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/hartlepoolcouncil @HpoolCouncil 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 the value of your property and giits Hartlepool Council will see its Government funding campus in Church Street, which the Council has ambition that we have for our 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. 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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. Free CAD plan & design service 2017. 01429 234777 Work is also being stepped up to rejuvenate Church Pop along to our showroom for stunning Street which is set to benefit from a £5.5m grant via All enquiries handled with sensitivity and compassion ideas and a personal, great value service the Tees Valley Combined Authority’s Local Growth of the former Post Office Building in Whitby Street to create new Peace of mind... when it’s needed most! Fund. business space specifically for students as they leave local colleges. The ambitious project will see empty Councillor Kevin Cranney, Chair of Hartlepool Borough Council’s buildings brought back into use, road and Regeneration Services Committee, said: “The aim is to breathe new pedestrian improvements and the area become life into the Church Street and Church Square areas but retain and a hub for creative industries. build upon the area’s heritage and historical past. Integral to the rejuvenation is the building of “We are striving to create a vibrant environment where creative a new £11m Cleveland College of Art & Design industries can thrive, providing new job opportunities for local campus which will host one of the biggest film people.” Councillor Kevin studios outside London. Cranney Another key development is the conversion

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COUNCIL regeneration chiefs are pressing Carew – which is also subject to the Coastal “Our re-phased plan still provides us ahead with plans to breathe new life into Communities Fund bid – is the creation of with an opportunity to bring about some Seaton Carew despite the Government’s new piece of public art on the sea front. significant redevelopment that builds upon decision to block the compulsory purchase of Nine submissions from local, regional and recent improvements to the sea defences and the former Longscar Hall building. national artists were shortlisted – all on a promenade. The intention was to clear the site and maritime theme – and the winner will be “The planned crazy golf course will be in a create a market and events space as part of announced if the funding bid is approved. great location overlooking the beach and sea a three-phase programme of works. Now the The aim of the initiative is to link the and I’m sure it will be a big attraction.” programme has been re-shaped with a new waterfront areas of the town via public art and first phase of works which includes a plan includes a proposal to erect a statue dedicated for an outdoor leisure park to the north of the to Hollywood director Sir Ridley now-to-be-retained Longscar building. Scott within the Church Street Features will include high-quality children’s area. play equipment and water jets. There will Other recent improvements also be beach huts, seating and a communal at Seaton Carew include the space along the promenade. It is also extension of the public car park proposed to carry out improvements to the near Newburn Bridge. clock tower, bus station and surrounding area. Councillor Kevin Cranney, The improvements are subject to a Chair of the Regeneration £600,000 bid to the Coastal Communities Services Committee, said: Fund, with an announcement expected “Although we were bitterly imminently. disappointed with the The Council has also invited bids from Government’s decision not companies interested in building and running to confirm the compulsory a crazy golf course adjacent to the outdoor purchase order, we remain fully leisure park. committed to the regeneration of Major improvements are planned for Seaton Carew Another initiative to benefit Seaton Seaton Carew. Hartbeat | P6 Fertility fight goes on Hartlepool in spotlight Interested in being a school governor? COUNCILLORS in Hartlepool have stepped up their campaign to HARTLEPOOL has been highlighted retain licensed fertility services in the town. as a national leader in good practice A number of Hartlepool schools are currently looking to recruit Governors do not act individually but as part of a team operating It follows a meeting of Hartlepool Council’s Audit & Governance in reducing youth unemployment. school governors. in the best interests of the school. Once appointed governors Committee when councillors heard from Stockton and Hartlepool The number of jobless young Governors play an important role in the education of children receive help and training from the school and the local authority. Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) that it hadn’t been able to find people in the town has dropped by helping to ensure that schools are run Being a school governor can be rewarding and a suitable provider for licensed fertility services, including IVF, at the from 17.4% in 2012 to the effectively. Whilst they are not involved in the fulfilling in the knowledge that you are helping to town’s hospital in Holdforth Road. current figure of 3.1% - the biggest day-to-day running of schools - that is the job of support the development of young people. It can Councillors, however, voted unanimously to request that the CCG go reduction over the same period in the headteacher - they help to shape the future also help to develop personal skills in areas such as back out to tender after emphasising that people should not have to the country. direction of the school, raise standards, agree team working, communication and problem solving. travel outside of Hartlepool to access the service. The various projects contributing policies and hold the headteacher to account. Ken Shepherd, who has served as a governor for Councillor Ray Martin-Wells, chair of the Audit & Governance to the fall were outlined in a You don’t need to have specialist knowledge or over 30 years at High Tunstall College of Science, Committee, said: “The fertility unit at the University Hospital of keynote address by Hartlepool Young people in Hartlepool formal qualifications to be a school governor but commented: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my role as Hartlepool has a reputation for being one of the best in the country Council Chief Executive Gill celebrate their achievements you do need to be enthusiastic, committed and a governor and it does give me some satisfaction and as a Council we will continue to do everything we can to retain a Alexander and Councillor Kevin willing to attend training to help you develop the that I’ve made a small contribution to helping the 5-star service in Hartlepool.” Cranney, Chair of the Council’s role. Your own particular knowledge and personal children of our town reach their full potential. At the meeting, the CCG were questioned as to why a company Regeneration Services Committee, at a recent national skills may be just what a school is looking for. “Local children are so vital to the town’s future with a proven fertility track record had their bid to deliver the service conference in London. The role of school governor requires you to Ken Shepherd and as a governor you are given the opportunity to rejected. They include the Hartlepool Youth Investment Project which commit between 10 and 20 days of your time ensure that they get off to a good start in life.” Councillor Martin-Wells added: was launched by Hartlepool Council four years ago when youth each year to support the school. Governors “Councillors, trade unions and members unemployment was the highest in the country. It has promoted are expected to attend all meetings of the full of the public cannot understand why a improved partnership working between schools, colleges, businesses, governing body, usually 3 per year plus any committee meetings to If you would like to find out more about being a school company which is already providing a the Council and specialist training providers, with a focus on work which they may be appointed. governor visit www.hartlepool.gov.uk/school-governor service at the unit and at 15 other fertility placements, volunteering and apprenticeships. Governors are also expected to visit the school from time to time Alternatively, email [email protected] or call units across the country is deemed to be The £19.2m initiative, the biggest European-funded project in when invited by the headteacher to get to know how the school her on 01429 523766. not good enough by the CCG to deliver the Tees Valley, is supporting 6500 young people aged 15 to 29 get operates, meet staff and support school activities. Councillor Ray licensed fertility services at Hartlepool. Martin-Wells back into education, employment or training. “The Committee expressed a number Councillor Cranney said: “It is testimony to all the very positive of concerns about the tender process and and innovative work in Hartlepool that we were invited onto to the I sincerely hope that the CCG acts on our wishes and starts a new national stage to highlight our success in reducing the number of tender process. Our decision demonstrates that the Council will young people without a job.” Talk Matters project aims to improve challenge organisations at every opportunity when there is a risk of Chief Executive Gill Alexander added: services being moved further away from local people.” “It is a collaborative effort and I must The Committee also agreed to seek further legal advice. pay tribute to our staff and all of our language and literacy skills Last year, Hartlepool Council took High Court action against partner organisations who have worked Stockton and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust to prevent the closure and continue to work so tirelessly for the EDUCATION bosses in Hartlepool have commissioned a project called ‘Talk of the unit. benefit of our young people.” Matters’ to support the development of children’s skills in early language and This resulted in the CCG undertaking a procurement exercise to For help and support from the Hartlepool literacy. seek a new provider of licensed fertility services, including IVF, as Gill Alexander Youth Investment team call 01429 A key issue identified by Hartlepool’s Education Commission Report is that many unlicensed fertility services are already guaranteed at the site. 857080. children are not ‘ready for school’ at the age of four, with the largest gaps seen in speaking and listening, reading and writing. The report highlights the importance of families and children’s services working together to support children’s development in this important aspect of learning. Councillor Alan Clark, Chair of Hartlepool Council’s Children’s Services Support for allotment holders Committee, said: “Language is an essential life skill and the basis on which children think, learn, achieve and make friends. It is also the foundation for the development COUNCILLORS in Hartlepool have put Councillors have now agreed an inflationary to work together with of literacy skills and there is a direct correlation between children’s early language together a financial package to ensure that increase from April 2018. allotment holders to find development and their future success.” there will only be an inflationary increase in The balance of the £100,000 shortfall will ways of reducing our costs The ‘Talk Matters’ project will provide support to families, schools and childcare allotment rents for three years from 2018/19. be made up from a financial contribution from in the longer term and providers to improve children’s early language skills. Hartlepool Council has to find savings of the Council’s Public Health budget, working making the service self- Cllr. Marjorie James, Chair of Neighbourhood A key aspect of the project will be to encourage parents to support their around £20m over the next three years as a with allotment holders to save money on funding given the ongoing Services Committee children’s early language development through a range of initiatives. Meanwhile, result of ongoing cuts in Government funding. repairs and improvements with the balance financial pressures being students at High Tunstall College of Science are currently involved in helping to Talk Matters to students at High Tunstall College of Science One of the measures being undertaken by being met from other areas of the Council’s imposed on the Council.” design promotional material for the project. the Council to help deal with the financial budget. Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher, Chair The Hartlepool Education Commission is a pioneering project led by Hartlepool pressures is to make services self-funding. The Councillor Marjorie James, Chair of the of the Council’s Finance & Policy Committee, Council to ensure a first class education for every learner. allotment service currently costs the Council Council’s Neighbourhood Services Committee, said: “The Council is facing ongoing significant For further information about the Talk Matters project call Kath Mullen or Linda McGlasham approximately £100,000 a year to run. commented: “Allotment holders have a cuts in Government funding and we face really at Hartlepool Council on 01429 284362 or email [email protected] However, following meetings that all tremendous amount of passion and the tough choices over which services we are able 1,000 town allotment holders were invited benefits that allotments bring to the people of to protect as we move forward. to, Councillors have agreed a package of our town should never be under-estimated. “Clearly, there are many health benefits measures to continue supporting allotment “I think we have arrived at a good solution which derive from people having allotments holders in the town. and I appreciate the contribution from Public and I think the package of proposals agreed is By law allotment holders have to be given Health but it is only short-term fix until 2020. a sensible way forward and one which will be Education in Hartlepool at least a year’s notice of any increase and It does, however, provide us with more time welcomed by allotment holders.” Hartbeat | P8 Celebrating 26 Years 10% off everything upon production Together we can tackle cyber-bullying of this voucher

