SPELTHORNE COMMITTEE FOR ACCESS NOW
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS
Proposed Meetings for SCAN and Spelthorne Physical and Sensory Disability Forum 2008
Community Forums - Spelthorne - Next Meeting Dates
Deafplus Mobile Advisory Service
NOTICE OF WORKS TO HIGHWAYS IN SPELTHORNE
Walled Garden, Sunbury
The official launch of the Tactile Plans for visually impaired visitors took place
on Wednesday 8th October at the Walled Garden, Thames Street, Sunbury
on Thames. SCAN member, Architect Wycliffe Noble, welcomed the Deputy
Mayor of Spelthorne Councillor Caroline Spencer and her husband Alan.
Wycliffe opened proceedings with an introduction to explain the background
to the new scheme that will enable visitors to the gardens who have a visual
impairment to have a greater understanding of the layout of the gardens.
Guests were also able to tour the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery that is
housed in a specially designed gallery located near the main entrance to the
Gardens.
Other supporters of the event included Spelthorne Borough Councillors, Robin Sider and George Trussler, Robert Shaw and John Stamp from the Embroidery design team, Staines Shopmobility and Voluntary Action in Spelthorne. The visually impaired community was represented by Trevor Baker, Senior Committee Manager with the Borough Council and local musician Keith Goldson. Norinda Mohammed from NW Surrey Association of Disabled People based at Woking also came along to the event. Councillor Ian Beardsmore was unable to attend although the plans and marker posts were funded by a grant given to SCAN by him in 2007.
Thanks go to local photographer Vic Kettle for recording the event and it is hoped that some photographs will be available on SCAN’s web site at a later date. Finally thanks to Ian Dow for providing the Public Address system.
Email info@scanweb.org. or call 07967 499829 for further information.
SCAN has joined an increasing number of local groups such as Staines Shopmobility and Spelthorne MS Society who have registered with the Easy Fundraising web site.
Support SCAN for free when shopping online with over 500 popular retailers, including Amazon, M&S, John Lewis, Debenhams, HMV, Woolworths and many more. The following link will allow you to register with SCAN as your chosen group. www.easyfundraising.org.uk/spelthorneaccessnow
NOTICE OF WORKS TO HIGHWAYS IN SPELTHORNE.
Information about Highways works in Spelthorne is available on Surrey County Council's web site at http://www1.surreycc.gov.uk/highways.
Each of the following links provides information on the work and when it is scheduled to start.
BROADLANDS AVENUE, SHEPPERTON Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
HALLIFORD ROAD, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
EXEFORDE AVENUE, ASHFORD Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
APPROACH ROAD, ASHFORD Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
HYTHE ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
STAINES ROAD WEST, ASHFORD Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
ST MARTINS COURT, ASHFORD Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
RENFREE WAY, SHEPPERTON Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
BRYONY WAY, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
ST PAULS ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 5/12/2008
STAINES ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 4/12/2008
CARLYLE ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 3/12/2008
ASHFORD ROAD, LALEHAM Scheduled Start Date 3/12/2008
HOLYWELL WAY, STANWELL Scheduled Start Date 3/12/2008
QUEENS WALK, ASHFORD Scheduled Start Date 2/12/2008
KINGSTON CRESCENT, ASHFORD Scheduled Start Date 2/12/2008
CHURCH ROAD (incl Fir Tree Place), ASHFORD Scheduled Start Date 2/12/2008
EDGELL ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 2/12/2008
FROBISHER CRESCENT, STANWELL Scheduled Start Date 2/12/2008
HEATHCROFT AVENUE, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Scheduled Start Date 2/12/2008
CHARLTON LANE, SHEPPERTON Scheduled Start Date 2/12/2008
PENTON ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
STAINES ROAD EAST, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
LALEHAM ROAD, SHEPPERTON Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
NURSERY ROAD, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
KINGSMEAD AVENUE, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
ST PAULS ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
STAINES ROAD, STAINES Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
STAINES ROAD WEST, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Scheduled Start Date 1/12/2008
Community Link, Knowle Green,
Staines, Middlesex. TW18 1AX
Telephone/Fax: 01784 446358
Office Hours – Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 3.00 pm
Email info.vais@spelthorne.gov.uk.
