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Welcome to the spring edition of the Tameside Citizen

AS the new executive leader of the council, it’s been a very busy start to the role and I would like to welcome you to my first edition of the Citizen to bring you up to speed with all the latest council news. Living in Tameside with my family, and having been a councillor for the Denton West ward since 2002 and executive member for adult services since 2008, I am very much rooted and committed to Tameside and to creating a better place where we can all live healthy and successful lives. You can read more about my priorities for the year ahead on page 5. It’s only right that we pay tribute to Cllr Kieran Quinn in this issue (page 6) as we sadly said goodbye to him in January following his tragic and untimely passing on Christmas Day. Kieran was full of innovative ideas and passionate about Tameside and we will follow his example as we continue to work in his memory. One of Kieran’s lasting legacies will be the Vision Tameside project. Vision Tameside will bring jobs and growth to the area as well as providing our young people with state-of –the-art learning facilities. Following the collapse of Carillion in January, we have worked quickly to ensure that all services have continued as normal – you can read an update on the new joint public service centre on page 9. One of my first tasks as the new leader was to deliver the budget for 2018/19. It’s a difficult decision to have to make, and ask of residents, but in the face of such a huge drop in recent years in the funding from government and rising demand on services for our most vulnerable residents, we have decided to raise council tax by 4.99%. This will generate an extra £5.6 million which will go towards the total budget of £186 million. Please take a look at pages 12 and 13 to see what this means for you and how the money will be spent within the borough.

Retaining my role as executive member for health and social care is important to me having already progressed so far with this key work area. It is my ambition to see through the full integration of services and look at the innovative and new ways that that we can deliver care closer to home and within our communities. Pages 14 and 15 look at some of the work we are doing through our Care Together programme to improve access to care while pages 16 and 17 look at some of the steps we can take as individuals to live healthier lives and support others.

As the first female leader of the council – appointed in the year in which we celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage when some women first gained the right to vote – I want us all to celebrate the many inspirational women of Tameside through our Tameside Tied Together ribbon project where residents have been invited to write the names and stories of extraordinary women on ribbons that are then threaded together into a visual tribute. If you go to page 22 you can see other events we Contents have planned throughout the year to celebrate women’s suffrage as well as a useful calendar of cultural events and activities that take place for all the family to enjoy Priorities for the Year Ahead...... 4/5 over the next few months (pages 20 and 21). Recently we have run a number of successful campaigns which have been recognised Fitting Farewell for Kieran...... 6 as best practice and are changing the lives of people within our borough. You can read about how our Open Up campaign has been highlighting how one in six men Domestic Abuse #openup...... 7 experience domestic abuse and encourages them to tell someone and get support (page 7). You can also read in our Proud Tameside section (pages 10 and 11) about Winter Weather Response ...... 8 our Shared Lives’campaign which after a successful recruitment drive is making an extraordinary difference in supporting older people and adults with learning Vision Tameside...... 9 disabilities. Spring may now be in the air but in early March, the Beast from the East met Storm Proud Tameside...... 10/11 Emma, which resulted in plummeting temperatures, heavy snow and high winds. We can all be proud how our public service staff and the local community came together Budget 2018/19...... 12/13 P7 during this period to keep our vulnerable residents safe and our main roads clear. You can read on page 8 about how teams stepped up during this time to keep disruption Care Together...... 14/15 to a minimum. Cancer Champions...... 16 As you can see, there’s plenty to take in and I hope you enjoy reading this edition of P16 the Citizen. You can keep up to date via the news pages on our website, social media, Air Quality...... 17 signing up for e-news or following my blog at www.tameside.gov.uk/LeadersBlog Innovative Young Hackers...... 18

Tackling Hate Crime...... 19

What’s On...... 20/21

Suffrage Centenary...... 22 Cllr Brenda Warrington Tameside Council Executive Leader Are you Recycling Right?...... 23 SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 4

I want to follow Kieran in making Tameside a better place but I know that I will have ideas of my own and may be different in how I go about it. I will try to ensure that all communities are as involved as they can be in any changes going forward. Working together we will continue to strive to make Tameside a good and healthy place to live and improve the lives of residents.

