Park is in the picture

CREATIVE schoolchildren are making their mark at a newly-created country park on the former Lambton Colliery site. Thanks to funding from Sunderland City Council, the Lambton Memorial Group was able to enlist the help of schoolchildren from Dubmire, Burnside, Shiney Row and St Michael’s RC Primary Schools in a project to design eye-catching miners’ banners. The creative children showed what they thought of the area and what was special about their school.

 

Fire service putting out bad behaviour

TYNE and Wear Fire and Rescue Service is blazing a trail of success with its Phoenix Project. Run in partnership with the Sunderland and Newcastle Youth Offending Services and funded through the Youth Justice Board, the project reaches out to young people and introduces them to skills that will last a lifetime. So far, 52 children from the Coalfields area, including Houghton and Hetton, have taken part in the project, Established in 2000, it provides an intensive five-day work experience course for young people who are known to be offending or who are at risk of offending between the ages of 11 and 17.

 

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DO you need help or advice in sorting out a problem in your area? Your local councillors are there to represent you. They could help with all the issues that matter to you, ranging from planning, development control and licensing to anti-social behaviour, litter, dog fouling, speeding, crime, public transport, schools, housing and rubbish collection, so please contact them if you would like help solving a problem. Contact the councillor for your area on the numbers below, through the council on 0191 520 5555 or talk to them face to face at their next ward surgery.

Shiney Row
Cllr John Scott First Saturday of the month between 10am and 11am at Trinity Methodist Church, Shiney Row. Tel. 0191 512 1153, 07743 018 529	Cllr Melville Speding First Saturday of the month between 10am and 11am at Trinity Methodist Church, Shiney Row. Tel. 0191 584 0242, 07990 778 552.
Cllr Anne Hall First Saturday of the month between 10am and 11am at Trinity Methodist Church, Shiney Row. Tel. 0191 385 2125.
Hetton
Cllr James Blackburn First Tuesday of the month (except August) between 10.30am and 11.30am at The Hetton Centre. Tel. 0191 517 1480, 07990 801 569 .	Cllr Florence Anderson First Tuesday of the month (except August) between 5.30pm and 6.30pm at The Hetton Centre, Welfare Road.Tel. 0191 526 3880.
Cllr David Tate First Tuesday of the month (except August) between 10.30am and 11.30am at The Hetton Centre.Tel. 0191 526 7305, 07990 804 847.
Houghton
Cllr Dennis Richardson Next surgery on Saturday, December 12, between 9.30am and 10.30am at Houghton Library .Tel. 385 7200.	Cllr Kathryn Rolph Next surgery on Saturday, December 12, between 9.30am and 10.30am at Houghton Library.Tel. 0191 385 2648.
Copt Hill
Cllr Robert Heron. Next surgery on Saturday, December 12, between 9.30am and 10.30am at Houghton Library. Tel. 526 2604.