issue forty three spring 2020

the council magazine for the local community

Ready to race! Get on your bike for the Tour de Pages 15 to 18

To contact the council call 01642 774774 or www.-cleveland.gov.uk facebook.com/redcarcleveland or on @RedcarCleveland Use your VOTE ! VOTERS will have the opportunity to vote in two important elections on ursday 7 May when both the Combined Authority (TVCA) Mayor and and Crime Commissioner (PCC) positions will be elected. The Police and Crime The Tees Valley Mayor is elected to work alongside the five Tees Valley councils Commissioner (PCC) to improve the economy of the area, bring in new is elected to hold Cleveland Police force to account for investment and create jobs. delivering the kind of policing you want to see. The Mayor will have responsibilities and influence The PCC works with the council and other over transport, skills, business growth and investment, organisations to promote and enable joined-up working culture and tourism. on community safety and criminal justice. The PCC does The Mayor will chair the Combined Authority which not ‘run’ the police force and the Chief Constable was set up to lead the economic development of the continues to be responsible for the day-to-day Tees Valley area. Candidates are given the chance to put operations. However, he or she will be accountable to an election address in an information booklet which will the public via the Police and Crime Commissioner. be sent to every registered elector. The PCC may stand for a political party, however, they Look out for the booklet which will hit doormats are expected to represent all the people in their area around Monday 20 April. impartially and are required to swear an 'Oath of Postal voters will receive both ballot papers in their Impartiality' before taking office. pack which will be dispatched from 21 April and You will be able to find out more details about the electors who choose to visit their polling station will candidates that come forward for election, from be given both papers. Thursday 9 April by visiting choosemypcc.org.uk

If you are already registered to vote, then you will automatically receive your polling information cards around Wednesday 25 March. However, if you aren’t registered or you have moved home recently, then you need to re-register to vote by visiting gov.uk/register-to-vote or by calling 01642 774 774. The deadline to register is Tuesday 21 April. If you would like to become a postal voter, then you need to fill in and return an application form by the deadline of 5pm on 22 April. Alternatively, a proxy voter can be appointed ahead of 5pm on 29 April, to attend the polling station on your behalf. All forms can be downloaded from aboutmyvote.co.uk.

page 2 Welcome INSI DE Royal seal of approval Welcome to the spring edition for care centre ... 4 of ‘this is .’ George’s big day ... 5 This is the time of year in the which will create thousands of jobs Never forget ... 6 council calendar when we reflect on while making our borough cleaner the progress of the last 12 months … and greener. Women of the war ... 7 and it has certainly been an eventful We are very much looking forward one. to showcasing our borough with Macauley beats the odds ... 8 You can find out much more about some great events which we hope what has been achieved in fulfilling you will all enjoy. An exciting moment MBEs for caring couple ... 9 our key priorities in our Annual was the announcement of the Tour de Review pages. However, you will be Yorkshire route and that promises to Muddy Boots ... 10 aware a lot of effort was focused by be a huge success, enabling us to ourselves and our partner agencies showcase our beautiful borough to A day in the life of a on supporting our major industries millions. Prior to that we have the Countryside Ranger ... 11 which are vital to our borough – such annual Klondike, where cycling’s elite as British Steel – and that work take on the challenge of racing British Museum exhibition ... 12 continues. We can also have around East Cleveland. There are big confidence in the future following the plans to mark the Victory in Europe Action at Regent Cinema ... 13 welcome boost of £71 million of extra 75th Anniversary commemorations government investment at our and we hope as many people as On their bikes for Tour ... 15 internationally-important industrial possible come out to pay tribute to site which stretches from Redcar to those who fought and won the Great ready for the race! ... 16 & 17 South Bank. We are also encouraged freedom we all now enjoy. that progress is being made at the Enjoy the magazine and have a Klondike returns ... 18 site in a major project to make us great Easter. world leaders in ‘carbon capture’ Councillor Mary Lanigan Council Leader An nual Re view 2 019 /20... 19 to 26 Councillor Karen King A year in the news ... 20 & 21 Deputy Council Leader More and better jobs ... 22 Safe and supportive communities ... 23 Proud places ... 24 Cleaner and greener ... 25 Counting on a balanced budget ... 26

What’s ON… 27, 28 & 29

Ward Surgeries … 30 & 31 Council Diary ... 31

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TOUR: Ings Farm Primary pupils Reuben Challenar, 7, Oscar Bowes, 10, Jack Walker, 10 and Chloe Daglish, 10, are being inspired to cycle by the Tour de Yorkshire. page 3 ROYAL: Resident of Meadowgate, Maureen with staff in the lounge of the centre.

Royal seal of approval for intermediate care centre e Princess Royal visited e Meadowgate Intermediate Care Centre in to officially open the new £5 million centre designed to help people recover and regain their independence after a hospital stay and prevent hospital admissions.

Princess Anne, Patron of the Royal College of • an assessment and recovery unit for patients whose Occupational Therapists, met staff and residents on Her recovery may take longer; Royal Highness’ tour of the facilities as well as • independent living centre for people to manage their representatives from the council. own health and care through advice and Following the tour she unveiled a plaque to mark the demonstrations. official opening of the new building which was completed The 40-bed care centre has provided employment for in November 2019. more than 60 staff working in health and social care as The Meadowgate Intermediate Care Centre provides well as support service roles. therapy-led care and support to residents and includes: • a reablement unit, for people who need to get their For further information visit www.redcar- independence back; cleveland.gov.uk/meadowgate

Wood burning and Make cervical screening multi-fuel stoves part of your routine WOOD burning and multi-fuel stoves are CERVICAL screening prevents at increasing in popularity so our inspectors least 2,000 cervical cancer deaths to be thought it would be a good time to each year in the UK and across our ud par pro t o spread the message on what to look for local area we know that one in four e f ’r it when buying a stove, how to have it women are missing out on this e ! installed properly, to operate it efficiently important test. W and find out whether your home is in a Many local GP practices and sexual smoke control area. health services have signed up to S for SCREENIN LON G The public is also being made aware become a ‘no fear service’ meaning SA that the Government is phasing out the they will offer a range of supportive sale of the most polluting fuels in measures to help you. This could Stars n ts e icipan e g part r nin c scree S rvical me for ce household fires from next year. mean you benefit from things like The reward sche A smoke control area is not a booking appointments online, back-to- Stars card here... ‘smokeless zone’, these don’t exist. back buddy appointments, requesting Use your Screen There will always be a small amount of a female practitioner, and even smoke even from an exempt appliance. bringing a friend along to support you.

reduceyourrisk t At your appointment you can also tifulInsideAndOu For further details or information es.co.uk #Beau screeningsavesliv please contact Environmental collect your ‘Screen Stars’ card and get Protection on 01642 774774, an extra treat for looking after yourself. environmental.protection@redcar- Local businesses are offering a range of treats - please visit cleveland.gov.uk or visit www.redcar- www.screeningsaveslives.co.uk and visit the cervical screening cleveland.gov.uk/multifuelstoves page for further details. page 4 Where's George bin for his big day? EVERY bin day since he was two years old, George Ayton has stared out of his living room window to watch his community's waste disposal team at work...and dream of one day joining them.