New Leader striving to make Tameside a better place

COUNCILLOR Brenda Warrington says she will strive to It commits an extra £18million over the next three years make Tameside a good and healthy place to live after to support the continuing improvements in Children’s becoming Tameside Council’s first ever female leader. Services and protect vulnerable young people, £20million The Denton West councillor is also the first female chair over four years for highways improvements and £5million of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund in its 95-year to improve more than 25,000 streetlights in Tameside with history. At £23 billion it’s the largest local government energy efficient LED lighting. pension scheme in the UK. Cllr Warrington replaces Cllr Kieran Quinn, who sadly Cllr Warrington was elected following an 'extraordinary' passed away unexpectedly on Christmas Day at Tameside council meeting on 31 January. Hospital. Delivering her first budget, Cllr Warrington pledged to Her election as Tameside’s first female leader comes as ensure that all spending of council tax payers’ money is the nation marks 100 years of women’s suffrage – when done with clear purpose, to make residents’ lives better. women gained the right to vote. She highlighted how the budget is focused on both Cllr Warrington was first elected in 2002 and became services for the most vulnerable and universal services for executive member for Adult Services in 2008. She has all. served as the council’s lead member for Health and The budget set out priorities for 2018/19 including External Relations and Scrutiny as well as being chair of completing Vision Tameside, delivering the Wellness the Personal and Health Services Scrutiny Panel. Centre in Denton and work around housing, education and the environment. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 5 Priorities for the year ahead Continuing our good work on the Care Together Programme

It’s my ambition to fully integrate and improve our health and social care system. Not just to look at new ways of delivering services that are sustainable, but to change lifestyles. We want people to live longer, happier and healthier lives. Should they need care we want to deliver that as close to home as possible, if not in the home.

Children’s Services improvement

Ofsted have noted progress through our new leadership team and the implementation of a new improvement plan which has raised the pace of our improvement journey. There is, however, still work to be done - we are determined and committed to meet and address the unprecedented levels of demand on the service and we are investing £18m over the next three years to help ensure we make the improvements needed to support our vulnerable children in the best way we can.

Improving local Working closely with the infrastructure Combined Authority and Greater Manchester Mayor We are investing £20m for highways maintenance and improvements over the next four years. We have also made provision for Tameside will always be my main priority but £5m for LED lighting and £600,000 for children’s there are issues that affect us collectively across play areas to make sure that we have a safe and Greater Manchester such as homelessness, desirable borough for our residents to live, work air pollution, business rates pooling and town and enjoy. centre rejuvenation. We need to work in a collaborative way to ensure we can roll out effective, impactful solutions. After all the whole Working with private is often greater than the sum of the parts. landlords and other partners Universal Credit rollout

This will be a difficult time for some of our residents but We need to improve conditions and access to we are geared up and ready in a number of ways to assist services in the private rented sector. I would like our those that need help when they need it. We will be us to look particularly at the creation of a register looking closely at learning from other councils and working of landlords - both social and private - to ensure with partners to make sure everybody is ready to do their we can better identify our landlords and increase bit. Access to information and advice will be key, as will landlords’ accountability. access to the internet that we are making available across Tameside. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 6 Fitting Farewell for Kieran TAMESIDE Council’s executive leader, Cllr The number of people attending from far and Kieran Quinn, was laid to rest on Monday wide was a true testament to all that Kieran 22 January after a requiem mass attended was; a family man, community leader, council by more than 600 people. leader, and Chair of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund. In addition to Cllr Quinn’s widow, Susan; sons Liam and Matthew; and his six brothers and Cllr Quinn collapsed on December 23, while three sisters; the mourners at St Ann’s Church, delivering cards in his Droylsden East ward Ashton, included the Civic Mayor of Tameside, which is something he did together with Cllr Joyce Bowerman; Mrs Sharman Birtles DL, his wife and fellow Droylsden councillor representing the Lord Lieutenant of Greater every year. He died in Tameside Hospital on Manchester; Cllr Eddy Newman, Lord Mayor Christmas Day surrounded by his family. of Manchester; Andy Burnham, Mayor of The mass, which was led by Father Simon Greater Manchester; Lord Pendry; Members of Firth, featured a eulogy by Liam and Matthew, Parliament, and civic and community leaders which reflected on Kieran as first and foremost from across the region. a family man. Afterwards, the family accompanied the coffin to Droylsden Cemetery for a private burial.

Tameside Council Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington said:

Kieran was an absolutely superb leader. He had lots of energy and good ideas, was innovative, passionate and a hard worker. He was the ultimate politician and I believe he would expect us to follow his example and continue his good work and do the very best for Tameside. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 7 Binmen urge male domestic abuse victims to #openup

THEY may not look the type to talk about their Domestic abuse isn’t just violence, it can also involve feelings. controlling and coercive behaviour such as controlling someone’s money or preventing them from seeing family But Tameside bin men have been supporting the message and friends. There is local support and help available for that it’s okay to open up in a campaign to encourage men all victims of domestic abuse – both men and women - to seek help if they are experiencing domestic abuse. see www.tameside.gov.uk/domesticabuse or call 0800 The He’s Keeping a Secret’ campaign aims to highlight 328 0967. In an emergency you should always call 999. how one in six men experience domestic abuse but they The campaign was launched by Tameside male waste and are three times less likely than women to tell anybody. recycling staff. It’s also been supported by Tameside men It’s hoped it will help reassure male victims that they are from all walks of life – from Hyde United footballers to not alone and encourage them to tell someone and get office workers. support. Hyde United footballers

