Summer 2012

Inspired news for Greatfield

Helping you to find local activities We spoke to many Greatfield residents last

year, and found that a lot of people don’t

know about some of the local facilities and

services available to them.

This newsletter is here to help you find the

places you can enjoy, community groups

and charities that you can volunteer with,

and the services that can help you.

If you’d like to meet new friends, keep fit

and healthy, learn new skills, find work or

generally make your life better, there are

plenty of people out there to help.

Please take a look inside to find out more

about your estate, and how you can get

involved in this great community.

Greatfield gets its own radio station!

Did you know you’re getting your own radio station in August? You are. GFM Local Radio for Greatfield

is on air from 19th to 25th August 2012, and you could be a part of it!

Do you have a story to tell? Some good news? Something that you and other residents can enjoy?

Why not tell the team. You could end up being on the radio yourself! More inside.

Sports galore! Future sports star Fin shooting hoops at Stonebridge Park with Mrs. Hewitt. Read on for lots of indoor and outdoor fun.

GFM Local Radio for Greatfield

Greatfield residents hit the airwaves on 87.7FM

GFM local radio for Greatfield is a community radio project in-volving people living and work-ing in the Greatfield area. Locally produced programmes will be made and some released as podcast episodes before the station launches.

Between 19th - 25th August, the project will "go live" and broad-cast 24 hours a day, on 87.7FM for 7 days from a site on Greatfield. It is a chance for everyone to work together to celebrate life on Greatfield and promote positive change in the area. The people involved have re-cently completed a training course "GFM - An Introduction to Community Radio" and are now ready to make programmes

about issues that are important in the area. The radio station will also feature music shows that are an alternative to those found on other radio stations. The project is managed by Cascade, a group of local artists and edu-cators and is a partnership between local residents, faith groups, youth centres, primary and secondary schools and other agencies working in the local area. It is funded by the BIG Lottery and takes place at the St Stephens Neighbourhood Centre on the estate.

As a part of the project a group of students from Stockwell Pri-mary School will soon visit Hull KR and P&O Ferries in order to interview staff members from

various depart-ments. If anyone living or working in the Greatfield area would like to take part, either by offering sugges-tions, helping to making a pro-gramme, presenting live or working be-

hind the scenes, please contact Claire at Cascade on tel. 213447 or email claire@cascadearts.org.uk To listen to the latest podcast visit the Cascade website at www.cascadearts.org.uk

"This will be a great op-

portunity for residents of

all ages to work together

and experience what it's

like to work as a team to

achieve their goals.“

PCSO SAM GREGORY

Programmes in development “My Working Life” - exploring routes into employment with guest interviewees from all walks of life, “Around the Kitchen Table” - a magazine programme featuring food, health, money and lifestyle, “Feeling Great” - short health features produced by local young people and a daily live show presented by a local resi-dent , “Grin Live on Air” - with the Greatfield Residents Asso-ciation, “Grown Your Own” - with the members of the Mar-fleet Allotment Society and special programmes for young-er children and teenagers. There will also be a special feature “In Search of Mike Ronson” - one of Greatfield's famous former residents.

You could be one of the Star People... If becoming a famous DJ for the week isn’t for you, there is other ways of becoming a Star in your neighbourhood. UnLtd are a charitable company that provides awards of funding to and support to individuals that use their talents and poten-tial to help their community. They want to meet people who can transform the community in which they live. These community entrepreneurs can meet with a representative from UnLtd to tell them about a business idea. They will help you with the idea and if it meets the needs of the community, they may be able to give you money to get started. There are three levels of award that you can

apply for: Try It, Do It, & Build It Try It These awards can offer you up to £500 to try out your ideas to improve your local area. The award allows people to progress at their own pace, with the right support to develop the business skills they will require to take on larger projects in the future. Do It The average award is £2,500 at the Do It level, but you can apply for up to a maximum of £5,000. Those people who completed a ‘Try It’ award successfully may be confident enough to move up to this level. You will have tested your idea and can now develop it to reach more people or build your community business. If you haven’t done a Try It award, but

you already feel you have the skills and planning to develop a project, you could apply for a Do It award straight away. Build It If you already run an established social business or community project, the Build It award can offer you up to £15,000 to help your project grow much more. A Build It award will help you to develop over the long term, and to reach the whole area around you.

