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Spring Newsletter

May 20, 2023

The Spring edition contains fascinating information about the Dene’s history. We hope you enjoy reading it! Open it here.

AGM

May 20, 2023

Our Annual General Meeting takes place in the Jesmond Dene Conference Centre at 2pm on Sunday, May 21st. All welcome!

Autumn 2022 Newsletter

May 20, 2023

The Autumn 2022 Friends of Jesmond Dene talks about the Banqueting Hall organ and our Green Flag award, among other interesting subjects, Read it here.

Spring 2019 Newsletter

Mar 22, 2019

Click for the latest newsletter from the Friends of Jesmond Dene. Zoom around the doc to read it at full size.

Repairs to Nature Area dipping platform

Feb 20, 2018

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You may be aware that some nine years ago a new pond was dug in Jesmond Dene Nature Area, across the river from Pets Corner. The new pond was provided with a dipping platform to allow parties of children to dip for pond creatures. The supporting framework of the platform was made from recycled plastic, which has the advantage of not rotting, but is expensive compared to wood. The decking for the platform was made from wooden planks that we happened to have available at the time.

Last year it became apparent that some of the decking planks had rotted and needed replacing. The volunteer rangers applied some temporary patches to allow the platform to continue to be used, but it was obvious that the decking would have to be replaced. It was decided to use recycled plastic for this, as the plastic framework for the platform has lasted so well. The planking cost £936.68, of which £541 was raised from the proceeds of the Christmas Raffle, with the remaining £395.68 coming from the funds of the Volunteer Rangers.

Sarah, the Ranger, ordered the plastic planking and some of the volunteer rangers spent two or three sessions during December ripping up the old planking and putting down the new stuff. Apart from it being rot-proof the new planking does not need chicken wire to provide a grip as one side of the planks is deliberately roughened and plastic does not become slimy in the wet as wood does. The new decking should last much longer than the wooden planks that it has replaced. I have enclosed some photos of the decking being replaced.

Your views are sought on £2m street improvements in Jesmond and Ouseburn

Oct 13, 2017

A local group have been working with an urban design consultancy to turn ideas about improving the experience of getting around in Jesmond into a firm set of proposals. And now it’s up to you to have your say. Newcastle City Council has opened a public consultation exercise which will run from 16th October through to 30th November.

The ideas include new pedestrian crossings; protected cycleways; the decluttering of footways; and improving public spaces.

The project is motivated by people who want children to be able to walk, scoot or ride their bikes to school, be able to play out in the streets where they live and grow up breathing cleaner air. All of this requires a reduction in the amount of motor traffic on residential streets.

Detailed plans for the proposals can be found online at streetsforpeople.org.

Or, you can visit the display in Jesmond Library or phone 0191 277 7681 for more information.

There are proposals for Jesmond as well as Heaton and Ouseburn.

The money to make these street improvements has NOT come from council tax, it’s from a national Cycle City Ambition Fund. This funding has enabled Newcastle City Council to work more intensely in suburbs close to the city centre at ways to connect the investment they have already made and add local improvements to increase the pace of change in these neighbourhoods.

The council identified three project areas: Arthur’s Hill/Fenham, Jesmond and Ouseburn/Heaton areas. There will be approximately £1 million capital to spend in each project area by 2018.

Each project has a three-stage development process, which draws on the local and technical knowledge of a wide variety of stakeholders – elected members, grassroots community groups, cycling organisations, local businesses and service providers, as well as the council’s engineers, planners, urban designers and the CAF Programme Board. The stages are:

  • Stage 1: The reference group – Development of local community group to work on the project (completed)
  • Stage 2: Needs analysis – A series of community engagement processes to capture the needs and issues people experience in their neighbourhoods (completed)
  • Stage 3: Turning the needs into proposals – Co-design with the community to develop concept design options within the scope of the project.

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