“Pocket Park” Meeting/Action – Sunday 20th from 11am

Howdy Neighbours,

Clifton Place / Back of Bargrange and Norwoods all invited

We’ve recently won a £500 bursary to improve the back streets of Clifton Place, this is on top of a grant for a community garden space behind Chicken Cottage/Norwood Ave

You might have seen our initial community day where we make an excellent start clearing up a few areas. And our next “day of action” is this Sunday (20th) where we will be out and about from about 11 (meeting back Clifton Place).

We’ve got a few ideas on how the spend the money but need your input… so please pop out and see us, give us your ideas and if you have time lend a hand.

If you can’t make it, there will be lots of other ways to help coming soon…..

E-mail us or get us through Facebook if you want to – if you want to be added to our ‘action’ WhatsApp group, send your mobile number too.

Sunday 6th October – Work Party – Back Clifton Place/Bargrange

Sunday is a “work party” starting at 11am and carrying on through the afternoon. Do pop along and join us at any point even if you can’t make the start. It’s primarily being driven by residents of Clifton Place but others are welcome to join us and find out what’s going on/join in with ideas about what could improve our neighbourhood.

We’ve recently received a small grant of £500 to improve the back street of Clifton Place where it borders on Bargrange Av. with the help of local councillor Vick Jenkins.

Fellow resident Alex has illustrated some awesome ideas that we can all help with.

Sample of Alex’s notes on OS Map of our street

It’s a day of action with a range of tasks for all. The main aim is to clear back certain bits and see what we’ve got. In the afternoon – We’ve got some maps to help with getting ideas down about what it could be like.

Oh and did we mention CAKE and maybe samosas?!

Bk Clifton Place – Let’s Dream!

Let’s dream and build collective ideas for the use of the back of Clifton Place!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful for it to be a place of beauty for our community?

Come and join the discussion on Sunday 8th September.

  • Bring a chair and a mug
  • Tea and scones provided!

Looking forward to seeing you,

Jennie, Barb, Cath and Dave, with support from Cllr Vick Jenkins

Site Visit – 29th August 3:15pm

Hi Norwood folks!

There will be a site visit by Catherine Roberts of Shipley College to look at the cleared area behind Chicken Cottage (off Clifton Place), which is ready for construction of a community garden.  The college will hopefully be constructing some raised beds there.  We’re meeting there on the 29th August at 3:15 pm.

What it looks like AFTER clean up work

If any of you are available please do come along and forward this to anyone who you might think will be interested to input/see what’s going on.
Many thanks!

What it looked like BEFORE we started our work

Litterpick – Community Pitch In!

Meet up – have a chat with neighbours then do some tidying!

Sunday March 17th, 2pm-4pm

If there’s an area of your neighbourhood or street you want to see tackled, we’ll do it together, and make an assessment of other areas to see what further action can be taken.

We’re particularly interested to hear ideas about what should happen with the land behind Chicken Cottage which has been repeatedly fly-tipped.

Hope to see you there!

Meet at the top of Norwood Place. We have litter-pickers and some bags but yard brushes and tools are welcome if you want to bring some. We also have a bag of gloves, but don’t wear your best clothes and feel free to bring your own gloves if you have them!

Give me a bell on 07743471764 if you want to chat about it – Dave (Clifton Place) – Add yourself on Facebook as well: https://www.facebook.com/events/2105228199571678/

Progress on rear of Chicken Cottage area

 

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We’ve had progress on the mess round the back of Chicken Cottage. The Council has done a one-off clearance of the area next to the Garage.

We need to thank a great new street warden called Nicola who is totally on it and wants to help do clearance of the vegetation too. Paula Truman, area warden who is always helpful and helped push and in the end Damian, the Area Coordinator just said they guys had to take the stuff.

Also would like to thank our Cllrs Kevin Warnes and Vick Jenkins for their continued persistence on this issue.

With Vick’s help, we’ve also put a bid in for some funding to turn the area into a more pleasant green space. Hopefully this will be a longer term solution.

We’re planning a neighbourhood clean-up for Sunday 17th of March as well, so get your sleeves rolled up and put that in the calendar 

If anyone knows people in the businesses that front the still rather messy yard, or can help by clearing up the bin-bags and building waste by the side of Number 12 – please talk to them.