Tameside Council Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington said:

Men are renowned for bottling up their problems and feelings but we want to urge them not to keep domestic abuse a secret. Male victims may feel very alone but one in six men are victims, that’s at least one person within your sports team, office or group of mates at the pub. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 8

Keeping residents safe during severe winter weather STAFF sprang into action to ensure residents stayed safe Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington joined the council’s during severe weather conditions. gritting teams on a round to witness an evening’s example of all the hard work that goes on during the long winter months. While our gritting team ploughed on through heavy snow to keep main routes open, council colleagues ensured vital frontline services continued and the vulnerable were cared for. The Integrated Urgent Care Team were able to visit patients in remote areas and the Community Response Service (CRS) was able to make crucial call outs after 4x4 vehicles were made available. Teams from across all areas of the council also teamed up to ring over 4,000 of our vulnerable residents to check they were ok and had any essentials they may need. Council staff also pulled together to ensure no funerals had to be cancelled, postponed or delayed, despite the weather conditions. The freeze saw our cold weather protocol for rough sleepers instigated with placements for 19 vulnerable rough sleepers arranged during one night alone. Tameside Council Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington said: We received a lot of positive feedback across social media and would like to thank all our residents and communities Our gritting teams have done a sterling job working in who support was vital in ensuring vulnerable family, severe weather conditions to keep priority routes open friends and neighbours were looked after. and our frontline service staff have done all they can to ensure our vulnerable residents remain safe. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 9

Work continues on VISIONTAMESIDE WORK on the Vision Tameside project has continued The pioneering project has now reached stage two, which after our Executive Cabinet approved a proposal from comprises of a new 7,000sq ft Advanced Skills Centre for infrastructure partner Inspired Spaces in replacing Carillion Tameside College and a new Joint Service Centre for Tameside Construction with new builder Robertson Construction, one Council and its partners. of the largest independently owned construction companies Once completed, these new developments will bring thousands in the UK. of new staff and students to Ashton town centre, boosting the Following the collapse, the council moved swiftly to both protect retail economy. the projects and services provided by Carillion and importantly The new council facility on Wellington Road will provide to reassure and protect the staff who are valuable members of residents with more cost effective and customer friendly our workforce. Robertson will start on an initial eight week early facilities. The college development will provide state-of-the-art works order, working towards a new contract. There will be a educational facilities for students who will be able to study a delay in the original completion dates but everything possible broad range of vocational skills in the borough. will be done to ensure it’s kept to a minimum. Work contracted to Carillion has continued as usual following Executive Leader, Cllr Brenda Warrington and Chief Executive, Steven the company going into liquidation, with public services kept Pleasant visit the site with Robertson staff. running and school meals provided.

Tameside Council Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington said:

Vision Tameside is a key initiative in the area and one we know will provide considerable jobs and growth when it’s completed. As a result, we are delighted that Robertson Construction has restarted work to complete these exciting developments.

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Mayor’s praise for Shared Lives success

CARERS, service users and staff who helped to make our Shared Lives campaign a national success, were Tameside Civic Mayor congratulated by the Civic Mayor. Cllr Joyce Bowerman said: The hugely impactful communications campaign was recently It’s fantastic that this campaign, which has been named Local Government Campaign of the Year in the UK Public so successful in raising awareness of Shared Lives Affairs Awards. and recruiting more carers, has won national recognition and is being used as an example of The recruitment drive, developed and delivered in house best practice for others to follow. by our communications team in close consultation with the Shared Lives team, highlighted how the scheme was making an extraordinary difference in supporting older people and adults Tameside Civic Mayor Cllr Joyce Bowerman invited carers, services with physical and learning disabilities. users and staff to Dukinfield Town Hall to thank them for their involvement. It prompted enquiries from a flood of potential new carers, opening the scheme to more service users as well as saving The council is recruiting more Shared Lives carers, who receive a the local economy up to £500,000 in more traditional forms of generous allowance as well as full training and support. For further care. The campaign is now being used by other councils to help information see www.tameside.gov.uk/sharedlives or call develop their own Shared Lives communications strategies. 0161 342 5151.

