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The New Neighbourhoods Programme & Ward Budgets Councillor Daniel Astaire Cabinet Member for Customer and Community Services Westminster City Council Your Ward Councillors Regents Park Abbey Road Councillor Councillor Councillor


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The New Neighbourhoods Programme & Ward Budgets

Councillor Daniel Astaire

Cabinet Member for Customer and Community Services

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Westminster City Council

Your Ward Councillors

Councillor Cyril Nemeth Councillor Judith Warner Councillor Lindsey Hall

Abbey Road Regent’s Park

Councillor Tim Joiner Councillor Gwyneth Hampson Councillor Daniel Astaire

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Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council wants to see:

  • Strong communities supported by excellent services

So we have committed to:

  • Strengthening neighbourhoods
  • Promoting active communities
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Westminster City Council

What are Ward Budgets?

  • Annual ward budget of £100k per ward
  • 2 year programme initially
  • New money from the One City Fund
  • Dedicated resource for councillors to tackle local issues
  • Will be used to commission new or additional projects,

services or facilities in your ward

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Westminster City Council

How will Councillors decide how to spend the ward budget?

  • Their own knowledge, personal experience of the ward

and contacts

  • Expanded City Survey for ward-level consultation
  • Ward Profiles
  • MyWard Debates
  • Online feedback
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Westminster City Council

How can you have your say?

You can also contact your councillor at any time through:

  • mywestminsterforums@westminster.gov.uk
  • Individual ward email address:
  • abbeyroad@westminster.gov.uk
  • regentspark@westminster.gov.uk
  • The 24 hour hotline: 020 7641 3916
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Westminster City Council

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Westminster City Council

How can you have your say? MyWard Debates – Introduction

  • Will be held as part of the new “MyWestminster Forums”
  • “MyWestminster Forum – St. John’s Wood” is on 22nd

May

  • Covers the same wards as this forum
  • Open to anyone who lives, works or learns in the ward
  • Round-table discussion style format
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Westminster City Council

How can you have your say? MyWard Debates - Format

  • Councillors will introduce the profile of their ward to

highlight potential areas for discussion

  • Councillors will lead a discussion on ward priorities
  • You will be able to talk about your issues face-to-face

with your councillor

Aim

  • For you to highlight your priorities and issues for your

Councillors to consider

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Westminster City Council

FAQ When will Ward Councillors make their decisions on spending?

  • Proposals can be made throughout the year
  • Three main phases – June, September,

December

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Westminster City Council

FAQ Can wards share budgets?

  • Yes - to fund joint projects between two or more wards

But:

  • Each ward must have identified the same issue
  • There must clear benefits for the residents in each ward
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Westminster City Council

FAQ Who will monitor spending?

  • Public Money = usual safeguards apply
  • Signed off by Cabinet Member
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Westminster City Council

How will it work in practice?

March ‘08

  • Ward profile highlights fear of crime as an area of

dissatisfaction for residents in the ward

  • Ward profile shows that crime figures are in fact falling in

the ward May ‘08

  • Discussion at MyWard Debate reveals that it is a specific

area within the ward where residents feel unsafe walking at night time

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Westminster City Council

May ’08

  • Ward Councillors discuss various issues taking into

account all evidence

  • Ward Councillors decide to include “Fear of Crime” as a

Ward Member Priority

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Westminster City Council

May ’08 Councillors research options for tackling the issue, including:

  • Buy extra time from a City Guardian to patrol the area

causing concern

  • Collaborate with local police and CivicWatch to run an

event providing information on crimes levels and prevention techniques

  • Install improved lighting in the area
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Westminster City Council

June ’08

  • Ward Members check with council officers what is

already planned for the area

  • They learn that improved lighting in the area is already

planned in the coming year

  • Based on this they decide to buy extra hours from a City

Guardian to patrol the area at night time only

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Westminster City Council

June ’08

  • The proposal is costed and a basic project plan produced
  • Ward Members submit proposal to Cabinet Member for

sign off July ’08

  • Extra hours are commissioned for a City Guardian to

patrol the area at night

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Westminster City Council

Your Councillors want to know your views Come to your:

MyWestminster Forum – St John’s Wood

6.30 - 8.30pm on Thursday May 22nd 2008