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36 news Health <strong>Stockton</strong> and Wellbeing Get lively... Over 50s get fit and active Last year <strong>Stockton</strong> Council and NHS <strong>Stockton</strong>-on-Tees funded a number of projects which helped the over 50s enjoy the outdoors, get fit and meet new people. These included a gardening course, rowing, running, bowling, croquet, mobility walks, short walks and themed scenic walks. Funding is again available to support new and innovative projects in the Borough. The crew at St Bede’s RC Primary ...at lunchtime The Lively Lunchtime Crew is an exciting new programme set up by <strong>Stockton</strong> Council to work in primary schools. Designed to refresh school lunchtimes and teach children about healthy eating and physical activity, the programme is led by the Council’s Healthy Schools team. The Crew is run by a specially trained team From April, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – a new, independent regulator – is gradually introducing a new system for standards of care across all health and adult social care services in England. Services, which will be regularly monitored by CQC, will be licensed providing they meet essential standards. This means you can expect services to meet standards of quality and safety which respect your dignity and rights. NHS Trusts are the first to come into the new system when, for the first time, all NHS of children selected by each of the schools. By using games and a reward scheme, the pupils get stuck into eating healthy and getting active. So far, pupils have shown outstanding commitment and enthusiasm towards the programme. To find out more about the programme, call Jennifer Edwards on (01642) 524733. New standards of care hospitals must, by law, be registered with CQC. Assessors and inspectors are currently reviewing NHS Trusts before licensing them to operate. CQC will publish information on its website about the status of your NHS hospital which will be updated with new information over the year. Your voice will count in helping CQC decide what judgements to take and they are developing ways to enable you to feedback your comments directly. CQC have greater powers to ensure they can take swift action where care providers are failing people. To find out more about the new system visit www.cqc.org.uk One of the clubs awarded funding last year was Ropner Park Bowling Association which ran a bowling for beginners course. The funding improved the club’s facilities and delivered 90 hours of coaching over a sixweek period. The club saw an increase in season ticket holders and casual bowlers thanks to the popularity of the over 50s course. Watch out in future editions of <strong>Stockton</strong> News for details about the courses on offer or call (01642) 526274, or email andrea.hogg@stockton.gov. uk
news Your <strong>Stockton</strong> New guide to help the bereaved A loved one’s death is traumatic enough, so being faced with registering the death, organising a funeral and dealing with the Estate can be overwhelming. The Council’s Bereavement Service has produced a Bereavement Guide, offering a range of advice from the registration of a death to dealing with probate. The allencompassing guide is available free from the Register Office in Balaclava Street, <strong>Stockton</strong> and, shortly, from other Council buildings and GP surgeries. James Dooley, Bereavement Services Officer, said: “Dealing with a bereavement can be difficult but we hope this guide will help families with some of the practicalities. “The guide can also be used alongside our ‘funeral wishes’ booklet, which can be completed to record your personal wishes for your own funeral. This could include your choice of hymns or pieces Council of music, readings, named people to speak at the funeral, choice of flowers and where your cremated remains should be scattered.” Both documents are free and available by contacting Bereavement Services on (01642) 527341 or 527342. Page 37 The way forward… In the last edition of <strong>Stockton</strong> News we gave details of the way forward for the Council’s ‘executive arrangements’ for how the Council is run – either by a Council Leader or a directly elected Mayor and Cabinet. All residents will be receiving a letter explaining in detail how the arrangements would work and asking for views. Those views will be taken into consideration and taken forward to the Council’s Cabinet meeting. The final outcome should be known by September. A sound plan for the Borough A strategy for future development in the Borough has received the green light from an independent Planning Inspector. The Core Strategy Development Plan Document is the first in a series of planning documents prepared under a new local planning system. It sets out the Council’s broad strategy for future development for the next 10 to 15 years. In January, the Inspector declared the plan as being right for the Borough – the culmination of several years’ work and extensive consultation with residents and other organisations. As well as the Council’s vision and objectives for the Borough, the Core Strategy has policies on sustainable transport, travel and living, the economy, town centres, the provision of community facilities, housing, the environment and planning obligations. Policies set out how the objectives will be met and, in some cases, give broad locations where development should take place. The strategy will now be used to inform other documents and determine planning applications. Work will now focus on other Local Development Framework documents, in particular the Regeneration Development Plan Document and Yarm and Eaglescliffe Area Action Plan. The Core Strategy will be available from mid April. For a copy or to find out more visit www.stockton.gov. uk/spatialplanning or call (01642) 526197. It’s a wrap The Council’s Animal Welfare Service needs donations of bedding for the dogs in their care. The service, based in <strong>Stockton</strong>’s Church Road, takes in around 70 dogs each month. If you have any old blankets, towels, duvets or sheets you could donate, please contact Animal Welfare Officers on (01642) 526575 or email animal.welfare@stockton.gov.uk
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