You Decide! at St Matthias Community Centre (LAP7) 
2009
Thank you to all 130 residents who took part
in You Decide! at in Poplar on Monday 9 March.
During the event participants heard about 33
extra council services and projects available to buy to
improve their neighbourhood and other residents’ lives.
Find out more about the services and
projects participants chosen from to help improve local areas.
(pdf, 890 kb)
Here’s how you decided
With the £280,000 of council cash - £140,000
for each ward Limehouse, East India and Lansbury.
Participants voted on the best way to spend the budget to benefit
their local community.
Here are the extra council services and
projects participants wanted in the order they were voted for:
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Early GCSE in Mother
Tongue:
This will mean children from the age of 11 can
learn languages such as: Bengali, Arabic Turkish, Chinese and Urdu
and take their GCSE exam early.
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£35,000
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Youth Inclusion
Programme:
This programme will help to prevent 13-17 year
olds at risk of entering the criminal justice system, by working
with 75 teenagers.
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£50,000
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Youth Inclusion and Support
Panel:
The panel will work with 30 children aged 8-13
who have become know to the police or council’s youth offending
team and may have anti-social behaviour warnings or acceptable
behaviour contracts.
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£35,000
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Extended Learning (Out of School
Hours):
This will provide out of school study support
to cover a wide range of learning activities outside normal lesson
time. Young people can participate in this voluntarily.
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£18,000
(per school)
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Drug Outreach Worker:
The worker will be based in the community
offering advice, support and routes into drug rehabilitation
treatments.
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£85,000
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Zero Tolerance Drug and Crime
Operations:
This will fund targeted drug, crime and
anti-social behaviour operations in known crime hotspots in the
area. The funding will allow the Safer Neighbourhood Teams to
maintain daily uniform visibility and work on proactive
operations.
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£35,000
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Women’s Lifeguard Training
Programme:
This programme will encourage women to train
as life guards, helping to increase access to swimming for women,
and it is likely to create jobs for women who complete the
training.
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£8,000
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Improved Street Lighting:
This means lighting will be improved. Trees
will be cut back were they block the light, lanterns will be
cleaned and light bulbs replaced before they fail.
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£10,000
(per street)
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Flashing Speed Reduction
sign:
Signs will be placed on roads were actual or
perceived speeding problems exist.
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£2,500
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Shrub Beds:
This project will provide 30 meters of new and
refurbished shrub beds in parks and open spaces. It will include
other, various bulbs, roses, ground cover and climbing
plants
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£1,000
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