Road and Junction Widening – More trucks and cars could be coming your way

A consultation has been launched by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) and Bradford Council, concerning the Bradford-Shipley Road “Improvement” Scheme.   The Norwoods and surrounding streets as well as Shipley C of E School are right in the middle of it.

The scheme includes the A650 Manningham Lane / Keighley Road / Bradford Road; A6037 Canal Road / Valley Road; and A6038 Otley Road. Some possible options have been published, and there are to be public consultation sessions on the following dates:

-Monday, 21st January
-Thursday, 24th January
-Monday, 28th January
-Saturday, 2nd February

We are obviously concerned to see the best outcome for residents from this scheme. Increased capacity for private motor vehicles and HGVs from out of town seems to be the priority of the Otley Road and Valley Road parts of the scheme rather than the needs  and well-being of local residents however.

NoX particles, mainly from diesel engines – shown to be particularly harmful to young lungs – are already at illegal levels at the roadside and we approximate this is also the case within the Shipley C of E school’s playground. Improving air quality is being used as a questionable justification for road widening.  We’d like to see some of the vast amounts of money to be spent on this scheme to be spent on better and safer streets for residents, and local children who walk to school.  The walking environment is not very nice at the former Branch Junction at the moment, and widening this junction won’t be likely to improve that.

Otley Road near the train station – is this what a widened road would look like for pedestrians?

See the WYCA website for the official description of the scheme:
https://www.yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/bradfordshipley

Road widening isn’t automatically road improvement from residents’ point of view and it may not fix congestion in the longer term either – the old joke being – fixing congestion by widening roads is like tackling obesity with bigger trousers. Past road widening schemes in Bradford have not always led to a good outcome for the communities they have bisected.

Nonetheless, you will have your own views (maybe less anxious than us!)  As the a Neighbourhood Association we wish to remain balanced and constructive in the way we engage with this process and are keen to talk to neighbours about what they think.

It may interest some people that Bradford Council have been ordered by DEFRA to produce an urgent plan to accelerate the reduction in Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions.

Additionally, a new coalition of people and campaigns is just building momentum at the moment. It is called ‘Clean Air Bradford’. Clean Air Bradford has a Facebook page, if you are interested in keeping in touch. Some members of Norwood Neighbourhood Association are involved with this.

Here is a link to the DEFRA report. Bradford Council is one of a number of local Councils asked to take urgent action to improve air quality:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/746100/air-quality-no2-plan-supplement.pdf

and see:

https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/assets/documents/no2ten/Bradford_FINAL.pdf

Thanks for reading.

Dr Bike and Imagining/Mapping!

Imagine a Seamless Link between canal and traffic free route into Bradford.

Shipley Re-imagined (Sun 9th Sept) Victoria Quays, 12-3pm. 

(Outside Incommunities on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, Shipley)

  • Dr Bike and Info Stall.
  • Free minor bike repairs and assessments.

Info about the New Shipley Greenway and a visualisation exercise – imagine if there was a tunnel directly under Leeds road which you could seamlessly walk and cycle onto the Shipley Greenway without having to cross the horrifically busy road!

Could it really be made safe for a child to cycle all the way from Shipley/Saltaire to Bradford, without having to navigate busy roads?  Sound impossible?  It’s not!

Supported Community Grant from CityConnect as part of the Shipley Re-imagined Project

Newsletter – April 2018

Shipley Re-imagined: Sat 28th April (2-5pm)

Come join us at St Peter’s Church as we re-imagine Shipley!

Free Bike Servicing and Repairs from Margaret Carey’s Doctor Bike.

Free “have a go” cycling sessions for kids

  • Draw the future – visualise and imagine what Shipley could become! Share your ideas about how we can make Shipley a better place for walking and cycling.
  • Learn about the Shipley Greenway route which will allow a traffic free route all the way from Shipley to Bradford
  • Free route planning/tutorials and workshops – let us help you map and active travel commute
  • Bike activities for kids in the grounds of the church. Bring your bike for assessment/minor repairs

Would you like to walk or ride a bike around Shipley but don’t know where to start?  Are you put off by traffic or is there some other obstacle? It’s known as active travel – that is, getting out of your car and still getting about!  It has many health and environmental benefits, but did you know it can make your community a better place as well?

 

Litter-pick – Sunday 29th April

Hop aboard and help clean up our streets and playing field!