Last month his dream came true disembarked before grabbing the when that same waste disposal team first bins. came to his school to recruit George Taking his job very seriously, he himself to join them on their rounds. lined up two bins with the back of the Holding his dad’s hand as he truck where he was shown which walked out of Normanby Primary buttons empty them. George’s dad School gates, four-year-old George’s then lifted him up so he could press face was a picture while the manager the buttons to empty the bins into of the waste disposal team explained the back of the truck. After powering George would empty the bins on his through and completing the round street. on a blustery day George was taken “George’s mum wrote to us as part to the waste disposal centre to drop of his letter to Santa,”explained the off the rubbish they had collected. HI-VIS HEROES: George Ayton, 4, with Lee Lead Co-ordinator for Waste Services McQuillan, Mark Sherwood and Craig Dexter. After learning all about what Jamie Windross. “What he really happens to waste once it’s disposed wanted for Christmas was to have a of, George waved goodbye to the ride in one of our bin trucks. So, of the multitude of controls and team and set off home, full of Santa worked his magic and here we buttons. A smile lit up his face as he excitement about telling his school are.” beeped the horn, before being friends of his experience which he Donning his own special high-vis strapped in to his booster seat and will surely never forget. vest with his name on his chest, driven towards his neighbourhood. "He's loved it," smiled dad, Paul, George was hoisted up into the cabin George and the rest of the waste "for George, collecting the bins is the of the truck, and shown the function team arrived at his street and stuff of dreams!"

BIN BOY: George Ayton.

page 5 Eric Howden BEM, DAY TO leads the parade at last year's Armed REMEMBER Forces Day in Redcar. 10.30am: The Royal British Legion, veterans and cadets parade from Newcomen Terrace to the Cenotaph at the Memorial Garden on Road. 11am: Never forget A service will be held at the Cenotaph. Wall mural by Redcar and A PARADE followed by a big party for Cleveland students and 6ft sculpture by renowned artist, everyone in the borough has been planned Graham Anderton, unveiled. to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Afternoon: Vintage music, displays, military Victory in Europe (VE) Day. demonstrations, community party, street entertainers, tea dance, Highlights of the Redcar event on generation.” vintage hairstyling at TunedIn! on Friday 8 May to mark the end of the Eric Howden BEM, Chairman of the seafront. Second World War include street the Redcar branch of the Royal British entertainment, music, displays, a Legion, said the Coatham Road community party and the unveiling of Social Club would be open all day two pieces of new public art. with a full evening of entertainment. And veterans who served in the He said: “This event has involved Street party war will have pride of place people from right across the A VE DAY-themed Street Party- style throughout the special occasion. community, from charities and from event is also planned at Woodland Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, the oldest to the youngest. It’s going Centre, Flatts Lane Country Park, in Councillor Billy Wells, said: “There’s to be a great day but it’s also a very the Normanby area. going to be a lot of fun – it’s going to important day.” People are urged to come along in be a really great day. But there’s a All former and serving military period costume and there will be serious side too. So many people servicemen are welcome to turn up music, military vehicles and children’s sacrificed so much in the war and and take part in the parade, which entertainment at the free event then helped build the modern world. will form up on Lobster Street at between 11am to 3.30pm. They really were the special 10.30am. Can you help us solve the mystery? WE'VE been delving in our photographic archives to find out how Victory in Europe Day was celebrated in 1945 and found this picture. However, there's no information about where it was taken or who is in it. Can you help? Drop us a line at [email protected]

page 6 Women of the war WE spoke to two women who served about the day the war finally came to an end

VICTORY: Joyce Dowding in Germany after the war.

Joyce remembers the first VE Day A FORMER cook for the armed forces part in the 1944 D-Day landing, many has told of her memories of the day of whom were killed. She served in the Second World War ended as she Caan and other war torn areas but by relieved that no-one else was going served in bombed out Europe. the time the war ended she was in to be killed, not in that war anyway. I Joyce Dowding, 97, of Redcar, will Ypres, in Belgium. always think about the men I had met be taking part in the town's 75th "I remember it was a quiet day, the in the camp who took part in D-Day commemoration event on Friday 8 day the war ended," said Joyce. "The who were dead by the time I got over May. staff were all talking away in Flemish a few months later." She was conscripted in 1940, aged or Dutch and listening intently to the After VE Day, Joyce was eventually 18, into the Navy, Army and Air Force radio. Of course, I couldn't sent home but volunteered to serve Institute (NAAFI) which catered for understand it but they rushed up to in Germany for the next few years. servicemen in combat zones in the me saying something like, 'the war - "Germany was bombed out, there war. fin!' and I knew it was all over. was nowhere to go, nothing in the Just a few years later, she followed "We all went out in the street to be shops," she remembered. I just hope soldiers she had catered for in a photographed. But, what I really there's never another war like that secret camp in who took remember feeling, was relief. Just ever again." You were in knots with worry about those you loved

GEORGINA Craggs was serving in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force ( WAAF ) as a teleprinter operator at RAF Valley on Anglesey, North Wales, at the end of the war. She was married just before VE Day to Albert who had fought at Dunkirk and North Africa and only a few months before had survived the battle of Arnhem in Holland. Mrs Craggs, aged 100 and a mother of five who has lived in Redcar all her life, remembered the day the war in Europe ended in 1945. "I was at home when the news came. I remember calling one of the girls and saying something like, 'we've finished the war, hurrah hurrah, thank God for that.’ "It came sudden really. I don't really remember it being a big day but you must understand you're tied in knots worried about people. My poor Albert, he served everywhere. It was a miracle he survived." Georgina’s son Neil explained how his arranging for him to be smuggled in the local father, who was awarded seven medals, mayor’s car and he eventually swam across a survived Arnhem by being helped by two river and made his way back to allied lines young brothers who were members of the and safety. Mr Craggs also had to swim for Dutch resistance. They assisted his escape by his life to reach a boat at Dunkirk.

page 7 Meet Macauley who beat the odds to win a prestigious apprenticeship A YOUNG man who moved to Grangetown for family reasons with no job, no contacts and limited qualifications has beaten the odds to win a highly-prized apprenticeship.

Macauley Irving, 23, who moved to “At first I was struggling because I wear. Craig and the team were just the area from Manchester, is the didn’t have the right qualifications for brilliant. I think I was only with them 300th young person to be helped what I was applying for, but moving for two to three months and in that into work, education or training by forward with the Youth Employment time they pushed everything through the council’s Youth Employment team really helped,” said Macauley. and I got work. I would recommend Initiative (YEI) team. “They were brilliant, they got me on going to the YEI to anyone.” He has started a new career as an all the courses required including Craig Lewis, Team Leader at one apprentice for the international forklift and health and safety of Den Hartogh’s Logistics Terminals logistics company Den Hartogh at qualifications but they helped in which stores and transports dry bulk Wilton as a warehouseman and other ways too. Craig (Dring), my YEI cargo including chemical polymer forklift truck driver. advisor, helped from resin at Wilton, near Redcar, said: The YEI team helped him gain preparing for “Macauley’s doing brilliantly. He’s qualifications including paying for interviews to really enthusiastic, a quick learner courses, improving his interview getting to and and he’s a really nice, polite lad. It technique and even helping him with from the courses works because you can mould them transport costs and appropriate and then to and from new and I would recommend clothing for interviews. from work. They any employer thinking about even helped with apprentices to get in touch with the forms and what to council’s Business Support team.” If you or someone you know is aged 16 to 29 and not in work, education or training, call Craig, Steph Myers or Lorraine Edwards in our Youth Employment team on 01642 771246 or email [email protected] If you are an employer interested in discussing apprenticeships with the council’s Business Growth Team call 01642 444366 or email [email protected]

Do you have space in your home to care for a young person?

THE COUNCIL is looking for local people to provide supported lodgings to a young person aged between 18 to 21 leaving care. Not every young person can remain living with their foster parents when they turn 18 and can find themselves in a position of uncertainty. The Supported Lodging scheme offers financial support and can be a lifeline for a young person. If you could offer a home to a young person coming out of care, please contact the fostering team for an informal chat on 01642 444235 or email [email protected] page 8 Big MBE day at Buckingham Palace for caring couple AFTER 37 years of fostering, Janette and Neil Dewsbury had received a number of rewards... but this day was different. For this was the day Prince Charles himself was to present the special couple with Member of the British Empire (MBE) medals at Buckingham Palace.

