced the amount of traffic around Castillon Road and ForsterParkPrimary School during school drop off and collection. / Sep 2011 / Yes
To find out the results of the survey for parents in relation to the schools drop off and collection. / Jun 2012 / Pending
To provide these results at the autumn assembly meeting. / Oct 2012 / Pending
B - Work with our various partners to discuss viable options as to how to reduce the weight of traffic within the ward. / Speak with Highways to see if there is anything being conducted to reduce the weight of traffic within the ward. / Aug 2012 / Pending
C - To investigate whether there is an aim by the Council to reduce the speed humps in and around the estate off Castillon Road. / Speak with Highways to see if there is anything being conducted to reduce the number of speed humps in and around the estate off Castillon Road. / Aug 2011 / CBC
D - Restriction for large vehicles to use residential streets as through roads (perhaps only allowed during certain times of the day) / Speak with Highways to see if there is a restriction for large vehicles to use residential streets as through roads. / Jun 2011 / Yes
E - Gates on Evans Road to be closed at night in the summer to deter people using roads as a through cut. / Check with Phoenix to see if they have the keys to the gates and whether there is a reason as to why they are left open. / May 2012 / Pending
F - Whitefoot Lane needs to be resurfaced particularly on the park side. / To investigate as to whether there is any resurfacing work planed by highways. / Jun 2011 / Yes
G - Work with TFL / Highways to evaluate current signage within the ward and improvements to be made. / Speak with Highways to see if there are any plans to evaluate current signage within the ward. / Jun 2011 / Yes
H - Statistical information on road maintenance work carried out and timeframes for this to be completed. / Speak with Highways to see if they have this information / Jun 2011 / Yes
I - Southend Lane / Whitefoot Lane junction needs improved traffic light system. / Information on when the changes are to take place. / Jul 2012 / Pending
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