Cambridge Matters: Winter 2012 by Cambridge City Council

WINTER 2012

Cambridge City Council’s magazine for residents

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Contents Cambridge City Council online Website: cambridge.gov.uk

Fancy a free meal for two?

twitter.com/camcitco facebook.com/camcitco Customer Service Centre Mandela House, 4 Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1BY Email: enquiries@cambridge.gov.uk Phone: 01223 457000 Monday - Wednesday & Friday 8am - 6pm Thursday 9am - 6pm (Calls may be recorded for training purposes)

Cambridge Matters readers can win a free meal for two courtesy of the Lucky Star Chinese restaurant on Clifton Way. To enter, simply ‘like’ Cambridge City Council on Facebook anytime between

now and the end of December, and we’ll draw the name of the lucky winner early in the new year. You can find us at facebook.com/ camcitco. Good luck!

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Hearing impaired via typetalk Phone: 18001 01233 457000 After hours emergency number: 01223 457457 Cambridge Matters editorial Cambridge Matters, Cambridge City Council, PO Box 700, Cambridge CB1 0JH Email: corporate.marketing@cambridge.gov.uk Phone: 01223 457000 If you need any of the information in this magazine in a different format or language, please contact the Customer Service Centre on 01223 457000. Cambridge City Council does not necessarily endorse the products or services featured in advertisements in this magazine. When you have finished with this magazine, please recycle it in your blue bin.

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Inside this issue... 05 06 08 09 11

Recycling goes beyond the obvious What goes in your bin Credit unions bring choice to borrowing Winter family fun and fitness activities Update on Local Plan consultation

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Station area redevelopment moves forward Staying safe in bad weather Tackling crime at a local level Take part in city council committee meetings Know your councillor

Magazines Media & Marketing NEWSPAPERS | MAGAZINES | WEBSITES

Websites

Front Cover: Forever Active team lead a fitness session at The Grafton

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Cambridge City Council

Christmas & new year opening hours Customer Service Centre, Mandela House

Tourist Information Centre

01223 457000

(calls charged at lo-call December 24 December 25 & 26 December 27 – 29 December 30 December 31 January 1

You can call or visit the Customer Service Centre between the following hours: December 24 8am – 2pm December 25 & 26 closed December 27 & 28 8am – 6pm December 29 & 30 closed December 31 8am – 4pm January 1 closed

The Guildhall, City Homes North and South area offices, Mill Road Depot 01223 457000 December December December December December December January 1

24 25 & 26 27 28 29 & 30 31

9am – 2pm closed 9am – 5pm 9am – 4.30pm closed 9am – 4pm closed

Abbey Pool and Gym 01223 213352 December December December December December January 1

24 25 & 26 27 & 28 29 & 30 31

6.30am – 2pm closed 8am – 8pm 8am – 6pm 8am – 4pm closed

Parkside Pools 01223 446100 December December December December December January 1

24 25 & 26 27 & 28 29 & 30 31

7am – 2pm closed 7am – 7pm 8am – 5.30pm 7am – 4pm closed

Cherry Hinton Village Centre 01223 576412

December 24 – 28 December 29 & 30 December 31 January 1

closed 9am – 5pm 9am – 1pm closed

King’s Hedges Learner Pool 01223 353248

December 24 – January 1

closed

0871 226 8006

rate) 10am – 2pm closed 10am – 4pm closed 10am – 2pm closed

Shopmobility Grand Arcade 01223 457452 December December December December December January 1

24 25 & 26 27 – 29 30 31

10am – 4pm closed 10am – 4pm closed 10am – 4pm closed

Shopmobility Grafton Centre 01223 461858 December December December December December December January 1

24 25 26 27 – 29 30 31

10am – 4pm closed 11am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 11am – 4pm 10am – 4pm 11am – 4pm

Cemeteries and Crematorium administration office 01954 780681 December December December December December January 1

24 25 & 26 27 & 28 29 & 30 31

9am – 2pm closed 9am – 5pm closed 9am – 4pm closed

The Book of Remembrance and Columbaria Rooms will be open daily from 9am to 5.30pm. Newmarket Road Cemetery will be open daily throughout the Christmas and new year period (vehicle access from 9am to 4pm only).

Street cleaning

01223 458282 during open office hours.

This service will operate daily from 6am to 3pm.