Stalybridge is Tameside’s Town Centre Challenge nominee

STALYBRIDGE has been announced as Tameside’s nominee for the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s Town Centre Challenge. The challenge, which was unveiled in November, will involve a town from each of Greater Manchester’s 10 authorities. They will work with the GM mayor, Andy Burnham, who will bring together housing providers, public and private landowners, developers, community groups and other key stakeholders in an effort to support councils in unlocking the potential in town centres, particularly to deliver viable housing markets and sustainable communities. Stalybridge is ideally placed to be Tameside’s standard-bearer with many independent businesses, a well-established high street and two major supermarkets.

Executive Leader, Cllr Brenda Warrington, said:

With the Greater Manchester mayor’s support we’ll be lobbying for further funding and looking for imaginative solutions that we can pilot in Stalybridge and then use in other parts of the borough.

The Hub SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 11 ProudTameside Children’s home scoops healthy award WELL done to one of our children’s The criteria the award looked for homes that has received the local included evidence of a variety of Food4Life Gold award for providing healthy lifestyle topics, menu planning, and encouraging a healthy consultation and staff training which environment for its young people. directly affects children in their care. The award recognises the healthy It was developed by the children’s eating and healthy lifestyle practices nutrition team, part of Tameside used by carers of looked-after children and Glossop Integrated Care NHS at the home. Foundation Trust supported by the safeguarding children team.

Portland Basin on CBeebies PORTLAND Basin was highlighted social heritage - is housed within the for bringing history alive for children restored nineteenth century Ashton on the new CBeebies show Treasure Canal Warehouse in Ashton. It is an Champs. exciting family friendly museum, with free admission and something for all The BBC show, broadcast on 4 February, the family. focused on the theme “empathy” and followed two local children visiting Take a look at opening times and the museum to find out about life in what’s on at our museums and Victorian times. galleries at www.tameside.gov.uk/ museumsgalleries Portland Basin Museum – which celebrates Tameside’s industrial and Honouring Holocaust victims

YOUNG people in Tameside paid their The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day respects to Holocaust victims during a 2018 was “the power of words” and week of learning. the young people discussed how they communicate and how we all have a Tameside Council’s Youth Service held responsibility to think about the impact sessions with dozens of young people Success our words have on others. following Holocaust Memorial Day on of children in care Saturday 27 January. Not only did the project raise awareness HUGE congratulations to all the winners in of the horrors of Nazi persecution but it our Looked After Children Awards, which aim also focused on how we treat each other to celebrate the many positive success stories today. and achievements of Tameside children in care. Pictured is 21-year-old care leaver and degree student Danny Haughton who won the High Achievement in Education Award. Danny is aspiring towards a career in social work so he can support other young people like himself who have been in care. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 12 Budget ON the 27 February 2018 the council agreed its A drop in the ocean compared to the £140 million budget for 2018/19. lost. The decision to increase council tax is not taken lightly. The decision was made in the context of a challenging financial climate with reducing funding Before doing so we ensured we have maximised the from central government, increasing demand for collection of council tax, tackled fraud and grown services, and rising prices. The council has had to the tax base through new housing. Roughly half our make £140 million efficiencies since 2010 due to budget is spent on supporting vulnerable residents cuts in government funding and the pressure on – the frail and elderly, people with disabilities and services. children in need of protection. A budget of £186 million has been set for 2018/19 The other half on universal services such as roads, and is supported by an extra £5.6 million from a parks, bins and libraries. council tax increase of 4.99%.

What this means for you

The Hub SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 13 2018/19 Nearly all councils in England plan to increase the council tax to make ends meet this year. Tameside will remain below the average for England, the North West, Greater Manchester and similar types of authority. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 14

Improving access to Intermediate Care NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group leaving hospital or when they are at risk of being sent to (CCG) has agreed to centralise Intermediate Care beds into hospital. the Stamford Unit, adjacent to Tameside Hospital. The decision will improve Intermediate Care across Tameside The decision follows a 12-week consultation process, which and Glossop by ensuring effective clinical support can be resulted in changes after listening to residents’ concerns, provided to all Intermediate Care beds and will improve the including up to eight Intermediate Care beds to be provided in quality of care, maintain job security and deliver financial Glossop as required. savings. Intermediate Care is for patients, usually older people, after Alan Dow, chair of NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG, said:

We believe we have made the right decision to improve Intermediate Care for the people of Tameside and Glossop while addressing Glossop residents’ concerns.

