Neighbourhood Development across the Borough

"Working with you to improve the quality of your Neighbourhood"

The key role of a Neighbourhoods Development Officer is to provide support to people of all ages and walks of life to help them to improve the quality of their neighbourhoods. Working closely with our Community Development Officers from Havant Borough Council, local Councillors and the Voluntary Sector we also provide support in the form of advice on matters such as fund raising and planning applications to community associations and other groups across the Borough.

Here's the latest!!!

Neighbourhood development joins forces with students of Southdowns college...

Students from Southdown’s College have joined forces with Havant Borough Council (Neighbourhood Development) in a bid to clear the streets of litter.

Over 20 students, studying BTEC level 3 extended diploma in Outdoor adventure collected litter around the college and local residential area as part of the ‘impact and sustainability’ unit of their course.

The event, organised by the college’s students’ together with Havant Borough Councils Neighbourhood Development Officer Laura Bevis and the rangers took place between Southdown’s college, College Road and Crookhorn precinct in Crookhorn Lane.

The majority of litter that was collected consisted of coke bottles, sandwich and chocolate wrappers, fish and chip boxes and crisp packets, believed to of been dropped by other college students using the popular route.

The borough’s Environment Rangers will continue to work with these and other students to

* Educate other students to use litter bins and not throw their rubbish on the floor

* Advertise this project within the College to ensure other students are aware of the problem

* Keep local residents informed of what the project is trying to achieve

* Patrol the area on a regular basis to continue keeping the area clean and tidy.

Anyone found littering is subject to receive a Fixed Penalty Notice of up to £75.

Stakes Hill Directory

Havant Borough Council Neighbourhood Development have been working in partnership with Springwood Community Partnership to produce a directory of local services for the Stakes Hill area.

1,500 directory's have been produced with 24 services involved. 12 volunteers from Southern Electric helped compile the directory's which are due to be delivered to local residents in January 2012.

Hayling Island Skate Park Gets a Facelift!

At the start of 2011 Southern Water, The Blue Lamp Trust and Havant Borough Council kindly donated £4,000 towards a very exciting project on Hayling Island. The skate park on the seafront desperately needed a face lift!.

5 workshops for young people aged 13-18 were held at the Hayling Island Community Centre in March which were very well attended, these were lead by Mark Lewis (Art & Soul Traders) who taught the local young people how to express their ideas creatively. Their water theme designs were then used to revamp the Hayling Skate Park, all of the local young people involved took the time to paint the Skate Park themselves with Mark Lewis. Below are the workshop, before and very exciting after pictures of the skate park.

H.I skate park workshop single 1