Excitedly jumping into their hired asking us questions about how many silverware. Neil though, is planning to Mercedes, the Dewsburys pulled up children we’ve fostered and if we still display them in a cabinet in their to the palace with passports in one keep in touch with them. living room, a living room which has hand and official invites in the other. “It felt like none of it was real. We provided a loving home to so many “It was a whirlwind in a lot of came out thinking: ‘Did that just children over the past 37 years. respects," said Neil. "There were happen?’” Could you help change the future armed guards and we weren’t Seeking to prolong the moment of of a child or young person? Contact allowed to bring in any phones or joy for as long as they could, Neil and the fostering team on cameras. Janette set off on a sightseeing tour 01642 444087 or visit www.redcar- “We went in and met Prince of London’s famous landmarks, cleveland.gov.uk/fostering Charles. He quickly put us at ease, before checking in at the world- famous Ritz Hotel. “We were really surprised when we went to the Ritz”, said Janette, “all the staff congratulated us on our achievement before treating us to a bottle of complimentary champagne. “Not bad for a day out!” Returning to their home in Mines, Neil and Janette have not yet had a chance to put their medals on display, due to the number of people visiting them to see the

page 9 Keeping the garden fence to your left, bearing left at the next path junction, again following the fence line until it opens out into a field. Cross over a small stream and head towards the railway bridge which you cross under. 16 The path then rises uphill between two fences. When you reach PARK TO PARK a group of buildings on your left, turn (Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park - Hall - right over the wide footbridge and Stewart Park – Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park) follow the track uphill to a small copse. Bear left along the edge of Distance: 6 miles your left and continue for 1.5 the fieldsS uTEnEtLi Al WyAoRuD :r Geleanc Chh aam bberas,n Edxh iobitf ion kilometres. There is another metal woodDlaensigdn err,u Lnesnleiyn Sgtri cuklapnhd ialnl.d WJoaannlke Huopdg stohn e Grade: A moderate walk through of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and Dr edge of the woodland. After 500 countryside and urban streets, with gate at the end of the track which Joan Heggie of University. meters, turn left on to a small path some steep climbs. Suitable for those joins an estate road. Turn right here, leading into the housing estate. with a moderate level of fitness. through the stone gateway and on to 17 Walk straight across on to Some muddy sections. the main road. 10 Cross this road and walk left Charnwood Drive and continue to 1 Start at the visitor centre (taking along the footpath for 500 meters to join the A171 (Ormesby Bank). Walk the small path to the right of the the entrance of Stewart Park. 11 up the bank until you reach the bus green container) which meanders Stewart Park covers approximately stop on the opposite side of the through the arboretum/wooded area. 120 acres and is home to The Captain road, where you will cross. Turn right down the first path towards Cook Birthplace Museum. 18 Take a left turn on to the a small pond where there is a kissing 12 Walk along the main footpath bridleway which rises uphill. Carry on gate. Go through the gate and follow towards 13 Central Lodge, built in along the bridleway towards Flatts the track downwards to join a wide the 1800s by Henry Bolckow, Lane Woodland Country Park. 19 The bridleway. Turn left passing through ’s first MP and mayor. route continues up the bridleway for the metal kissing gate. 2 Follow the 14 Continue along the path, past a 300 metres, along the edge of the bridleway for 800 meters until you small playground on your right. You country park. Take the bridleway reach a junction on the left with some will shortly come to a ‘Y’ junction – straight ahead and continue until the steps. The track in front also has take the left-hand fork. With the track turns sharply left (there is an old some steps. Go straight ahead, past a ponds on your right-hand side, bear tractor tyre set in the ground on your small pond and into an open field. left, and left again. At the next path right). 20 Turn left, through a gate 3 Continue downhill into the connection, walk left over a small and immediately take the left-hand housing estate. Take the first turning crest to exit the park through a metal path down to the ponds. Keep right following the line of the road, gate. walking until you reach a dragonfly bearing left at the bottom, until you 15 You are now on The Grove, sculpture. Bear right along the reach Ormesby Bank (A171). Cross Marton. Turn left here and follow the sculpture trail path to meet open the main road adjacent to the bus road until you reach a public footpath grassland. Take a left turn downhill stop. Walk left on to Church Lane. sign (on your right) which is on the back to the visitor centre and start of 4 Cross the footbridge over the road bend and between two houses. your walk. dual carriageway and take the path down to the road. This leads to 5 The Parish Church of Pa rk End F St Cuthbert, Ormesby.

6 Go through the grounds of the church " turning right through Ormesby

Marton " 4 the metal gate. 7 You The Park A17 Station are now in the grounds 9

of 8 Ormesby Hall. 10 7 8 6 " Ormesby Hall k 4 k 5 9 Turn right at the 2 Flatts Lane 1 11 Church of St. Cuthbert Country Park

car park, passing the " " 3 Stewart stables on your left. 12 20 Park 16 Just after Stable k " Centre 13 19 Flatts Lane 17 Cottage there is a gate Lodge " " leading into the 14 18 " wooded area. Cross 15 " the estate road and 4 pass through a metal 17 A Hambleton Hill gate. Follow this track, 010.5 Km Gyp sy Lane Swan's Station Corner keeping the fields to A171 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database rights 2020 (100019983)

For more information on walks across the borough, please visit www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/walking page 10 A day in the life… of a Countryside Ranger “IN the summer people see us out “People find it hard to believe, but “After lunch it’s straight back to it. and about and come up and say, winter is really my favourite time of We work with a lot of different ‘you’ve got the best job in the year. That’s when you’re properly groups and education is a big part of world’…but they don’t say the same working on conservation projects. the job. when they see us standing in ponds Our area has a wide variety of “It’s satisfying to work with young freezing cold in the depths of winter! habitats including woodland, people who might not be in “They are right, though - I can’t wetland, coastal and grassland mainstream education and I’ve also think of a more satisfying job.” habitats. All with their own unique worked with the probation service. I So says Paul Murphy who works and specialised requirements. We remember really breaking through with community groups to conserve could be planting trees, managing with one lad who actually went on to and improve our woodlands and wildflower meadows, improving find employment through his open spaces and help bring the accessibility and making sure habitat experience with us. The sense of simple joys of the countryside into is right for wildlife and visitors alike - achievement they can have at the the lives of the general public as well you name it. end of the day when they see as people with disabilities, young “Today we’re extending the pond something real that has been carers, schoolchildren and other dipping platform at Flatts Lane achieved can be a real confidence community groups. Woodland Country Park (Normanby) boost.” which is used by school groups, and Early morning visitors to the site.” Late afternoon Paul goes into the office at 7.15am. There’s always cleaning and sorting “But I can’t wait to get out there, out Late morning to do and it’s back to the office and of the office and into our woodlands “Every day it’s been a picnic for emails and keeping on top of the and countryside. Most days I’m out lunch since I started here 15 years diary. “We help groups apply for by 9am when we hold our daily brief ago,” laughs Paul, a Redcar father- funding and with fundraising with volunteers. I’m proud to of-three (including a stepson). “So, activities and we get involved with work with highly committed as you can imagine, I’m never too specific wildlife conservation projects volunteers and community thrilled to have a picnic on my days and hold talks. There’s always plenty groups at Foxrush Farm off with the family! to do - and it’s always (Redcar), Errington Wood worth the effort.” (), Saltburn Valley and .

Could you be a volunteer? To find out more email [email protected]

page 11 Last stop for acclaimed British Museum exhibition THE borough is hosting an acclaimed British Museum touring exhibition exploring Nordic art and design.

