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Produced by Hartlepool Council and wholly funded from advertising Spring 2017 www.hartlepool.gov.uk /hartlepoolcouncil @HpoolCouncil See inside for important health information Council budget will protect services Welcome to and help achieve ambition for town Hartlepool FIVE new boundary HARTLEPOOL Council has set a budget for the signs, saying ‘Welcome to forthcoming year that will protect the vast majority Hartlepool – Home of the of frontline services – particularly for the vulnerable National Museum of the - and enable the authority to push ahead with its Royal Navy’ have been bold ambition to regenerate key areas of the town, erected at major entrances to Putting off writing your Will securing investment and jobs in the process. the town. The impressive new signs 1pm Monday doesn’t stop death from The authority has approved a Council Tax increase of @Crematorium happening but having one makes 1.9% for 2017/18, plus 3% to cover the Government’s - featured on the front cover Adult Social Care precept to help pay towards spiralling of Hartbeat - are twice as big sure the people you care about The new Cleveland College of Art & Design is as the previous ones. Two are social care costs due to people living much longer now. scheduled to open in September won’t have extra stress and The Adult Social Care precept must be spent on located on the A689 with one worry at an already difficult adult social care services which include supporting each on the A179, at Seaton older people (aged 65 and over), adults with learning to regenerate the town and 2017 will be the Carew and on the Coast Road. time. Councillor Christopher Boo! and physical disabilities, adults with mental health year when people start to see the fruits of our labour Akers-Belcher, the Leader of What are the benefits? issues, and helping people to access residential care over the past couple of years, laying the foundations and supporting people to live in their own homes. for future prosperity. Hartlepool Council, said: “The 1. Reduce Inheritance Tax payable on Over the next three years (2017/18 to 2019/20), “The new £11m Cleveland College of Art & Design signs articulate the strong campus in Church Street, which the Council has ambition that we have for our the value of your property and giits Hartlepool Council will see its Government funding reduce by almost £10m. supported, will open its doors in September and work town and send out a clear you leave behind. message that Hartlepool is a This means that by 2019/20, the Council will to breathe new life into the Church Street area will very welcoming town.” 2. YOU decide who will care for your have seen Government funding cut by over two-thirds begin creating an environment for jobs in the creative Gill Alexander, the Council’s (£45m) since 2010/11 – the year when the austerity industries sector to flourish. For more details on this children or family, who depend on Chief Executive, added: “The It is easy to make a Will and this May local solicitors are waiving their cuts were first introduced. see page 4. new signs are much more professional fees so you can make a donation to your local hospice. you financially. Councillor Christopher Akers- “Very shortly we will be opening the new Hartlepool visually attractive. People are Belcher, Leader of Hartlepool Centre for Independent Living – a £4m state-of-the- For your information pack call Alice House Hospice on 01429 855581 3. Leave a giit to a charity or to people proud of Hartlepool so we Council, said: “We were the art facility for people with disabilities on the Havelock or email [email protected] outside your immediate family. should capture that and send only council in the Tees Valley Centre site. We will also be coming forward with out a positive message to Hartlepool Hospice Ltd (known locally as Alice House Hospice and formerly Hartlepool & District Hospice). Registered Charity Number: 510824 Registered Company Number: 1525658 to freeze Council Tax for five proposals for the redevelopment of the waterfront site those entering our town.” successive years up to 2016 adjacent to the National Museum of the Royal Navy but we are now left with no where we aim to create another key visitor destination Cllr. Christopher Akers- Belcher, Leader of alternative but to increase it. to further boost tourism. “A First of its Kind, on Teesside” Hartlepool Council “It is not right that the “This spring the Council Plan will be launched Brown bin Government is shifting the which sets out how we will significantly improve the collections Peter Jackson Carpet and Flooring on Portrack Lane offers a burden of paying for social care from national taxation town over the next three years. The wide-ranging variety of carpet and hard flooring products to suit all to local taxpayers at a time when we are already facing Plan covers areas such as regeneration, jobs, the resume budgets. However they are fast becoming the retailer of savage cuts in funding and pressures to deliver a wide environment and creating better beginnings and futures for our children with specific targets for the choice for Amtico design flooring. Their aim is to offer a full range of local services. BROWN bin collections many initiatives to be met. design service and assist in in creating totally unique design “I sincerely hope that local people will understand resume from March 7 the position we have been placed in and we do have “Setting a budget against a background of further following a winter break. floors. a moral responsibility to look after the town’s elderly Government cuts and extra demands on our services Residents should put out It was for this reason Amtico UK Ltd who are a brand leader and frail as well as vulnerable children and families. has been challenging so we’ve also had to look at their brown bins with their in this sector decided to launch one of their latest state of The money we raise from the social care precept will areas where we can generate more income to help green bins. the art design studios in Portrack Lane. Peter Jackson says be spent on social care services, including meeting cover the costs of services. You can read about More information about “I am thrilled at the thought of having this centre in the costs of the national living wage, for which the examples of this in the magazine. recycling is available at “I am, however, very pleased that overall we have Teesside, and the fact that it is made in classical, modern Government isn’t providing additional funding. www.hartlepool.gov.uk/recycle been able to protect the vast majority of services and traditional and contemporary. All of this with a lifetime “The budget will also enable us to provide Council Tax support to low income families and support other jobs overall and that we are in a position to invest in guarantee make Amtico the perfect choice”. important initiatives such as the Holiday Hunger key regeneration and other schemes to significantly Amtico One studio has a large interactive screen which scheme and summer free swims for children.” improve the town over the next three years as a place allows consumers the opportunity of uploading images and Councillor Akers-Belcher went on to say that despite to live, work, visit and study.” of their rooms and viewing their chosen floor before it is the financial pressures the Council remains hugely Like Hartlepool, the large majority of councils in installed. Peter Jackson Carpets and Flooring are proud to be ambitious for the town and is pressing ahead with its the North-East are expected to agree a Council Tax chosen as one of only a handful of exclusive retail many regeneration schemes. increase of around 4.9%. For the large majority of PARTNERS ACROSS The UK. “The budget we have set also enables us to allocate Hartlepool households (72% in Bands A and B) the resources to ensure that we can continue in our efforts increase will be 93p and £1.08 per week respectively. WITHIN MIChAEL O’CONNOR Call Peter on FURNITURE 01642 628181 or 07850 640318 Cover Picture: One of the new ‘Welcome to Hartlepool’ boundary signs Portrack Lane, Stockton TS18 2RB [email protected] Editorial: 01429 523510 Advertising: Lesley Palmer Associates | 01642 760700 | [email protected] www.peterjacksonflooring.com Design: Zeta Global | [email protected] | www.zetaglobal.com Hartbeat is available in braille and articles can be translated into other languages. For information telephone 01429 523510. You can also read Hartbeat online at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/hartbeat or by scanning the QR code. Hartbeat | P4 K I T C H E N S B A T H R O O M S BEDROOMS THINK....YOU COULD ONLY Church Square AFFORD DIY STORE OR plans unveiled TRADE COUNTER? Under the personal guidance of THINK AGAIN.... HARTLEPOOL Council has unveiled plans of how it intends to transform Church Square. In recent weeks, Council regeneration bosses have been sharing their ideas with residents and businesses in the area that have backed the scheme. The aim of the scheme – which is still subject to a £1.2m funding bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund – is to create a pedestrian-friendly and attractive landscape which allows for the hosting of events, including college graduations. An announcement on the bid is expected in June Victoria House Funeral Service can be contacted on An artist’s impression of the new-look Church Square. 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