Sprotbrough & Cusworth
Published by Sprotbrough & Cusworth Parish Council Parish News Printed on recycled paper Spring 2015 Green for go for Parish’s New Exercise Project
A NEW outdoor gym and trails, centred on Sprotbrough’s The trails will be waymarked and users will have access to a Anchorage Lane and Cusworth’s Newlands Park playing fields, range of exercise equipment which will be suitable for use by have been given the green light by parish councillors. people with varying fitness levels. The scheme will see robust outdoor equipment being installed alongside the current car park at Anchorage Lane, together Equipment set to be installed: with a new cycle rack for bikers. l Ski Machine The designers say they have come up with a scheme that l Pull-Down Shoulder Press produces “open spaces with two distinctly different feels.” l Chest Press/Seated Rower Users will be able to enjoy a range of activities from quiet l Cross Trainer recreational walking at Newlands Park to social exercise l sessions at Anchorage Lane. Bench Press In addition, parish councillors have incorporated into the Anchorage Lane Playing Field scheme improvements to the path surface at Newlands Park to make them more accessible and to combat the effects of flooding during the winter months.
The exercise equipment and trails are expected to be up and running by late Spring this year.
Parish Chair, Coun Pat Haith, said: “Although we are operating in a tough economic climate, we still want to develop a range of recreational facilities that are suitable to all sections of our community.
Our last major project, the Adventure Playground on the New Lane playing field, has been a great success and we expect the Newlands Park/Anchorage Lane scheme to be well used and very popular. The new circular trail at Newlands Park will be just over one kilometre long and linked by a quarter of a kilometre “People today are living very busy and often stressful lives path along Anchorage Lane to another circular trail on the and it is a proven fact that we can all benefit from having a Anchorage Lane playing field that will be nearly three quarters healthier lifestyle that includes easy access to regular exercise of a kilometre in length. and fresh air close to where we live.”
l Turn over to see a plan of the project, together with images of the type of keep fit equipment that will be installed.
UNFOUNDED THE parish council has been quick to quash rumours that the new exercise trails and outdoor gym will lead to the closure of existing play equipment on the Anchorage Lane playing field. A Letter has been sent to residents living close to the site confirming that the rumours are “completely and utterly unfounded”. The letter goes on to say that the parish council remains committed to maintaining existing facilities and , as funds become available, improving those amenities as part of the on-going programme of maintenance and development. BREYDON AVENUE The Mallard 11 15 (PH) 3 ROMAN ROAD
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Changes to Local Policing Arrangements SOUTH Yorkshire Police are launching a new policing system to meet the challenges caused by reducing budgets. Currently, two teams provide uniformed policing: l Response teams, providing 24-hour cover l Safer neighbourhood police offcers and PCSOs (Police Community Support Offcers) Under new plans, the two teams will be combined into single Local Policing Teams (LPTs) to make substantial savings in supervisory and other costs whilst maintaining the commitment to neighbourhood policing. The new LPTs will have responsibility for solving local community problems and managing local demand. Most staff will start their shifts at LPT bases in Doncaster where they will be briefed together, saving duplication. Police chiefs say the public will continue to see some offcers and all PCSOs on a regular basis as they always have done. However, all police offcers in the team will be more visible in neighbourhoods, not least because they will have mobile computers that enable them to work in the communities they serve for longer, irrespective of where they are based. In addition, LPT offcers and PCSOs will receive assistance from a Local Support Hub that will specialise in the proactive investigation of crime, anti-social behaviour problem solving, children and schools related matters and offender management. Specifc details about the new model were still being agreed as Sprotbrough & Cusworth Parish News went to press. But offcers will be on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week across the LPTs. Offcers, wherever practicable, will be allocated to the car beat covering their designated area and will have responsibility for overseeing repeat and other vulnerable victim cases within their area. PCSOs will continue to serve beat areas within LPTs, providing a consistent presence for local people. LPTs will be encouraged to take ownership of all issues that arise in their areas and to manage their resolution, such as dealing with nuisance behaviour while it is happening rather than after the event. Resolved THE parish council has been working closely with resident’s car obstructing access to the bus stop. Stagecoach, South Yorkshire Police and Doncaster Following a petition signed by 500 residents and Council to resolve a bus stop issue at Cusworth. lobbying from Coun Wood, South