Issue 57: June/July 2009

Fourways 2, 6 Dilston Terrace, Amble, Northumberland, NE65 0DT editor@theambler.co.uk

Injured Amble Soldier
Amble soldier wounded during Afghan tour

Day Centre reform
Controversy and unease at reform plans

David counts on a bright future
Local lad becomes Fulbright Scholar

Bronze Age burials
Why archaeologists are worried about Low Hauxley's coast

A piece of history
The day the roof fell in

Amble meets Ab Fab
Fashionistas come to town

Help for jobseekers
Jobs board, CV service etc

Amble's community forum
How to join in the fun

Selfridges has Empathy with Amble
Luxury products from the Friendliest Port

Zecca opens doors
New restaurant could put Amble on food map

Beach safety
RNLI concerned about holidaymakers

Links First School
Graduation and recycling

Strawberries and Bubbly
All in aid of a good cause

Your letters and email
Amble Day Centre - Politicians and Council argue it out . Plus what did the Vikings call Amble?

Cycling for charity
Gillian and Tony take a three day challenge

Brambles Celebrations
What these top tots are up to!

Enterprise and Initiative
Year three youngsters show us how it's done

Funday at the Welfare
Healthy fun in the sun at the Welfare

Coronation street party
Do you recognise anyone in the picture?

Attendance allowance
Are you getting what you're entitled to?

Help for volunteers
Country-wide project will help local people

Capt'n Coquet's corner
Lord of the (Coquet) rings!

Comment
How Amble is strutting its stuff

Artograffi
Including why we wake up early only in the holidays

David's Diary
News from Amble Development Trust


Town council report
News and updates from the Town Council

County Councillors reports
Reports from Robert and Jeff

Bringing in the cha-ching
Staff at Kathleen's hold a coffee morning

Amble Churches Together
Keeping things safe

Penny says..
Pity the teachers

Armed Forces Day
Images from the Town Square

Swine 'flu: the facts
Information at your fingertips

Talk to your doctor, guys
Delicate subject delicately discussed

What's On
Local events and activities

Dance Divas and St Cuthberts
Youngsters with a lot going on

Ray King blog
Including a tribute to Bobby Robson

Castles and Islands challenge
Why a hi tec firm supported a local yacht race

Share ideas at Amble Community Forum
Local government is changing in Northumberland

The new Unitary Council has the opportunity to step back and re-assess how residents can have a real say in making Northumberland an even better place to live and work.
Community forums are to be set up in various localities across Northumberland so that people who live and work in a local area can get together to offer their ideas and solutions to local problems and work together to address them. Amble is one of these localities.

What might a forum look like?
It could look like a group of representatives from parish councils, other statutory bodies, voluntary and community groups, council officers and unitary councillors sitting around a table talking. There is no fixed definition of what a forum is or should be, but Northumberland forums will have features in common.

The Amble Community Forum area covers the parishes of Amble, Hauxley and Togston. Amble has been operating as a pilot Community Forum area since late 2007.

We are now planning to re-launch the forum, and to be successful the Community Forum needs to involve local people in planning for their community.
This is achieved by the production of a community action plan. The plan will then be used to support local activity that solves problems at a local level as well as to feed into area partnerships the problems that need to be addressed at a more strategic level.

Get Involved!
A Community Forum workshop will be held on Monday 22nd June at Fourways 2, 6 Dilston Terrace, Amble.

For it to be successful it needs local people to come along and get involved in the planning of their community.

An afternoon drop-in session (2 pm – 4 pm) will provide an opportunity for members of the general public to put forward ideas and proposals that they would like to see included in the action plan. Personnel will be on hand to note the suggestions and these will be used as a reference for the evening session workshop.

The evening workshop session (6 pm - 8 pm) will include representation from invited organisations that represent a broad spectrum of interests in the community. Ideas from these workshops will be progressed by a working group towards the production of the Community Action Plan.

For further information please contact:
John Cooper - Northumberland County Council (01670 534 279 or John.Cooper@northumberland.gov.uk)
Elaine Brown – Amble Town Council (01665 714 695 or ambletcclerk@btconnect.com)
Louise Stott – Amble Development Trust (01665 712 929 or Louise@ambledevelopmenttrust.org.uk)

 

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