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The Community Magazine of Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council Big Plans, Bright Future CONTENTS MARCH 2017 www.stockton.gov.uk/stocktononteesnews The community magazine of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Big plans, bright future CONTENTS Time to explore You’re hired! 8 Preston Park 28 LIVE in Stockton 32 CONTENTS News Round Up Economic Regeneration Environment 4 and Transport 6 and Housing 12 BIG NEWS FOR BIG PLANS FOR AN BIG PLANS FOR OUR STOCKTON-ON-TEES OUTSTANDING BOROUGH PLACES AND OPEN SPACES Community Health and Children and Safety 14 Wellbeing 16 Young People 18 BIG PLANS FOR KEEPING BIG PLANS FOR THE BIG PLANS FOR THE YOUNG OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE HEALTH OF OUR PEOPLE PEOPLE OF OUR BOROUGH Arts, Culture Adults Strong and Leisure 23 Services 35 Communities 36 BIG PLANS FOR GREAT BIG PLANS FOR THE BIG PLANS FOR HELPING EXPERIENCES CARE WE PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITIES PROSPER Your Ward Surgeries in What’s On Council 37 Your Area 42 45 AMBITIOUS, EFFECTIVE BIG PLANS FOR BIG PLANS FOR AND PROUD TO SERVE YOUR AREA THE FUTURE Stockton-on-Tees News is published by Stockton-on-Tees News aims to provide Stockton-on-Tees News is produced Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and news and information about the Council, by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council distributed to households across the its partner organisations and local Communications Team and designed by Borough free of charge. If you have not community groups and businesses. Every Twentyseven Design. Pictures courtesy received a copy please call 01642 526098 effort is made to ensure all information of Dave Charnley, Peter Mernagh, Gary or email [email protected] is accurate and up-to-date at the time of Walsh, Gilbert Johnston, Doug Moody, publication. Your views and comments Dawn McNamara, Gilmar Ribeiro are welcome. and others. There is an audio version of Stockton-on-Tees News. Call 01642 526098 to order a copy or email [email protected] PAGE 3 NEWS ROUND UP NEWS ROUND UP WELCOME TO THIS Award winning women SPRING EDITION Three business women from the Borough are among the most entrepreneurial in the North East. OF STOCKTON-ON- Claire Moore of School House Recruitment, Jacqueline Gallazi-Ritchie of All England Gas Services Ltd and Joanna Wake of RAW Digital Training were all named winners at the TEES NEWS prestigious annual North East Women Entrepreneur of the It’s time for the Council to set its annual budget for Stockton-on-Tees Year Awards. the services we deliver to you. It continues to be a Now in its 17th year, the awards celebrate women’s challenging time as we face on-going reductions in achievements in a range of sectors. funding and increasing pressures on our social care welcomes students Winner of the Sage-sponsored Best Small Business services. You can learn more on page 38 about how the Durham University’s plans to create a new higher Award and the Susan Dobson Award for Entrepreneurship, Council plans to meet the savings it needs to make and education facility for international students on the Jacqueline Gallazi-Ritchie, said: “I was very humbled to be how it will use the money it has to pay for services while banks of the River Tees are progressing well. nominated, but to have won both awards is truly an honour, Jacqueline Gallazi-Ritchie continuing to invest in our Borough. not just for myself, but also the team at All England Gas.” Leading global education provider, Study Group, will We’ve also got a lot of positive news to share with you operate the new International Study Centre (ISC) at Queen’s Campus in collaboration with the University. Courses at in this edition. It’s recently been announced that a Can you do better? new International Study Centre will open at Durham the ISC will help develop students’ language and study University’s Queen’s Campus in September welcoming skills to prepare them for entry to Durham University undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. students from across the world and Stockton Town Centre has been crowned the winner of the Great From September, the Thornaby based facility will welcome British High Street of the Year Awards in the Rising Star students from all around the world. Students attending the category. The High Street beat off strong competition to ISC, which is a short walk from Stockton Town Centre, will be a year-round presence in the Borough. scoop the prestigious accolade which is an endorsement of having a good long-term plan which is starting to Study Group already runs similar facilities in the UK, see improvements. It is becoming a great all-round Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and the USA. destination for everything from world class events to specialist markets, sophisticated cocktail bars, trendy pubs