UnLtd are a national charity, but the only place they are offering awards in Hull, is to residents of Greatfield. They are working alongside the Big Local Trust on the estate to help people to make it a better place to live. Applying for funding can be a daunting prospect, but please don’t be put off by the thought of having to fill in application forms. They really want you to succeed, and will help you with your idea. You may have an interest in arts & crafts, DIY and gardening, you may be a good dancer and want to run a com-munity dance class! All ideas are welcome!

For more information on how to apply, please contact Sue Foster

on 07841 205857 or email suefoster@unltd.org.uk

Sue is the UnLtd representative for the Greatfield area.

Bilton Grange Community Asso-ciation has obtained funding to develop a project celebrating all the things that have made Greatfield Estate a wonderful place to live. Mark Buttle works at the centre and is overseeing the project. He would like anyone and everyone to come forward with photos, stories and artefacts to help him build the Greatfield archive. The archive will represent life on the estate from its birth, right up to the present day.

A local fundraising legend is

raising money to take local

schoolchildren on a learning and

development tour of Australia

next year.

Tony Elvin, a teaching assistant

at the Archbishop Sentamu

Academy has a long history of

fundraising and developing local

amateur rugby league clubs,

youth rugby teams, and at Hull

Kingston Rovers too.

Tony successfully raised funds to

take 4 young men to Australia in

2011 for a six week scholarship

course. The course was very well

received by the kids and made a

big difference to their lives.

Building on that good work last

year, Tony started fundraising

again in January 2012, with the

aim of raising £60,000 to take

17 young people aged 14-16 on

an educational tour of Australia

in June/July 2013.

The tour is a joint venture with a

number of children from Kelvin

Hall School in west Hull joining

A Greatfield Life is full of great memories Many people have already come forward and contributed items to be photographed, such as old tin baths, school exercise books, Rediffusion TV books and more! Any artefacts are returned to their owners after their photo shoot. People are welcome to come to tell their stories about growing up in Greatfield, and Mark will record them as they take a trip down Memory Lane. Tales about buildings, school, love, families, socialising and culture are great news for the project.

Volunteers are welcomed if you would like to do any interview-ing as well as being interviewed, and training will be given to help you master the equipment. A website has been developed by Mark at the address shown below, so please pay a visit and see what events are coming up. The project is building up to an exhibition event in November and the date will be confirmed soon.

Another exciting part of the project is that Greatfield will have its own song! Route 66, the BGCA house band will produce a song based on all of the stories and information provided by all of the contributions. The band would also like the Greatfield residents to sing the chorus of the song, which they will record and make it a memento of the estate that will last forever. You could be a part of it! To find out more, and play a part in the Greatfield Life project, please call or email the team soon.

Website: www.greatfieldlife.org.uk Email: markbuttle@bgca.org.uk Telephone: 01482 781863

A trip down under for Archie’s kids

them. Kelvin are fundraising for

their children separately as both

schools look to secure £30,000

each. £14,607 has been raised

so far by Tony and the Sentamu

children. Tony wishes to person-

ally thank all contributors and a

said a special thank you goes to

the proprietors and customers

of The Falcon and The Grange

public houses for their amazing

generosity.

Fourteen young men, seven of

which are from Greatfield Estate

will tour the country, playing

rugby against some local schools

and meeting people of similar

ages from down under over a

period of 21 days. The tour will

benefit their education, their

health and confidence. It will be

the experience of a lifetime.

Three young ladies will fly out at

the same time for a 28 day peri-

od working as football mentors

to local children in schools who

are younger than them. They

will each live with an Australian

family for 7 days to learn about

their way of life as well.

The eldest three years of the

school were given the chance to

express an interest in the tour,

and a number of people with an

interest in rugby, football and

travel took the opportunity.

