You Decide! Lifra Hall (LAP 3)
More than 120 keen residents flocked to You Decide!
at Lifra Hall in Stepney on Thursday (5 February 2010), to decide
the best way to spend £275,000 of Tower Hamlets Council cash on
additional services for their local area.
A healthy diet project for children and young
people, a community bus for older people, park improvements and
targeted police operations - these are just three of the
additional services enthusiastic locals from Whitechapel, St
Dunstan’s and Stepney Green chose to spend their budget on.
Residents in Whitechapel, St Dunstan’s and Stepney Green voted
for the following items:
Item Purchased
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Cost
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Park Improvement Project
This project will provide refurbishment for a
nominated park
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£50,000
|
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Early GCSE in Languages
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.
|
£35,000
|
|
Family Learning Support
ESOL
This project will provide a programme of
Family Learning activities over the summer for parents and
children.
The programme will be for parents with low
levels of English.
|
£15,000
|
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Community Bus for Older
People
|
£60,000
|
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Targeted Policing
Operations
|
£35,000
|
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Healthy Diet: Children and Young
People
This project will help to improve the diet of
children and young people.
|
£35,000
|
|
Youth Inclusion Support
Panel
This programme will help to prevent 8-13 year
olds from entering the criminal justice system, by working with 75
teenagers.
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£35,000
|
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Older person Handyperson
Service
The service is made up of a team of handy
people who will provide three different types of service:
• general handyperson services
• home security and
• accident prevention
All of these services involve carrying out
practical tasks for older people in their own homes.
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£10,000
|
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Total:
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£275,000
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