and quirky independent shops alongside national New base for sea cadets chains. There remains a lot more to do and with lots A special guest was on hand to officially more challenges, particularly within the retail sector open Stockton-on-Tees Sea Cadets’ new – but we’re on with it. You can read about the latest developments on pages 6, 7, 30 and 31. £460,000 base in Thornaby. Captain Philip Russell RN, Captain Sea Cadets, unveiled a Get snap happy Meanwhile, we are pleased to see so many of our plaque at the official launch of the cadets’ riverside building Borough’s businesses doing so well. On page 9 there’s at Thornaby Place. a really interesting story about Harrison Packaging who on the banks of the Tees supply major UK retailers including Marks & Spencer. The two-storey building – named ‘Apedaile House’ in recognition of the cadets’ President, Alderman Lynne And it’s not just manufacturing where Stockton stands Apedaile – has been transformed into a bright, modern and It’s almost 10 years since construction work out. The Borough’s also has some fantastic home grown fully-accessible facility boasting a ground floor wet room, a musical talent. On pages 32 and 33 you can find out fully equipped catering galley and a lift to improve disabled began on our iconic Infinity Bridge and we about some of the artists and what they like best about access. An adjoining annexe has also been refurbished and want you to help us mark the occasion by now has new changing rooms and showers, a high quality the area. kitchen and central heating. sending us your photographs of this truly Finally, don’t forget to pull out and keep the PLAY Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council supported the Sea stunning structure. pages of this magazine which highlight a selection of Cadets application for a Community Covenant Grant to help There are prizes to be won! Not only will the best image feature the spring/summer events programme – such as the buy the facility, ahead of its refurbishment. on the front cover of the May edition of Stockton-on-Tees News, new music and comedy festival Stockton Stages and the winning photographer will also win VIP tickets to the Stockton The Sea Cadets is the UK’s largest maritime charity for Calling Music Festival. the usual favourites like the Stockton young people aged 10 to 18. For more information visit Cycling Festival, Duathlon and SIRF which www.sea-cadets.org/stockton To enter, post your picture on your Facebook wall and tag celebrates its 30th birthday this year. the Council so we can share it. Don’t worry if you don’t do Facebook or have difficulty tagging, just email your entry to [email protected] or post it to Infinity Bridge photographs, Communications Team, Municipal Buildings, Neil Schneider Church Road, TS18 1LD (please include your contact details). Chief Executive, Entries must be received by Sunday 9 April and will be judged by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council the Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees. PAGE 4 PAGE 5 ECONOMIC REGENERATION AND TRANSPORT ECONOMIC REGENERATION AND TRANSPORT It’s no surprise that the town captured the You just have to take a walk around to see imagination of the Head of Google Retail how much it offers shoppers and visitors alike. Stockton’s a Rising Star and beat other high street names to take the But it doesn’t stop there. On these pages you Great British High Street “Rising Star” crown. can learn more about the latest developments. The Globe Theatre Hampton by Hilton Hotel Heritage in the 21st Century Retail growth Major works to create a 2,500 capacity live music and comedy A 125-bed Hampton by Hilton Hotel is expected to open in Listed and heritage buildings will benefit from a £2million Stockton is home to lots of new independent businesses venue at The Globe are expected to begin this summer. Autumn 2018. boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund. that are thriving alongside national chains. Sophisticated cocktail bars and trendy eateries Swallow Hotel Year round events The Georgian Theatre From classy cocktail bars to stylish new eateries offering tasty The transformation of the former Swallow Hotel into Flexible, multi-purpose space means the town can host a world Work to increase the capacity of the much loved Georgian locally sourced food – Stockton has it all. student accommodation is expected to start this year. class events programme attracting visitors from far and wide. Theatre is nearly complete. PAGE 6 PAGE 7 ECONOMIC REGENERATION AND TRANSPORT ECONOMIC REGENERATION AND TRANSPORT Andrea Broughton with her apprentice Kayleigh Hughes Stockton-on-Tees has a long-standing tradition in manufacturing that is still very much in evidence today. Through our regular Made in Stockton-on-Tees feature we take a look at some of the Borough’s manufacturing success stories.
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