A sea of change

COUNCILLORS are spending £12,000 to help seafront visitors spend a penny. Improvements to public toilets were one of the key things to come out of a consultation to find out what improvements people would like to see to the seafront.
People wanted to see improvements to the toilets, but they also wanted them to be open in the winter as well as summer.
Now councillors on the City Council’s North Area Committee have agreed to invest £12,000 in keeping the toilets open all year round.

Big plans unveiled for city play parks

SUNDERLAND City Council is pressing ahead with ambitious plans to transform a Sunderland play park.
Thompson Park is one of six play areas funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of Sunderland Council’s Play and Urban Games Strategy.
Children and young people from Southwick Neighbourhood Youth Project, and Wearmouth Community Development Trust Ltd and the Friends of Thompson Park, were consulted throughout the project to establish what they would like to see in the new play area.

 

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Castle
Cllr Thomas Foster Holds ward surgeries every second Tuesday of the month, except August and school holidays, between 6.30pm and 8pm at Castletown Primary School, Grange Road, Castletown. Tel. 0191 551 3992. Email: cllr.thomas.foster@sunderland.gov.uk	Cllr Robert Symonds Holds ward surgeries every second Tuesday of the month, except August and school holidays, between 6.30pm and 8pm at Castletown Primary School, Grange Road, Castletown.Tel: 0191 536 9605. Email: cllr.robert.symonds@sunderland.gov.uk
Cllr Denny Wilson Holds ward surgery every second Tuesday of the month, except August and school holidays, between 6.30pm and 8pm at Castletown Primary School, Grange Road, Castletown.Tel: 0191 548 5186. Email: cllr.denny.wilson@sunderland.gov.ukRedhill
Redhill
Cllr Bryan Charlton Holds ward surgeries every last Thursday of the month, except August, at 10am at Hylton Redhouse Community Centre.Tel: 0191 549 1535.Email: cllr.bryan.charlton@sunderland.gov.uk	Cllr Paul Stewart Holds ward surgeries every fi rst Wednesday of the month, except during school holidays, between 6pm and 7pm at Witherwack Primary School, Winslow Close.Tel: 0191 549 5450.Email cllr.paul.stewart@sunderland.gov.uk
Cllr Richard Bell Holds ward surgeries every second Monday of the month (except August) between 3pm and 4pm at the Bunnyhill Centre. Tel: 0191 549 1513.Email: cllr.richard.bell@sunderland.gov.uk
Southwick
Cllr Norma Wright Holds ward surgeries every Saturday, except during August, between 10.30am and 11.15am, at High Southwick Methodist Church Hall, Thompson Road. Tel: 0191 565 3409.Email: cllr.norma.wright@sunderland.gov.uk	Cllr Christine Mary Shattock Holds ward surgeries every Saturday, except during August, between 10.30am and 11.15am at High Southwick Methodist Church Hall, Thompson Road. Tel: 0191 548 2859.Email: cllr.christine.shattock@sunderland.gov.uk
Cllr Rosalind Copeland Holds ward surgeries every Saturday, except during August, between 10.30am and 11.15am at High Southwick Methodist Church Hall, Thompson Road. Tel: 0191 548 8891Email: cllr.rosalind.copeland@sunderland.gov.uk