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A campaign has been launched in response to complaints about a range of issues, including the theft of memorial items from practice graves, irresponsible dog ownership, unauthorised vehicle access and inconsiderate parking. Seaton Carew It signals the start of a wider piece of work by the Council to look IMPORTANT sexual health advice has been issued to Hartlepool at a range of possible improvements to the cemetery. residents via a campaign run by public health officials. Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher, Leader of the Council, Hartlepool Council has been working with a range of partners to said: “The Council works hard to maintain the cemetery as a raise awareness of the risks posed by sexually transmitted infections special place where families and individuals can go in peace to Parking Plan approved (STIs) and to highlight key issues affecting different sections of the local population. grieve for their loved ones. The main aim of the campaign was to promote the importance of “The majority of people support us, but there is a minority for Seaton undergoing regular sexual health checks and wearing a condom. whose inappropriate behaviour causes significant problems.” It targeted young people as a particularly “at risk” group but also Councillor Marjorie James, Chair of the Neighbourhood Services A PARKING Plan has been approved for Seaton Carew that will see emphasised that age is no barrier to STIs. Committee, said: “Some people refuse to walk even a few yards parking charges introduced on an experimental basis along with other Another issue that formed part of the campaign was the promotion when visiting graves and they have even been known to park their measures designed to address a range of traffic issues. amongst local women of regular cervical screening to help reduce their cars on adjacent graves. That is really appalling. Charges of £1 for up to 2 hours, £1.50 for up to 4 hours and £2 for risk of developing cancer. “I would strongly urge people to consider whether they actually all day will apply from April 1-October 31 in the Coronation Drive, Rocket Deborah Clark, Health Improvement Practitioner with Hartlepool need to drive into the cemetery. If they don’t they should park in House and Coach Park car parks. Borough Council, said: “Unprotected sex increases the risk of catching either of the car parks at Inspirations Coffee House and Garden Other measures agreed by Hartlepool Council’s Neighbourhood Services STIs like gonorrhoea, syphilis, genital warts, herpes, chlamydia and HIV Centre or adjacent to the cemetery’s Brierton Lane entrance and Committee include resident-only parking schemes in the Crawford Street/ and these can lead to complications in later life, including infertility. walk in. I accept that may not be possible for some people with Church Street area and designated streets to the north of Station Lane along “Ideally, people should undergo a sexual health check every time genuine mobility problems but they should always drive through with zones combining residential parking and pay and display parking at they change partners or have unprotected sex but at least annually as the cemetery with the utmost care and always park considerately. various points along The Front, The Cliff and Coronation Drive. many STIs do not have symptoms, especially in the early stages, and “I would also stress that the cemetery should never be used as a The existing limited waiting zones near the main area of shops, people may not know they have one.” shortcut from one part of the town to another. takeaways and businesses on The Front are to be retained and the free “People often think of contraception as only being a way of “In addition, visiting a loved one’s grave and finding the area parking time increased from 20-30 minutes. Dedicated permit-controlled preventing pregnancy, but wearing a condom is also the best form of – including the actual grave - covered in dog mess must be business parking bays are also to be created. protection against all STIs.” heartbreaking.” The car park within Seaton Park will remain free but a clock disc system The campaign promoted the Teesside Sexual Health Service which Stranton Cemetery is covered by a Dog Control Order that will limit parking to one hour. is based in Hartlepool at the One Life Centre on Park Road. It offers The service which is provided by Virgin Care, also operates stipulates that dogs must always be kept on a lead. The new arrangements will be the subject of an Experimental Traffic treatment and advice on a range of sexual health issues, emergency in Stockton, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland and is Councillor Akers-Belcher added: “It is the responsibility of ALL Regulation Order and will be reviewed at the end of October. Public contraception and free condoms. commissioned by Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough owners to ensure that they clean up after their dogs. They can use consultation meetings will be held during the summer season and views The service is free and confidential and you don’t need to see a GP and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Councils, South Tees Clinical expressed will be fed into the review which will determine the permanent before using the service. Appointments can be booked online 24/7 or Commissioning Group (CCG), Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG the dog dirt bins within the cemetery or take their waste home for by calling 0300 3301122. Telephone lines are open 24 hours a day and NHS England. disposal.” car parking arrangements for Seaton Carew. Monday-Friday. More information is available at Dog owners who fail to co-operate run the risk of receiving an During the trial period, households in the new resident parking zones will www.thesexualhealthhub.co.uk £80 fixed penalty notice from Council Civil Enforcement Officers be offered up to 2 free permits while businesses will be offered one free who regularly patrol the cemetery site. permit for the new designated business parking bays. Councillor Marjorie James, Chair of the Neighbourhood Services Committee, acknowledged opposition to the new parking charges, including a 3,500-name petition. She said the charges - which compare favourably with those levied in Warning to part-time and light similar coastal areas by neighbouring local authorities - would generate an additional £140,000 a year for the Council as it faces up to further significant Government grant cuts. smokers about health risks But she stressed that the issue wasn’t only about money and that the wider Parking Plan would help to tackle a range of parking issues - A RECORD number of people are quitting Ailsa Rutter, Director of Fresh, said: “In including parking on pavements and on the chevrons in the centre of the smoking in the North East and a survey by the North East we have seen the biggest road on The Front – which affect businesses and people’s safe enjoyment of Fresh has found many smokers have also fall in smoking in England over the last Seaton Carew. decade, and people who are still smoking cut down - with one in five now consuming “However, it isn’t just about The Front and that is why we have developed five or fewer cigarettes a day. are smoking less than they were. Stranton Cemetery this Parking Plan. I think it takes a balanced approach in recognising the However, smokers in Hartlepool are being “However, the evidence is clear that even different needs of visitors, residents and businesses,” she added. reminded that evidence shows: a few cigarettes a day can cause cancer and heart disease, and change lives forever.” • Smoking just a few cigarettes raises your If you want to quit you’re up to four times risks of heart disease very quickly. more likely to succeed with NHS support. Pop into your local pharmacy, ask your GP, • People who smoke 1 - 4 cigarettes a or call Stockton and Hartlepool NHS Stop day have more than double the risk of Smoking Service on (01642) 383819. stomach cancer. Further advice – including details of • Light smoking also has an impact on the stop smoking services available in frailty in older people, increasing their risk Hartlepool – can be found at of fractures. www.nth.nhs.uk/stopsmoking Hartbeat | P16