Urgent Care in Tameside and Glossop

WITH an increasing demand on the health and social care As commissioners of health and social care services in Tameside system, we need to ensure that those who are the sickest and Glossop, Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning and in most need of emergency care receive the quickest Group have been looking at the way we deliver our whole range treatment. of Urgent Care services so that we can deliver the streaming service and the UTC at the hospital in an affordable way. To achieve this there is now a national requirement to provide a streaming service in every Accident and Emergency (A&E). In We also want to ensure we have an enhanced service which addition, we have also been mandated to provide an Urgent offers increased access Urgent Care appointments, making the Treatment Centre (UTC) which is GP-led, open 12 hours a day, best use of our resources and balances quality with affordability every day. This UTC needs to be equipped to diagnose and deal and access. with many of the most common ailments which people attend A&E with that aren’t a life-threatening emergency.

We would like to thank all the local residents and stakeholders that took part in the consultation that ran from 1 November 2017 until 26 January 2018. All your feedback on the review of Urgent Care is now in the process of analysis with a decision due to be made at the Strategic Commissioning Board on 20 March 2018.

For more information about Care Together please visit: SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 15

Neighbourhood working

THROUGH our Care Together programme we have now established a neighbourhood model where we have five areas that are managed closer within each community by three neighbourhood managers and seven clinical leads – Ashton / Hyde and Hattersley /Stalybridge, Mossley and Dukinfield /Droylsden, Denton and Audenshaw / Glossop. This enables us to drive new models of integrated care across Tameside and Glossop so that people can receive the right care, at the right time, as close to home as possible.

Piloting new ways of working Mental Health

DENTON neighbourhood are piloting work with Pennine Care, which offers direct GP access from across the neighbourhood, to a primary care mental health worker, based in Millgate, three sessions per week. The initial feedback is that it has been extremely well received across the neighbourhood.

Frailty

ASHTON, Stalybridge, Dukinfield and Mossley are working together to improve the safety and wellbeing of the neighbourhood’s most frail population to prevent these patients having unnecessary hospital attendances and admissions.

They are doing this in an integrated way to identify and support the needs and risks of the severely frail to ensure safe and supportive levels of care so people continue to live well and live safely within their ( ( own home.

The teams will provide a range of wrap around support looking at physical health, environmental safety, emotional wellbeing, as well as an urgent response if required.

Self-Care

SIMMONDLEY Medical Practice in Glossop’s Wellbeing and Activity pilot is focused around people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or diabetes.

The aim of the pilot is to develop a range of self-care enabling activities to increase the quality of life for people living with a long-term health condition by increasing their skills, confidence and personal resources to manage their health.

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Become a Cancer Champion TAMESIDE residents are being urged to sign up as Cancer Businessman Wayne Coyle said: Champions to help fight the disease. It’s a great cause. At some point everyone is Cancer Champions are ordinary people who want to use their affected one way or another by cancer these experience and knowledge to support those at risk of developing days and it takes a strong person to stand out cancer or who have been recently diagnosed. from the crowd and do something. Everyone who contributes and supports people makes it Locals have already begun signing up and are urging others to much easier to deal with. join them. Father-of-one Derrick Evans (40), from Carrbrook, has beaten blood cancer lymphoma three times despite being told he had months to live. Derrick founded charity Cancer Warriors to support other patients and raise awareness.

The cause is also close to the heart of Wayne Coyle (35), who runs Tropical Palms hair and beauty in Droylsden with wife Laura (25), as Laura’s mum Pam Nightingale has had breast cancer and secondary spine cancer. The award-winning salon on Chappell Road is home to Better Days, an official provider of wigs to people battling cancer. Cancer Warrior We are backing Greater Manchester Cancer Champions in line Derrick Evans said: with our Care Together programme, which provides care within You don’t have to do so many hours a week, just our communities, improving self-care and encouraging healthier when you have a bit of spare time do what you can, lifestyles. whether that’s going to a meeting or just being The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s there for a cancer patient. It gives you a great sense Cancer Champions scheme, led by Voluntary Sector North West, of wellbeing and will help you remain mentally aims to sign up 20,000 people. positive. Click a button and sign up – it’s that easy. You don’t need to be an expert, just to want to play a part, and it doesn’t take much time. It can be as simple as talking to your friends and family about it. It takes a few minutes to sign up at www.icangm.co.uk/become-cancer-champion Act FAST to save stroke victims PUBLIC Health England’s (PHE)s annual The main stroke symptoms are: Act FAST campaign is reminding people of the main symptoms of stroke and the • Face - has their face fallen on one side? Can importance of dialling 999 immediately if they smile? they spot any of the tell-tale signs. • Arms - can they raise both their arms and keep them there? In Tameside, 340 people last year suffered • Speech - is their speech slurred? a stroke and it kills over 40,000 people a • Time - to call 999 if you see any single one of year worldwide. It is the biggest cause of these signs disability in the UK and around two-thirds of stroke survivors will be left with some form of disability. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 17 Call to action to tackle air pollution A NEW report calls for action to tackle air pollution in Tameside. Facing up to The Public Health Annual Report describes how air quality is a re-emerging as a public health threat. Air Quality With a higher population of residents more affected by air pollution - such as the very young, elderly, adults with pre-existing lung and heart conditions and disadvantaged communities – action in Tameside is considered more urgent and necessary. The report focuses on local road traffic-related air quality issues and contains recommendations designed to be simple, manageable and realistic for residents and organisations to respond to locally. Public Health Annual Report 2017 It asks individuals and families to think about their exposure to air pollution, to commit to walking or cycling for shorter journeys and to switch off idling engines. You can read the report at It urges communities to discuss the issue and asks businesses www.tameside.gov.uk/publichealthreports and employees to adopt a steady, fuel-efficient, driving style, consider Eco Driving training, use greener vehicles, promote and support car sharing and adopt practices such as video conferencing and working from home.