Nordic by Nature: Modern Design Nordic creativity and to appreciate and Prints opened at Kirkleatham the way in which renowned artists Museum last month. The museum and designers have responded to was chosen for the last venue by their own particular environments managers at the world-renowned and societies.” British Museum following a Artists and designers have long nationwide tour. been inspired by the varied and The display is open until Sunday dramatic landscapes of the Nordic 17 May and showcases stunning countries. glassware, designs and prints inspired by nature to express the culture, traditions and identity of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. A total of 44 remarkable British Maria Bojanowska, Head of Museum objects and works on paper National Programmes at the British illustrate how these artists and Museum, said: “We are very pleased designers have been drawn to that Kirkleatham Museum is the final common themes. The exhibition has venue for the UK-wide Nordic by travelled across the UK over the past Nature tour. It is a wonderful year and Kirkleatham Museum will be opportunity for the public in Redcar the last stop. and Cleveland and across the region to see these fantastic examples of

The works will be on display until Sunday 17 May 2020 and entry is free. Find out more about Kirkleatham Museum at redcarcleveland.co.uk/enjoy/kirkleatham-museum page 12 Action! e Regent Cinema proposals move to the next stage AN overwhelming number of people have responded to the public consultation on proposed designs for e Regent Cinema in Redcar. Unveiled in January, the seafront part of the planning application for new modern facility will be building’s facade and a fly-through the proposed development. developed on the current site video of what the building could look The plans would see the current showing new film releases as well as like went on show as part of the cinema demolished and replaced more diverse screenings. consultation for the project. with a new venue designed to seat The new building would also The council received more than a almost 200 people in three screens include a licenced café bar with 1,000 responses from members of with 34, 56 and 94 seats respectively. spectacular sea views. the public which will be included as It was agreed in principle that a The council’s cabinet approved an allocation of £9.68 million from the Tees Valley Combined Authority Investment Fund for the redevelopment of the cinema last November. The next step will involve the submission of the planning application which will include the results of the consultation exercise and we would like to thank everyone who took part.

Guisborough Town Hall secures Historic Loftus building National Lottery support brought into public ownership MORE than £1.1 million has been granted to help A GRADE II-LISTED building in the heart of Loftus has transform an historic building in , thanks to been brought into public ownership. funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The council completed the purchase of the former The Grade II-listed Town Hall will be restored and Barclays Bank building, located in the heart of the adapted, transforming the top two floors into visitor Market Place, in January at a cost of £150,000. accommodation with a high-quality finish. The bottom The intention is to transform the three-storey building, floor will house tourist information, an exhibition- which has been vacant since 2017, into high-quality heritage area and retail outlets. tourist accommodation and to bring back vital banking Plans include turning Guisborough into the ‘Gateway services to the town. to the North Moors National Park’. Loftus is close to the Cleveland Way and on a key route from Teesside to and the North York It is expected that 10 full-time jobs will be created. Moors. With the A174 passing directly through the The historic building, which forms the centrepiece of middle of the town, and 5,000 vehicles passing through Guisborough’s Market Place, was built in 1821. It has had daily, Loftus could potentially have a thriving visitor many uses from Magistrates Office and Petty Sessions economy. Court to most recently being solicitors offices. It has It was announced by Central Government in August stood empty since 2013 and was bought by the council that Loftus has the chance to bid for funding from the for £70,000 in 2015. Future High Streets Fund – a £1 billion pot dedicated for The funding has been made possible by National high streets up and down the country. This purchase will Lottery players and the project team can now complete support the council’s bid to re-energise and transform the technical design, appoint a contractor and market Loftus High Street. the commercial spaces alongside delivering their activity The next steps for the council are immediate and engagement plan. Find out more at maintenance works and to consult local community www.guisboroughtownhallgateway.co.uk groups as plans develop.

page 13 On-Demand T ees Fle x Bus Service L aunched

Tees V alley’ s state-of-the-art on-demand bus service is now up and running for local people across R edcar & Cleveland.

Called T ees Fle x, the service aims Tees V alley Mayor and Combined area and from the serviced area to to help those in more isolated Authority . secondary destinations including communities across R edcar & train stations and hospitals across Cleveland access essential services Serving three k ey zones R edcar the borough. The pilot will run for and town centres, along with & Cleveland, Darlington & S tockton three years and has the potential to training and employment and Hartlepool – passengers will be e xtended if successful. opportunities that are being created be able to pre-book the bus via a across T ees V alley . smartphone app , a website or over This scheme is part of a wider the telephone . £256. 7million investment in all forms Nine new , high-quality Mercedes of transport across T ees V alley . Sprinter buses, operated by Single and return journeys can be Stagecoach, are being used for the made to requested pick -up and For more information, pilot, which has been funded by the drop-o points within the serviced visit https://bit.ly/2S TTIDp

To see how the new T ees Fle x service could help you check out Flights Now On Sale For T eesside this map of areas serviced Airport’ s Six New R outes

Tees Fl ex - Zone 1 Key You can now buy tick ets for flights from Redcar Redcar & Cleveland On-Demand Teesside International Airport to six Station Bus service area new destinations. Primary Redcar Destination Hospital The flights, beginning at £69 one way Mars ke Secondary and operated by Eastern Airways, are Kirkleatham Station Destination Museum Saltburn the first in 11 years to L ondon and the Station first for ten to Dublin. S kelton East The routes include daily direct Cleveland Hospital Loftus Easington connections to L ondon City Airport, Belfast City Airport, Cardi and Southampton. Guisborough Mar ket Place Liverton From May 30 this year , there will also be a seasonal service to the Isle of Man and the airline has reviewed its flights to Aberdeen to increase reliability of the fleet. Kids get on their bikes for the Tour de Yorkshire WE met schoolchildren being inspired by the elite race which comes to the borough on ursday 30 April.

THE hall at Lakes Primary School is secondary schools around the or that they’ve got the physical full of smiles and encouragement as borough. confidence when they’re a bit older the children take turns navigating the Assistant partnership manager Neil to knock a football about with their cones on their balance bikes. Young believes the power of an event mates or have a healthy lifestyle." Sharon Watkins’ voice is the such as the Tour can leave a lasting The partnership’s work will loudest, but the reception children legacy. “To bring anything of this continue long after the Tour has from the Redcar school join her in scale here is brilliant," he says. “Kids rolled on, but the race’s impact – willing their classmates on. will think ‘I’m going to cycle to combined with the infectious “Lift your legs up, lift your legs school’. Parents will go out and buy a enthusiasm of Sharon and her up!” bike, because they didn’t realise they colleagues – can only help to put the Sharon, from the Redcar and Eston could cycle all along the Coast Road borough’s young people on the right School Sports Partnership, tours on a five-mile path without crossing a track for life. schools around the area to teach road and think ‘I’m going to start Find out more about the Tour on pupils the basics of biking. doing that on a Sunday morning’.” pages 16 and 17. “The sessions are absolutely The partnership’s strapline is More fundamental,” she says. Than Sport and the children are “They’re learning balance skills taught six values: respect, honesty, that they need through life. Some determination, self-belief, passion children are shy to begin with but it’s and teamwork. amazing to see the development in Claire Tennyson, partnership only three sessions.” manager, says: “We want schools Sharon thinks it’s fantastic the Tour and everybody to understand that de Yorkshire is coming to the area we’re not just about finding the best and hopes it inspires more interest in footballer. It is education - and the cycling. power of P.E and sport can change One of the largest of its kind in the children’s lives. country, the partnership is part “That might be that a child has funded by the council for its balance developed some better social skills, bike and pedestrian safety training. It also arranges more advanced bikeability courses for children up to the age of 13 and weekly sports competitions for primary and

page 15 Get ready for

CYCLE SENSATIONS: Poppy Young 9, Chloe Daglish 10, Oscar Bowes 10, Emily Turner 10, Jack Walker 10 and Reuben Challenar 7 page 16 the race! THE Tour de Yorkshire is speeding our way next month with communities around the borough gearing up to show off their towns and villages to the world.

