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COVID 19 effects on Mental Health and Wellbeing: children and young people in Wrexham and Flintshire |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
05 Mar 2021 |
19 Mar 2021 |
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Why are we doing this?
Introduction
Thank you for finding the time to complete this consultation, your answers are important to us, they are confidential and will inform the work of Wrexham and Flintshire’s Public Service Boards.
Public Service Boards are a partnership of organisations that help provide public services. They include the Council, the Health Board, the Fire and Rescue Service, Natural Resources Wales, the Police, The National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Company, Public Health Wales, Coleg Cambria, A.V.O.W, and Welsh Government.
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What we found out
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What difference has it made?
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Queensway Alley Gating Public Space Protection Order 2021 |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
01 Feb 2021 |
01 Mar 2021 |
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Why are we doing this?
Queensway Alley Gating Public Space Protection Order 2021
The Safer Streets Fund is a £25m fund, available to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) in England and Wales in 2020/21.
PCCs were asked to work with partners, to design and deliver local crime prevention plans with the outcome of reducing acquisitive (theft, burglary or similar) crimes through prevention, therefore making residents feel safer.
Why the Queensway Ward?
When we looked at how we could bid for this funding to benefit residents in Wrexham it was noted there was a higher level of crime such as burglaries in this area when compared to the figures for the rest of the county borough.
Whilst action has previously been taken with police and other partners to reduce crime levels in the area the results have been mixed and are not sustainable in the long term.
In order to come up with a more sustainable approach to improve the lives of residents we took a closer look at what could be done to reduce the higher crime levels. We found that one factor we could do something about was the network of alleys in the area. These alleys are attractive to criminals who use them to enter and leave areas without bringing any undue attention to themselves or their intentions.
WCBC in exercise of its powers under Sections 59, 64 and 72 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, seeks to make a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in order to close the footpaths. Residents directly affected by the closures will be provided with keys if they wish to ensure they can continue to have access.
Footpaths Proposed to be Gated
next to 85/86 Bryn Hafod
next to 94/95 Bryn Hafod
next to 82 Cefndre.
next to 89 Cefndre.
next to 126 Cefndre
next to 59 Gwenfro to 66 Gwenfro
next to 155 Gwenfro
next to 37/38 Y Wern
Attached is a Notice of the proposed PSPO. Please view the Order and any comments can be made via the enclosed survey.
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What we found out
A smaller number of resients replied to the consultation than the one previously. As a response to some of the comments received some mitigating factors have been made. The comments made by residents were reported in a report to the Wrexham Executive Board with proposals which were agreed on the 9th March 2021.
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What difference has it made?
The findings of the consultation were reported to Wrexham Council's Executive board who on the 9th March made a decision to make the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) at all 8 locations proposed.
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Budget Consultation 2021/22 |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
30 Nov 2020 |
05 Feb 2021 |
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Why are we doing this?
Consulting on our plans to reshape Council services to meet the financial challenge and the budget proposals for 2021/22.
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What we found out
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What difference has it made?
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Closure of Alleyways (Queensway) |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
01 Dec 2020 |
31 Dec 2020 |
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Why are we doing this?
The Safer Streets Fund is a £25m fund, available to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) in England and Wales in 2020/21.
PCCs were asked to work with partners, to design and deliver local crime prevention plans with the outcome of reducing acquisitive crimes through prevention, therefore making residents feel safer.
North Wales Bids
Following analysis of the areas in North Wales that met the criteria of being particularly affected by acquisitive crime, two bids were submitted to the fund, one being Queensway in Wrexham.
In July 2020 the Home Office announced that the North Wales bids were both successful, together with another 50 across England and Wales. The project for Queensway was awarded £550,000.
Queensway Allocation
The funding will be used to include the following:
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- Increase CCTV and ANPR coverage
- Improve natural surveillance within the area through the provision of new lighting and upgrade of existing lighting.
- Provide alley gating to control access to identified alleys.
- Demolition of garage blocks, and replacing with car parking area (subject to planning permission).
- Provide additional fencing outside of those currently being funded by the Borough Council.
- Delivery and installation of 870 burglary crime prevention packs to those residents whose property is vulnerable to rear entry.
- Training for community wardens and volunteers to allow the residents to take action themselves to prevent crime.
- An Environmental Fund.
This consultation concentrates on Wrexham County Borugh Council's action to stop up the following highways with gates in the Queensway ward of Caia Park.
Alley gate 2 footpaths next to 85/86 and 94/95 Bryn Hafod
Alley gate 1 footpath next to 82 Cefndre.
