If you can spare half an hour on Saturday 17th November at 11 a.m., we’d like to demonstrate our disgust at the opening of the new pub in White Rose House and at the same time stage a photo call for the press as we pay off the £2500 court costs imposed on us at the Crown Court hearing in June. We would like to have as many people there as possible (250 people with a tenner each?) lining up to "pay" the costs in at the door of the ‘Box’. So bring your friends and family (all sizes and ages welcome) and bring a five or ten pound note to wave about. We won’t take it off you (we’ll actually be paying the costs by cheque to the Magistrates’ court the following week).

The amazing news is that our fund-raising efforts more than earned the sum needed. We have about £1400 extra to put towards the next campaign for Headingley! Thank you all so much for your generosity, we are clear that the community supports our approach to the problems we face.

Next meeting of the committee, and all interested members, 7.30 p.m. Monday November 19th upstairs in Headingley Community Centre. The Theme for the evening: "Celebrate Headingley" the future! How do we build on the success of this year’s event?

Dear members the group formally known as ‘The traffic group’ has now changed its name to "Street Care"; this new name more fully identifies the areas of concern that the group has. Traffic and transport are subjects that preoccupy many people in Headingley so it is time to take more and more effective action to regain our streets for the family and pedestrian. At the recent monthly committee meeting the "Street care" group had its special say in the second half of the meeting and its main thrust was to try to encourage lots more people to become involved. The current group are based around the Chapel Street/Ash Road area of Headingley and thus have no real understanding of issues facing other people living nearby but outside that area.

It was encouraging that already two areas in Headingley are pursuing that ideas of HOME ZONES. The two area are Grove Gardens and Grove Road and Rochester Terrace whose contacts are June Diamond and Bill Rollinson respectively. It is perhaps important to note that HOME ZONES are not just for areas with lots of children but also about improving everyone’s home environment. If you want to see what a Home Zone looks like you can visit the ‘Methley’s’ in Chapel Allerton, the first Home Zone designated area in Leeds.

There is a lot of help in Headingley Network and outside it. The Network has joined the Pedestrians association and is looking into affiliating itself with Sustrans and Transport 2000 both of whom support the aims of streets for people.

So what might you do? Firstly you may have something that your area that needs attention and might be worth sharing with the current Traffic group. You could ring Ann Clark (Chair) 0113 2781632, Helen Gee 0113 2787131, Ruth Overy 0113 2742145 or Paul Hudson 0113 2782531 to discuss your issue and attend a future planning meeting. They will not be taking the issue on board themselves but are willing to offer support in letter writing, who to contact, how to make progress .... . They would also be will willing to assist in any organising that needs to be done, the production of questionnaires and their delivery and collection for example. Headingley Network needs to become more of an active network of people all helping each other achieve local (street local) aims.

The World Wide Web

... has enabled many organisations to be consulted easily and here are some of the site that might be worth a visit if you have access to the web at home or if you have time to call into Headingley Library where the staff will also help you access this mine of information. At the Library it is free all you have to do is book the computer with the person at the desk just by them and fill out a users agreement form.

www.homezonenews.org.uk
This give details of home zone projects around the country, including the DETR pilots. It also includes information on policy, research, funding, consultation and home zones in other countries.

Killing Speed: good practice guide to speed man-agement (£10)
Every 1mph reduction in average speeds brings a S per cent reduction in the number of crashes.. Free summary available of this report.

Slower Speeds Initiative, email: info@slower-speeds.org.uk 

Traffic Advisory Leaflets (free)
DETR publishes a range of useful leaflets tel: 020 7944 2478 fax: 020 7944 2211

email:tal@dotditm3.demon.co.uk 

Home zone resources from the Children’s Play Council:*
Home Zones: reclaiming residential streets. A full-colour 12-page briefing making the case for child-friendly residential streets, published in 1997. Single copies free.

The Pedestrians Association, 31-33 Bondway, London SW8 1SJ 020 78201010 info@pedestrians.org.uk 

Tyneside*
Report details Contact ~ Northern Environment Workshop, tel: 07665575581

A New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal*
A government report which addresses neighbourhood decline includes ~‘Home zones (HZs) can provide areas for children to play and environmental improvements or facilities such as seats for older residents and parents to meet. The Transport Act 2000 contains powers for local highway authorities to designate HZs.’

See: www.cabinet-office.gov.seu
A New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal:
National Strategy Action Plan’ chapter 4.

Listing of campaigners and people who can help with design, legal advice and planning. Free.

For all T2000 resources*
tel: 020 7613 0743, email sfp@transport2000.demon.co.uk