Your magazine from the Isle of Wight Council Issue eight August 2007 oneIsland www.iwight.com Summer of colour An Island in bloom Also inside: The Island’s CCTV network All systems go for Ryde Interchange Your magazine from the Isle of Wight Council LKB Issue eight P' > I K A August 2007 www.iwight.co Welcome One Island is published each month, except for September and January – m these editions are combined with those of the previous month. If you have community news to share with other readers or would like to advertise in Summer of colour One Island, we would like to hear from you. An Island in bloom We also welcome your letters – you can contact us by post, email or telephone. Post One Island, Communications, County Hall, Newport PO30 1UD Email [email protected] Also inside: The Island’s CCTV network Telephone 823105 All systems go for Ryde Interchange Welcome to the August makingcontact councilmeetings edition of the Isle of Wight USEFUL CONTACTS Council’s magazine, which Isle of Wight Council, County Hall, as with future issues, will be Newport PO30 1UD keeping you up to date with Fax 823333 our One Island programme Email [email protected] of initiatives. Website www.iwight.com Unless otherwise stated, all meetings As well as giving you are in public at County Hall. Call 823200 an outline of the various 24-hours before a meeting to ensure it is going ahead and to check if any items projects, from this edition TELEPHONE SERVICES are likely to be held in private session. we will be labelling articles Call centre 821000 Council (council chamber) relating to One Island Mon to Fri: 8am to 6pm 19 September (6pm) projects so you can clearly Saturday: 9am to 1pm 17 October (6pm) For telephone assistance we recommend see the progress we are Cabinet (venue to be confirmed) you contact the call centre directly where 4 September (6pm) making. we aim to answer as many enquiries as 9 October (6pm) Through various possible at this first point of contact. Planning Committee (council chamber) consultations you have Popular numbers 21 August (4pm) identified the One Island Council tax 823901 25 September (4pm) 23 October (4pm) projects as the priorities for Education 823455 FACE TO FACE SERVICES us to work on, and we are Environmental health 823000 Licensing Committee (committee Newport Help Centre room one) determined to keep you fully Housing benefits 823950 Tel 821000 10 September (4pm) informed of how work is Libraries 203880 County Hall, Newport PO30 1UD 8 October (4pm) proceeding in these areas. Licensing 823159 Mon to Fri: 8am to 6pm Audit and Performance Committee Sat: 9am to 1pm Among One Island projects Planning 823552 (committee room one) Ryde Help Centre 18 September (6pm) we take a look at in this issue Refuse collection 823777 Tel 812678 30 October (6pm) are the One Million Blooms Roads and highways 823777 188 High Street, Ryde PO33 2PN General Purposes Committee initiative, the Pan project, Tourism 813818 Mon to Fri: 8.45am to 5pm (committee room one) quality parish awards, and Trading standards 823396 Sat: 9.30am to 12.30pm 1 October (4pm) Leisure services 823828 Brading Help Centre Scrutiny Committee the appointment of new dog (committee room one) Adult and children’s services Tel 405873 wardens. West Street, Brading PO36 0DR 13 September (6pm) Elsewhere in this edition Adult services 520600 IW Council desk – Tues: 9am to 1pm 25 October (6pm) we turn the spotlight on the Children’s services 525790 Shanklin Help Centre Standards Committee (committee Local centres: Cowes 291144 room one) Island’s CCTV nerve centre; Falcon Cross Hall, Falcon Road, Shanklin 17 September (6pm) Newport 823340 Mon only: 10am to 4.30pm take a look at the community Ryde 566011 Policy Commission for Business and West Wight Information Centre engagement scheme; look Sandown 408448 Infrastructure (committee room one) Tel 756140 ahead to work starting on Headquarters 520600 29 August (6pm) Freshwater Library, School Green Road, 10 October (6pm) the Ryde Interchange project; Housing 823040 Freshwater PO40 9AP Policy Commission for Care, Health and focus on how the central Mon: 9am to 5.15pm, and Housing (committee room one) rural and southernmost Tues and Wed: 9.30am to 5.15pm, 26 September (6pm) EMERGENCY NUMBERS Thur: (closed), Fri: 9.30am to 31 October (6pm) areas of the Island are 4.45pm. Closed for lunch (1.30pm to represented. In an emergency dial 999 2.30pm each day) Policy Commission for Children and School Results (committee room one) Fire and rescue Wootton Bridge Centre 12 September (6pm) Councillor Andy Sutton control centre (24hrs) 525121 Tel 884361 24 October (6pm) Leader, Isle of Wight Out of hours: Joanne’s Walk, Brannon Way, Policy Commission for Safer Highways 525121 Wootton Bridge PO33 4NU Council Communities (committee room one) Waste disposal 0800 3283851 IW Council desk – Mon, Tues, 30 August (6pm) Wightcare 821105 Thurs, Fri: 9.15am to 1pm 11 October (6pm) South Central Connexions sponsors One Island South Central Connexions is a government initiative, funded by the Department for Education and Skills. It supports all young people aged 13 to 19 years (or up to 25 for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities). Connexions provides impartial and independent advice on a range of issues affecting young people. 