Market 01223 457105

December 24 December 25 & 26 December 27 – 31 January 1

10am – 4pm closed 10am – 4pm closed

Corn Exchange Box Office 01223 357851 December December December December December December December December January 1

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

www.cornex.co.uk 10am – 3pm closed 4pm – 5.30pm 10am – 7.30pm 10am – 6pm 10am – 7.30pm 1.30pm – 3pm 10am – 4pm closed

Rubbish & recycling collections 01223 458282 Date of Usual Collection

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Mon

Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan

24 25 26 27 28 31 1 2 3 4 7

Revised Collection Date

Mon Sat Thur Fri Sat Mon Wed Thur Fri Sat back

Dec 24 Dec 22 Dec 27 Dec 28 Dec 29 Dec 31 Jan 2 Jan 3 Jan 4 Jan 5 to normal

Please make use of the recycling points across the city for any extra recycling. Real Christmas trees can be recycled at Cherry Hinton Hall car park after Christmas up to January 20, or cut up and put in your green bin.

Milton Recycling Centre 01223 860674

December 24 December 25 & 26 December 27 – 31 January 1

9am – 1pm closed 9am – 4pm closed

Emergency noise 01223 457457

This service will be available each night from 7pm to 7am and also from 9am to 5pm on each Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday.

Homeless people out of hours emergency number 01706 242818

Out of hours emergency and emergency housing repairs: 01223 457457

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Tackling climate change

Don’t bin it - bring it to win it Fancy turning your old electrical items into a prize? Cambridge City Council and FCC Environmental are offering the chance to win a Kindle e-reader or a Solio solar powered mobile phone charger when you recycle your used small consumer electronics. We operate six banks at recycling points throughout the city for goods including old hairdryers, kettles, irons, electronic toys, DVD players, electric toothbrushes, and even old landline and mobile phones. Electrical products measuring 30cm by 30cm or less will fit in the specialist recycling banks, which are located at Sainsbury’s on Coldham’s Lane, the Beehive Centre off Coldham’s Lane, Waitrose on Hauxton Road, car parks on Arbury Court and Colville Road, and Tesco on Newmarket Road. To enter our prize draw just attach the tag provided with this issue of Cambridge Matters to the item, and drop it into one of the banks by the end of February. There will be a monthly prize draw to win a Solio solar charger, and all entries will go into a final prize draw on 29 March to win a Kindle. We’ll inform the winner by post, email or phone depending on your preference, and you can enter more than once if you have several items

- extra tags are available at council reception points. The items will be sent to FCC Environmental, a company that specialises in dismantling old electronic goods and recycling any usable materials contained inside, including metals, gases, mercury, oil, plastic and glass. Approximately 200 tonnes of small electrical items are put into black bins in Cambridge every year. By comparison, last year we recycled just over five tonnes. Please help us to recycle more by telling your friends, family and neighbours about the recycling banks and the competition. For terms and conditions visit cambridge.gov. uk/bring-it-to-win-it n

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Bin collections at Christmas and new year Bank holidays at Christmas and on New Year’s Day mean some temporary changes to bin collections. While most collections will be one day later than normal, residents whose regular collection falls on Christmas Day need to put their bins out on the Saturday before. Date of usual collection

Revised collection date

Monday 24 December

No change

Tuesday 25 December

Saturday 22 December

Wednesday 26 December

Thursday 27 December

Friday 28 December

Saturday 29 December

Monday 31 December

Tuesday 1 January

Wednesday 2 January

Thursday 3 January

Friday 4 January

Saturday 5 January

Monday 7 January

Back to normal

This information will also be available on postcards attached to your bins, on our website, and on posters displayed at a range of locations throughout the city. n

• Website: cambridge.gov.uk/waste Social media: facebook.com/recycleforcambridge Email: bins@cambridge.gov.uk Phone: 01223 458282

Giving Christmas trees a second life Recycle your real Christmas tree at our dedicated site at Cherry Hinton Hall car park any time from Boxing Day to Sunday 20 January. If you can’t make it to the recycling facility, you can chop your tree yourself and place it in your garden waste (green) bin or brown compost sacks. After using the bin, please make sure the lid can be fully closed. n

Keeping your bin cosy Items including food and garden waste can freeze to the inside of wheelie bins during cold spells, meaning they don’t empty properly when collectors tip the bin into refuse trucks. You can help by wrapping your food waste in paper (newspaper will do, or you can buy paper food-waste bags from council receptions), lining the bottom of your bin with cardboard, and storing bins somewhere sheltered whenever possible. n

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Tackling climate change

Cut out and keep recycling guide What goes in your bins? Recycle

Paper, magazines and envelopes

Please put these items in your blue bin or recycling box. If you live in a flat with a shared recycling area please check our website for details of the items we can accept and how to sort them. If you need more details visit: cambridge.gov.uk/recycling

Aerosols and clean foil

Wrapping paper (no plastic/foil wrap)

All cardboard

Cartons

Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays

Greetings cards

Cans and tins

Glass bottles and jars

Shredded paper

Food waste (wrapped in paper)

Garden waste

Cut-up real Christmas trees

Compost Please put these items in your green bin or brown sack.