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North Region BMX Series Writing for Eternity: Saturday 29th April and Sunday 30th April Decoding Ancient Egypt Summerhill Country Park and Visitor Centre and the North Until Sunday 14th May East BMX Club will host round two of the 2017 North Region BMX Series. FREE British Museum exhibition at the Museum of Hartlepool. Practice will take place on Saturday and racing on Sunday. On display are holy texts such as chapters from the Book of the Dead, which reveals ancient Egyptian spiritual beliefs Find out more at www.northregionbmx.co.uk and burial practices. Other objects on show include statues, fragments of mummy wrappings and jewellery.

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60 years of Andy Capp Big Lime Series Saturday 27th May – Sunday 27th August Big Lime Aquathlon – Saturday 4th June Discover more about Reg Smythe, the Urgent care is moving Hartlepool man behind the internationally Big Lime Triathlon successful Andy Capp cartoon, at this FREE – Sunday 1st October exhibition at the Museum of Hartlepool. The walk-in service and minor injuries service Online entries are now being taken for This year marks both the 60th anniversary of the the Big Lime Series – comprising the first publication of Andy Capp in the Northern edition of the Big Lime Aquathlon and the Big Lime currently delivered from One Life Hartlepool on Daily Mirror, as well as what would have been Reg Smythe’s Triathlon – at www.gethartlepoolactive. 100th birthday. To find out more visit co.uk/triathlon www.hartlepoolsmaritimeexperience.com Park Road will move to the University Hospital of Hartlepool from 8am, 1 April 2017. Other services Hartlepool Armed Forces Day Race for Life located at One Life Hartlepool will remain unchanged. Saturday 1st July Sunday 2nd July

A family event on Hartlepool Headland including a parade, Walk, jog or run to raise valuable funds for If you are unwell and need to use the walk-in service we advise that you book carnival type rides, competitions and displays from Army Cancer Research UK. an appointment first by callingNHS 111. Regiments. The 5k event is suitable for all abilities, or Further details about the event – which is being maybe you feel up to the challenge to take If you have a minor injury please walk into the centre. organised through the Armed Forces Liaison Group – part in the 10k event? will be available in the June edition of Hartbeat. Find out more and register at You will be treated by a GP (doctor) or urgent care practitioner who will be Anyone interested in being involved is asked to email www.raceforlife.co.uk based in the urgent care centre. [email protected] If you are unsure if you need to see your normal GP (doctor) or attend an urgent care centre then NHS 111 will advise you. Miles For Men 2017 Hartlepool Headland Carnival Sunday 30th July John Murphy’s giant fun fair – Thursday 3rd August This leaflet provides information on where to go if to Saturday 12th August A male-only fun run will take place for adults and children to you’re feeling unwell or have a minor injury. raise funds for local families affected by cancer and other health Carnival Saturday – 12th August conditions. Information for patients Further details will be available soon There will also be a 5k women’s on the Hartlepool Headland Carnival This leaflet can be made available in other formats including large print, event – called Walk For Women - to Facebook page. support the work of Miles For Men. CD and Braille and in languages other than English, upon request.

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Self-care Pharmacy GP (doctor) Urgent Care Centre Emergency department Have some basic first aid Visit your local pharmacy Contact your own GP We advise you call NHS 111 to make an (A&E) or 999 and medication in a safe to get advice and buy practice during their opening appointment to attend your local centre You should call 999 straightaway if you are place at your home. These medication. hours. When your GP practice for urgent medical problems. However, if worried about a life-threatening emergency can be bought from shops, is closed call NHS 111 for you have a minor injury, no appointment is or serious injury. supermarkets or pharmacies. REMEMBER Most people advice. needed, simply walk in. live within a short walk REMEMBER All accident and emergency REMEMBER Outside of Your two local urgent care centres REMEMBER Keep of a pharmacy to get departments use a priority system where your GP surgery opening operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, medication such as help for the majority of the most seriously ill or injured patients hours you can call NHS 111 365 days a year. aspirin, paracetamol or ailments. They have fully are seen first. If your condition does not to make an appointment. ibuprofen in a safe place trained staff and often REMEMBER If you are unsure about require emergency services you will be NHS 111 may away from children. have a private room if you anything, call NHS 111. It is manned by directed to a more appropriate health be able to make need to speak about a our local ambulance service call care provider. a GP (doctor) confidential matter. handlers who can give the best appointment advice where to go or they will for you. book you an appointment at the right place.