This is an excellent cause, and it

is having positive effects on the

attitudes towards schooling. The

children must enter into an

agreement where they will

make every effort to maintain

excellent achievements in work

towards their exams, behaviour

and attendance in order to qual-

ify for the trip. The agreements

have seen good improvements

in every aspect so far.

The children will raise funds for

their own plane tickets (which

will cost around £1,000 each) by

conducting their own sponsored

events. The funds raised by Tony

and the Sentamu team will pay

for the kits used on the tour and

the general running costs of the

trip. When the tour is over, the

kits will be donated to a school

for disadvantaged people in

South Africa.

Tony’s long term ambition for

this project, is for it to become a

yearly exchange programme

for children of both countries to

learn about culture and sport.

For more information about the

project, please contact Tony on

07958 126872

Upcoming fundraiser events:

Race Night at The Grange

- Grange Pub 25th August (7:30)

- Free entry

- You just pay for your bets!

Amateur Golf Day

- Sutton Golf Course 30th Aug

- £100 four-ball team event

- includes breakfast, a ninth-hole

pit stop for lunch, and a two

course evening meal

24-hour Charity Boxer-Thon

- The new Goat & Compass

- 1st and 2nd Sep (from 3pm)

- BBQ, Strongman Event, Family

Entertainment, Live Music

- Meet the players of Hull KR &

Hull FC, with Rufus & Airlie Bird!

Plenty of outdoor parks and fitness activities for you and the kids

Need to burn off some of that

excess energy the kids have

during the school holidays?

There’s plenty of places where

you and the kids can enjoy a bit

of outdoor activity.

If you’re interested in a gym

workout, playing a bit of table

tennis, a game of basketball,

climbing a Gladiators style wall,

or playing on the swings and

slides, it’s all here on Greatfield

Estate!

Now a new pathway is being built to

make it easier for people to get to it. (The outdoor gym)

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The outdoor gym was something

of a hidden gem until recently. It

was tucked away behind the

Elizabethan Hall before the old

school building was demolished.

Now a new pathway is being

built to make it easier for people

to get to it. You will soon be able

to walk in from Annandale Road.

The Falkland Road park is situat-

ed near the bus turning circle at

the end of the road.

The Stonebridge park is located

on Stonebridge Field. You can

get to it just off the Avenue. It

has a skate park, a basketball

and football pitch, and plenty of

swings, slides and things to

climb on!

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We also have sports facilities for health, fitness and fun!

The Isaac Newton Sports Centre

gym opens from 9am to 9pm

Monday to Thursday and 9am to

3:30pm Fridays. Induction is £5,

individual sessions are £2 or buy

a weekly pass for £5. If you take

a picture I.D. and proof that you

live in Marfleet Ward, you will

get 10 active sessions for free +

a free induction! The main hall is

open at the same times, but up

to 4pm on Fridays. Badminton &

table tennis are £2 per session

or you can book the full hall for

£21 for a half-hour slot.

Another local sports facility is

the Soccer Sensations gym hous-

ing a huge amount of equipment

for cardio, weight lifting and

boxing as well eight pitches for

the footballers out there of all

ages. You can book the pitches

for 5-A-Side tournaments or for

casual games with your friends.

Anybody with a need for speed

may want to try Go-Karting with

their friends or workmates. A

range of sessions, competitions

etc. are available, so please call

for more details.

Both Soccer Sensations and Hull

Karting can be found on Poor-

house Lane, the road used to

enter the Hull KR stadium. You

can contact the centres by tele-

phone or email or you can just

drop by to find out more:

Isaac Newton Sports Centre

Contact Nicola Benstead

Tel 01482 715550 or email

nicola.benstead@hullcc.gov.uk

Soccer Sensations

Contact any member of the

team on Tel 01482 706333

Hull Karting

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team on 01482 308740

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An indoor sports centre, two gyms, some

Astroturf football pitches, and even a Go-

Karting track. All of these facilities are right

on your doorstep!