Reduce Please try to cut down other rubbish placed in your black bin that cannot be recycled or composted.

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Working for a healthy, safe and enjoyable city

A new way to borrow Credit unions could be a better way to borrow than payday loan companies or doorstep lenders A credit union is a form of savings and lending club that offers small loans and charges lower interest rates than many banks or doorstep lenders. The unions can help stop people spiralling deeper into debt by not charging high interest rates over long payback periods normally associated with doorstep lenders. Cambridge City Council is now promoting two credit unions – Rainbow Saver Anglia Credit Union and Cambridge City Credit Union. The unions currently operate in Cherry

Hinton and north Cambridge, however the city council’s backing is enabling them to expand throughout the city. The unions are cooperatives, meaning their members run them and any profits are pumped back into the union to fund future loans. The unions are currently seeking volunteers in other parts of the city to help with their expansion plans. People signing up will be asked to promote the unions in their local areas, help set up savings and loans, and collect weekly repayments. If you’d like to get involved contact the unions direct using the details listed. n

How does it work?

Credit unions adhere to Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulations, meaning your savings are guaranteed in the same way as by a building society, though you won’t earn interest on them. According to the Money Advice Service, an independent financial advice service

established by the government, most unions require you to save a set amount before taking out a loan. The unions then take repayments out of the sum you normally save so you can continue to build up savings while repaying the loan. There are usually no penalties for

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Website: .onesuffolk.net rainbowsaversangliacu avers.org.uk Email: office@rainbows 01223 245477 Phone: 01502 584854 or Cambridge City Credit Union itunion.org.uk Website: cambridgecred itunion.org.uk Email: info@cambridgecred Phone: 01223 314664 Money Advice Service ser vice.org.uk Website: moneyadvice Phone: 0300 500 5000 rity Financial Services Autho Website: fsa.gov.uk Phone: 0845 606 1234 clearing loans early. Credit unions are prevented by law from charging more than 2% interest per month on a loan (or 26.8% APR). Please note the exact details of loan arrangements may vary depending on the union you choose. n

Council Tax Benefit update Get help Cambridge City Council is working on a replacement for Council Tax Benefit to meet new government legislation. The change is part of government welfare reforms that require district councils to develop their own schemes to aid those who need help paying council tax. Cambridge City Council is currently reviewing the results of a public consultation on how to proceed. Our aim is to develop a system of reductions that is fair and easy to understand. The new system will come into force in April 2013, which is when the government will abolish the current Council Tax Benefit, and our goal is to ensure people who are the least well off will continue to pay the lowest amount of council tax. We will write to everyone who receives Council Tax Benefit in early 2013 to provide more details of the change and how it will affect them. Further information on council tax, including how to arrange payments, is available on our website. You can also contact our Customer Service Centre to discuss payment options. n

with job searches If you are looking for a job, want to get into further education or are interested in volunteer work, Keystone Work Club can help. The club is a one-to-one support service offering assistance in writing CVs and covering letters, and searching and applying for jobs. The club is run by charitable organisation the Keystone Development Trust, with funding provided by Cambridge City Council. Keystone staff are available in the city council Customer Service Centre, Mandela House, Regent Street, on Friday afternoons between 2pm and 4pm until the end of March 2013. n

CSC staff can help with council tax payments

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Working for a healthy, safe and enjoyable city

Events in your local area King’s Hedges Christmas family event

Get out and get active in the new year…

Come along for music, dancing, games and fun with a buffet tea and a gift from Santa for the children. (For families with children aged 8 years old or under.) When: Friday 21 December, 4pm to 6pm Where: Buchan Street Neighbourhood Centre, 6 Buchan Street, Cambridge CB4 2XF Tickets: £2 per person Contact: phone 01223 508149 or email bsnc@cambridge.gov.uk Chesterton Christmas family party

