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Response to the Anti Social Behaviour initiative by our local young people
Text of the children's view of anti social behavior in
Kennett in response to the initiative being taken up by the villagers to deal
with issues in the village. I think it states that case of the young people of
the village very well and should make us all aware that it is so easy to brand
all the young in the village as causing unsocial behavior. I do think we need to
be very sure who is responsible for any occurrence of anti-social behavior and
to where possible to initially identify the culprit(s). I would initially
suggest to talk to the parents of those involved to make them aware
and for them to take the necessary action. If the situation does not improve
then further action involving the local police will need to be contemplated.
This letter also identified a further need for
activities to be provided in the village so that "hanging around" is not the
only option we can provide. We have already heard your views on what needs to be
provided to help the youngsters and perhaps now we can all join together in
trying to make the requirements a reality. - Webmaster
The letter is as follows:-
Kennett Public Meeting April 21, 2008.
Text of children’s view on Anti Social Behaviour
in the Village,
Read out by Emily Smacchi, also written by
Jade Scrivener.
The children’s view
"I would personally like to inform you, I have
heard some complaints that my friends and I have caused some
hassle around the village, these complaints are not true however
there are some boys hanging around the bus stop between the hour
of 9-11pm we are not sure who these boys are but they should be
on the culprit list.
Also we have not been throwing eggs at peoples
properties, we admit we have been hanging around the village but
we haven’t caused any trouble. I have lived here most of my life
some of us have even lived here the whole of our lives and we
would like something changed for example the way the elderly
treats us we are not saying that they are horrible people cause
there not but we don’t like that we are being accused for this
obscene behaviour.
We have just said that we want something
changed and this will be maybe a new park or just something to
entertain us, so we don’t hang around the village. This is not
just for me and my friends its also for the younger children as
they would enjoy this too.
I know some of you will disagree with this,
but some of us have lived here all our lives (as we have
mentioned) and we have never been accused of doing things we
haven’t done before.
We would never dream of annoying the elderly
as we all respect them very much. We hope you listen to our
views because we think we are being very reasonable."
Written by the Kennett children ourselves. Thank
you for listening (:
If you wish to respond or play and active part in
helping create the activities or facilities to help our young people then please
E-Mail
comments@kennettvillage.co.uk
or contact
Barclay Dutson
on 751098.
New
Village Newsletter Distributed
The new village
newsletter has been distributed to you all over the last few days, if you have
lost it or not seen it then you can access a copy of if by pressing the
following button.
We are looking for editorial for the next one hopefully to be issued in June so
if you have anything you would like to put in like a poem, drawing, news item or
some information then please contact Jackie Hughes on 552576 or Derek Miles on
751362 or you can always E-Mail
kennettvillage@btopenworld.com.
We'll be pleased to hear from you.
POLITE NOTICE
We have been made aware of a problem with dog
fouling especially around the entrance to Kennett County Primary School and the
school end of Church Lane. Could we ask all dog owners who use that area to walk
their dogs to be especially vigilant and tidy up and dispose of anything left
behind by their animals.
Please be a responsible owner
Thank
You
Village Plan Progress
 The
Village Plan has now been printed, published and distributed to all the
villagers in Kennett
The questionnaire analysis has been
returned from Warwick networks and the village committee are currently analysing
the findings and putting together a draft village plan for discussion. The
information and comments provided by you the community have proved to be
extremely valuable in identifying, certainly the issues, that you feel need to
be addressed in the village. Once again a very special thank you to all of you.
Prize draw took place at the Kennett Parish Council Meeting on the 10th December
2007 the luck winner of £100 was Mrs Grace Piletto of Kennett Cottages, Kennett.
The cheque will be presented to her by Mrs Josephine Swanson who was the
volunteer who distributed and collected questionnaires in that area. Well done
to you both.
The returned questionnaires have now been submitted to Warwick University for
analysis and a detailed report. This will then enable the village plan committee
to start to put together the village plan.
The completed Village Plan questionnaires are being collected by volunteers and
so far we have received 60% of them back. If you still have a questionnaire and
wish to return it could you either post it headed "Kennett Village Plan"
to
10e Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Nr Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7QX
or deliver it to that address. The cut off date for receiving completed
questionnaires is the
30th November 2007.
WARNING !!!!!There
have been various attempts at fraud and handbag theft in the area please see the
front page for details.
Village News
POLICE WARNING !!!!!
East Cambridgeshire Strategic Partnership
Neighbourhood Panels - Supporting Local
Communities
It's your neighbourhood, have your
say on local services the next open
meeting will be at :-
Soham Village College
(Beechhurst Hall)
Sand Street, Soham
Wednesday 8th October 2008 at 7:00 pm
If you live
or work in Soham, Isleham, Fordham, Snailwell,
Chippenham, Kennett or Wicken this is
your opportunity to influence community issues in your area.
Everyone is welcometogether we can improve your neighbourhood
To read the last panel newsletter click on
the button
To read the current East Cambridgeshires Community Strategy click on the
button
Other Neighbourhood Panels have been
scheduled for :-
Wednesday 8th October 2008
All of these meetings
will start at 7pm and will take place at :-
Soham Village College, Beechhurst Hall,
Sand Street, Soham
For further information please contact:-
Julie Cornwell/ Jane Fletcher on 10353 616352
or E-Mail LSP2@eastcambs.gov.uk
A few people attended the Police Surgery held outside Kennett County Primary
School on Sunday the 29th July 2007. See the
Police Services
page for issues that were raised. The next surgery is to be on the
Sunday the 14th September 2008
between
4:00 and
4:30
outside Kennett County Primary School, if you have any
policing issues you want to raise with the local PCSO's.
Press Releases
See the
for the latest press release.
These are the press releases we've issued
over the last year.
You may want to search for
topics by keyword.
Web Changes
Web site updated with latest Neighbourhood Panel minutes, changes to police
surgeries also Kennett Parish Council Minutes and Agenda for next meeting
posted.
Pdf copy of the Kennett Village plan questionnaire eadded also details of the
questionnaire distribution.
More information on the church has been added, photo's of old Kennett have been
added ( more required), Village plan updates and questionnaires have been added.
We are now getting input from the Neighbourhood Watch organisation and this has
been added to the front page. Finally as any local activities get announced or
heard of then these will be added to both the activities and the front
page of this web site e.g Line dancing in Fordham.
Details on access to Sports Pavillion and Kennett & Kentford Village Hall added
to amenities page and also Busy Bears, Football, Youth Club ect will be added to
Village activities page
Have
your say on bus services added to news page also links to on line bus survey
added
The "Lord Kitchener Poster" added to the site as Press Release #5
Kennett Website published to Village
Plan Steering Group, Kennett Parish Council and ACRE for feedback
The website
has been updated today 23/07/2007 and it now includes Local Trades and Services
and also an updated page village amenities.
On the home page there are a series of
contact points please use them if you have something to say or would like to
comment. Hopefully we can meet most of your demands both in content and
presentation.
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