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The community magazine for the Isle of Wight Issue 27 May 2010 Planting for the future Spotlight on Pan Meadows Advertising to the May issue of One Island magazine. In this edition in One Island WELCOME we include a special update on the Pan Meadows 2010 CARD development, a pioneering project to create 846 new homes for Island residents. E G RAT TISIN ADVER More than We also look ahead to next year’s International NatWest Island Games and in another feature 43,000 copies we see how personal budgets are making a difference to the Newchurch-based Way Forward of One Island ONE programme. are distributed ISLAND throughout the Island every Y MAGAZINE FROM THE COMMUNIT WIGHT COUNCIL AND ITS PARTNERS THE ISLE OF two months. The magazine is published as an insert in the Isle of Wight County Pictured: Architect’s drawings of some of the planned Pan Meadows homes Press – with additional copies available in USEFUL CONTACTS EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETINGS libraries, post offices, help Isle of Wight Council, County NUMBERS Unless otherwise stated, centres, doctors’ surgeries Hall, Newport PO30 1UD all meetings are in public and other key locations. Fax: 823333 In an emergency dial 999 at County Hall. 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Newport Help Centre The community magazine for Audit Committee the Isle of Wight Issue 27 Tel: 821000 May 2010 Popular numbers (committee room one) Automated County Hall, Newport PO30 1UD 29 June (6pm) Planting Mon to Fri: 8am to 6pm for the telephone payments 559310 Licensing and General future Building control 823580 Cowes Help Centre Purposes Committee Spotlight on Pan Meadows Council tax 823901 Library, Beckford Road, Cowes (committee room one) Education 823455 PO31 7SG 2 June (4pm) Environmental health 823000 East Cowes Help Centre 12 July (4pm) Housing benefits 823950 Library, 11 York Avenue, Ethical Standards Committee Leisure services 823828 East Cowes PO32 6QY (committee room one) Libraries 203880 28 June (6pm) Ryde Help Centre Licensing 823000 Tel: 812678 Overview and Scrutiny Parking services 823714 Committee Ryde Library, 101 George Street, Planning 823552 (committee room one) If you have community Refuse collection 823777 Ryde PO33 2JE 10 June (6pm) news to share with other Registrars 823233 Sandown Help Centre Adult Social Care, Health readers, we would like to Roads and highways 823777 Council offices, Broadway, and Housing Scrutiny Panel hear from you. Tourism 813813 Sandown PO36 9EA (committee room one) Trading standards 823396 Ventnor Help Centre 15 July (6pm) We also welcome your Consumer Direct 08454 040506 Ventnor Coastal Centre, Dudley Children and Young People letters. Wightbus 823782 Road, Ventnor PO38 1EJ Scrutiny Panel You can contact us by post, Dial-a-bus 522226 (committee room one) West Wight Help Centre 14 July (6pm) email or telephone. Community services Tel: 756140 Economy, Environment and Post Adult services 823340 Freshwater Library, 41 School Transport Scrutiny Panel One Island, (Adult duty, emergency) 534227 Green Road, Freshwater PO40 9AP Children’s services 525790 (committee room one) Communications, County Wootton Bridge Help Centre Local centres: Cowes 291144 26 May (6pm) Hall, Newport PO30 1UD 28 July (6pm) Newport 823340 Tel: 884361 Email Ryde 566011 Joanne’s Walk, Brannon Way, Fire and Community Safety [email protected] Sandown 408448 Wootton Bridge PO33 4NX Scrutiny Panel Headquarters 520600 Please ring 821000 to confirm (committee room one) Telephone 823105 7 July (6pm) Housing 823040 opening times. 2 One Island CONTENTS 4-8 FIRST WORD Council and community news FEATURES 9 The right ‘Way Forward’ for Michael How care provider Osel is adapting to personal budgets 11 NatWest Island Games 2011 Countdown to sporting extravaganza 12 Pan Meadows A pioneering project for the Island 14 COAST AND COUNTRY Rural and coastal news 16 TIME & PLACE pages 12 and 13 Events and activities page 11 at the heart of fitness Look out for our special One Card offer (see page 5) Cover picture: Pan junior wardens, Libby (left) and Kirsty (right), aged ten, plant a native black poplar, donated by the Island 2000 Trust, in the page 9 Pan country park at Newport, part of the new Pan Meadows development (feature on page 13) One Island is a community magazine produced