Thousands of spectators will line the route and the elite international race will be broadcast live on ITV4 conclusion as the teams head for the always looking to bring the Tour de and Eurosport. finishing line next to Zetland Park. Yorkshire to new places and we’re Stage One of this year’s Tour is a It’s expected the racing in our thrilled to be coming to Redcar and 176.5km dash from to borough will take place between Cleveland this year. Redcar on Thursday 30 April. approximately 4pm and 4.45pm. “It’s a beautiful part of the country The cyclists enter our borough at A fanzone will be set up around and the undulating approach to Cowbar, just after Staithes, before the finish where there will be Redcar, coupled with the potential for racing through Easington, Loftus, entertainment for families and a big crosswinds gusting in off the North Carlin How, Brotton, Saltburn and screen showing the race. Sea, is sure to provide some exciting Marske. Schoolchildren will cheer the action. The area’s stunning coastline and cyclists on from the fanzone and “We’ve been blown away by how countryside will look spectacular with some youngsters will even get to race much people are looking forward to it TV broadcasters using footage from to the finish line and celebrate on the and the world’s best cyclists are sure a helicopter. podium. to receive a warm welcome as they A sprint finish along the Stray Nick Howes, head of sports media battle it out for victory along the should guarantee a thrilling at Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “We’re seafront near Zetland Park.” Towns and villages around Redcar and Cleveland are being encouraged to get creative and enter land art and best dressed competitions organised by Welcome to Yorkshire. Plans can be submitted now via www.letouryorkshire.com/competitio ns and details will be shared with TV producers and commentators in advance. Also, The Spirit of Le Tour award will recognise an individual, community or business which has gone above and beyond to celebrate the race in a unique way. Redcar will become the most northerly host town or city in the Tour’s history. The Tour established itself as a legacy of Yorkshire hosting the Grand Depart for the Tour de France in 2014. A full programme of raceday activities in Redcar will be released in early April.

BIKE IT: Tammy Watson, 10, Spencer Coglan,11, Connor Taylor, 11, Tobey Bell,10, Bethany Standley,10. page 17 Klondike returns IT’S A bumper month of elite cycling around Redcar and Cleveland in April. Even before the Tour de Yorkshire comes to our area, the East Cleveland Klondike returns. Riders will again complete three laps of a challenging figure of eight route through the area. Here’s a guide to the day which will see towns and villages decorated in golden yellow and dark green once again. When’s the race? It takes place on Sunday 19 April and starts at 12pm. Where does the action take place? The circuit, which is over 100 miles, starts in Guisborough and rolls out through before the racing begins in New Marske. Where’s the best positioned on one of the climbs. bringing the best bike racing to the place to watch? Loftus Bank or Loftus into Liverton area and pulling the communities Event organisers Velo 29 say: “You Mines are good ones. together.” should head to Guisborough for the “There is time to watch the race start, it’s a great chance to soak up climb into Liverton Mines and if Will there be the atmosphere and get within you’re quick get back into Loftus and road closures? touching distance of the riders. Get watch the riders speed down the there early to grab a good spot. High Street back towards Saltburn! Routes in Guisborough town centre “Once the race departs you’ve got Then, head back into Guisborough to will be closed on the day of the race. time to get to Saltburn to enjoy riders catch the end of the Youth Racing A rolling road closure around the taking on the 25% gradient and and the grand finale of the Elite remainder of the route will be in switch backs. There’s a good chance Grand Prix. Of course, many of you place to ensure safety. Traffic will be to witness early attacks here as riders will enjoy the event from your villages stopped for around 15 minutes at go for the long effort! We’d then and even from your doorsteps. This is different locations as the peloton head out to East Cleveland and get what the Klondike is all about, passes through.

page 18 An nual Re view 2019 /20 pages 19 - 25

WE have been working hard with the community to deliver key ambitions for Redcar and Cleveland. e next six pages are devoted to outlining progress made in the last year.

Powering on!

WINNER: Yohannes Eyob who won last year's Eston 10k Challenge Race.

page 19 HISTORIC: The 900th anniversary of was celebrated with a medieval pageant.

WA Y MARKED a : The 50th nniversary of the Clev Way was c eland A year in elebrated. the NEWS… IT'S been a year of big political changes in our borough.

In April there was major investment much-loved former councillor Mike Gisborough Priory when the historic announced for our industrial estates Findley died after years of service to Gisburne Bible, which was housed in and the Community Bank opened in our community. We had a royal visit in the Priory in medieval times, “came Redcar. July when The Princess Royal helped home” to the area after being loaned The following month there were celebrate 50 years of the Cleveland by Cambridge University to council elections which resulted in a Way and the return of The Zetland Guisborough Library. A medieval partnership of Independent and lifeboat after repairs. The following pageant was also held at the Priory Liberal Democrat councillors taking month Princess Anne also awarded earlier in the year. over the authority. Celebrations were our innovative Apprenticeships Team In October major plans for Redcar's held in Saltburn to mark the 150th for their work. Regent cinema were unveiled and anniversary of the opening of the pier. There were more celebrations in details of the Tour de Yorkshire were There was sad news in June when September to mark 900 years of announced the following month. page 20 In December there was the General Election which returned Conservatives to both our constituencies. There was good news for travellers in the same month when TransPennine Express extended their train service to Redcar Central Station. The Christmas Lights Switch On once again attracted thousands to our towns and villages, including the largest event in Redcar. The new year saw the Government announce that £71 million would be made available to clear the South Tees Development Corporation site which includes the former SSI Steelworks. Princess Anne visited once again in February to officially open the Meadowgate Intermediate Care Centre in Eston which is designed to help people recover and regain their independence after a hospital stay. tions ANNIVERSARY: Celebra 0th Exciting plans for the Tour de were held to mark the 15 ier. Yorkshire took shape in March. anniversary of Saltburn P

CO MING HOME: T he Zetland, the w lifeboat, ‘ orld’s oldest came home’ afte r refurbishment.

INDUST RY: The G £71 m overnme illion for nt annou the South nced Tees indu strial site. LIGHTS: A street entertainer at Redcar’s Christmas Lights switch on event in December.

this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2019/20 page 21 More and Better Jobs • Our Redc”ar Cleveland Ambassadors scheme initiative to Priorities to develop our economy include: positively change perceptions of • ensuring local people are able to access local jobs; the borough has attracted more • promoting economic prosperity by encouraging business than 370 businesses and investment and growth; community activists so far to help • supporting a skilled and versatile workforce; spread messages about what a great area this is to live, enjoy and • improving secondary school standards to inspire young people. do business. Some 160,000 people across the UK viewed our 'Place Marketing' website which provides Here is what we did in 2019/20: key information on investment opportunities. • The council and partners helped • More than 1,200 people have so secure £71 million of government far been helped to find • Our careers and Not in Education, funding to clear and prepare the employment at the multi-agency Employment or Training support 4,500-acre South Tees Grangetown Training and teams are working with partners to Development Corporation site Employment Hub which is ensure our most vulnerable young which includes the former SSI supported by MGT Power. Nearly people are in the best possible steelworks and stretches from 500 more have been helped into position to access training or Redcar to South Bank. Three new work at the East Cleveland employment when they leave road entrance points are being Training & Employment Hub which school. All of the secondary and built and a new roundabout near is backed by Sirius Minerals. special schools in Redcar and South Bank was opened this year. Cleveland are well ahead of • A total of 105 businesses received schedule to achieving the • An innovative project which has funding to improve buildings nationwide ‘Gatsby Benchmark’ helped an increasing number of through the council’s High Street framework of career provision young people to secure Support Scheme. The scheme guides and standards which apprenticeships won both the provides grant funding to improve ensures our young people receive Princess Royal Training Award and shop or business units and has the skills they need for work. For the national Municipal Journal been extended to all parts of the those young people who are not Award. borough. A further 13 hotels and currently engaging in employment B&Bs received funding through or training, we have recruited and the ‘Welcome to’ fund as trained mentors from the Civil part of a wider Service to provide one-to-one strategy to improve support. accommodation to encourage more overnight stays.

