It's been another enjoyable year filled with successes in the ward and lingering challenges facing the Council as a whole.
In the ward we have seen a huge amount of positive work carried out by the Council and partners from the community. Major highways priorities have been repaired or resurfaced. We have protected a number of green spaces including Crow Nest Park.
Through the district committee we have funded young people's activities, a dementia care project, year 6 study clubs and contributed to job clubs and town centre regeneration projects.
We also started the work for this year looking at the issues of child and adult mental health and how we can work together tackle it.
In my role as Kirklees Council delegate to the Environment Agencies Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, I highlighted the effect of the Christmas and new year storms to the committee and lobbied through council for greater funds to tackle Kirklees flooding issues.
Nationally, the government have been reducing the funding to Kirklees Council every year since 2010 and the annual grant cut to the council will continue over the next few years. Council services we have all been used to will change and the Council will not deliver all the services in the same way.
This year more than ever the Council and its communities will need to work together to improve our ward.
In the ward we have seen a huge amount of positive work carried out by the Council and partners from the community. Major highways priorities have been repaired or resurfaced. We have protected a number of green spaces including Crow Nest Park.
Through the district committee we have funded young people's activities, a dementia care project, year 6 study clubs and contributed to job clubs and town centre regeneration projects.
We also started the work for this year looking at the issues of child and adult mental health and how we can work together tackle it.
In my role as Kirklees Council delegate to the Environment Agencies Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, I highlighted the effect of the Christmas and new year storms to the committee and lobbied through council for greater funds to tackle Kirklees flooding issues.
Nationally, the government have been reducing the funding to Kirklees Council every year since 2010 and the annual grant cut to the council will continue over the next few years. Council services we have all been used to will change and the Council will not deliver all the services in the same way.
This year more than ever the Council and its communities will need to work together to improve our ward.
