Stockton-On-Tees News July 2019
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JULY 2019 www.stockton.gov.uk/stocktononteesnews The community magazine of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Big plans, bright future CONTENTS It’s carnival time 10 Amazing volunteers 23 HenPower 32 CONTENTS News Round Up Arts, Culture Economic Regeneration 4 and Leisure 6 and Transport 16 Health and Strong Community Wellbeing 20 Communities 22 Safety 26 Your Council Adults Children and 27 Services 32 Young People 34 Environment Ward Surgeries What’s On and Housing 38 40 44 Make memories at 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, local Communications Team and designed by Borough free of charge. If you have not community groups and businesses. Twentyseven Design. Pictures courtesy of Preston Park this summer JULY 2019 www.stockton.gov.uk/stocktononteesnews received a copy please call 01642 526098 Every effort is made to ensure all Stuart Boulton, Dave Charnley, Andrew or email [email protected] information is accurate and up-to-date Heptinstall, Gilbert Johnston, Dawn Explore beautiful parkland, discover the hall and its at the time of publication. Your views and McNamara, Gary Walsh, Kalimba, comments are welcome. June Ross, Fraide Raynaud (front cover) treasures and step back in time on our Victorian Street and others. www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk There is an audio version of Stockton-on-Tees News. Call 01642 526098 to order a copy or email [email protected] The community magazine of Stockton-on-TeesBig plans, Borough bright Council future /prestonparkmuseum @pparkmuseum pparkmuseum PAGE 3 WELCOME Are you following us? You can keep in touch with the Council on TO THIS JULY social media. Follow @stocktoncouncil on Twitter, EDITION OF Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat. STOCKTON-ON- Did you know? A wide range of Council services are also available at your fingertips from paying bills to reporting potholes, arranging a bulky waste collection to finding out about your waste collection dates – and much more! TEES NEWS Visit www.stockton.gov.uk/doitonline The summer is here again and our packed You can also find out about all the latest events programme of events is back with plenty of across the Borough by visiting www.facebook.com/stocktoncouncil/events fun guaranteed over the coming months. Stockton in the spotlight again Stockton town centre will become the stage for www.facebook.com/stocktoncouncil unmissable free theatre, circus, dance and music when Among them were the straight-talking nationally-renowned www.twitter.com/stocktoncouncil Stockton International Riverside Festival takes place at Delegates from across the retail expert, Bill Grimsey, and Kris Declercq, the Mayor of Roeselare in Belgium. the beginning of August. Turn to pages 8 to 10 to find out www.instagram.com/stocktoncouncil country descended on Stockton about this year’s highlights and on pages 28 and 29 you Roeselare, like Stockton, was picked out for special can read all about what it is like to work in the Council’s stocktoncouncil as part of a conference about the praise by Mr Grimsey in his ‘The Grimsey Review 2’ report events team and what goes on behind the scenes to published last year. www.youtube.com/stocktoncouncil future of the nation’s high streets. make sure all our events run smoothly. Opening the event, the Council’s retiring Chief Executive, The conference, held at the Wolfson Institute and featuring Neil Schneider, set the scene by talking delegates through In this edition we’re delighted to be able to celebrate a tour of Stockton town centre, attracted several big name the story of Stockton’s ongoing transformation. some of our residents’ fantastic achievements. On page guest speakers. 7 we report on Sean Jewitt who recently returned from Turn to page 14 to find out how it went. the Special Olympic World Games with a number of medals while on page 23 we look back at the Catalyst Achievement Awards which recognised the outstanding work of some of our Borough’s volunteers. Across Stockton-on-Tees dedicated families are devoting their lives to providing a stable and loving home for children in our care and on page 35 you can find out more about the people who have been thanked for the important work they do. Meanwhile, the Council’s exciting plans to support and transform our town centres are progressing. You can Globe update read an update on developments in Stockton town centre on page 16. Councillors committed additional And finally, on page 32 we hope you enjoy reading about funding to complete the the brilliant ‘hen’ project and how spending