Choose right, avoid the Changes to existing walk-in centres Unsure? Confused? Need help? emergency department (A&E) where possible Walk-in services at Tithebarn House in Stockton- on-Tees will close on 31 March 2017. The GP Call NHS 111 – they will give advice or Hospitals are under pressure surgery will remain open. The walk-in service book you in to see the right service. - especially emergency and minor injuries service at One Life Hartlepool departments. We need will close on 31 March 2017, but other services to make sure specialised at One Life Hartlepool will remain. These walk- Call NHS 111 for free, 24 hours a day, hospital staff treat people in and minor injuries services will be re-provided seven days a week, 365 days of the year – who really need their expert in the new integrated urgent care centres at help in life-threatening or the University Hospital of North Tees and the it operates weekends and Bank Holidays. emergency situations. University Hospital of Hartlepool. A simple phone call to NHS 111 will direct you to the right service. Talk before you walk

Integrated Urgent Care Service This leaflet has been produced by the organisations providing theNHS 111 service and urgent Important welfare and care centres. Keep it in a safe place for you, your family and relatives in case you need to check where to go for the right treatment. benefit changes Universal credit for Information for Families North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are working age people only providing the premises and clinical staff to treat you. of Children and Young Universal Credit is a new benefit for working age people who are out of work or on a low income and is administered by People with Special North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). provide the NHS 111 call centres staffed by experienced If you live in Hartlepool, are of working age and need Educational Needs and medical support teams to direct you to the right service. to make a NEW claim to one of the following six main working age benefits you will need to make a claim for Universal Credit online at www.gov.uk/universalcredit Disability (SEND) • Housing Benefit Hartlepool and Stockton Health – your local GP • Income Based Job Seekers Allowance 0 – 25 Years Federation providing a GP-led service. • Income Related Employment and Support Allowance • Income Support • Working Tax Credit • Child Tax Credit

If you ALREADY claim one of the six benefits listed above you will continue to receive your benefits in the same way. However if there is a change in your circumstances The Council is required you may be required by the DWP to complete a Universal to produce a ‘Local Offer’ Credit claim. Where to find us of services and advice as Urgent Care Located to the left of the main entrance. If your only change is that you have moved address within part of the SEND Reforms under the Children’s Hartlepool you will still receive your Housing Benefit and Families Act 2014. The Local Offer provides Car parking is available opposite the building. for your new property from the Council. However other information about services that are available for University Hospital of Hartlepool, Holdforth Road, Hartlepool, TS24 9AH changes may move you to Universalbenefits Credit. If you move to Universal Credit it will be paid directly into your bank children and young people with special educational account in one payment each month. Any help you get needs and disabilities between the ages of 0 – 25 with your rent will be included in your monthly Universal Credit payment which means that you will be responsible years to inform parents, children and young people for paying your rent to your landlord. of the types of services available.

Examples of situations when an individual will be required to complete a UC claim are listed below. Further advice is available from the DWP at www.gov.uk The Local Offer: • Gives information about education, health and care services Responsibility for a child for the first time with first claim to Child Tax Credit • Gives information about leisure activities Claim and support groups Moving To Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) Universal from Employment and Support Allowance(ESA) • Keeps information in one place Credit • Provides clear, comprehensive and accessible Urgent Care Located between the emergency Getting Working Tax Credits - hours reduce to less than 16 per week information department (A&E) and main outpatients. • Makes service provision more responsive Car parking is available opposite the building. to local needs and aspirations University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE • Is developed and reviewed with the service providers and service users Universal Credit and Council Tax If you are receiving payments of Universal Credit it does not include any help to pay Council Tax. You can only get help To view the local offer follow the link: to pay your Council Tax by completing the Council’s own http://hartlepool.fsd.org.uk/send Local Council Tax Support application form - contact the Council on 01429 284188 Universal Credit and Free School Meals If you are receiving payments of Universal Credit you can If you would like to speak with claim Free School Meals by telephoning the Council on someone directly about the local offer, 01429 284188 you can contact the Children’s Hub on: For more information about Universal Credit 01429 284284 or Tracy Liveras - Local go to www.gov.uk Offer Lead on: 01429 284876 ElectingElecting youryour TeesTees Valley Valley Mayor Mayor

On the 4th of May 2017, residents of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and What is Tees Valley? Who can vote for the Tees Valley Mayor? Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees will elect a new Mayor for the Tees Valley. The Tees Valley describes the area covering Darlington, Hartlepool, All eligible registered electors in Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees will The Tees Valley Mayor will work alongside the five Tees Valley Councils to improve the economy of the area, bring in new investment be eligible to vote for the Tees Valley Mayor on 4th May and create jobs. The five councils have been working in partnership for over 20 years. People don’t generally describe themselves as being from 2017. The Tees Valley Mayor will have responsibilities and influence over: “the Tees Valley”, and the individual identities of the separate Who is standing for the Tees Valley towns and communities remain important. But the Tees Valley Mayor? describes an area that works as a connected economic area. 90% It is expected that all major political parties will put of Tees Valley’s working population have jobs within the area, and forward a candidate, and independent candidates may also 65,000 cross a council boundary to work. So communities across put themselves forward. A booklet with more information the Tees Valley depend on the success of the area as a whole. about the candidates and their manifestos will be sent to What is the Tees Valley Combined Authority? eligible registered electors early in April. The Mayor will chair the Combined Authority: a new body, set up Why do we need a Tees Valley Mayor? by law to lead the economic development of the Tees Valley area. Local council leaders negotiated a devolution deal It is a partnership of five authorities, working with the business with Ministers, to transfer powers, funding and community and other partners. responsibilities from central government to our local By setting up this new body, the Tees Valley is able to deliver area. The government has said that this is only possible powers and responsibilities previously carried out by central if an elected mayor is publicly accountable for decisions; government. There are similar bodies in other areas of the Transport Homes & Communities working alongside the existing councils and other country which have secured devolution, including Greater partners. • Improve our train services by having more, faster and better trains and stations • Invest in good quality homes. Manchester, Merseyside and the West Midlands, who will also be • Support better bus services • Help create successful, electing a mayor on 4th May. Will having a Tees Valley Mayor cost more? • Invest in road and rail infrastructure vibrant communities Does this mean that the individual councils will merge? The devolution deal brings in new funding. The direct costs of the Mayor will be met from this additional funding, No. Your local council will still be responsible for delivering local without any additional cost to local Council Taxpayers. services such as children’s services, social care, refuse collection, They will be supported by the Tees Valley Combined libraries, street cleaning etc. The Combined Authority is focused Authority from within established budgets. The Mayor’s on economic growth of the wider Tees Valley area. Its new powers allowance is being established by an independent come from central government, not from the local councils. remuneration panel.

