Standish Community Forum 5 Year Plan (2000-2004)

From Standish Wiki

Main Goal

   To maintain an open forum dealing with the concerns and expectations that affect the quality of life for the community of Standish.

Principle Strategic Goals

• Merge the management of the Community Centre into the Standish Forum
• Regain the Charity Status
• Negotiate revised new lease arrangements
• Expand the use of the Community Centre

Improve and develop the liaison with all local Organisations and Agencies

• Successfully deliver the millennium programme
• Develop new and innovative community programmes
• Co-ordinate and implement the outcomes of the Community Mapping Project
• Promote community events and competitions
• Continue and expand the "Standish in Bloom" programme
• Celebrate the annual "Lancashire Day"

Continue publication of Standish Community Forum Newsletter

• Ensure that every Standish household receives a paper copy
• Broaden the scope and range of high quality articles
• Continue co-operation with the Standish Courier
• Introduce an electronic interactive Internet Newsletter and web page

Widen the representation of the Standish Community Committee

• Introduction of additional skills in order to deliver the projected increase work load
• Continue to produce and deliver:
  • Foot Path Walk Series
  • Post Cards and Calendar
  • Plaques for historical sites
  • items of interest that are relevant
• Create a library of "Photographs for the Future" (co-operate with a Photographic Society)
• Launch an archive/scrapbook record of Standish township (seek active partners)
• Revive the Conservation Group
• Produce a Standish Guide (perhaps with the Courier)
• Publish a comprehensive history of Standish
• Support archaeological study of Standish (GMAU)

Create an active partnership with Local Authority and others as appropriate

• Seek sources of financial funding from both public and private organisations
• Ensure that Standish is seen as a progressive and positive community
• Ensure that all new local developments recognise the views and opinions of the residents
• Maintains a strong link with the Police and other public services
• Share our successes and expectations using the local and national media
• Review linkages with other local and national organisations
• Consider the "twinning" with communities in Europe, North America or elsewhere

Continue to strengthen the co-operation with our Schools and Churches

• Encourage the children to participate in local activities
• Devise and deliver "Activity Events" for children and young adults
• Continue support for Young Person's Forum
• Continue to develop Ashfield Park as a centre for recreational pursuits
• Seek the views and opinions of the young people during the planning phase of new projects
• Invest in our young people at the earliest and continue during their development phases

Development and implement an integrated Information Technology (IT) programme

• Broaden the local means of communication
• Solicit the co-operation and assistance of our young people
• Ask and analyse the "wants and needs" of our community
• Encourage the community to review the opportunities available from IT
• Review the benefits of an electronic community

Ensure that time and consideration is given to the future

• Address the increasing flow of traffic through the village centre
• On street parking
• Lack of parking in the village centre
• Provision of cycle paths
• Continue support of Bridleways
• Provisions of "safe walking routes" to schools
• That all future new housing developments provide safe play areas
• Review the role of "village shops"
• Ensure that sufficient crossings and traffic islands are strategically placed
• Consideration is given to the re-introduction of a Standish railway station
• Review the needs of Public Transport
• Encourage all local sports and leisure facilities are fully integrated into the community
• Encourage inward investment of businesses that will provide employment for our young
• Encourage the growing hotel sector to support the community with local literature
• Address the needs of non-working mothers to upgrade their working skills