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Defined by its physical boundaries,
Stradbroke is an unchanging
Parish
Defined by its people, it is a
positive, flexible, vibrant and
constantly developing
Community...
Welcome to Stradbroke
Who makes up our Community ?
• Everyone who lives in the Parish
• Everyone who visits the Parish :
� To Work
� To Play
� To be educated
� To socialise
� To holiday
� To spend leisure time
� To use village facilities and sevices
• Everyone who runs a business in the Parish
• Everyone who shops in the Parish
How does “The Parish” communicate with its community and the
wider world?
• Through the parish magazine “The Stradbroke Monthly”
o This is produced under the auspices of the Parish Council and is
produced every month except January.
o 740 copies are produced each month, each copy has 32 A4 pages
– a total of 23,680 pages are printed month
o It is self financing and returns a small surplus which is fed back
into community activities (pays for website, contrbutes towards
potential funding of youth activities)
o It succeeds through the combined efforts of some 40 highly
committed volunteers every month (at least one of whom is
always a Parish Councillor)
o “The Diary” page keeps everyone up to date with what is
happening that month
How does “The Parish” communicate with its community and
the wider world?
• Through the “Village Website” (www.stradbroke.org.uk)
o The current website is in its fourth version and has moved away
from the old style static information site to an individual base,
interactive site
o In April 2010
� It had over 240 members and 15 group members
� In that month there were 3,129 visits from 1,720 unique
users who viewed 23,444 pages
� Those 3,129 visits came from 50 countries/territories
around the world
o It is run and managed by volunteers (at least one of whom is
always a Parish Councillor)
Running costs are met by the Parish Council
How does “The Parish” communicate with its community and the wider
world?
• Through the “Radio Stradbroke on the Village Website”
o The website runs its own internet Radio Station which now has a regular
Sunday slot as well as covering outside broadcast events in the village such as
special village cricket team matches, the Jazz and Real Ale festival and putting
on special charity events such as “music marathons”
o It has attracted a lot of interest worldwide and projects the community and
its activities beyond it’s parish boundary
o It has its own Group Member page on the Village Website which contains
“podcasts” and vidoes of some of Radio Stradbroke’s previous events
How does “The Parish” communicate with its community and the wider
world?
• Through Parish Council meetings
o The Parish Council meets every second Monday of the month
o There is an Open Public session at the startof every meeting
o Residents are encouraged to raise matters with any of the councillors for them to
raise for discussion at the meeting
o Committees are set up to cover all the important aspects of Parish life and activities
and those committees report back at each monthly meeting
o Parish Councillors voluntarily resolve problems raised by residents where they can, to
ensure prompt resolution (eg broken slabs on war memorial before Remembrance
Service, Ditch clearing where necessary, cutting back trees where appropriate-eg
Tennis Courts)
o All meetings are minuted and made available in hard copy at the Library or on The
Parish Council page of the Village website.
o A precis of each meeting is printed in “The Stradbroke Monthly” under the heading
“The Parish Pump !”
o There is an Annual Parish Meeting each spring where the past years activities and
actions are discussed and all village groups are invited to report on their year.
How does “The Parish” communicate with its community and the wider
world?
• Through Parish Notice Boards
o The Parish Council Board is located at the crossroads in the heart of the
village
o The Walks Notice board is on the garden wall of Church House
o The MSDC Board is next to the Bowling Green opposite the Community
Centre
o The Community Centre Board is ... outside the Community Centre
o There are public use Boards in the centre of the village outside
� The Old Builders Yard, Church Street
� Town House
o There are Boards in shops, particularly the
Post Office and Spar Shop
Who do the Parish residents need to communicate
with?
• Relevant businesses both in and out of the Parish o The Stradbroke Monthly carries adverts relevant to
the needs of the community
� Priority is given to Stradbroke based
businesses
� Non Stradbroke based businesses are
included if useful for the community
o Adverts are designed for new businesses to help
them get started(no cost)
• With each other through, social groups, sports
clubs, schools and activities o Activities and events are reported each month and
publicised in “The Stradbroke Monthly”
What are the sports groups, social groups, clubs
and activities ?
SPORTS GROUPS Stradbroke FC
Stradbroke Youth FC
Stradbroke Cricket Club
Badminton Club
White Hart Bowls Club
Stradbroke and District Bowls Club
Tennis Club
Table Tennis Club
Swimming Pool
What are the sports groups, social groups,
clubs and activities ?
SOCIAL GROUPS Over 60s Club
Contact Club
Stradbroke Cinema
Cameo Lunch group
Youth Club
Womens Institute
Friends of All Saints Church
Stradbroke Local History Group
Eye and Stradbroke Family History Group
Baptist Church Coffee mornings
Royal British Legion
Brownies
Girl Guides (new group hoping to start this year)
What are the sports groups, social groups, clubs and activities ?