Don’t be the one THOUSANDS of smokers in Tameside are massively under- estimating the risks of their addiction ending their life early, a shocking new survey has found. The Don’t Be The 1 quit smoking campaign, publicised across the borough, reminds smokers in Tameside they face a one in two risk of being killed by their addiction - some in their early 40s. For the estimated 38,000 smokers we have in Tameside, please be assured that there is plenty of support to help you quit. Call 0161 716 2000 or email [email protected] for information and Big Clean advice. Switch SO far, the scheme has saved local people more than £300 a year on average. Switching is easy - just visit www.bigcleanswitch.org/gm or call 0800 249 4770 to compare the price of different planet-friendly energy deals and switch to the one that’s right for you. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 18

Innovative young hackers show their mettle ONE of the most exciting youth projects of the calendar There were prizes for the best team in each task and the overall gave young people the chance to boost their CVs and winners were Team Sidewinder Cookie who developed an develop practical experience of the digital industry. ambitious intelligent shopping website. Tameside Hack was based in Tameside College for a second The project was launched by Tameside Council In August 2016 consecutive year, with hackers working in small teams to take on and has been gaining momentum each year since. challenges set by sponsors. The event was sponsored by Willmott Dixon, Purple, Brother UK, These included developing a relaxation app, how to make use of Code Nation, Avecto and Manchester Digital, while seasoned data to improve daily life, devising ways to use a drone to aid the mentors gave support and advice. To find out more or get emergency services, looking at how to prevent cyber bullying involved in future events, contact benjamin.pilkington@ and using digital technology to reduce corporate waste. tameside.gov.uk or call 0161 342 5138.

Tameside Council Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington said:

We are committed to ensuring that young people in Tameside are equipped with the skills they need to thrive in the modern economy. By holding regular events like the Tameside Hack we are helping to nurture and grow the borough’s digital future for the next generation. PREJUDICE. TOGETHER WE CAN END IT.

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Calling Greater Manchester Police on 101 Reporting online at LetsEndHateCrime.com

In an emergency, SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 19 calling the police on 999

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A HOST of events across Tameside united people against Hate crime is any crime that is targeted at a person because hate crime. of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s alternative subculture, disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, Tameside Council’s Neighbourhood and Youth Services joined trans and gender reassignment. with partner organisations to set up information stands at Tameside and Clarendon colleges, Hyde Market, Tameside Visit LetsEndHateCrime.com to sign a promise to never stand Hospital and in libraries, shopping centres and supermarkets, as by if you see someone being abused or attacked because of who part of Hate Crime Awareness Week. they are. If you’re a victim get help or make a report by visiting www.report-it.org.uk/your_police_force Youth Service staff also worked with young people in schools and youth and community groups to discuss examples of hate crime. The sessions included activities called “Just One Step In My Shoes”, where young people detailed their experiences of hate crime and how it affected them. And an interactive drama staged PREJUDICE. at four secondary schools, focused on the legal consequences and the effect it can have on the wider community. TOGETHER Young people who identify as LGBT also created artwork based on their experiences that spoke about the impact of WE CAN END IT. homophobia and urged victims to get help. If you’ve been aected by hate crime you can report it by:

Tameside Council Executive Leader Cllr Brenda Warrington said: Calling Greater Manchester Police on 101 It’s so sad that hate crime exists in any form at all, and in this age ofReporting technology online there is the#WeStandTogether added pressure that social media allows cowardly bulliesat toLetsEndHateCrime.com hide behind a screen of anonymity. We are doing everything we can to eradicateIn an emergency, hate #WeStandTogether crime, hopefully through education, but if necessary, by using the law.calling the police on 999 Tameside in top set for GCSEs

TAMESIDE is one of the top authorities in Greater Manchester for GCSE performance. On attainment of a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, Tameside #WeStandTogether ranks third in Greater Manchester, second against statistically comparable authorities and tenth out of the 23 authorities across the North West. While Tameside’s Progress 8 attainment – which measures a student’s progress in eight key subjects – is fourth in Greater Manchester, third out of its statistical neighbours and ninth in the north west. The validated GCSE results are a fantastic reflection on the commitment of the borough’s pupils, teachers, governors and parents who have worked hard to raise achievement despite reforms in GCSEs and a more challenging curriculum.