Skills & Education Culture & Tourism • Encourage more apprenticeships • Promote Tees Valley as • Improve education for young people and adults a great place to live, • Help people to secure good quality jobs work & visit • Invest in our cultural institutions and events Register to vote You must return it so that it is delivered to your electoral If you have not yet registered to vote please visit registration office by 10pm on 4th May in the envelope www.gov.uk/ register-to-vote or contact Electoral Services provided, or at a polling station in your borough on at Hatlepool Borough Council on 01429 523088. The deadline polling day. Devolution for registration is the 13th April. To register we’ll need to Not able to vote in person? • Secure a better know your date of birth and national insurance number. If you have applied to have someone vote on your deal from central Once registered you will be sent a poll card before 4th May, behalf (Proxy), make sure that they know which of government this will include details of where your polling station is. You the candidate/candidates you wish to vote for. do not need to take the poll card with you to vote (unless If you wish to apply to vote by post or appoint someone you • Ensure a strong voice you are an anonymous elector), but it will help staff. You can trust to vote on your behalf as your proxy, download a form for the Tees Valley only vote at the polling station stated on this card. from www.aboutmyvote.co.uk, complete it fully and return Business Growth & Investment • Make more decisions Why not vote by post? it to Electoral Services, Hartlepool Borough Council, Civic about our area here, Centre, Victoria Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8AY, or contact • Support businesses to help them grow Postal voting is simple and it’s free. If you’re a registered not in London Electoral Services on 01429 523088. • Bring new companies into the area Twitter postal voter, your ballot paper will be sent to you from the @TeesValleyCA New applications for a postal vote must be returned to your • Revitalise our town centres and industrial areas 18th April and if you haven’t received your postal vote by the electoral registration office by5pm on Tuesday 18 April • Encourage innovation, carbon reduction and new energy 27th April please contact Electoral Services before polling Linked In Twitter day. and new applications for a proxy vote by 5pm on Tuesday TeesValleyCA @TeesValleyCA 25 April.