SUPPORT GROUPS Good Neighbours
First Responders
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES All Saints Church
Baptist Church
EVENTS Country Fair
Village Games
Intervillage Sports
Open Gardens
Stradbroke Art Show
Stradbroke Flower Show
Regular charity events
Stradbroke Local History Slideshow “The Village Archive” (Mar and Nov)
What are the sports groups, social groups, clubs and activities ?
FITNESS ACTIVITIES Organised walks along Stradbroke’s footpaths
Fitness and activity trail at Recreation Ground
Permissive path to cemetary
Westhall open space – football and childrens play area
Recreation Ground - football and cricket pitches
Swimming Pool – organised activities
Gymnasium development (due to open Oct 2010)
Childrens Play area at the Community Centre
What are the sports groups, social groups, clubs and activities ?
MEDICAL FACILITIES Doctors Surgery
Mobile Dental Surgery
First Responders
EDUCATION Stradbroke Pre School
Stradbroke Primary School
Stradbroke Business and Enterprise College (IT area can be hired)
Stradbroke Library (has IT and gives 1-1 training)
Sure Start for young children
WEA classes every year
Advanced Italian classes – Volunteer group
INFRASTRUCTURE
Local Police and Community Police Officer have office space
in village Police have an open meeting time in the Library
every month for residents to discuss any issues or concerns.
The village Fire Station is manned by retained fire fighters
all of whom live and work in the village and are on
constant availability.
The Stradbroke team of First Responders provides rapid
response to medical emergencies if called in by the
Ambulance Service
What facilities exist to enable the clubs and groups to function ?
The Community Centre Regular upgrades to building and facilities,this year:
New Kitchen
Resurfacing of the hall floor
Power supplies to enable Mobile Dental service to operate
WiFi access being installed
New signage
Improved marking out of car park spaces for greater efficiency
New storage facilities and extension before committee
What facilities exist to enable the clubs and groups to function ?
The Recreation ground Sports field drainage installed
Fitness track opened with outdoor fitness equipment
New pitch allocated for youth football
New storage facilities for ground care equipment
Grass cutting done by Cricket club (Pc pay CC - keeps money within village)
What facilities exist to enable the clubs and groups to function ?
Westhall Open Space
New goal nets for football
The Court House Library activities and free access and
guidance to IT equipment
IT, one on one training courses
Youth Club room
Parish Magazine production
room (printer etc)
SBEC (hiring of facilities) IT classrooms
Sports Hall
Football pitches
IT Centre
What is the parish support structure that enables all this to
happen?
The formal “backbone” is the Parish Council
Monthly meetings
Committees covering
Finance
Planning
Burial, Churchyard and Footpath
Recreational Facilities
Community Centre (2 councillors represent the Parish Council as CC trustees)
Street Cleaner
Addressing and resolving issues and problems
Strategic Planning (include Parish Plan)
Added formal “backbone” comes from the Stradbroke Charitable Trust
They manage the residue from charitable trusts going back to the 1600s
They manage new charitable bequests (e.g Reg Elvin)
Manage income from renting the surgery to the local GP practice
Make improvements to the facilities at the Medical Centre
Maintain the gardens at the Medical Centre
From their income and capital they have provided this year:
Financial support for the new Stradbroke Youth football club
Help to the Bowls Club for their water supply pipes
The development of the Fitness Track (Elvin bequest used for this)
Installation of outdoor fitness equipment around the track
Work on the Community Centre
Substantial donation towards the cost of the playing field drainage
The real “backbone” is the volunteer.
Without volunteers none of the support structure would exist.
They are at the heart of everything that is done in the parish.
The individuals who form the committees that run the facilities, the clubs and the
groups
Parish Councillors
Trustees of the Stradbroke Charitable Trust
The Tree Warden
The Footpath Warden
The Street Cleaner (“paid” volunteer, equipment provided by the Parish Council)
Individuals who take on tasks to enhance the village
Litter picking
Cutting verges
Trimming hedges
Identifying and reporting problems to be dealt with
Maintaining the War Memorial garden
Winding the Church Clock
and the many other minor tasks that make a difference
...and Local Businesses who
Provide advertising space for events
Sponsor and support clubs and groups
Provide at cost help for “things that need doing”
The users who are the residents (and visitors) who willingly and positively
Support community activities and events
Support local businesses
Play for the sports teams
Give generously for our charity events
Stradbroke is :
A thriving and positive community...
A diverse mix of ages, backgrounds,
circumstances and interests...
Self supporting through the generosity of the
community as a whole...
Understanding of its past but always looking to
its future
The people of Stradbroke make
Stradbroke what it is...
The people who live here are at the heart of
everything that is done in the community...
We are
the community