time with the hens is helping care home residents and people living restoration of Stockton’s famous with dementia. Globe when they met last month. The need for the additional funding was identified following New look at the Forum detailed discussions with over 100 specialist sub- New Mayor installed Visitors to Billingham Forum Theatre will be able to enjoy an contractors and independent cost analysis. updated and more comfortable venue when they visit later in The Council held its Annual General Meeting at Those discussions resulted in major changes to how the the autumn. agreed designs can be delivered in light of the urgent the end of May. All the seats and carpets in the Forum are being replaced structural stabilisation work completed earlier this year. Councillor Lynn Hall was installed as the new Mayor of during the summer months. The new seats will be installed The restoration is about bringing the Grade II-listed Stockton-on-Tees. You can read more about her on page 31. by the Council and will be in keeping with the listed status of Art Deco building back to life as a 3,000 capacity live Julie Danks the building. The new Council Cabinet was also announced and the entertainment venue – the biggest between Newcastle and Chairs and Vice-Chairs of all the Council’s committees were Interim Managing Director For more information visit Leeds. appointed. Stockton-on-Tees www.forumtheatrebillingham.co.uk Borough Council Turn to page 17 to read the full story. www.stockton.gov.uk/councillors PAGE 4 NEWS ROUND UP NEWS ROUND UP PAGE 5 BIFF will tell story of iconic ice legend Sean’s Billingham International Festival of World Dance presents winning As Billingham prepares for the 55th Billingham International Folklore Festival of World Dance organisers have revealed performance more details about the festival’s theme and the man who has inspired it. V T ‘FollowI Your Dreams’ is inspired by iconic British ice ) t h g i r p skater,o John Curry, who won a gold medal at the 1976 t ( Olympics.; John was the first person to blend fluid balletic t n y o J n i v a G ) Endorsed by Jayne expressivenessft with athletic virtuosity, turning ice skating e l m Torvill & Christopher intoo art. Dean and Robin Cousins The theme will also be reflected across the whole festival t t o b ( ; n o s n h o J m l o which takes place from Saturday 10 to Sunday 18 August. lc a M ) t h ig r m o On Friday 16 and Saturday 17 August a specially created t t o b ( ; s i r r a H r familyo ice show called ‘The Creative Spirit of John Curry’ will t c i V ) r be performede at Billingham Forum. It will bring together a c n a d e t castt of some of the best ice skaters from across the globe, e u o lh i s ( : s headedo by Mark Hanretty from ITV’s Dancing on Ice. The show, which is funded by Arts Council England, will not An artistic gymnast from Stockton t o h P . a i d e M y s s onlya celebrate the life and work of John but aims to inspire r d n A people to overcome barriers and dare to be different. has returned from the Special Olympic : n ig s e d r e t s o For moreP information, to get involved and to book tickets World Games with a host of bronze visit www.billinghamfestival.co.uk Forum Ice Arena, Billingham An ice skating family show to celebrate the life, work or call 01642 553220. and silver medals. A Sporting Steps session Friday 16th and Saturday 17th and genius of 1976 Olympics Gold Medal winner August 2019, 7.30pm John Curry through dance, music and skating Sean Jewitt, 25, competed in the games in Abu Dhabi which saw featuring a global cast of skaters. athletes from 190 countries compete across two weeks. Adults: £10, Children: £5 tween Balbir Singh, Mark Hanretty Tickets: A collaboration be He was one of six young men selected to represent Great Britain ancing on Ice) and Yebin Mok. 01642 551381 (Forum Ice Arena), (ITV’s D ook in his category at the games and achieved bronze medals in 01C642 553220 (Festival Office) l b w routines on the bar, pommel horse, vault, parallel bars with a www.billinaghamfestival.co.uk al o silver for his rings and floor work. He placed bronze overall in lling rm his group. Sean said: “I felt very proud competing and winning medals for Fancy an out-of-this-world s Great Britain. I felt famous! The opening ceremony was very good and I loved making new friends and having fun as well adventure this summer? as training.” Look no further than Stockton-on-Tees Borough Libraries Sean attends Sporting Steps, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council’s as the popular Summer Reading Challenge returns with a sports programme for adults with learning disabilities and mental space-inspired theme.