Inverary Community Centre Committee

AGM

Monday 3^rd August 2009

6.30pm in Inverary Community Centre

This is a great event and you should go along and see how the Community Centre is Managed it is a worth while visit and you will be able to see just how much Inverary Community Centre and its Manager Mrs Sandra Workman works so hard for the whole community in the Sydenham Area

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE ALL WELCOME

Terry Hoey chairman of the Palmerston Residents Association believes his article in the Belfast Telegraph and radio interview has cleared up some issues he had with the Belfast city airport watch spokeswoman. He feels her reply to say that Palmerston Road was not on the flight path for the airport was true, but he also feels that she clearly does not know the area as to where she thinks Larkfield Road and Connsbrook Ave are.

Airport Watch had carried out an audit of some 412 people from as far away as Rosetta and Stranmillis, which Terry feels are not on the flight path either, but she felt that it was worth while to audit them, Terry finds it strange that if airport watch has the ground swell of opinion in the Sydenham area that is where she should have carried out the audit. It was also strange Airport Watch did not state which schools were effected, as only one school remains in the Sydenham area Victoria Park Primary School.

Palmerston Residents Association has seen other audits that have taken place in the Sydenham area for youth facilities, we would be very interested to see any audits Airport Watch have carried out and what was included in them,  was our disabled community ask to take part, were any of the minority communities included. The association feels that if audits are carried out they should be made available to the public, as this is such an important issue where our local economy may be effected and in turn peoples jobs.

Terry looks to the Sydenham Business Park where multinational companies like Phoenix gas, NTL World,IKEA,B&Q and Sainsbury to mention a few. A host of other companies have now opened up close to the Belfast city airport, it has become an economical hub for East Belfast where people want to set up business beside the airport facility,the association has seen a lot of outside interference within the Sydenham area that is effecting the whole of the Sydenham Community and it is a strong believer in asking the community what it thinks.

Terry would like to thank everybody for the support he has been given for his article that appeared in the Belfast Telegraph and the Community Telegraph.   

Palmerston Residents Association ask for funding from the Community Safety Summer Splash 2009 programme to change this piece of land in to a Community Garden, and to involve our young people to help with the project. This was to continue all of the school summer holidays, it would have given some of our young people an activity through the summer holidays. This space is going to be a community garden and remembrance site, it is also to be used as an outside classroom for the local schools, Northern Ireland Railways will give talks about the dangers of playing on the railway lines. The Palmerston Residents Association ask for a grant of £1000.00, it would have been used as part of other sponsorships we are planning to involved in this project. It comes on the back of being turned down for funding also £1000.00 to stage an event for a Community watch Community Policing Event on the 22 August 09. The association felt the council would have funded these projects as they always say there are funds available, but as Terry Hoey chairman of the residents association has always maintained it is better to try and find funds from other sources. In the past four months we have been turned down for three grants to help with community projects within the area, Terry says he is only glad this has happened now and we have learnt our lessons on funding from the Council. We would have been in a worse state if it had been for our major event we are planning for next year. The Community Watch Emergency Services Event that will involve all the emergency services, we are hoping to involve services from both the UK and Ireland, the Palmerston Residents Association ask the council why there is not enough funds available to stage projects like ours, that will help within the community and give something back, and also teach our children to respect our community policing teams, as well as show them the dangers of alcohol abuse and drug abuse at a time when our young community are on leave from school. We say this is such a missed opportunity for them and for the council.