2 oneIsland Inthisissue NEWS DESK 4-9 Council and community news Islandimage FEATURES 12 Representing the central and south Wight Special area focus 14 Helping communities Spotlight on a successful new scheme 15 Monitoring crime around the clock A look at the Island’s CCTV nerve centre 16 Ryde Interchange All systems go for project 17 Register to vote Don’t forget to return your form REGULARS 18 Coast and country Rural and coastal news 19 Trailers Events and activities Cover picture: Diane Riddell, a Wight in Bloom award winner ONE ISLAND is published by the Isle of Wight Council. The council does not accept responsibility for goods or services offered by advertisers. Additional copies are available from the Customer Service Centre at County Hall, libraries and other council facilities. Typetalk calls welcome. Written, designed and produced by Corporate Communications, Isle of Wight Council. ISSN 1752-8038 © COPYRIGHT 2007 Isle of Wight Council, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 1UD. Printed on environmentally friendly paper by Limehouse. Picture: Sunset over Tennyson Monument by David Cox One Island is available on request as an audiotape, in large print, in Braille and in other languages. For further details, please contact One Island on 823105. The magazine is also available online at www.iwight.com August2007 3 newsdesk The One Island Those back to school programme essentials! The council’s One Island programme was launched in February this year in response to the findings of last summer’s residents’ survey. The programme consists of 24 projects for 2007/2008, based around the themes of respect, pride and value. Many of the projects are now underway and we will be bringing you regular updates on the progress of the One Island programme. Thousands of The projects that make up the One Island Island children will programme are: be heading back to school in a few Respect (covering social and community services) weeks’ time – so • Care packages for young people Ambassadors here’s a handy list • Free personal home care for over 80s for parents and • Developing 14 to 19 education provision pupils of those • Low cost homes for Island people to ‘talk up’ the essentials to have • Pan area development ready: • Free swims for young people during holidays • Full uniform • Raising standards in Island schools Isle of Wight and sports kit/ • Young people’s involvement equipment. • Shoes/sports A new scheme has been launched to promote the Island as Pride (covering environmental areas) trainers. a business destination by using special ambassadors. • One Million Blooms • School bag. The aim of the Isle of Wight Ambassador Scheme is to • Free parking for environmentally friendly vehicles • Waterproof coat. build a network of business people to raise the profile of • Island Games and sports development • Book school the Island. It is hoped it will help expand the economy and • Public conveniences (refurbishment and rebuild) lunches. in turn improve local business profits. • Public realm improvements in West Wight, The • Pens, pencils, Shirley Robertson (pictured above), double Olympic gold Bay and East Cowes (improving public facilities stationery, pencil medallist, was guest speaker at the launch at Arreton such as litter bins, signposts, bus shelters, railings case etc. Manor. For several years she has been flying the flag for and bollards and street nameplates) • Allergy/medical the Island as a centre of technical expertise for the marine • SMS bus information (allows travellers to receive condition details industry and sailing. text information on mobile phones about bus given to school. “I am so proud to be an ambassador for the Isle of Wight. services) And if you need I came to the Island originally during my first Olympic • Speed management and road safety any more help campaign for Sydney 2000 because of the expertise in • Town centre managers you can take the marine industry,” she said. • Anti-dog fouling campaign a look at the The scheme encourages ambassadors to talk up the • Improving Island roads council’s website Island to business contacts and motivate others to do for education at business with local companies or invest in the Island. Value (corporate issues) EduWight. “There is just so much goodwill within the business • Boundary review EduWight has sector – businesses want the Island to be successful – not • One Council (to ensure the council is fit for information on only because it is good for their own business but also purpose to deliver major improvements) most things you because there is a genuine appreciation of the Island • Getting it right for the customer need to know, itself,” said Mike King, managing director, Isle of Wight • Town and parish council partnership (to increase including details Economic Partnership.