by the Isle of Wight Council with its key public sector partners – NHS Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Police (Hampshire Constabulary) and the Isle of Wight Rural page 14 Community Council. Working together through the Island Strategic Partnership, we are striving to create an Island that is safe and well kept; healthy and supportive; inspiring; and thriving. This magazine is ONE ISLAND is published ISSN 1752-8038 by the Isle of Wight Council. © COPYRIGHT 2010 available on request The council does not accept Isle of Wight Council, responsibility for goods or as an audiotape, in County Hall, Newport, services offered by advertisers. Isle of Wight PO30 1UD. large print, in Braille, Additional copies are available in other languages from the Customer Service Printed on paper from Centre at County Hall, libraries sustainable sources by and online at and other council facilities. Belmont Press. www.iwight.com Typetalk calls welcome. For further details, Written, designed and produced by the Communications please contact One Department, Isle of Wight Island on 823105. Council. One Island 3 FIRST WORD UK and international Play interest in PFI Ranger scheme Major international engineering scheme to companies have been on the Island to learn more about the highways’ get bigger private finance initiative (PFI) project. Following Treasury approval of the and better council’s plan to transform the Island highways’ infrastructure, companies A wide range of activities and attractions will be on offer on 4 August on the from the UK and Europe attended Island, when the successful Play Ranger scheme celebrates National Play Day. an event in Cowes to learn about the The event, at Medina Leisure Centre, Newport (1pm to 5pm), will be free to attend and £364 million project. aims to raise the profile of play on the Island. Subsequently, Colas Ltd, Vinci The Play Ranger scheme was launched on the Island in July 2009 and involved more Concessions and Amey Ventures Ltd than 4,000 children and their families in a variety of events and activities. all registered interest in bidding for the This year the aim is to offer the scheme in new areas across the Island. project. The Play Ranger sessions are all run outdoors with the use of a variety of play Stuart Love, the council’s strategic equipment and are all free of charge. The sessions are run after school, all year round, in director of economy and the Newport, Ventnor, Ryde and Shanklin from 3pm to 5.30pm. environment, said there was much The project aims to promote the importance of safe, outdoor play and also offers an work to be done before a partner was initiative called I-Play, a mobile information technology and games facility giving the appointed for the project, which will chance to play a Nintendo Wii, use laptops and other gadgets and games. begin in spring 2013. This year will see the launch of Mini Rangers, a play provision for under fives and their “We were impressed with the scope families, with information soon to be available. and track records of the companies that For more information on the Play Ranger scheme, please contact Carly Kennen or have shown an interest at this stage and Sophie Biggs on 823818, email: [email protected] or [email protected] we look forward to working with them in the coming months,” he said. “This is a long and complex process, but we have to follow set procedures Online maps laid down by law. The purpose of this is to make sure not only that the right provide partner is eventually selected but also that the scheme itself is of maximum benefit to the Island.” new service Under the PFI scheme, government grant will be used to improve the entire If you are wanting to find your Island road and pavement network and nearest help centre, library, ferry maintain it for the 25 year life of the terminal or many other facilities, contract. a new map-based service schools, help centres, areas of natural The project will also include the is available on the council’s beauty, libraries, recycling centres, ferry improvement and maintenance of CCTV iwight.com website. terminals and beaches affected by dog systems, on and off-street car parking, Visitors to the site are now able to control orders. street lighting, street furniture and use a ‘Find my nearest’ tool, by simply For each of the maps it is possible to signage.