NEW JOB: Catherine Platts who received support from the council's specialist Youth Employment Initiative team to secure an apprenticeship at successful business Sign Art. Pictured with owner Harry Guy.

page 22 Safe and Supportive Communities

• Caring staff at the Transformation Challenge T”eam have closed the Priorities to ensure our communities cases of 161 people with drugs, are safe and supportive include: alcohol, domestic abuse and • keeping people safe from harm; mental health problems after • continuing to provide an effective early help offer; helping them get their lives back • redesigning youth service provision; on track. • improving health and wellbeing; • A total of 2,615 people have • focusing on the most vulnerable to help them achieve their received dementia friendly training full potential. and 124 businesses across Redcar and Cleveland are engaged in working to become dementia Here is what we did in 2019/20: friendly. More than 400 Redcar and • Primary schools continue to • A new support centre for adults Cleveland College students and perform well with education with learning disabilities, the staff became dementia friendly in standards well above national Guisborough Central Activity and November. averages. Wellbeing Hub, opened its doors. • Strong investment in education • The Belmont Primary school in • A major consultation exercise was services has resulted in new and Guisborough was expanded to conducted across the borough. enhanced services to support accommodate increasing demand. Some 1,536 of you took the time schools resulting in improved Newcomen Primary School was to tell us which services you valued support for children with special named as being among the and wished to see improved, which needs and reducing exclusions. best in the country by The included helping elderly people • Major progress has been made on Sunday Times. maintain their independence, better plans to create a new special youth services provision, improving • A single point of contact to school, The Mo Mowlam Academy, the appearance of the borough provide help and support for on Corporation Road in Redcar, and providing better mental health vulnerable children and their which will increase the number of services. families was launched. The South school places. Tees Multi-Agency Children’s Hub • A total of £1.6 million was invested • A council-led project to improve was jointly established by Redcar & to transform the empty the transition of children from Cleveland and Middlesbrough Infants School into a state-of-the- primary schools to secondary Councils, Cleveland Police and art Archway School to help schools has been initiated in all our health partners. excluded children back into schools. A new Preparation for mainstream education. Adulthood programme has been launched to improve the way our young people move to the next phase of their lives after leaving school.

SUCCESS: Children at Newcomen Primary celebrate their school being named as one of the best in the country by The Sunday Times.

t h i s i s R e d c a r & C l e v e l a n d A n n u a l R e v i e w 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 page 23 Proud Places

” • The borough has seized its chance to host the Tour de Yorkshire which Priorities to ensure our borough remains a attracts a global television wonderful place to live include: audience of about 12.5 million and • ensuring strong and sustainable town and village centres; will boost the borough’s profile as • promoting our borough as a great place to live, work and enjoy; a sporting venue. • thriving arts, culture and heritage sector; • Loftus Police Station has been • quality community spaces. brought back into use. Police officers have returned to the building and council workers from the Community Development, Here is what we did in 2019/20 : Environmental Health and Anti- • The historic, Grade II-listed • More than £1.1 million has been Social Behaviour teams have Kirkleatham Walled Garden is due granted by The National Heritage joined staff from Beyond Housing to reopen after a multi-million Lottery Fund to help transform the at the base. The different teams pound investment. It will bring an Grade II-listed Guisborough Town will be able to easily share estimated 30,000 visitors a year Hall. The building will provide information and work together and create nearly 40 jobs and 160 visitor accommodation as well as more effectively. training places in catering and housing tourist information, an • Saltburn Cliff Tramway won a horticulture. exhibition-heritage area and retail prestigious accolade from national outlets and it is expected 10 jobs • Plans for the £9 million tourism organisation VisitEngland will be created. development of The Regent for the second year running cinema as a three-screen venue • The highly successful Steel Stories following more improvements with a bar and cafe have been exhibition at Kirkleatham Museum • The Festival of Thrift in unveiled. More than 1,000 of you won a national award. The display Kirkleatham, near Redcar, was a gave us your views on how the about our steel and iron heritage, huge success once again and venue should look in a public which has exceeded its target of attracted 37,000 people. consultation and detailed designs attracting 50,000 visitors in its first are now being drawn up. year, won the Best Small Project in the Museums Change Lives Awards.

PROUD PLACE: The Festival of Thrift continues to attract thousands to the area.

page 24 Cleaner and Greener ” Priorities to make our area environmentally friendly include: • becoming carbon neutral; • delivering effective neighbourhood services; • ensuring our communities live in an environmentally sustainable borough.

Here is what we did in 2019/20: • The council has made the • Saltburn was named as one of just • A new strategy to work with ambitious pledge for the borough two Blue Flag beaches in the community groups to improve and to become carbon-neutral by whole of Yorkshire by Keep Britain maintain our public parks is being 2030. As part of this aim, a new Tidy. Only 156 beaches in the UK developed. fleet of 10 hi-tech electric- were awarded a Blue Flag for • Teesside Wind Farm off Redcar’s powered vans was bought by the cleanliness and safety. coast now generates enough council and more than 2,500 trees • Plans for a multi-million pound electricity to power more than were planted. The authority has offshore wind turbine 50,000 homes for a year and has reduced its carbon emissions by manufacturing plant for the former become the source of all electricity more than 40% since 2014. SSI site on the banks of the Tees purchased by the council. • The council is installing 15,471 have been unveiled following new environmentally-friendly discussions with the council. The street lights across the borough. site could eventually provide up to So far 6,000 LED lights have been 600 jobs. installed and it’s hoped the programme will be completed in June this year. These will reduce energy consumption by more than 50% and will also reduce carbon emissions by more than 1,200 tonnes every year.

CLEAN AND GREEN: Primary school children at Tuned In!'s Junior Club have helped spread the green message. Meanwhile, Wheatland's Primary in Redcar is thought to be the first junior school in the borough to take the community-led single- use plastics-free pledge initiative which has also been backed by the council. Find out more at www. plasticfreeredcarcleveland.com

this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2019/20 page 25 Counting on a balanced budget AFTER listening to what you told us were your priorities, the new council formed after last May's elections has produced its first budget.

Improving our neighbourhoods, vulnerable children, supports people decision to increase council tax this tackling climate change and investing with learning difficulties and helps year by 1.99%. This will help put the in what’s needed to bring a better those with physical disabilities live council’s finances on a firmer footing, future for our residents have been independently. cover rising costs and maintain key identified as our priorities. Based on the consultation we have services. We will apply an additional Our ambition is undiminished undertaken, we are re-assured that 2% to the Adult Social Care precept, despite the continued financial most residents think our budget given the ever-increasing costs and challenges which have included position is responsible and demands for adult social care. delivering £90 million of reductions acceptable. We are also initiating our This means Band D households not since 2010 at the same time as new Driving Change programme to getting special support will pay an increasing demand for services. streamline management, manage the extra 60p a week in council tax and Previously, we have used reserves but council’s resources efficiently and 60p a week in adult social care that is no longer sustainable. effectively to bring real change, precept. However, we are determined that greater prosperity and a better These decisions were not taken there will be enough resources to environment for future generations. lightly. What you pay in local tax provide effective local services. More To help us deliver our shared protects the most vulnerable, while people than ever need our help. An ambitions, while protecting the most helping us deliver our ambitious increasing proportion of our budget vulnerable people in our community, projects to bring new jobs and local cares for older people, looks after we have taken the most difficult improvements. page 26 t h i s i s R e d c a r & C l e v e l a n d A n n u a l R e v i e w 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 A look at what’s going on across Redcar and Cleveland and key What ’s events across the Tees Valley from April 2020 to July 2020. For more information about these events and for a full list visit our events website at www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/events ON: The events listed are subject to change.