Yorkshire Passenger Elderly residents complained to parish councillor Transport Executive has now installed a new bus stop Malcolm Wood after they weren’t able to get off the between 16 and 18 Ferndale View. bus at their normal stop near Ferndale View due to a Friendly local help on the doorstep IN the last issue of this newsletter we reported that support to people who have, or look after someone who Sprotbrough & Cusworth is believed to be the frst parish has, memory problems, forgetfulness, confusion, anxiety, council in Doncaster to pledge to become dementia friendly. dementia or Alzheimer’s. For more information please ring Parish councillors are keen to promote the work of local 01302 380077. groups involved in dementia care and currently there are More than 3,000 Doncaster people have trained to become three monthly sessions running in Sprotbrough that can a dementia friend. If you would like to fnd out more about provide support and advice: this useful scheme, which helps people understand the l Sprotbrough Forget-Me-Not Café operates at St Mary’s needs of those who have dementia, please go to www. Church Hall, Main Street, on the fourth Tuesday of each dementiafriends.org.uk month 1.30pm - 33.30pm. The café is managed jointly by the Alzheimer’s Society and Churches Together in Sprotbrough. l TWO big-hearted parishioners raised over £800 for the If you need transport to get there please ring 01302 342400. Alzheimer’s Society by taking part in a nearly 30 miles long sponsored walk. l Coffee Clubs at the Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough Road, on the frst Tuesday of the month at 10am and at Debra Oxby from Sprotbrough and Joanne Dixon from St Mary’s Church Hall on the third Tuesday of the month Cusworth spent nearly 12 hours in driving rain to complete at 1pm. The clubs are run by Sue Ryder Care and provide their trek. Energy-wise community centre SOLAR panels have been installed on the roof of the parish The Centre is in regular use at various times of the day and council’s Goldsmith Community Centre, on Sprotbrough evening by various groups and organisations and is also the Road, in a bid to reduce the building’s running costs. headquarters of the parish council. Please clean up after your dog
Sprotbrough and Cusworth are beautiful areas to live in and enjoy a • All highways in Doncaster Borough walk without having to worry about stepping in dog poo. So please where the speed limit is 40mph or clean up after your pets and dispose of the bagged waste in a bin. less including associated verges • Footpaths, bridleways and REPORTING DOG FOULING vcarriageways, whether adopted or If you wish to take action against someone who has not cleaned unadopted, and land running alongside up after their dog, you should note what has happened as soon them as possible and report it via the Doncaster Council website: www. • Land owned or managed by Doncaster Council, parish and doncaster.gov.uk. If you have a smartphone, you can download the town councils within Doncaster Borough. These include country My Doncaster app and report issues while you are out and about. parks, sports playing felds, amenity areas, open spaces, parks, Doncaster Council has adopted the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 children’s play areas, recreation areas, village greens. which carries a fxed penalty of £50 for people who do not clean up after their dog. There is a further penalty of £1,000 if the fxed WHAT DOG OWNERS SHOULD DO penalty is not paid. Council offcials will attempt to educate dog Dogs should never be allowed out in public areas unsupervised. owners to clear up after their pets. If persuasion does not work, Council dog wardens are authorised to seize and detail any stray offenders will be witnessed and fned. Fixed penalty fnes of £50 can dogs, which will only be returned to their owners following the be imposed on anyone not picking up immediately after a dog in payment of any costs/penalties which have been levied. their control has fouled in a public area. Responsible dog owners do not allow their dogs to foul in public Offenders can be taken to court for not paying their fxed penalty, or places. If dog fouling occurs away from home, the person in charge being uncooperative when approached. Magistrates can impose a of the dog must clean up after the dog. Any suitable plastic bag will fne of up to £1,000 and costs awarded to the Council. do. The bagged faeces can be deposited in the nearest litter bin or What areas of land are covered by this legislation? taken home for disposal. Colourful Group Seeks New Members A PARISH based art group is looking to draw in some new members. Scawsby Art Group meet every Thursday at Scawsby Community Centre, 7pm - 9pm and work in a mixture of materials, including acrylics and water colours. Secretary Arnold Edson is a former secretary of Doncaster Organ Society and took on the same role for the art club - which used to be based at Don Valley School - around eight years ago. He said: “We welcome anyone who is interested in drawing, sketching or painting. You can be an absolute beginner or have been painting for years, it doesn’t matter. “We currently have about 10 members so some new blood would be great for the group. All you have to do is bring your own equipment and you’ll get plenty of helpful advice and support from members. We also have visiting