Please note the dates of the following meetings, at which important information will be shared that affects services and facilities in your area.  Each meeting will provide the opportunity for questions and answers.

Both meetings are to be held at the former Hereward School site and there will be presentations from Greenwood Academies Trust and the City Council about the vision for the school.  This school is expected to open from September 2013.

18 May 2011 - from 6.30pm at the former Hereward School site on Reeves Way (combined with the East South Neighbourhood Panel meeting hosted by the Neighbourhood Policing team)

1 June 2011 – Neighbourhood Committee (formerly Neighbourhood Council) from 7pm at the former Hereward School site on Reeves Way.

I have now been in this post for 10 months and whilst writing reports recently I have been reflecting on the successes achieved by the project so I thought I would share some with you.

Firstly I have been really heartened that the Community House is so busy with such a lot of daily activity.  Not only are clubs, organisations and Partner agencies using the house regularly, but we now have residents calling in to the house to ask advice or to find out what’s going on.  I believe this is partly because of our new notice board which has been placed in the centre of Parnwell, but mostly because residents are seeing so much activity at the house.

Each Monday morning Ormiston Children & Families Trust hold a Stay and Play session at the Community House, this is very well attended and often to capacity.  Monday evenings the house becomes a ‘Chill out Zone’ for 7-12 year olds where volunteers run structured activities.  This group has grown very quickly and now 10 young people regularly attend.  Each Thursday morning a group of residents who wish to improve their English come along, have coffee and a chat.  These residents are supported by members of the Skills Exchange who organise speaking activities.  The sessions are well attended and everyone seems to get something from each activity.  The local PCSO and Housing Officer hold a monthly drop in at the house on the last Wednesday of each month and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau run bimonthly drop in sessions. 

One of the priorities of my role was to organise Planning for Real activities in Parnwell and to set up a Local Delivery Group to create an action plan to ensure that the suggestions made by residents were acted upon. To date
• 545 suggestions have been made
• At 10 different sessions
• By 151 residents
• Between the ages of 7 – 75
• And 10 different ethnicity groups

The first meeting of the Parnwell Local Delivery Group has now taken place and this group will continue to meet and create an action plan for Parnwell.  This action plan will feed into Peterborough City Council’s Neighbourhood Council process.  If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; 01733 342184

The Parnwell Community House Committee along with Positively Parnwell are holding an Easter celebration on Tuesday 26 April from 2.00pm - 4.00pm.  There will be an Easter Egg Roll, Easter Egg Hunt and a Dancing Competition.  All the excitement starts on Redmile Walk, (follow signs from Parnwell Centre).

There will also be information on all the other activities which are held at the Community House and how you can become more involved in these.

Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

See you there!

Stop press - a reminder that PCSO Tracie Gilbert and Accent Nene's, Housing Officer, Maria Gilbey will be holding a drop in session this afternoon from 2 - 4pm.  Residents are welcome to come along to raise any concerns they have.

I am happy to announce that the Chill out Zone Youth Club for children ages 7 -12 in Parnwell has reopened at the Parnwell Community House, 74 Whittington.  I am so pleased that volunteers have agreed to restart this club and these volunteers have come up with a programme of structured fun activities for the young people to get involved with. Young People who wish to take part should come along to the Community House on Mondays – 4.30pm – 6.00pm – there is a 20p charge to cover costs.
This club complements the detached youth work that Peterborough City Council’s Young Peoples Service is currently undertaking for 13 – 19 year old young people in Parnwell each Wednesday evening.

June Campbell

The Youth Worker is reverting back to detatched youth work as very few young people came along to the Youth Club in the Community Centre.  Please look out for Sukaina on Wednesday nights and let her know the kind of things you would like to be doing.

Residents of Parnwell and volunteers from Peterborough City Councils Future Jobs Fund scheme turned out to help collect an impressive 15 bags of rubbish! Litter picks are a fantastic way to make an instant improvement to any area, over teh comming months BTCV will be running an anti-litter campaign with the aim of reducing the need to litter picks in Parnwell.

This Youth Club is now running in the Parnwell Community Centre each Wednesday from 6 - 8pm.  If you are between the ages of 13 - 19 please go along and see what activities are on offer.  Funding only exits until the February half term so please go along to ensure that a need is established and we can go for funding to continue it after half term.

After discussions with Peterborough City Council's Youth Worker, I have agreed to fund the hire of Parnwell Community Centre each Wednesday evening, 6 - 8pm from 12 January for a 13 - 19 years Youth Club.  This is for a trial period up to February half term.  More information to follow shortly.

On Sunday 24th October 31 volunteers decended on Parnwell to take part in a bulb plant. Nearly 5000 bulbs were planted all around Parnwell centre. Come spring Parnwell shoudl have a burst of colour.

Help from Local Residents and Peterborough City Council's FJF team made for a fun day with plenty of cakes for everyone taking part.

Sunday 24th October 2010

1:30pm – 3:30pm

Meeting at Parnwell Community Centre

Bring a trowel if you have one; however there is a limited supply for those that don’t own a trowel. Disposable gloves will be provided.

Drinks, Cake & Biscuits will be provided for everyone taking part after the event. With an opportunity to take part in a Planning for Real activity including a goody bag for those that take part.

Organiser: Michael Charles
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 01733 563 642
them next week and report back at that time.

Further to the information posted a couple of weeks ago, I have now been informed that Peterborough City Council’s Central and East Youth Worker will start detached youth work in Parnwell on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. – Look out for them in the evenings and let them know what you would like them to be doing in the area.  I will meet with them next week and report back at that time.

June Campbell

The Peterborough City Council's Young Peoples Service will be undertaking detached youth work in Parnwell over the next few weeks.  If you are between the ages of 11 - 18 and see them in the area, please take an opportunity to discuss your wishes for the kind of activities you would like to take place in Parnwell.

More information on the Youth Workers initial findings will be posted here in a couple of weeks.

Arrears of Council Tax, Water Rates?
Having trouble meeting your credit payments?
Struggling to negotiate with your creditors?
Need help in re-scheduling your debts?
Arrears of Mortgage or Rent?

A Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) money adviser may be able to help.

CAB are now holding free drop in debt advice session at the Community House at 74 Whittington in Parnwell.  The sessions are open from 1.30pm – 4.30pm and will only be on the following dates. Appointments cannot be made. 31 August, 26 October, 21 December, 22 February 2011, 26 April 2011 and 28 June 2011

These sessions have been organised by the Home Group in conjunction with the new Community Development Co-ordinator in Parnwell and whilst they are primarily aimed at Parnwell residents the Home Group has agreed that, should time permit, the advisor can open these sessions to all.

June Campbell, Community Development Co-ordinator said: “I have in the past worked in other projects where these sessions have proved immensely popular and I hope local residents will take up this offer of locally provided debt advice.”

A group of volunteers gave up thier Sunday to create a new clearing along one of the cycleways through Parnwell. The clearing was previously open however after a few years of neglect had become overgrown, leading to some fly tipping in the bushes.

The volunteers put in a supreme effort and manage to clear the site and open it up, with its new found openness and a full clean out this clearing should make the path feel far more open and welcoming. Just take a look at the picture below to see the differrence a few local people can make in a day.

If you would be interested in getting involed with this kind of local action please contact Michael Charles on 01733 563 642 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.