Alley gate 1 footpath next to 89 Cefndre.
Alley gate 1 footpath next to 126 Cefndre
Alley gate 1 footpath next to 59 Gwenfro to 66 Gwenfro
Alley gate 1 footpath next to 155 Gwenfro (previously gated in the past)
Alley gate 1 footpath next to 37/38 Y Wern
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What we found out
The majority of residents who returned their views supported the proposals. Some mitigation would need to be found to some of the issues raised and alternative routes highlighted.
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What difference has it made?
Following the consultation and discussions with legal, advice received was to seek a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to Alleygate the proposed areas. So another round of consultation will follow on the proposals, it was decided however to keep all proposed areas within the second consultation.
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CAMHS CONSULTATION: SETTINGS AND LOCATIONS OF CAMHS APPOINTMENTS & CAMHS WEBSITE |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
01 Oct 2020 |
30 Dec 2020 |
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Why are we doing this?
We are members of the ‘Senedd yr Ifanc’ Wrexham Youth Parliament. The Senedd yr Ifanc is a group of young people aged 11-25 with a connection to Wrexham. We work on improving issues that matter to young people while giving them a voice. We as a focus group have come together to work on a project with CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) in Wrexham.
CAMHS is a child and adolescent mental health service, they support children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional or behavioural wellbeing including eating disorders, autistic spectrum disorder, attention deficit hypersensitive disorder (ADHD), depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychosis.
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Tenant's Survey 2020 - Covid-19 |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
16 Nov 2020 |
28 Dec 2020 |
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Why are we doing this?
This survey will provide us with valuable information, which will be used to evaluate our services during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Wrexham Council's Decarbonisation Plan |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
06 Nov 2020 |
13 Dec 2020 |
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Why are we doing this?
The Climate Emergency is one of the most important topics of our time and one which we must address quickly. The Welsh Government declared a Climate Emergency in Wales, thereby setting ambitious plans for the public sector to be carbon neutral by 2030.
The Council has also declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency which will target the decarbonisation of Council operations and promote the protection and enhancement of its natural environment. Full Council approved a motion to develop a clear Decarbonisation Plan for the authority. The Plan will set an agenda and programme of works for creating a ‘carbon positive’ organisation.
We are asking you the community, for your feedback, ideas, discussion points that will ultimately feed into the creation and establishment of our Decarbonisation plan. We know that our work will centre on the 4 main categories highlighted, and we will give you a bit of background to each one. However; we welcome your thoughts and ideas for each topic, and how we can create exciting and innovative projects, that will not only support the aims and objectives of our plan, but also support the protection and enhancement of our natural environment for future generations.
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Council Tax Reduction Scheme Consultation 2021/22 |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
26 Nov 2020 |
09 Dec 2020 |
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Why are we doing this?
Reviewing Local Discretions which are available as part of the scheme.
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Virtual Open Day |
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service |
16 Nov 2020 |
04 Dec 2020 |
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Why are we doing this?
To ascertain what people want from future events held online
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What we found out
The questionnaire needs to go out immediately after such event in future.
Of those who did reply, they appeared to have enjoyed the event and made a few suggestions for future events.
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What difference has it made?
Will be taken into consideration for future events organised online.
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Senedd Yr Ifanc and Protecting Nature |
Wrexham County Borough Council |
01 Oct 2020 |
30 Nov 2020 |
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Why are we doing this?
Reducing Climate Change was the top priority for the Senedd Yr Ifanc in their 2019 Ballot voted by 477 young people (27.3%) . To find out which area of reducing Climate Change the young people wanted the Senedd to focus on they created a Poll, they identified 6 areas were Climate Change can be reduced:
Sources of Food, Protecting Nature, Housing and Buildings, Recycling, Transport and Energy Sources.
Protecting Nature came out on top, voted on by 36.36% of the young people.
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What we found out
Reducing Climate Change was the top priority for the Senedd Yr Ifanc in their 2019 Ballot. To find out which area of reducing Climate Change the young people wanted the Senedd to focus on they created a Poll, they identified 6 areas where Climate Change can be reduced. Protecting Nature came out on top, voted on by 36.36% of the young people.
Next they asked which area the Senedd could make the most impact on in Wrexham.
Clean Up: community clean ups to support protecting wildlife came out on top with 28.14% of the votes.
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What difference has it made?
The Senedd yr Ifanc aim is to support community clean ups and improve the environment when safe to do so ( Covid), a mini film supporting keeping your community clean and reducing single use plastic is being developed.
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