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Facebook TeesValleyCA Bridging Have say on Rural Keen on a football Hartbeat | P25 the skills Neighbourhood Plan comeback? gap HARTLEPOOL Borough Council is inviting comments on the WALKING football sessions in draft Hartlepool Rural Neighbourhood Plan during an eight-week Hartlepool are an ideal opportunity for The Hartlepool A NEW adult education publicity period that runs until Monday April 17 injured and retired players to make strategy for Hartlepool Elwick Parish Council, as the qualifying body, has prepared the a comeback by taking part in a more Exercise for Life GP aims to boost the town’s economy by giving residents the skills to draft plan with the Parish Councils of Greatham, Hart, Dalton sedate form of the game. meet the current and future needs of employers. Piercy and the Parish meeting of Newton Bewley (the Hartlepool They are open to both male and The Hartlepool Adult Education Strategy will guide the work Rural Plan Working Group) and rural communities. female players aged 16 and over and Referral Scheme – of Hartlepool Borough Council’s Adult Education Service and its It sets out a vision for the plan area covering the period 2016- no previous experience is required. relationships with a range of partners until 2026. 2031. The weekly sessions, organised by how it can help you Extensive consultation has already been carried out but the Hartlepool Council’s Sport and Physical Activity Team, Key objectives include: latest publicity period - following the draft plan’s submission to take place in the sports hall at Brierton Sports Centre every Monday THE scheme offers a professional service for people • Providing a range of community and bespoke learning and Hartlepool Borough Council - is the final opportunity to comment from 2-3pm. to experience individualised exercise to support better employability initiatives that will increase the economic inclusion of before the plan is submitted for independent examination. The sessions cost £2 per person. For more information contact Daniel management of a wide range of long-term health problems. young people and adults. Comments received during this period will be forwarded to an Garthwaite on (01429) 523599 or [email protected] All referrals are offered a 10-week introductory course • Increasing employment and skills levels and developing a independent examiner to be appointed by the Council in agreement delivered by qualified instructors, with further opportunities competitive workforce that meets the demands of employers and with the qualifying body. available to maintain long-term participation in regular the economy. The draft plan and supporting documentation can be viewed supervised physical activity. • Improving business growth by enhancing the culture of on Hartlepool Council’s website at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/ entrepreneurship. Promoting hartlepoolruralplan The different types of course currently available are: • Increasing retention, achievement and success rates to 90% in all The documents are also available in the following venues: subject areas and increase progression rates for all learners to 75%. workplace Water mobility courses Councillor Kevin Cranney, Chair of the Council’s Regeneration • Civic Centre, Victoria Road, Hartlepool (8.30am-5pm Monday These take place in the shallow end of the main pool at the Services Committee, said: “With on-going investment, major – Thursday / 8.30am-4.30pm Friday) Mill House Leisure centre. The water is supportive and helps regeneration schemes, business growth and a forecast of 25,000 new • Hartlepool Central Library wellbeing to lessen stress on joints whilst exercising. This activity can be jobs and around 120,000 replacement jobs to be created across the • Elwick WI Hall, The Green, Elwick, Hartlepool TS27 3EF • The Spotted Cow, 31 The Green, Elwick, Hartlepool TS27 3EF of particular benefit for those with arthritic conditions. Tees Valley over the next decade, community learning, employment HARTLEPOOL Borough Council’s Workplace Wellbeing project • Greatham Post Office, 4a Woodbine Terrace readiness and workforce skills development have never been so offers local companies the opportunity to support employees to boost Chair mobility courses important. • Hart Village Hall, Front Street their health by participating in a range of physical activities that are This is seated exercise that supports an increase in strength “The strategy will significantly contribute to the Tees Valley Combined • The Blue Bells, Newton Bewley designed to fit in with working hours whilst accommodating individual and mobility. It is particularly useful for people who have Authority’s growth strategy and also help us to meet Government targets Representations should arrive by 5pm on 17 April and be sent needs. balance issues or severe knee pain. It is always a good place in relation to increasing apprenticeships, improving functional English, to the Community Safety & Engagement Team, Hartlepool Borough Positive outcomes include a reduction in staff sickness and an to start if you are not used to doing any physical activity at all. maths and digital skills, preparing young people for the world of work, Council, Civic Centre, Victoria Road, Hartlepool TS24 8AY or increase in staff morale and performance. promoting a culture of enterprise and creating pathways to sustained e-mailed to [email protected] If a workplace would like to get involved in the project or would like Circuit-based courses employment within key growth sectors.” For further information contact Community Regeneration Officer some more information then please get in touch with the Sport and These are a combination of seated and standing exercises. For more information about Hartlepool Adult Education Service go Tracy Rowe on the above email or (01429) 523281. Physical Activity Team on (01429) 284049 or [email protected] The structure of these sessions can accommodate a wide to www.haded.org.uk range of abilities as people can rest at regular intervals and self-pace throughout. This type of activity will improve all aspects of general fitness, and allows for gradual progression. Mum and The structure and session content can accommodate those Recycling centre charges who have stable heart conditions and other pulmonary/ respiratory health disorders looking to maintain an active to be introduced Baby Pilates lifestyle. A NEW Mum and Baby Pilates Technogym fitness room courses THERE will be charges to dispose of certain details of all charges and how to pay, are being class has started on Tuesdays These allow the creation of individual exercise programmes types of waste at Hartlepool Council’s handed out to visitors to the Burn Road site from 1-2pm at Mill House Leisure that can address specific health needs. The fitness suites are Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) throughout March. More information can also Centre. equipped with a variety of weight/resistance machines and from April 1. be found at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/recycle There’s no need to find someone cardio-vascular machines. On course completion independent The charges relate to waste that isn’t Denise Ogden, Hartlepool Council’s Director The Household Waste Recycling Centre to look after your new born whilst you exercise membership is available if this is desirable. typically generated during the day-to-day of Regeneration and Neighbourhoods, said: as they can come along with you. As long as you have received your occupation of a home, including soil, hardcore, “We aim to provide the most comprehensive post-natal check up from your doctor you are more than welcome to For further information contact the scheme via the Sport rubble, ceramics (including bathroom units), recycling and waste disposal service possible. type and volume of waste to be disposed of, join in. and Physical Activity Team on (01429) 284363 or e-mail plate glass, plasterboard, cement-bonded “However, there is no obligation for determining the charge. No cash or cheques For more information on this class and other classes for pre and post [email protected] asbestos sheets and tyres. household waste recycling centres to take will be accepted on site, only credit or debit natal mums contact (01429) 284050 or [email protected] The disposal of everyday household waste that isn’t produced in the normal day- cards. Alternatively, payment can be made at recyclables, general household waste and to-day occupation of a home. These types of Hartlepool Civic Centre where a receipt will green garden waste will continue to be free. waste are very expensive to dispose of, but by be given. The receipt should be taken to the The Council will operate a sliding scale of applying a charge the Council can continue HWRC when disposing of waste. Email [email protected] Visit www.gethartlepoolactive.co.uk charges based on the type and amount of to offer disposal facilities for these materials From April 1, The HWRC will operate at the waste. For example, it will cost £3 to dispose to residents who would otherwise find them following times: April-October: 9am-12pm and of a bag of soil weighing up to 25kg. difficult to get rid of.” then 1-6pm. November-March: 9am-12pm FeelGoodInHartlepool @FeelGoodinHpool Leaflets giving more information, including On arrival at the HWRC, residents will and then 1-4pm. have to agree with a member of staff the GetHartlepoolActive @GetHpoolActive The Children’s Hub Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Partnership commits to Area of Sanctuary THE Safer Hartlepool Partnership has demonstrated its commitment to welcome and include them in our activities. We resolve to actively to making Hartlepool an ‘Area of Sanctuary’. seek ways of supporting them wherever and whenever we can.” What is The Children’s Hub? It follows a recent presentation to the Partnership Board by Tees An Area of Sanctuary is expected to achieve the following: Valley Area of Sanctuary seeking support for the initiative that welcomes • A public commitment to welcome people seeking sanctuary and The Children’s Hub is the first point of contact for those fleeing violence and persecution in their own countries. refugees, and fully include them in activities. anyone who has a concern about the welfare or Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher, Chair of the Safer Hartlepool • Create opportunities for relationships between local people and those safety of a child or young person or thinks they Partnership and Leader of Hartlepool Council, said: “Area of Sanctuary seeking sanctuary. builds on Hartlepool’s strong tradition of being a friendly and welcoming • Offer a positive vision of a culture of hospitality for those in need of may need extra help and support. place - and I am delighted it was greeted with unanimous support from safety, by encouraging communities to take pride in offering a place of When they are contacted, they will listen to what Partnership members. safety for people whose lives are threatened, and acknowledging their “It demonstrates that the Partnership is responding positively to the contribution to our towns and cities. they are being told and the different agencies humanitarian crisis and this signals how compassionate the town is. might share information with each other to try and “People fleeing their own country are usually very frightened, often The Partnership is promoting a number of initiatives to help develop work out whether they can help. leaving everything they know because their lives are in danger and it is understanding in the community of what it means to seek sanctuary. for these reasons that this is so important.” This involves working closely with schools and community groups. Organisations backing the Area of Sanctuary initiative are asked to The Children’s Hub is a sign up to a Resolution of Support. The pledge states: “We recognise For further information about Tees Valley Area of Sanctuary call the positive contribution that refugees and people seeking sanctuary 07419 375807, email [email protected] or partnership between: bring to the Tees Valley, and we are committed to taking practical steps visit www.cityofsanctuary.org/tees-valley • Hartlepool Borough Council • Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council New blueprint to tackle domestic abuse • Cleveland Police • Health Partners THE Safer Hartlepool Partnership has re-affirmed its commitment to tackling domestic abuse by unveiling a new three-year strategy. Last year it was estimated that 2,200 women and 1,000 men were victims of domestic abuse in the town. The Children’sWill I be told if someone contacts Hub TheThe your child or someoneChildren’s else at risk of harm or if it might Hub Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher said: “Tackling domestic abuse is a top affect the investigation of a crime. priority for the Safer Hartlepool Partnership. HartlepoolChildren’s and Hub Stockton-on-Teesabout my child? Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees “Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse regardless of their gender, ethnicity, Can information be shared without my religion, sexuality, class, age or disability. It can have a devastating effect on all You can contact The Children’s Hub yourself to discuss Thewhether Children’s additional Hub help oris supporta partnership might be available. between: The Children’s Hub is a partnership between: family members and it is vital that we have the best possible systems and support permission? in place to eradicate it.” • HartlepoolIf another professional Borough or agency Council contacts The Children’s Yes, but only if The Children’s• Hartlepool Hub believe thatBorough your child Council To ensure that individuals and their families affected by domestic abuse can Hub about your child they should have discussed this with is being harmed, or might be harmed in the future or if access the right help and support the Partnership has commissioned Harbour, a • Stockton-on-Teesyou first. If they are contacted Borough by a member Council of the public or sharing the information• mightStockton-on-Tees help to stop or solve a Boroughcrime. Council locally based charity, to provide a comprehensive specialist support service. they learn that a professional or agency has contacted them The Children’s Hub might be required to share your without your knowledge they will try to let you know that information more widely where the law says they have to. • Clevelandthis has happened. Police Your information will be• heldCleveland and shared securelyPolice in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. • NorthThe only timeTees you and will not Hartlepool be told is if telling NHS you might put • North Tees and Hartlepool NHS

Harbour Drug & Alcohol Treatment Foundation Trust Foundation Trust Useful contacts Offering support to families and individuals If you need help in dealing with drug and who are affected by domestic abuse from alcohol addiction call (01429) 285000. • Tees, Esk andTo Wear con tactValley the NHS Children’s Trust. Hub call 01429• Tees, 284284 Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust. Anti-Social Behaviour a partner, former partner or other family Tel: 01429 284284 Tel: 01429 284284 For advice and to report anti-social member. Call 03000 202525 (24hrs). Trading Standards or email [email protected] behaviour call (01429) 523100 To report suspected rogue traders, the Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Neighbourhood Development selling of fraudulent goods or for general Victim Support/Crime Prevention Neighbourhood Development officers are on advice call (01429) 523362. If you’ve been a victim of crime or require hand to promote strong communities and North Tees and Hartlepool North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust NHS Foundation Trust advice about protecting your home and give advice and support to residents’ groups Police staying safe call (01429) 523100. and community organisations. Call (01429) In an emergency ring 999. If it’s not urgent Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys 523100. call 101. You can also report crime and NHS Foundation Trust NHS Foundation Trust remain anonymous by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. From complete beginner Weekly Local Classes to Total Warrior!

