It has been a huge privilege and honour to represent the greenhead
ward, I was successfully re-elected by a 2000+ majority and would personally
like to thank the supporters and volunteers that gave up so much time to help
me.
Challenges for the year ahead
Outside Bodies I sit on
Training or learning I have undertaken
I have continued to work full time as a councillor, which
has given me the ability to attend more events, community groups, and respond
to issues and inquiries more effectively, in the past year I have helped
support the structure of the volunteer led friends of Birkby & Fartown
Library and hope I will see many of you whilst I’m volunteering here.
I have continued to support the labour leadership of the
council and have , at council meetings, spoken up on many key issues that
residents have brought to my attention , such as potential cuts Tax Credit ,
Mental Health issues , as well as the councils budget
Along with my
colleagues Cllr Carole Pattison & Cllr Mohan Sokhal we supported the “You
& Your Community “event were community groups could apply for small funding
bids and members of the public where invited to vote on the favourites over £2000
was awarded to various different groups.
We have also been instrumental in improving the safety of
our roads, we have introduced several traffic calming and road safety measures
in different parts of the ward, we introduced Speed Indicated Detectors on
Halifax Road to slow traffic down, as well as white line hatching at the bottom
of Birkby Lodge Road, further improvements have been made with the introduction
of bollards to protect pedestrians on the pavement and safety fences outside of
schools.
I have also actively supported the Hands Off HRI campaign ,
I know how worried Huddersfield families are about the closure of essential
community services ,through my community work I see every day how the cuts made
are destroying our NHS , police and social care services
Challenges for the year ahead
As a council we are dealing with the challenges from
national Government and huge reductions in funding and government cuts , the
council is unable to provide the services that it has done traditionally, I need
to continue to encourage local groups to work together , and I will support
them wherever possible and help provide the link and support needed so we concentrate
on supporting people and communities to do more for themselves, ensuring that
we intervene early in that support to prevent future problems.
- The council wants to ensure there is a strong local economy to provide jobs and services to residents , we will be concentrating on working for you , our constituents
- Keep vulnerable people safe, help them stay in control of their lives
- Support communities to do more for themselves and each other
- Focus on understand and meeting the needs of local people
It is also expected that we will receive 50 Million Pounds
less than expected up to the year 2020, this is on top of the 34 Million pounds
of savings the council have to make at the same period, and some of the 84M has
to be found in total.
Services such as Street scene, Rangers , Dog Wardens and
enforcement services will all suffer cutback.
Local Community Group and Organisations I am involved with
- Friends of Greenhead Park
- Friends of Norman Park
- Marsh Community Forum
- Trinity & Greenhead TRA
- Friends Of Birkby & Fartown LIC (Volunteer)
- Hillhouse Community project
Council Meetings and Committees
In the last municipal year I have had 100% or nearly 100%
attendance on the following committees and sub committees:
- Full Council (100%)
- Huddersfield District Committee (92%)
- Health & Social Care Scrutiny (100%)
- Policy Committee (92% )
I have also regularly supported the Labour Group and subbed
on various committees throughout the year.
-
Locala Community Partnership
- Kirklees Adoption Panel
- New Councillors Induction
- Vision of New council
- Planning Training ( including all current updates )
- Licensing Training
- CSE training / update
- Kirklees night noise team
- Huddersfield District Committee induction
- Kirklees magistrates training
