You Decide! at London Muslim Centre (LAP 3)
2009
Thank you to all 107 residents who took part
in You Decide! at London Muslim Centre on Monday 30 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 could choose from to help improve their
area. (pdf, 890 kb)
Here’s how you decided
With the £280,000 of council cash - £140,000
for Whitechapel, St. Dunstan’s and Stepney Green (LAP 3)
participants voted on the best way to spend the money to benefit
their local community in Whitechapel, St. Dunstan’s and Stepney
Green.
Here are the extra council services and
projects participants wanted in the order they were voted for
them:
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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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Early GCSE in Mother
Tongue
For children from the age of 11 to 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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Drug Outreach Worker (2
yrs)
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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Extended Learning (per
school)
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
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Zero Tolerance Drug & 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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Community Tree Planting (10
trees)
This project will provide at least 100 new
trees in streets, parks and open spaces. The project will be
managed by the council’s Arboriculture Team.
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£6,000
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Improved Street Lighting (per
street)
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
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Youth Disabilities Employment Project
(per placement)
Tower Hamlets council will ensure two young
people with disabilities will be employed with council contractors
or within the Idea Store / Library Service. They will be supported
by a dedicated team.
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£5,000
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Shrub Beds (30 metres)
To provide 30 metres of new and refurbished
shrub beds in parks and open spaces and various bulbs,
roses, ground cover and climbing plants
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£1,000
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