First Saturday of every month Friday 10 April - Saturday 2 May Redcar Monday 13 April Supercar Saturday Alternative Market Goldilocks and the Stockton High Street (Marquee) Redcar High Street, Redcar Three Bears Easter Panto Time: 10am - 4pm Cost: Free Time: 10am - 4pm Coatham Memorial Hall, Redcar Sunday 3 May www.redcarpanto.co.uk for details Every Friday Chaloner Street Market Redcar Town Market Chaloner Street, Guisborough Redcar High Street, Redcar Time: 10am - 4pm Friday 8 May Second Saturday of every month Victory in Europe Day A parade in Redcar from Newcomen Saltburn Road to the Cenotaph in the Coatham Farmers’ Market Road Memorial Garden followed by a Saltburn Town Centre service and the unveiling of new 10am - 4pm public art. There will then be an Saturday 4 April, 2 May, 6 June, afternoon of fun and entertainment by 1 July and 5 September the seafront Tuned in! building (see Primrose Bell Market page 6 for more details) Cleveland Street & Station Road, Sunday 19 April Time: From 10.30am Redcar Klondike Grand Prix Cost: Free Time: 10am - 4pm Westgate, Guisbough Time: Elite men’s race 12noon - 4pm, Monday 6 April Youth Race 12.15 - 3.30pm Easter Fun Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park This is the fourth edition of the East Time: 1pm - 3pm Cleveland Grand Prix. The 95 + mile Easter themed activities including race begins in Guisborough and crafts and a trail. challenges the country’s top cyclists Cost: £3 as they pursue glory throught the stunning surrounds of East Cleveland. Wednesday 25 March - Friday 27 March Steel Stories - Artist in Residence Kirkleatham Museum Award-winning artist Philip J Boville will be in residence. Drop into the museum shop where Philip will be working on a new canvas painting inspired by the view of the old Open Hearth Furnace, which closed in 1978. Philip is keen to hear from those who worked in the steel industry in the Teesside area; come along and share your stories. Philip’s residency is inspired by the Steel Stories exhibition currently on display in the Museum.

page 27 What ’s ON:

Saturday 23 May Beachjam 2020 Part One Majuba Beach, Redcar, TS10 5BJ Time: 2pm - 11pm, last entry 5pm Cost: Tickets from £24.75 available from www.skiddle.com

Friday 29 May Bat Walk & Talk Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park, TS6 0NN Time: 8.30pm - late Cost: £2 per person, under 14s free Discover the fascinating secret lives of our native bats as you watch and hear bats hunting above your head as their echolocation calls are transformed using bat detectors.

Saturday 30 May Saturday 13 June - Sunday 21 June Bat Walk & Talk TREK: Hikers enjoying the Guisborough Forest Walkway, Summer Walking Festival. Pinchinthorpe, Guisborough Summer TS14 8HD Saturday 4 July Time: 8.30pm - late Heartisan Events: Cost: £2 per person, under 14s free Seasonal Brocantes Discover the fascinating secret lives Walking Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar, of our native bats as you watch and TS10 5NW hear bats hunting above your head Time: 10am - 4pm as their echolocation calls are Festival Cost: Free entry transformed using bat detectors. Various locations across the borough Find gorgeous homeware, textiles, Friday 5 June - Saturday 6 June Cost: Walks are free donations china, rustic furnishings, French and Stockton Stages welcome. Free tickets available at English vintage, reused and Stockton High Street www.eventbrite.co.uk repurposed items, antiques, salvage, FREE (some events require tickets) Join in with this year’s Summer curios, plants and fresh flowers, and Stockton’s only comedy and music Walking Festival. Improve your a small selection of local artisans in festival is back! Join us for a health and meet new people these specialised markets. In the weekend of family-friendly along the way! The full courtyard there will be a selection of entertainment including free music programme of walks can be independent food and drink and comedy on Stockton High viewed on www.redcar- merchants. Street. cleveland.gov.uk/ walkingfestival For more information visit Thursday 9 July and Friday 10 July www.stocktonstages.co.uk Oddsocks Theatre presents Saturday 20 June Sunday 7 June Comedy of Errors - Father’s Day - Kirkleatham Outdoor Event Den Building with Dad Kirkleatham Museum, Family 5k Fun Run Guisborough Forest and Walkway, Redcar, TS10 5NW 10am -11:30am Pinchinthorpe, For show times and ticket prices visit 5k fun run for all levels of ability Guisborough TS14 8HD www.enjoyredcarcleveland.co.uk A aimed at recreational, those new to Time: 1pm - 3pm servant and master from far off running and club runners. A mass Cost: £2 per child, under 14s free Syracuse arrive in Ephesus in search start attracting approximately 200 Spend some quality time with Dad of their long-lost twin brothers. A participants, taking in the scenic and make a den fit for a king summer delight not to be missed. trails around Kirkleatham. (or your father!) Muddyroads.co.uk page 28 Events at Redcar Racecourse Prices and times vary, please visit www.redcarracing.co.uk Free admission for accompanied children under 18 years old!

Monday 6 April TS£10er Raceday Gates Open: 12noon First Race: 2.10pm, Last Race: 5.10pm

Monday 13 April Easter Monday ARMED FORCES: The crowds came out for last year’s Armed Forces Day. Family Raceday Gates Open: 11am First Race: 1.55pm, Last Race: 5.25pm Saturday 27 June Thursday 30 April Celebrating Tour de Armed Forces Day Yorkshire Day Redcar Town Centre, Redcar Gates Open: 12noon Time: 10.30am First Race: 1.55pm, Cost: Free Last Race: 5.10pm A day of stalls from local charities and ex-service groups, singing and dancing and a brass band march competition between the cadet forces. Monday 18 May The day will start with a military parade through Redcar High Street, Regular Raceday followed by a service of Remembrance at the Garden of Remembrance Gates Open: 12noon First Race: 2pm, Last Race: 5pm

Sunday 12 July Friday 24 - Saturday 25 July Monday 25 May Teddy Bears’ Picnic Summer Sound Zetland Gold Cup Gisborough Priory Music Festival Sports Day Gates Open: 11am and Woodland Gardens Gisborough Priory, Guisborough Time: 1pm till 3.30pm 5pm - 11pm First Race: 2pm, Last Race: 5pm Cost: Free Over 14 hours of live music from 12 Tuesday 26 May of the UK's best tribute bands over 2 fantastic days. The party kicks off on Regular Raceday Gates Open: 12noon with a night of Friday 24 July First Race: 2pm, Last Race: 5pm Legends featuring tributes to the biggest artists in the world... Tina Friday 19 June Turner, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Regular Raceday Elvis and The Beatles. Hosted by Gates Open: 12noon Club Visage the music will range First Race: 2pm, Last Race: 5pm from Rock & Roll, Motown, Soul, Pop and Dance. Saturday 25 July is a full Saturday 20 June day of live music showcasing the Ladies Day best in Rock & Pop with tributes Gates Open: 11am from today's biggest artists... The First Race: 2pm, Last Race: 5pm Killers, Ed Sheeran, Pink, Coldplay, Robbie Williams and The Beautiful Sunday 19 July South plus support from local band Family Fun Day The Fallen. Tickets can be purchased Gates Open: 11am through Skiddle.com First Race: 2pm, Last Race: 5pm