The coming months will see a host of events running in the city, including family parties during the festive period, and fitness sessions in the new year for people over 50. If you are aged over 50 or returning to a more active lifestyle, get involved with the Forever Active programme run in conjunction with Cambridge City Council. The scheme offers a wide range of fitness sessions across the city including chair-based

exercises, Pilates, rowing, golf, t’ai chi, yoga, archery, Latin workout, bowls and much more! For more information visit forever-active. org.uk or pick up a brochure from city council receptions from the end of December. n

…or exercise at home with a Forever Active DVD Getting active doesn’t necessarily involve leaving the comfort of your own home. Forever Active has produced two exercise DVDs suitable for the 50-plus age group, or those who want to get back to having a more active lifestyle. The DVDs cover improving your

strength and balance (suitable for people with reduced mobility), and a total body work out. The DVDs cost £6 each, or £10 for the pair. Visit forever-active.org.uk for more details or phone 01223 457532 for a DVD order form. n

Coming soon to the Corn Exchange Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine A classic tale about a young boy trying to cure his grandmother’s terrifying temper. Thursday 13 December to Thursday 3 January Russian State Ballet and Orchestra of Siberia Performances of classic ballets The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gardée, and Swan Lake. Friday 4 to Sunday 6 January For further information including show times and ticket prices visit www.cornex.co.uk or call the box office on 01223 357851. n

Join Jezo the Magician for magic, disco and a buffet. When: Monday 17 December, 4.30pm to 6.30pm Where: Brown’s Field Youth and Community Centre, 31a Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RU. Tickets: £2 (free for children aged under 2) Contact: Andrea Butler on 01223 420309 or email andrea.butler@cambridge.gov.uk King’s Hedges annual pantomime – ‘Dick Whittington’ Enjoy this year’s panto fun hosted by King’s Hedges Neighbourhood Partnership and performed by Chaplins touring pantomime group. When: Saturday 5 January 2013, 3pm Where: Arbury Community Centre, The Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD Tickets: From 37 Lawrence Way - adults £6.50, children £4.50 (includes goody box) Contact: King’s Hedges Neighbourhood Partnership on 01223 508197 King’s Hedges New Year Cheer Over 55s come along for music, dancing and a sing-along with buffet and refreshments. When: Thursday January 24, 2pm Where: Buchan Street Neighbourhood Centre, 6 Buchan Street, Cambridge CB4 2XF Tickets: £3 Contact: Phone 01223 508149 or email bsnc@cambridge.gov.uk n Please buy tickets in advance to all events. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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Managing the growth of Cambridge

Local Plan gets

residents talking

In the summer, we asked residents for their views about what our priorities should be for the future development of the city, as part of a far-reaching consultation. You didn’t disappoint, supplying us with thousands of comments and ideas.

Exhibitions 7 January Grantchester Village Hall, High Street, Grantchester. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 8 January Castle Street Methodist Church, Castle Street, Cambridge. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 9 January Fulbourn, The Swifts. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 10 January The Hub, High Street, Cambourne. 2.30pm to 7.30pm 12 January Jubilee Room, Trumpington Village Hall, High Street, Trumpington. Midday to 4pm 14 January Small Hall, Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 16 January Memorial Hall, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford. 2.30pm to 7.30pm.

Nearly 900 residents and organisations submitted just over 11,000 comments in the first stage of our public consultation on the review of the Local Plan - the city’s key planning document that will guide decisions on matters including the location of new housing, parks and open spaces, schools and other amenities for the next twenty years. The first consultation ran in June and July, and asked residents for their views on the issues and options that should be considered in the new plan, including the number of new homes required, where they should be built, and how many jobs should be provided in the city. The consultation also covered shopping facilities, tourism, and flood planning. Initial analysis of the results reveals mixed support for building on green belt land, a desire for the city’s character to be protected and enhanced, backing for more local,

independent shopping centres, and calls for continued investment in alternatives to car usage. Residents also asked us to work closely with South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council when drawing up future plans, which we are already doing. We received suggestions of extra sites where development could take place, and backing for planned sites on the fringes of the city to the south and northwest. Most respondents are also in favour of continued redevelopment in central Cambridge around the rail station. A second consultation covering site options for particular types of development – for example employment and housing – will take place in January and February 2013. All options relating to fringe sites will be consulted on in conjunction with South Cambridgeshire District Council. All consultation documents will be available on the city council’s website and a series of exhibitions have been planned (see details right). Please come along to one of the exhibitions to find out more. The results from both consultations will be used to write a new draft Local Plan in spring 2013. We’ll then conduct a final consultation with residents in the summer, and present the draft plan to the Secretary of State in the autumn. It will then be independently reviewed before being adopted in spring 2014. n