2:00pm Shipley C of E School (back gate, near Birklands Road) to clean School surrounds
2:30pm Playing field clean-up
3:00pm The Norwoods (meet by playing field, Norwood Place)
4.00pm Clifton Place and Bargrange Av.

What to bring: Decent shoes/boots, we’ll provide gloves, bags and litter picking tools.
Any brushes or things you think might be useful to bring are welcome.

If you need more info contact Dave on 07743471764 or danger.robison@gmail.com.

Join the Shipley – Bradford Bike Bus

Live in Shipley and commute to Bradford? Why not join the Shipley Bike Bus on Mondays?

If you’d feel safer cycling into work in a supportive group with more experienced riders, this could be just the thing you need.  Needing somewhere to store your bike on arrival?  Not sure of the most pleasant route?

  • 8:00 from Saltaire roundabout
  • 8:08 top of the Norwoods (Quix)
  • 8:30 arrives into Bradford

The return journey sets off from Bradford at 5:30.

See Full Timetable and details at www.capitalofcycling.org/bike-bus.

If you’d like any more information about the bike bus, you can contact Dave@capitalofcycling,org / mob: 07743471764.

Friends of Northcliffe Events

Charity Fun Day! Friday 1st June 2-5pm

A fantastic afternoon of fun for all the family with a range of stalls and activities in Northcliffe Park.

Northcliffe Miniature Railway will be running with train rides with small kids (and considerably bigger ones), Pony rides will be available, Children’s Activities, Face Painting and much more!

Rae Gala – Northcliffe Park 1st July 2-4.30pm

Another great event with Northcliffe miniature railway and much more.  Check out the website http://www.friendsofnorthcliffe.org.uk for more information about FoN events.

Air Quality & The Branch

You may have noticed that The Branch pub has been purchased.  The plan is to demolish the pub, to widen the road.  Community members and Friends of the Earth Baildon have been involved in measuring air quality at this junction and it is well over the legal limit for NoX particles which are extremely harmful to human health (especially young lungs such as the kids walking to Shipley C of E).

The standing traffic on the main roads by our streets is a problem but academic research shows that widening the roads and junctions usually makes problems worse and could make it harder for residents and the kids who do walk to school.  You can leave comments on the Council website. If you have thoughts about this or want to discuss what’s going on – get in touch, comment on our Facebook group or attend our event on the 28th of April at St Peter’s Church where more detailed information will be available.

Shipley Re-imagined – Active Travel & Cycling Event

Come join us at St Peter’s Church on 28th April 2-5pm as we re-imagine Shipley!

Join our facilitators as we draw a possible future – visualise and imagine what Shipley could become, and share your ideas about how we can make Shipley a better place for walking and cycling.

It’s known as active travel – getting out of your car and still getting about. It has many health and environmental benefits, but did you know it can make your community a better place as well?

Free Bike Servicing and Repairs from Doctor Bike/MCF Bikery.

Bike activities for kids in the grounds of the church with BeCycling – bikes and kit provided.

Would you like to walk or ride a bike around Shipley but don’t know where to start? Are you put off by traffic or is there some other obstacle?  We can offer free route planning/tutorials and workshops – let us help you map an active travel commute.

Learn about the under-construction Shipley Greenway which will allow a traffic free route all the way from Shipley to Bradford.

Bike activities for kids in the grounds of the church. Bring your bike for assessment/minor repairs.

Inside the church will be a focus on active travel and re-imaging how Shipley could become with more walking and cycling and a bit less vehicle traffic. Norwood Neighbourhood Association and Bradford Cycling Campaign will be there to have a chat along with academics from Leeds University, Cecil Green Arts engagement activities, Capital of Cycling, Sustrans and more.

The event is being organised by the Norwood Neighbourhood Association and the Shipley Links group – find out more at www.norwoodneighbourhood.org or call Dave on 0774 347 1764.

We would welcome involvement from other local groups if you would like to display material or have a table at the event.

If you can’t make it but support the aims of the event, we’d still be interested to hear from you and don’t forget to tell your friends and colleagues about the event.

Project supported by CityConnect Community Grants

 

Please share the event on Facebook (and click ‘going’ if a Facebook user:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1480702645388729 

 

Please register here (although you can still turn up if you don’t get the chance to register):

 
Project supported by CityConnect Community Grants