page 29 WARD SuRGERIES

BELMONT GUISBOROUGH LONGBECK Anne Watts (Independent) Dennis Teasdale (Conservative) Vera Rider (Conservative) Call 07775 411548 or email Call 07796 485385 for appointments First Saturday of the month, [email protected] Bill Clarke (Independent) Gleneagles Centre for appointments Call 07825 116999 or 10.30am to 12noon Peter Berry (Independent) [email protected] Call 07826 535346 for appointments Call 07970 427727 or email Shelagh Holyoake (Labour) Norah Cooney (Conservative) [email protected] Call 07825 274091 for appointments Call 01642 486368 for appointments for appointments HUTTON NEWCOMEN BROTTON Carrie Cook (Labour) Caroline Jackson (Conservative); First Friday of the month Graham Cutler (Independent) Malcolm Griffiths (Conservative); Call 07970 420251 for appointments at Methodist Church. and Graham Jeffery (Conservative) Call 07970 419883 for appointments Martin Fletcher (Independent) Call for appointments: Call 07970 427406 for appointments Billy Wells (Independent) Cllr Jackson: 07966 886348 Call 07557 481105 Barry Hunt (Independent) or email caroline.jackson@ Saturday at Jubilee Hall, Carlin How; redcar-cleveland.gov.uk last Saturday at Skinningrove NORMANBY Community Centre, both 10am to Cllr Griffiths: 07788 494128 Chris Foley-McCormack (Labour) 11am. Call 07557 540629 Cllr Jeffery: 07825 830725 Second and fourth Saturday of each month at Methodist Church, KIRKLEATHAM Cleveland Street, 10.30am to 11.30am. COATHAM Call 07557 740641 for appointments Carl Quartermain (Labour) Mike Lockwood (Independent) Call 07796 485836 for appointments Please call 07970 420736 Billy Ayre (Labour) Third Saturday of the month, Neil Baldwin (Independent) or email mike.lockwood@ Normal Conquest, 10am to 11am Call 07818 587883 for appointments redcar-cleveland.gov.uk for appointments. Call 07500 606935 for appointments Chris Gallacher (Independent) Charlie Brady Call 07970 419846 for appointments Alec Brown (Labour) (Labour and Co-operative) Call 07796 486205 for appointments Call 07970 420649 or Ceri Cawley (Labour) [email protected] ORMESBY Carole Morgan (Liberal Democrat) Call 07775 411478 for appointments for appointments Glyn Nightingale (Liberal Democrat) Leah Quartermain Call 07939 064916 ESTON (Labour and Co-operative) Irene Nightingale (Liberal Democrat) Christopher Massey (Labour), Call 07970 419999 Call 07966 886833 Daniel Rees (Labour) and Last Monday of the month, Geraldine Williams (Labour) LOCKWOOD 9.30am to 10.30am, Ormesby Library. First Saturday of every month 10-11am Steve Kay Councillors will rotate at Eston California (East Cleveland Independent) Youth and Community Centre. First Saturday of the month, Lingdale At other times please contact us: SALTBURN Village Hall, 11am. Alternatively, Craig Hannaway (Labour) christopher.massey@ Cllr Massey: you can call 01287 660601 Every Wednesday, Saltburn Library redcar-cleveland.gov.uk 4pm to 5pm or 07557 540627 LOFTUS Call 07561 467168 for appointments Cllr Rees: dan.rees@ Stuart Smith (Independent) redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Wayne Davies (Independent) Please call 07557 540625 to book an Third Saturday of every month or 07970 420759 Outside Sainsbury’s, Station buildings, appointment. Cllr Williams: geraldine.williams@ Saltburn, 9.30am to 10.30am redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Tim Gray (Independent) and 11.30am to 12pm First Wednesday of the month from or 07789 922822 Call 07557 540628 or email 4pm to 7pm, downstairs at [email protected] GRANGETOWN Mad Alice’s micro bar, Loftus. for appointments Call 07970 420149 for appointments Adam Brook (Independent) Philip Thomson (Conservative) Call 07970 427593 for appointments Mary Lanigan (Independent) Every second Saturday in Saltburn or email Third Saturday of the month Library from 10am until 12pm [email protected] at Easington Village Hall Email philip.thomson@ Lynn Pallister (Labour) between 10am and 12pm redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Call 07712 618490 for appointments Call 07825 228007 for appointments or call 07747 044858 for appointments page 30 Monthly dates, venues, and times for all councillors’ surgeries with contact details: You can also contact councillors by email: [email protected] All Information provided may be subject to change. Note: COUNCIL DIARY GENERALLY ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD SKELTON EAST TEESVILLE AT: Redcar & Cleveland Leisure and Julie Craig (Conservative) Robert Clark Community Heart, Ridley Street, Redcar, Call 07970 420066 for appointments. (Teesville Independent) Yorkshire TS10 1TD. Please visit Cllr Craig is also available at Café Call 07970 420410 for appointments www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk to check Creations, Unit 28C, Watness David Fisher the start time for each meeting. Avenue, Skelton Industrial Estate, (Teesville Independents) Call 07970 427600 for appointments TS12 2LQ Vince Smith April 2020 Cliff Foggo (Conservative) (Teesville Independents) First Saturday, Skelton Library, Call 07970 427411 for appointments Tuesday 14 Children and Families 10am to 11am Call 07557 540630 or email WEST DYKE Scrutiny, 10am [email protected] Malcolm Head (Liberal Democrat) Tuesday 14 Call 07968 511607 for appointments Adult and Mary Ovens (Liberal Democrat) Communities Scrutiny, SKELTON WEST Call 01642 507104 for appointments Craig Holmes (Conservative) 2pm Call 07970 420083 for appointments Chris Jones (Liberal Democrat) Call 07825 228006 for appointments Wednesday 15 Resources Scrutiny, Lee Holmes (Conservative) Second Thursday of each month, Call 07970420313 for appointments Rye Hills School, 7pm to 8pm 10am Thursday 16 SOUTH BANK WHEATLANDS Growth, Enterprise Sue Jeffrey (Labour) Shaun Moody (Liberal Democrat) and Economy Scrutiny, First Saturday of the month, Yvonne Lax-Keeler 10am South Bank Library, Normanby Road, (Liberal Democrat) South Bank 10am to 11am. Second Thursday of each month, Thursday 23 Regulatory, 10am Or call anytime 01642 465796 Rye Hills School, 7pm to 8pm Cllr Moody: 07970 419944 Sandra Smith (Independent) or email shaun.moody@ May 2020 Call 07970 420031 for appointments redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Wednesday 6 Employment, Health Cllr Lax-Keeler: 07970 427613 10am ST GERMAIN’S or email Yvonne.lax-keeler@ and Safety, Karen King (Liberal Democrat) redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Thursday 21 Regulatory, Call 07500 606894 for appointments 10am Margaret Wilson ZETLAND (Liberal Democrats) Louise Westbury Friday 22 Governance (Liberal Democrat) and Third Monday of the month, 10am Marske Library, 11am Alison Barnes (Liberal Democrat) Committee, First Tuesday of the month, Tuesday 26 Call 07901 330043 for appointments Durham Road Community Centre Children's & Families Deborah Dowson 5.30pm to 6.30pm Scrutiny, 10am (Liberal Democrats) 07970 420478 Cllr Barnes: Tuesday 26 Call 07825 116996 for appointments Cllr Westbury: 07970 427518 Adult & Communities Scrutiny, 2pm MPs’ Details Wednesday 27 Resources Scrutiny, Simon Clarke, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. 10am 11 Rectory Lane, Guisborough, TS14 7DJ. 01287 631928 or email [email protected] Wednesday 27 Growth Enterprise Jacob Young, Redcar. Churchill House, 118 High Street, Redcar, and Economy Scrutiny, TS10 3DH. 01642 432588 or email [email protected] 10am Thursday 28 Borough Council Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland (AGM), 10am Barry Coppinger, regularly attends community meetings across the force area. For details visit: cleveland.pcc.police.uk and search for June 2020 "your force, your voice". The commissioner can also be contacted at Thursday 2 Cabinet, 10am [email protected] or via his office on 01642 301653. Wednesday 17 Employment, Health and Safety, 10am Tees Valley Mayor Details Thursday 18 Regulatory, 10am Ben Houchen, call 01642 524401 or email [email protected] Thursday 25 Borough Council, 2pm

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