STAINES SHOPMOBILITY Two Rivers Retail Park, Staines, Middlesex. TW18 4EB
Telephone: 01784 459416
Email: stainesshopmobility@talktalkbusiness.net
Web Site http://www.stainesshopmobility.co.uk
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Monday to Saturday, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
PROPOSED MEETINGS FOR SCAN AND SPELTHORNE PHYSICAL & SENSORY DISABILITY FORUM FOR 2008
We will hold our regular meetings on the following dates from 12pm in the Goddard Room, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines. For further information please call 07967 499829 or email info@scanweb.org
Our next meeting will to take place on Wednesday 19 November 2008 and thereafter on
Wednesday 14th January 2009
A special event took place on Wednesday 8th October at the Walled Gardens, Sunbury to launch New Tactile plans that have been developed for visually impaired visitors.
ALL Meetings are open to New Members, please contact info@scanweb.org for further information. Please include your postal address and phone number so that we can get back to you.
COMMUNITY FORUMS IN SPELTHORNE have been set up to provide a focal point for multi-agency debate with users and carers about Community and Primary Care and Children's services. Their aims are to assess the effectiveness of existing services in meeting local need and seek proposals for improvements or variations to service delivery. To identify gaps in the unmet need in services leading to the development of proposals and recommendations to the Borough Council's Health and Well-Being Partnership Group and other relevant bodies..
Surrey County Council's 'Action for Equality Policy' encourages Membership of all Forums from all sections of the community. All members are given equal status and access.
Spelthorne Carer's Forum will meet on
Monday 26 January 2009 at 10.15am in the Goddard Room, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines
Spelthorne Older People's Forum will meet on
Tuesday 20 January 2009 , from 12.30pm at Ashford Hospital Education
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Spelthorne Physical and Sensory Disability Forum
Members of SCAN’s have been liaising with Mary Birch, the Forum Administrator, and we have been combining their meetings since May 2007 as there are common areas of interest in both Groups. Please see above for the schedule of proposed dates for future meetings
For further information contact the Forum Administrator, Mary Birch on 01932 226629 or email
mary.birch@surreypct.nhs.uk
NORTH SURREY DISABILITY PARTNERSHIP BOARD Meetings are held every two months at Hythe Community Centre. The next meeting is scheduled for 18th November 2008.
For further information contact Carol Pearson, Surrey Coalition of Disabled People telephone number is 01483 456558, fax 01483 456561. Her email is carol.pearson@surreycoalition.org.uk
MEET SPELTHORNE AND RUNNYMEDE MP’s
A special meeting of the North Surrey Partnership Board for Physical, Sensory & Cognitive Disabilities was held on Friday 11th July 2008 at Hythe Community Centre, Thorpe. Only Runnymede's MP, Philip Hammond was able to attend hopwever David Wilshire was able to attend a eeting on 31st October.
Please contact Yasmin Broom at telephone Tel: 01483 517294, Fax: 01483 518440 or email yasmin.broome@surreycc.gov.uk. for further information
DEAFPLUS MOBILE ADVISORY SERVICEPlease ring the Farnborough Centre on 01252 510051 for more information about service visits. Alternatively details can be found on the deafPLUS website at www.deafplus.org.
Visits to Spelthorne are scheduled for
Thursday 6th November
Greeno Centre, Glebelands Garden, Shepperton, 10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Ashford Hospital, London Road, Ashford, 2 pm to 4 pm
Friday 21st November
St Peter’s Hospital, Guildford Road Chertsey. 10.30 am to 12.30 pm.