JUST 15 months developing the sport want to move on to the next level the Council Do you need a ago Lesley Markey of triathlon in the operates Aspire groups didn’t think she town. “The Begin to Run group sessions are could even run – now “A few of us structured in such a way that real care is taken she’s preparing for decided to give it to ensure that people are ready to run. Runners CSCS card? the challenge of a a go, none of us are taught how to warm up and cool down lifetime. being runners. By properly and there is a clear structure to the The CSCS Card is the building industry’s most comprehensive She is training Christmas 2015 I main part of a session. A watery world of qualification, covering over 220 occupations including trades and hard for Total Warrior was doing a Run “After your first session the sense of technical, supervisory and management roles. It also includes which takes place Lesley Markey (front) with Kay Stokes and runners Leader’s course. In achievement is amazing. You get a real buzz confidence, skill and fun! the Construction Industry Training Board’s health and safety test. in the Lake District Michael Webb (second left) and Scott Reeve. January 2016 I got from the fact that you have done something It’s safe to say you’ll burst with pride as you in August, a 10k my Run Leader’s that you didn’t think you could do,” she says. watch your baby journey from the early days classes held... We offer all tests including Operative, Specialist, Managers run featuring 30 qualification and Lesley also says there is an important social of gentle floating, kicking and splashing to and Professional and CPCS Renewal. Tests cost £32. Once you at High Tunstall punishing obstacles that involve fire, electricity, started to assist with the Begin to Run group,” side to group running as it enables people wriggling, giggling and jumping in! have passed your test you can apply for the relevant card (with main pool and water and tonnes of mud. she says. to meet like-minded people and make new You can trust us to take the very best care of you proof of qualifications) which costs £30. and your little one. Our world-class teachers hydro pool and So what has brought about the Lesley, who has also been inspired to take friends. English Martyrs, could have trained as private pilots – five times transformation in Lesley, 49, part of the School on another major challenge in learning to Begin to Run and Aspire groups operate out over – in the time it takes to fully qualify with us. both in Hartlepool We won’t entrust your child (or our reputation) If you wish to book in for a test or require more information, please call: Improvement Team at Hartlepool Council’s swim, adds: “My achievements tell you a lot of CETL on Tuesdays from 12.15-12.45pm to anyone less than the best! Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning about Kay’s approach and how she motivates and from 12.15-1.15pm respectively and on 01429 284482 (CETL)? and gives you confidence. It is about having Thursdays on the promenade at the bottom of To give your baby a splashing start call In October 2015 she was at work when the confidence to think that all things are Maritime Avenue from 5.30-6.30pm and 6.45- she saw a flyer for a Begin to Run group and potentially possible.” 7.45pm respectively. There is also a Begin to Hartlepool Working Solutions | Unit 23-24 01642 711 734 that was when she first became involved Lesley emphasises that the Council’s Begin Run group specifically for staff at the University Hartlepool Enterprise Centre | Hartlepool | TS24 8EY Let’s teach your baby to swim! www.waterbabies.co.uk with Kay Stokes, a Sports Activator with the to Run initiative offers a friendly, welcoming Hospital of Hartlepool. Council’s Feel Good in Hartlepool team who environment where people of all levels of For more information call (01429) has particular responsibility promoting and fitness and ability are welcome. For people who 284047or email [email protected] Hartlepool Information, Advice and Support Services Yacht club scoops top award THE Tees and Hartlepool Yacht Club has been named as one of the Activity Team to promote SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS & country’s top five clubs. sailing as part of the Sport It has won the inclusivity category of the Royal Yachting Association’s England-funded Feel Good Disability INDEPENDENT SUPPORTERS (RYA) Club of the Year Award 2017, one of five category winners. in Hartlepool initiative. And as Hartbeat went to print, officials were waiting to hear whether Micky added: “The Available to assist parents, carers, children & young people they had won the overall Club of the Year award. award highlights the Micky Early, the club’s Development Officer, said: “It says a lot about great working relationship the hard work that has gone into promoting and developing sailing in between the club and the Specialist individual support to parents, carers, children and young people who are Hartlepool and making Tees and Hartlepool Yacht Club welcoming and Council and we are very involved in an Education, Health and Care Plan Needs Assessment or where your accessible to people of all abilities and backgrounds.” grateful for their on-going An open day offering free taster sessions for ladies led on to a ladies- support, including advice Micky Early child is transferring from a Statement of Special Educational Need to an EHC Plan. only level 1 sailing course over 2 days and at the end of last year the on accessing sources of club piloted a “Ladies that Launch” initiative. There is now a regular funding.” Trained Independent Supporters will work with you throughout the assessment ladies-only training session on Wednesdays and another for adults Daniel Garthwaite, Senior Sports and Physical Activity Co-ordinator process and they can explain each stage, help you get your views across and ensure generally on Thursdays. The club’s cadets group continues to go from with the Sport and Physical Activity Team, said: “The club has done so that you take an active lead role in this process. strength to strength with 60 young people attending weekly Friday much to promote sailing and has enabled many people to get out on sessions. the water who wouldn’t otherwise have been given the chance.” Independent Support in Hartlepool is provided by Hartlepool Information, Advice and The club has also improved its facilities for disabled people with a For more information call Micky on 07591929823 or email Support Services and Hartlepool Carers. specially adapted launching pontoon and two accessible dinghies. [email protected] It has worked closely with Hartlepool Council’s Sport and Physical

