The Broxtowe Partnership
| Published: 23rd June 2008 22:36 |
Richard Lea from Broxtowe Borough Council and Phil Keynes from Nottinghamshire County Council are doing bird spotting
BIRD WATCHING, WALKING AND SCULPTURE
The Broxtowe Partnership celebrated a year of achievement on 4 June 2008 at Attenborough Nature Centre with a team building theme of interactive sessions including Walk and Talk, bird spotting/data recording, path clearing and an art project to produce plastic bag sculptures.
The programme for this year's annual event was introduced with a welcome from Ruth Hyde, Chief Executive, Broxtowe Borough Council. As well as the interactive sessions an interesting range of speakers provided a review of 2007/08 as well as presentation on the Local Area Agreement from Jack Markiewicz, Nottinghamshire County Council and Rachael Clarke, Networking Action with Voluntary Organisations (NAVO). Review speakers included:
• Environment - Rob Crowder - Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire
• Health - Liz Pearce- Nottinghamshire County teaching Primary Care Trust
• Positive Communities - Councillor Stan Heptinstall, Deputy Leader, Broxtowe Borough Council
• Children & Young People - Denis McCarthy - Connexions
• Broxtowe Action Fund - Richard Lea, Broxtowe Borough Council
• South Nottinghamshire Crime & Disorder Partnership Celebrating our Successes - John Busutill - Nottinghamshire Police
From left to right: Andrew Pooley (Broxtowe Borough Council), Janet Barker (Sure Start), Ali Harvey (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT), Broxtowe Borough Cllr Tom Pettingell, Steve Turner (Broxtowe Borough Council), Marice Hawley (Broxtowe Borough Council) and Ian Cohen (Health in Your Environment and Ridewise) are producing plastic bag sculptures
Over 70 organisations make up the Broxtowe Partnership and they are all working together to help improve quality of life in Broxtowe Borough. Representatives from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors all come together to share ideas and information and identify actions to meet the needs of the community.
For more information about the Broxtowe Partnership contact Broxtowe Borough Council on 0115 917 7777 or visit the website at http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/
Broxtowe Borough News Release
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