89428.08 Hate Crime 2017 Pull Up Banners_806x2260mm_aw_v1.indd 1 23/12/2016 13:49 89428.08 Hate Crime 2017 Pull Up Banners_806x2260mm_aw_v1.inddThe 1 reformed GCSEs are subject to a new grading scale of 9 to 1, with 9 23/12/2016 13:49 being the top grade. A grade four is a standard pass and a grade five a strong pass. Standard passes in both English and maths were achieved by 62% of the borough’s pupils in mainstream schools with 39% of pupils also achieving a strong pass. SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 20 12 April 24 April & 29 May Foraging in the Wild Hospital Artisan Market Citizen Meet James Wood, expert forager Fresh food and crafts. and author of “The Forager’s 9 to 2pm outside the Hartshead Cookbook”, for a walk in the wilds South entrance at what’s on of Roaches Vale discovering and Tameside Hospital, Ashton. For a full calendar of events visit: www.tameside.gov.uk/events sampling the vast array of edible species that lie around us. Return Making Friends with the in time for a welcome wild brew Archives 27 March 4 & 11 April & 30 May and some tasty foraged soup. For A look at holidays, entertainment Hospital Artisan Market Meet Tommy Atkins children aged eight and over. Meet and leisure. Fresh food and crafts. 9 to 2pm Find out first-hand about the 10am at Park Bridge Heritage 2pm at Tameside Local Studies outside the Hartshead South conditions British soldiers Centre, Ashton. Cost £8 per and Archives Centre, entrance at Tameside Hospital, experienced on the First World War child and £5 per child. Booking Cotton Street, Ashton. Ashton. Western Front. 11am to 3pm at essential on 0161 342 4144. Portland Basin Museum, Ashton. 29 April Make Friends with the Archives 13 April Chadkirk Chapel Ramble A look at the cotton industry in 7 April & 5 May Cardboard Construction Camp A 10-mile walk across wild, 19th century Tameside. Hyde Artisan Market Responsible Mayhem, masters of windswept Werneth Low to the 2pm at Tameside Local Studies Enjoy the best of arts, crafts and creative mayhem, invite you to historic delights of Chadkirk and Archives Centre, Cotton handcrafted goods in the market join them for a cardboard building Chapel and back via Etherow Street, Ashton – 0161 342 4242. square between 9am and 3pm. project of epic proportions. Country Park. You could also get involved in Meet 10am at Lower Higham 1 April the Topple Project using 6,000 Visitor Centre. Higham 8 April & 13 May dominoes. Free family event, Lane Gee Cross, SK14 5LR. Easter Egg Hunt Stalybridge Artisan Market 11am to 3pm at Tameside An egg-stravaganza for younger Come to the civic hall and Central Library, Ashton. Farmer’s Market children. As well as the hunt there Armentieres Square for arts and Make it a date on Sunday from will be competitions for best- crafts, handcrafted goods and live (8am to 2pm) with a visit to dressed Easter egg and bonnet. entertainment. 19 & 26 April 1 to 3pm at Lower Higham Little Hands Ashton’s popular farmers’ and Visitor Centre. Higham Lane Gee An hour of storytelling, crafts and producers market for award- Cross, SK14 5LR. 9 April fun for pre-schoolers. £2 per child. winning cheeses, haggis and a Alan in Wonderland and the 10am at Portland Basin Museum, wide choice of meats. Three Goats 2 April Ashton. A magical and immersive show by 3, 10, 17 & 24 May Bank Holiday Fun Booster Cushion Theatre Company Little Hands Trails and crafts to keep the family complete with larger than life 21 April An hour of storytelling, crafts and entertained all day. props. Most suitable for children Introduction to Book Binding fun for pre-schoolers. £2 per child. 11am to 3pm at Portland Basin aged four to seven. Showtimes Professional crafts maker Caroline 10am at Portland Basin Museum, Museum, Ashton. 11.30am and 1pm. £3 per child Coates shows you how to create Ashton. but one accompanying adult your own personalised book. 3, 5, 10 & 11 April free. Call 0161 342 4144 to book. You’ll be introduced to a range of Make, Do and Play Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, basic book-binding techniques 6 May Artist-led craft activities for Trinity Street, Stalybridge. and make a couple of books to CoderDojo children of all ages. £1 per child. take home. Cost £35 and £30. IF you’re aged seven to and 17, 11am to 3pm at Portland Basin Junior History Club All materials included. Booking come along to learn how to code, Museum, Ashton. Enjoy a Victorian Easter with Easter essential on 0161 343 2878. develop websites, apps, programs, egg hunt and Easter crafts. 10am to 3.30pm at Portland games, meet like-minded people 2 to 3pm at Tameside Local Basin Museum, Ashton. and much more. 4 April 11am to 3pm at Active Medlock, Go Wild in Spring Studies and Archives Centre, Gardenfold Way, Droylsden. A chance to try den-building, Cotton Street, Ashton. 21 April tamesidecoderdojo.org.uk bug-hunting and to take a look at Spring in your Step what secret life lurks beneath the 11 April Explore the Tame Valley to see surface of a pond. Tameside History Club whether spring has sprung. 6 May 1 to 3pm. Meet in the car park, History of the Manchester Fire Bluebells just flowering, vibrant Kids in the Environment bottom of Meadow Lane, Brigade. 2pm at Tameside Local green leaves and the first If you’re aged seven to 11 and Haughton Green. 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Junior History Club: EqualiTees Exhibition: Votes for Women What Exhibition: Women of Tameside Votes for Women! Join us to share, debate and celebrate Happened Next? Exhibition in the atrium of women of We will be making sashes and learning our right to vote, over a cup of tea and The museum’s old street looks at the Tameside who made a difference more about the fight for women’s votes slice of cake! It’s a UK-wide celebration changing role of women as the First Local Studies and Archives Centre Local Studies and Archives Centre. of our democratic equality, with tea World War neared the end. How did the 2-4pm parties taking place all over the country. war affect women? How did women get Check www.tameside.gov.uk/libraries the vote and what role did suffragettes for details of venues and timings play locally? Portland Basin Museum

