On Friday 25th February 2020 a group of 8 attended the regional Building Community Awards hoping that the partnership work of the building project on St Martins Church & Community Centre would win the under £250k project of the year award. The evening was in
The programme ran over three days between 29-31 October with a separate session on each day between 10-3pm. The sessions covered Music and Poetry, Creating a textile banner and Halloween Crafts. We took a different approach to the marketing and bookings by going along to
We are pleased to announce the our new plan has has been approved by the Big Local Trust, below is the positive feedback received. "The plan is largely a continuation of work from the previous plan, based on very careful consideration of whether this is still relevant
If you’ve made a new year’s resolution to find work in 2015, or you’re interested in changing your current job, you should consider joining the Work Club.
The club, which is supported by Allenton Big Local and delivered by the Derby Adult Learning Service, runs on Mondays (except bank holidays) between 10am and 12.30pm and 1pm to 3.30pm at the Allen Park Centre on Allen Street, next to Allenton Library. It provides free access to computers and the internet, opportunities to gain new qualifications, and support to help you create a CV, improve your interview techniques, and develop presentation skills.
Here’s a great article which has just been published online by Positive News. It talks about Big Local as a “bold approach to regeneration, investing over ten years in communities which have been overlooked for funding in the past and, most radically, letting residents hold the £1m purse-strings.”
“Resident decision-makers have gained confidence in public speaking, accounting and community consultation.”
“For most people in these areas, this is the first time they have ever experienced this degree of control over so much money.”
Setting up a dog squad and a noise squad would be really useful.
Too many people use the parking for park and ride. to the detriment of local shops and shoppers local people cannot get parking as cars are left there all day. introduce parking charges over 30 minutes. enforce no queuing for spaces rule. its chaos at
The new doctors building stands empty on Uppermoor Road. It would be a good youth club or meeting place for the kids to go.
Alvaston is in need of improvements too but the council keeps running out of money. Allenton shopping area was done up a few years ago, they have a swimming pool, fitness centre, park, cinema and supermarkets and DIY Stores…Alvaston has nothing.
How about finishing Alvaston Shopping Area before any more money is spent in Allenton, they have new parking, but none done in Alvaston. How about us?
An improvement in parking spaces, the traffic is always a problem.
A big carpark wider than what’s behind the coop and other shops
A little café/tea room for older people or any ages
Tesco on the market side, pull The Mitre down
A big upgraded scheme for young people to go on the property near Ascot Drive
Sports Centre for young people with E.G. Rock Climbing/ Vaulting Club etc…
Let Tesco's take over the old market and mitre site.
Reuse Doctors on Bracken Lane as boarded up.
Revamp old Osmaston Park Hotel into flats or demolish this dreadful eyesore, create a landscaped greenbelt.
Lighting on the canal path from Uppermoor Road to Boulton Lane. After all it is an entrance to Merrill School and the only part without lighting.
I Think some of the money should be invested in Allenton United Football Club as we currently run 4 football teams and a Kids football Academy , we run the football club on a shoe string budget and have now applied to use Moorways Staduim