Support for youths, families, and learners of all ages

Day Time Event Age Group

Contact

Contact Number

Monday 6:00pm - 8:00pm 7:00pm onwards

Basic Computer Course Bingo

Any Any

Tina Parry SSNC

01482 781223 01482 781223

Tuesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Bingo Funky Cool Club

Any 12 - 25 yrs

Rachel Appleyard Sally Bond

01482 781223 01482 781223

Wednesday 10:00am - 12:00pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Basic Computer Course Basic Computer Course Karate

Any Any Any

Tina Parry Tina Parry Rachel Appleyard

01482 781223 01482 781223 01482 781223

Thursday 12:00pm - 1:00pm 7:00pm onwards

Lunch Club Bingo

Any Any

Sister Anna Hawke SSNC

01482 374396 01482 781223

St Stephens Neighbourhood Centre delivers basic computer courses in conjunction with UK Online Centres – this enables the learner to gain a certificate in Basic Computer Skills and from there can develop onto more training. Recently, a group of learners were asked to be involved with the cabinet office and UK Online centre, hoping to promote these basic skills. The learners were interviewed and photographed; both at the centre and in their own homes and they received a monetary reward for their time.

During the run up to the Olym-pics, SSNC was involved with the UK Online mascot touring around the country and visiting as many centres as it could. For more information on the courses available at SSNC, call Tina Parry on 01482 781223 or email learning@ssnc.org.uk As well as the training courses, SSNC has two Outreach Youth Workers on the team; they are there to help young people (13-18yrs) in the community, to enable them to face the chal-lenges of today’s modern world.

Support for families A Personalisation Co-ordinator; for vulnerable people in need of support and advice will help you with any problems you may have. These can include help with money matters, health, community care services or any area of family support. Greatfield Friends and Families is a project that SSNC has now facilitated for 7 years. The aim of the project is to help adults with learning disabilities and their families, who live in the surrounding areas of the estate

to be part of the local communi-ty and to enable them to organ-ise new activities for them-selves. The centre will also be hosting the GFM local community radio station in August 2012, including the launch party on the 19th at 3:00pm. If you’d like to know more about the centre and its projects, give them a call. The centre manager is Rachel Appleyard, who can be reached at support@ssnc.org.uk or by calling 01482 781223.

Places to improve your learning and your employment prospects

There is actually talk of a library

opening in the Isaac Newton

Sports Centre sometime in the

near future, so we’ll keep you

posted on any developments as

we get to hear more ourselves.

In the meantime we’ve got the

timetable for the rest of 2012 so

that you won’t miss a visit:

Mobile Library timetable for

late 2012 at Elmbridge Parade:

Monday 13th August

Monday 27th August

Monday 10th September

Monday 24th September

Monday 8th October

Monday 22nd October

Monday 5th November

Monday 19th November

Monday 3rd December

Monday 17th December

Monday 31st December

The Hull City Council Mobile

Library visits Greatfield Estate

every two weeks on a Monday

from 1:15pm to 2:15pm. At the

moment, your closest library is

situated inside the Marfleet

Health Centre on Preston Road,

but you also have the option of

the mobile facility. The vehicle

parks on Elmbridge Parade in

the car park in front of the shops

and is there for one hour. It has

a supply of books in large print,

a selection of books on tape and

CD, and also has computers to

use.

St Hilda’s welcomes people of all

ages with a range of services for

you to enjoy. From Monday to

Friday you can visit to enjoy a

free lunch and to meet new

people.

The church does conduct pray-

ers at 12pm each day, which you

are also welcome to take part

in.

Day Time Event Age Group Contact

Contact Number

Monday 11:30am - 1:00pm 5:00pm - 6:00pm 6:00pm - 7:30pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Community Lunches Rainbows Brownies Girl Guides

Any 5 - 7 years 7 - 11 years 10 - 14 years

Wendy Ellis Judith Sue Ward Sue Ward

01482 795615 01482 792060 07759 788121 07759 788121

Tuesday 11:30am - 1:00pm Evening

Community Lunches Dance Classes

Any Any

Wendy Ellis Drop in

01482 795615 Drop in

Wednesday 9:30am - 11:00am 11:30am - 1:00pm

Tiddlywinks Playgroup Community Lunches

Under 5’s Any

Drop in Wendy Ellis

Drop in 01482 795615

Thursday 11:30am - 1:00pm Community Lunches Any Wendy Ellis 01482 795615

Friday 11:30am - 1:00pm 5:30pm - 7:00pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Community Lunches Cubs Scouts