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Display: Extraordinary Women Talk: Women’s Suffrage Family theatre: Suffragette/ Talk: Hannah Mitchell Want to read about extraordinary Gary Hart, Parliament community Sufragist? Michael Herbert joins us to talk about women or read books by extraordinary outreach and engagement officer will Scallywags theatre bring their family Hannah Mitchell, the well-known English women? Tameside libraries will guide come and talk to us about Women’s friendly approach to the theme with a suffragette and socialist who for a time you through the bravery and brilliance Suffrage. promenade interactive performance made Ashton-under-Lyne her home. of female protagonists and authors with Local Studies and Archives Centre. for families Local Studies and Archives Centre their new displays – Tell us who your 2-3pm Portland Basin Museum 11am & 1pm 2-3pm heroine is and win a book Tameside libraries, see website for more details www.tameside.gov.uk/ libraries

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Walk & Talk: Women’s Suffrage Making Friends with the Archives: Talk: Margaret Ashton A historical walk around Manchester Political Figures of Tameside Alison Ronan historian and author will highlighting the places of interest A collection of archives highlighting the speak about Margaret Ashton the first relating to women’s history and a visit to political figures of Tameside including female councillor in Manchester the Pankhurst Centre. women who made a difference. Local Studies and Archives Centre Manchester 2pm Local Studies and Archives Centre 2-3pm 2-3pm L VE SPRING 2018 I THE TAMESIDE CITIZEN I PAGE 23 Recycling HATE Are you recycling right? Landfill Remember the golden rule when recycling plastics

PLASTICS can cause confusion when recycling, but not Plastics like yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and plastic trays if you follow the golden rule. are a low grade plastic, while plastic bottles are a high grade. If it’s bottle-shaped then you can recycle it. Please also take the tops off as it helps makes recycling That’s because, while a bottle and a food tray are made easier as they are often made of different types of of the same type of plastic, they’re not made of the same materials. grade of plastic. At home, you can recycle plastic bottles in your mixed High and low grade plastics behave differently when recycling bin or take them to your local recycling centre. they’re recycled, as they melt at different temperatures. Just remember the golden rule so that recycling The technology used in recycling can’t sort between collections aren’t contaminated with the wrong type of the different grades of plastic so they can’t be collected plastic. together.

These are the items we would like in your BLACK mixed recycling bin

For more information visit www.recycleforgreatermanchester.com

Download our free app from Apple Store or Google Play Store where you can check the date of your collections, set reminders and report missed/lost bins. Your next collection date is For more information please visit www.tameside.gov.uk/recycling