professional artists who come along to give us the beneft of their skills and experience.” Scawsby Art Group details - Thursdays, 7pm-9pm Scawsby Community Centre, Barnsley Road, Scawsby Pictured are club members, front: Ron Irvine & Tom One-off £5 enrolment fee, then £2 each session. Gore, with Anne Hutchings, Arnold Edson, Betty Refreshments provided • Contact: Arnold Edson 01302 873053 Bullock, Jim Taylor & Derek Cooper-Keeble. WHO’S WHO On Your Parish Council Rolling back the years at Cusworth Hall CENTRAL WARD COUNCILLORS AN Elizabethan bowling green has been restored to its former glory at Cusworth. Coun Alan Smith (Conservative) The green, which forms part of the walled garden at Cusworth Hall, had been lost for 38 Melton Road, Sprotbrough, DN5 7NJ Tel: 01302 785578 many years, including being used as an allotment for many years. Coun Sarah Gallacher (Labour) But thanks to funding from the newly formed Cusworth Gardens Trust - a registered 12 Chestnut Grove, Sprotbrough, charity whose Chairman is the Hall’s former estates manager Gordon Smith - the DN5 7RW • Tel: 01302 311186 centuries old site has been reinstated with more than 100 tons of top soil, before CUSWORTH WARD COUNCILLORS being levelled and re-seeded. Coun Pat Haith Chair (Labour) The green, which is around 25 metres x 25 metres, is close to a restored orchard, off 43 St Paul’s Parade, Scawsby, DN5 8LJ Tel: 01302 562015 Orchard Lane in Cusworth. Coun Jane Nightingale (Labour) Although Cusworth Hall was built in the 1740s and is a popular local landmark, 2 Sherwood Avenue, Scawsby, what is less known is that the original Hall is in Cusworth Village and marked with a Doncaster, DN5 8QH Tel: 07801 532262 commemorative plaque. Coun Stephen Platt (Green) Hall staff are hoping to organise future events when the restored orchard and 39 Cusworth Lane, Cusworth, DN5 8JJ bowling green will be open for public viewing. Tel: 01302 782928 Coun Joanne Ward (Labour) Elsewhere in the Hall grounds, a sponsored tree planting programme is now moving 24 Canterbury Close, Scawsby, Doncaster, into its ffth and fnal year. More than 200 trees have been planted since 2010, DN5 8NR • Tel: 01302 561774 mainly funded by local families. EAST WARD COUNCILLORS The trees, which include foxgloves, cherries and silver birch have been carefully Coun Lynnette Chipp (Green) chosen to match the Victorian era stock that existed in the grounds at the turn of the 250 Sprotbrough Road, Sprotbrough, 19th century. DN5 8BY • Tel: 01302 785866 l Keep in touch with news and events from the parish’s stately home on Coun Adrian Green (Labour) facebook. Search for Cusworth Hall. 15 Radcliffe Lane, Scawthorpe, Doncaster, DN5 7XS • Tel: 01302 786892
Coun Tony Rawlings (Labour) 21 Perran Grove, Cusworth, Doncaster, Interested in local volunteering? DN5 8UJ • Tel: 01302 786387 Coun Peter Gallacher (Labour) Unemployed? Just retired? Looking for something to do? 12 Chestnut Grove, Sprotbrough, Doncaster DN5 7RW • Tel: 01302 311186 Want to ensure the Don Gorge remains unspoiled? Want to have a say in the future of the Don Gorge? Coun Malcolm Wood (Labour) 31 Ferndale View, Cusworth, Doncaster, DN5 8HG • Tel: 01302 786864 You can do this by getting involved with the Don Gorge Community Group. The Group’s conservation volunteers meet at the landing stage at Lower PARK WARD COUNCILLORS Coun Martin Greenhalgh (Conservative) Sprotbrough every fortnight between 10am and 3.30pm and work with the 16 Park Avenue, Sprotbrough, Doncaster Canal & River Trust, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Doncaster Council. DN5 7LW • Tel: 01302 564672 In addition, the Group’s committee meets once a month at the Martinwells Coun Kerry Wood (Conservative) Centre, Edlington, if you are interested in becoming a member? 23a Marlborough Road, Sprotbrough, For more details please contact Liz Reeve on 01302 313030 or email DN5 8HA • Tel: 01302 783043 [email protected] STADIUM WARD COUNCILLOR Coun Judith Rodgers Vice Chair (Labour) 46 Petersgate, Scawthorpe, Doncaster, DN5 9JE • Tel: 01302 788864
Tribute STONECROSS WARD COUNCILLORS COUNCILLORS have paid tribute to a former colleague, who has died. Coun Allan Jones (Conservative) Trevor Ashman, from Cusworth, was a parish councillor for many years and 38 Spring Lane, Sprotbrough, Doncaster, DN5 7QG • Tel: 01302 858075 represented the Stadium Ward. Coun Ray Bartlett (Conservative) 72a Spring Lane, Sprotbrough, Doncaster, DN5 7QL • Tel: 01302 310575 Listed Building HISTORIC Keeper’s Cottage at Cusworth has been declared a Grade II listed OFFICERS Anita Unsworth - Clerk to the Parish Council building by English Heritage, thanks to action by the parish council. Tom Hinds - Deputy Clerk The Cottage is now included on the National Heritage List for England and Ian Carpenter - Editor and webmaster can be viewed at www.english-heritage.org.uk Sprotbrough & Cusworth Parish Council Goldsmith Centre, 259 Sprotbrough Road, Sprotbrough, DN5 8BP. Tel: 01302 788093 (Answerphone outside office hours) Public welcome Email: [email protected] SPROTBROUGH & Cusworth Parish Council meet on the third Thursday of the month at The Goldsmith Website: www.sc-pc.co.uk Centre, with the exception of March and September, when the meeting is held at Scawsby Community Centre. No meeting is held in August. For more information visit : www.sc-pc.co.uk elmdesign, doncaster t: 0798 1799924