To find out more contact Hartlepool Information, Advice and Support Services For more information about the Feel Good in Hartlepool project go on 01429 284876 or email [email protected] to www.gethartlepoolactive.co.uk or contact our team of Sports Or contact: Sue Harrison at Hartlepool Carers on 01429 283095 Activators at [email protected] or on 01429 284054. or email [email protected] You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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HartbeatFuture | P30 Hartlepool Council meetings Please note that Council meetings may Planning Committee South & Central Neighbourhood Forum be subject to change. If you plan to attend Wednesday 15th March at 10am Wednesday 22nd March at 10am please check on the Council’s website or Wednesday 12th April at 10am call the number below. Wednesday 10th May at 10am Health & Wellbeing Board Wednesday 7th June at 10am Monday 13th March at 10am Full Council Monday 15th May at 10am Thursday 16th March at 7pm (subject to Joint Finance and Policy Committee and approval) Children’s Services Committee Safer Hartlepool Partnership Tuesday 23rd May at 7pm Monday 21st March at 4pm Friday 10th March at 10am Annual Council Joint Finance and Policy Committee and Emergency Planning Joint Committee Thursday 25th May at 7pm Regeneration Services Committee Wednesday 29th March at 1pm (Emergency Citizens Advice Hartlepool is now offering an energy and fuel advice Monday 27th March at 9am Planning Annex, Stockton Police Station) service. We can offer advice and assistance with all of your electricity and Finance and Policy Committee gas supply issues and problems. Monday 6th March at 10am Licensing Committee Tees Valley Health Scrutiny Joint Committee Monday 27th March at 10am Wednesday 29th March at 10am Wednesday 26th April at 10am (Middlesbrough We are at 87 Park Road, Hartlepool and our drop-in sessions are Monday, Could you foster or Town Hall) Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 9.30am and 3.00pm. Children’s Services Committee Audit and Governance Committee Our telephone advice service is available on 01429 408401 at the Tuesday 21st March at 4.30pm Thursday 16th March at 10am For more information about the Council’s following times: Monday from 9.30am to 3.00pm, Wednesday from 9.30am adopt with Hartlepool? Thursday 23rd March at 10am committees and how you can get involved, pick to 12.30pm, Friday from 9.30am to 12.30pm. You can also email us at: Neighbourhood Services Committee Thursday 27th April at 10am up a copy of this free booklet from all main [email protected] Monday 20th March at 4pm Council buildings, including libraries, or call

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MARCH Islands in the Stream | Tues 11th | 2pm | Town Mental Health 100th birthday | Sat 27th May – The Dolly Parton and Hall Theatre | T: 890000 | £6 Awareness Week – 27th August | 10am – 5pm Writing For Eternity: Viv McLean Piano Recital Kenny Rogers Story adult / £5 child | Family (up Reduce your stress levels at | Museum of Hartlepool | T: Decoding Ancient Egypt A most welcome return for Viv Leave your 9-5 worries at the to 5 people) £20 | our adult colouring sessions 860077 | FREE | This exhibition tells the story Mclean, this time as a soloist. door and sail away to another | Mon 8th - Fri 12th |Central world with this thigh slapping The Owl and the Library | T: 272905 | Hot Potato Comedy Club It also protects against your children being of how builders, traders, | Wed 8th March | 7.30pm | Pussycat Get ready for a proper farmers, diplomats, nomads Town Hall Theatre | T: 890000 blockbuster of 2017 | Fri 24th | 7.30pm | Town Hall Using puppets and live music, Dementia Awareness Saturday night sensation with QUOTE disinherited as a result of your spouse and others passed through the | £13 / £6.50 students & The Owl and The Pussycat Week two of the most hotly-tipped “HARTBEAT AD” country bringing their science, those in receipt of benefit, Theatre | T: 890000 | £18 / remarrying after your death. brings to life an unexpected Come along and have a look comics around sharing FOR YOUR literature, art, mathematics under 14 & carers free | £17 conc | telling of Edward Lear’s at our memory box resources headline duties - Dane EXCLUSIVE and other cultural attributes Your chosen Trustees can deal with the International Women’s Edgelands renowned poem | Thurs 13th | Mon 15th - Sat 20th | Baptiste & Tez Illyas, PLUS DISCOUNT with them | Until Sun 14th Works in this exhibition are | 11am & 2pm | Town Hall 2 - 3pm each day | Central special guest MC tbc | Sat property in the Trust as the same way as May | Museum of Hartlepool Day Taster sessions at each site by artists from the recently Theatre | T: 890000 | £6 Library | T: 272905 | 27th | 8pm | Town Hall Attorneys would under a Power of Attorney. | FREE | formed Contemporary British adult / £5 child | Family (up Theatre | T: 890000 | Early – Mill House Leisure Centre: Declaration Storybook Trail at Kettfusion 5pm-6pm, Circuit Painting group | Sat 25th to 5 people) £20 | bird £7 (up to 1 week before Since it would be your Trustees who control March – Sat 27th May | Declaration examines when the show) then £9 | Summerhill Training 6pm-7pm. Headland Music Lead The Way we want, need or are forced Share a short story and take Sports Hall: Ab blast 4:30pm- Hartlepool Art Gallery | T: the capital of the Trust Fund including your 869706 | FREE | The Kate Sirs School of Music to declare our differences and May half term drop in part in outdoor crafts and 5pm, Spinning 5pm-6pm. invite you to join them for the faces we wear to fit in | crafts house, these assets should not in normal activities. Ages 2 to 5. Booking Brierton Sports Centre: Metafit Hot Potato Comedy Club their one off vocal showcase. 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(line ups subject to Sat 1st | 7pm | Town Hall different fitness sessions for Politics of Painting 80s Show everyone to try | Thurs 18th | Partner will need to give you individual advice as to Denning’s work combines a Patrick’s memories and change) 16+ | Sat 25th Theatre | T: 890000 | £10 / JUNE March | 8pm | Town Hall £9 conc | 7am -8pm | Headland Sports how the regulations about care fees would traditional painterly style with reminiscences of being an Hall | T: 236564 | £1 per Tilly Bailey & Irvine a contemporary, punk-inspired immigrant to Great Britain Theatre | T: 890000 | Early Mr Corvan’s Music Hall bird £7 (up to 1 week before Untouchable 2017 session | This fantastic new musical affect you. twist of embedded collaged make for a unique stand up K.R Dance Studios presents and stencilled text | Until Sat show | Sat 11th | 8pm | the show) then £9 | Central Health Activities play tells the incredible story I’m Carolyn Tilly, the Partner who heads the Wills, If you are considering setting up a Family Trust their fourth annual production, about the North East’s first 18th March | Hartlepool Art Town Hall Theatre | T: 890000 ‘Untouchable’ and it is set Thursdays Probate and Elderly Client Department at Tilly Gallery | T: 869706 | FREE | | £13 / £11 conc | APRIL Presentation by Drew Holland music hall superstar Ned it is important to take advice from Solicitors to be their biggest one yet! | Corvan | Tues 6th | 7.30pm | Wed 5th – Sat 8th | 6.30pm | about his experience playing Bailey & Irvine Law Firm. specialising in this area of law. 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From 15th March-15th May 2017 Get set for something special Theatre | T: 890000 | £8 | Town Hall Theatre | T: 890000 altogether. Headland Library | T: 268169 mystery out of reading poetry Easter baskets are just some with huge Hot Potato favourite we are offering 10% off our usual fees for of the activities on the packed Elmer Week | £14 | £13 conc | | Fri 10.30am | Owton Manor | Weds 15th | 5pm | Central Matt Reed, hosting a stunning A Family Trust provides full protection for Family Trusts. Library | T: 272835 | Mon Library | FREE (booking programme and many of the double-headline sensation of Elmer-inspired activities and Crossing the Tees your beneficiaries, even if circumstances have 2pm | Seaton Carew Library recommended) | T: 272905 | events are FREE | Sat 8th Glenn Wool and Bobby Mair. crafts for under-fives | Mon Festival | T: 269808 | Tue 2pm | April – Thurs 20th April | (line ups subject to change) 22nd 10.30am |Tue 23rd Running from 14 -25th June in changed. 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