NHS North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is proposing some changes to urgent care services at Shotley Bridge Hospital.
At its meeting on Wednesday the Shotley Bridge Hospital Support Group discussed the proposals.
There is still time to have your say as comments are invited up until the 26th June 2014.
Have a look at the Urgent Care Engagement INFO SHEET and follow the link to the online version of the feedback form.
A project to restore some of the undiscovered features of one of the North East’s most historic landscape is progressing with support from the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Land of Oak and Iron Landscape Partnership is now in its development phase leading up to a stage 2 submission in 2015. HLF have earmarked a £2.2m grant towards the £3.4m 4 year delivery programme aimed to commence in 2016.
The project area includes most of the Derwent Valley. The area has a fascinating heritage that stretches back to the Roman era and was since home to lead and coal mining, coke production and world leading iron, steel and sword making. The multi-agency Partnership led by Groundwork NE aims to restore some surviving traces of that industrial heritage as well as protecting much of the area’s woodland, wetland and river based natural heritage; all of which will be brought to life by harnessing the areas’ rich cultural heritage.
The Landscape Partnership will also improve access, help promote the area to visitors and engage local communities in activities to discover, learn about and celebrate the area. The partnership is currently undertaking a number of feasibility studies and community consultation events exploring and developing project ideas that will harness and promote the unique heritage for generations to come.
The nearest consultation event is in Consett on 8 July.
This morning, 22 volunteers from the Trust planted the tubs and troughs with over 1000 sumer bedding plants.
Antirrhinum, Tagetes, Bidens and Lobelia were planted to give a mix of yellow, orange and white flowers, in celebration of the RHS Britain in Bloom 50th anniversary this year.
Although 8 months since the public exhibition in the King’s Social Club last September, Durham County Council are now making progress on spending the S106 funding for environmental improvement schemes in the village centre.
The dilapidated bus shelters have just been replaced with two new ones. S106 money had been used for demolition of the stone shelter and new tarmac base whilst Public Transport has funded the new glass shelters.
Costs and designs will be known later this month for the reconstruction of the original Pant [drinking fountain] and new seating area opposite Rumi’s. This is the first priority of 6 schemes that were agreed at a meeting of Stakeholders in February. If there is sufficient funding, the second and third priorities are conservation street lighting and coping stones for the flower bed opposite the Golden flower.
The Village Trust has ‘adopted’, for improvement and maintenance four raised beds in the village centre.
The bed in the triangle has been planted with herbaceous plants and bulbs, whilst the bed opposite Rumi’s now has perennial shrubs and climbers. The pansies there will be replaced with bulbs after flowering.
The Sunflower seeds sown in the bed opposite the Golden Flower have now germinated. When in flower there should be a mass of golden yellow, to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of RHS Britain in Bloom.
Volunteers will be planting a golden theme in the tubs and troughs this weekend, which will hopefully be in full bloom when the Northumbria in Bloom summer judging takes place on 21 July.
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 