Any 8 - 10 years 10 - 14 years

Wendy Ellis Janet Goforth Janet Goforth

01482 795615 01482 377433 01482 377433

Saturday

Sunday 10:30am - 11:30pm Sunday Service Any Wendy Ellis 01482 795615

St Hilda’s Church Community has activities to offer the whole family

Alternative education for school students

Local Works Ltd is a social enter-

prise (not for profit) located

within the leisure facility Soccer

Sensations, on Poorhouse Lane,

Hull (next to HKR).

The structure consists of Wayne

Anderson (Managing Director)

who is also a Greatfield resident,

and local businesses and coun-

cillors. This professional group

of people manage the company.

Friday evenings welcome the

Cubs and Scouts groups for ages

7 upwards, and the weeks reach

a conclusion with Sunday service

in the mornings.

Please check with the contacts

for prices and further details.

Local Works provides alternative

education to young people who

are in danger of disengaging

from mainstream education,

through providing a mixture of

sporting activities along with

preparing young people for the

world of work.

Wayne works with local schools,

assisting people between ages

10 - 16 if they are finding life in

school to be difficult.

These young people can work

towards an ASDAN qualifica-

tion.

Local Works has also developed

a Community Job Club, which

will assist local people to find

paid work, and also help the

young people to decide about

their future careers. The Job

Club is housed in a relaxing area

of the Soccer Sensations sports

complex.

For more information on the Job

Club or the alternative educa-

tion for young people, please

contact Wayne at:

Tel: 01482 706333

Email: wayne@localworks.info

Address: Soccer Sensations,

Poorhouse Lane, Hull HU9 5DF

On Wednesday mornings the

Tiddlywinks play group provides

fun activities for parents and

toddlers to enjoy between 9:30

and 11am. The group is timed as

such so you can drop your older

children off at school, visit the

playgroup, and be back in time

to pick the kids up for lunch.

Monday, Tuesday and Friday

evenings are filled with activity.

Rainbows and Brownies groups

already operate between 5 and

7:30pm on Mondays, and from

September 10th there will be a

new Girl Guides group starting.

Tuesday night is Dance Class

night, so please drop in and see

what’s on offer for you!

Like what you see?

Soccer Sensations and Local Works Ltd

Hull Karting

Hull Kingston Rovers

Greatfield Estate

Oldfleet Primary

Partnership Learning Centre

Stockwell Primary

Isaac Newton Sports Centre

Lord Charles P.H.

St Stephens Neighbourhood Ctr

St Hilda’s Church Community

Falkland Road Park

Goat & Compass P.H.

Probe

The Falcon P.H.

The Mobile Library

Outdoor Gym

Stonebridge Park

Marfleet Allotments

Bilton Grange Community Centre

Where to find your local activities and assistance...

If you’ve enjoyed finding out a

bit more about your estate, and

the things you can get involved

in, please let us know. If enough

people find it useful we can do it

again in the near future. There’s

that much going on in Greatfield

that we couldn’t fit everything

into one issue, but it would be

great to inform you about other

projects, services and facilities in

another issue sometime soon.

Please get in touch with us and

give us your feedback about the

newsletter. What could we do to

make it better? Do you have a

project of your own that you’d

like to share with Greatfield? If

so, we’d love to hear from you!

This newsletter is funded by the

BIG Lottery Awards for All pro-

gramme. If you’d like to contact

us about the newsletter or find

out more about our other pro-

jects that can help you, please

call Dave on 01482 219595,

write to us at 1—3 New George

Street, Hull HU2 8AX or email

info@inspirecommunities.co.uk

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Q1: How much funding had Tony Elvin raised for the Australia tour

by the time this newsletter went to print?

Q2: How much does a weekly pass cost for the Isaac Newton gym?

Q3: What time does the Hull City Council Mobile Library arrive at

Elmbridge Parade every fortnight?