North Locality Plans

Your Community Plan

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Here you’ll find the Locality Plan for the North area – this plan has been developed in conjunction with residents and sets out what we will be doing to improve your community over the next 12 months.

The plan outlines what the priorities are across the North area.

 If you want to feedback on the plan select the ‘Take part in the latest locality survey’ button below. To discuss further you can do so by emailing localitiessupport@doncaster.gov.uk.

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What have we achieved so far?

The North Locality Plan has now reached its first year milestone. Over the last 12 months local people, businesses, partners, Voluntary Community and Faith Sector have come together to co-design, co-produce and co-deliver against our local priorities in order to make a positive difference across our communities.

Here's what's happened so far to help make the improvements in the East area as identified by your community:

Environment, Sustainability and Green Spaces

  • Effective use of household waste and recycling facilities to reducing fly tipping and littering (Ongoing)
  • Offered a Reuse and removal of bulky items service (Ongoing)
  • Provided bin stickers to aid understanding reducing contamination (Ongoing)
  • Worked with Stronger Communities organising litter picks in schools (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Active Travel & Carbon literacy Champions (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • The 'One Million Trees' programme and Doncaster Tree Register. Tree planting season is underway, and ties in with the 'Queen's Green Canopy' campaign. 22 schools have participated (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Food Network & Allotments Service encouraging communities to feed their families lower cost, healthier meals (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Tree planting Woodland Trust's Grow Back Greener Challenge Fund & planting across the North (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Heat Decarbonisation Plan (HDP) for Askern Leisure Centre (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Achieved Green Flag Park Status at Bentley Park, Campsall Country Park and Cusworth Hall Park (2022)
  • St Leger Homes has also committed £60 to tree planting, in line with the Mayor's pledge (Ongoing)

Amenities, Services and Support 

  • Increased numbers of GP appointments available, extending working hours and days. Offered health, including blood pressure checks in alternative settings to traditional health care ones to provide a more holistic approach to health and wellbeing (Oongoing)
  • Recruited Mental Health Support workers in our GP practices and delivered Mental Health Inequality awareness training for all practices (Ongoing)
  • Offered mental health first aid training for employees of organisations in our locality (Ongoing)
  • Referred families presenting with mental health support needs to other services via our triage function (Ongoing)
  • Launched a SPA for personalised care - providing a more holistic and streamlined process for patients presenting to primary care for personalised care (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Launched Personalised Care Pilot - for high intensity users to engage them with proactive social prescribing or other personalised care (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Launched a Pain Support Service Pilot (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Launched Primary Care Mental Health Hubs (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Developed strategies for Early Cancer Diagnosis, Health inequalities and Learning Disabilities/Mental Health (Launched 2022 and ongoing)

Business and Regeneration

  • Delivered the Holidays and Food Programme to give Children and Young People positive activities to engage in, and tackle poverty, ensuring children, particularly the most disadvantages have a meal (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Supported the reopening of Shakers at Askern (2022)
  • Recruited a dedicated youth worker for the North (Launched 2022 and ongoing)

Community Safety

  • North area Police team aligned with the 4 locality areas, increasing presence (Ongoing)
  • Secured Safer Streets funding to tackle ASB and Violence against Women and Girls (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Delivered Operation Anticipate through the autumn and Winter Months and continued to roll our Stronger Families programme (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Run virtual reality workshops in North schools, to educate young people about ASB and its impact (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Worked with the Domestic Violence Theme Group regarding Domestic Violence across the locality and initiatives, strategies and responses to it (Ongoing)

Poverty 

  • Delivered the Winter Warmth Programme in the North supplying: Advice packs, draft excluders, slow cookers, warm clothing, blankets, electric blankets, hot water bottles (2022)
  • Provided Safe warm spaces in our Triage function (2022)
  • Developed and rolled out of the Cost of Living Toolkit (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Provided & promoted Foodbanks and hygiene banks across the North and support to buy white goods (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • Supported residents in our North triage setting into work and/or upskill to a higher-paid job/career (Launched 2022 and ongoing)
  • We share information on Facebook around services provided in our North Hub (Ongoing)
  • Provided Information, Advice & Guidance on income and benefits through the Citizens Advice Bureau and other agencies (Ongoing)

Housing 

  • Income Management Officers work with struggling families to develop alternative payment arrangements to reduce rent arrears (Ongoing)
  • Days of Action across the North, including identification of messy gardens and tenancy breaches, signposting tenants to support. This should also improve neighbour relations and reduce likelihood of disputes (Launched 2022 and ongoing)

Community Investment Fund

Have you got a project that seeks to support your local community? The Community Investment Fund, funded by the Better Care Fund, can support your local project. Grants of up to £2000 are available for grassroots and smaller groups. The grants are managed by voluntary organisations within your community, and the funds can be used for lots of different projects, including those that focus on your communities priorities, as highlighted in our new Locality Plans.

To find out more about accessing the grant you can contact North Doncaster Development Trust at : nddtadmin@northdoncaster.org.uk