Community Lunches
Lunches are held by the community development team, lunch is provided together with tea/coffee and provides an ideal venue for local people, groups and practitioners to network with each other. They are open to anyone living or working in the specified area, it gives participants the opportunity to be involved in their community and gain an understanding of what’s going on in their local area. Future dates for lunches are given below:
Alderney
- 9th July 2008 @ Ralph Jessops Court 12:30-14:00
- 21st August 2008 @ Boyd House 12:30-14:00
- 1st October 2008 @ Bourne Valley Community Centre 12:30-14:00
- 5th November 2008 @ Stanfield Close Sheltered Housing 12:30-14:00
- 19th December 2008 @ Alder Road Baptist Church 12:30-14:00
For more information on Alderney please contact Marie Stopford on 01202 633045 or at m.stopford@poole.gov.uk
Hamworthy
- 15th July 2008 @ Hamoworthy Football Club 12.00-14.00
- 2nd September 2008
- 14th October 2008
- 25th November 2008
For more information on Hamworthy please contact Paula Wade on 01202 633430 or at p.wade@poole.gov.uk
Canford Heath
- 10th September 2008 @ Ashdown School 12:30-14:00
- 1st October 2008 @ Canford Heath Library 10-11:30
- 5th November @ Ad Astra School 12:30-14:00
- 3rd December @ Canford Heath Library 19:00-21:00
Poole Old Town
- 23rd July 2008 @ St Marys Longfleet 12.30-14.00
- 3rd September 2008
- 15th October 2008
- 19th November 2008
- 17th December 2008
Oakdale
- 30th July 2008 @ St Georges Church 12.30-14.00
- 17th September 2008
- 29th October 2008
- 10th December 2008
For more information on Poole Town, Oakdale or Canford Heath please contact Lianne Yeo on 01202 633486 or l.yeo@poole.gov.uk
Community Development Team
The Community Development Team is comprised of Community Development and Community Liaison Officers. The team are available to offer support and guidance to individuals wishing to start a volunteer based group and to already established groups who are looking to apply for funding. They are able to bring communities together to share information and keep residents informed about changes and movement in their community. The team has strong links with the residents and practitioners in their community and offer a great knowledge about who's doing what, if they don't know they'll be able to sign post you to someone who does.
Community Development Officers
The Borough of Poole has two Community Development Officers, one having a specific role to carry out within Hamworthy and the other in Poole Town centre and Oakdale. However they also get involved with groups and organisations borough wide. They assist new groups in starting up and helping them to get off the ground. The BoP have a small mini grant system to support this work and is always keen to hear of new ideas, groups or projects.
The Community Development Officer's are also responsible for the administration of the Council’s annual grant application process which opens every year towards the end of September so please keep a watchful eye out for adverts in the local newspapers nearer the time.
Another responsibility is sitting on the panel for the Safer Neighbourhood Teams for their respective wards, these duties include identifying three priority areas through community engagement and tackling them to find a solution. This process is ongoing and new priority areas are established on a six weekly basis by the joint partnership work of the Safer Neighbourhood Panel.
You can contact your local Community Development Officer on either 01202 633486 or 01202 633430.
Community Liaison Officers
The Borough of Poole currently has one Community Liaison officer for Alderney and Rossmore. They hold a drop in surgery on the last Friday of every month at Rossmore Library, this gives all members of the community the opportunity to discuss issues one on one, these can be resolved or advice given to individuals wishing to start up a group or charity.
The role includes supporting and assisting individuals, groups and organisations to get involved in their local community and to address the issues affecting them. Responsibilities also include sitting on the panel for the Rossmore & Alderney Safer Neighbourhood Team, working with the police the team aims to engage with the all community groups in the area through surveys and face to face discussions to establish three main concerns for local people. These priority areas or concerns will then be addressed and tackled, once this is done the team will feedback to the community and start the process again.
The Community Liaison Officer can be contacted on 01202 633045.
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