18 January Room 2, Meadows Community Centre,1 St Catharine’s Road, Cambridge. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 21 January Small Hall, Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 22 January Histon and Impington recreation ground, New Road, Impington. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 25 January Large Meeting Room, Cherry Hinton Village Centre, Colville Road, Cherry Hinton. 2.30pm to 7.30pm. 26 January Atrium Hall, The Netherhall School & Sixth Form College, Queen Edith’s Way, Cambridge. Midday to 4pm. 28 January Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, Cambridge. 5pm to 8.30pm. 1 February Brown’s Fields Youth and Community Centre, 31a Green End Road, Cambridge. 2.30pm to 7.30pm.

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Managing the growth of Cambridge

Cambridge station area redevelo

While the consultation on what type of city you want in future is important (see There has been a lot of progress on work to redevelop the area around the rail st

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In last year’s winter edition of Cambridge Matters we looked at the details of CB1, the project that is transforming the area around Cambridge rail station. The scheme requires development firm Brookgate to deliver a new transport hub, residential and student accommodation, offices, retail outlets, hotels, and open spaces. There are also plans for a range of improvements to Cambridge rail station and the area in front of it, including making a new station square, and creating thousands of new cycle parking spaces in a multi-storey cycle park. As you can see from this photograph taken in October, there has been significant progress on the scheme during 2012. Here are details of what has been achieved this year. Opposite you’ll find information on some of the next planned developments in the project.

Construction of the European headquarters for technology company Microsoft Research, at 21 Station Road. The 78,000 sq ft building is on schedule to be completed and handed over to Microsoft in early 2013.

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Erection of 511 student rooms for Anglia Ruskin University. Construction and opening of an island for two new platforms in the station.

Start of construction of 169 new private and affordable homes for Hills Residential in four new blocks and conversion of Foster’s Mill.

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Managing the growth of Cambridge

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nt (see page 11), we also have an eye on the present. e rail station during 2012, and there is more still to come.

Cambridge City Council is now taking nominations from local community and voluntary organisations who want to take advantage of new Community Right to Bid legislation. The scheme is part of the Localism Act (2011) and allows local community groups to identify assets that provide an important service in their area, and nominate them to be included in a list maintained by the city council. Facilities covered by the scheme include local shops, pubs, community centres, libraries, playgrounds, swimming pools and markets. If your community group’s nomination is accepted, we will keep track of the facility for five years. During that time, if the asset comes up for sale, your community group will be given six months to raise funds to bid for it before the owner can sell the asset on the open market. Visit our website or call us for full details on how to nominate a facility, eligibility criteria, and links to other useful sites. n

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An application has been submitted for 65,000 sq ft of new offices at 22 Station Road, including a new headquarters for consultancy and engineering firm Mott MacDonald. This will free up space within CB1 for redevelopment of Station Square. Skanska Residential UK has submitted plans for 118 new homes off Tenison Road (behind the Microsoft building), which will also create a new access road for the station.

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Plans are being drawn up for the UK’s largest cycle park, which will provide around 3,000 spaces next to the station.

Plans are also being prepared for a 230-bedroom hotel for international group Accor.

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Working for a healthy, safe and enjoyable city

Think ‘cyclist’ this winter

A new campaign by the Department for Transport (DfT) calls on drivers and cyclists to stay safe by looking out for each other. Drivers and cyclists have more in common than is often realised, with 80% of cyclists holding a driving license and one in five drivers cycling at least once a month. The DfT’s tips for harmony on our city’s roads are as follows:

Helping to clear snow and ice Snow and ice is always likely over the winter months, and if it arrives Cambridgeshire County Council is responsible for gritting major roads and pavements. However, Cambridge City Council works with its county colleagues when they request it to help them clear snow and ice from pavements and cycle paths at important sites. Our staff also clear: l City centre car parks; l Council owned sheltered housing sites; l Crematorium and city cemeteries (for burials); l Paths leading to public toilets. What you can do to help You can help keep Cambridge moving over the winter by clearing pavements. If everyone tackles the pavement in front of their own house, the whole pathway can soon be cleared. However, when clearing pavements it is important you don’t make it more dangerous than it was in the first place. A government snow code, which gives guidance on safely removing snow and ice from outside your property, pathways and public spaces, advises you to do the following: l Start early - it is much easier to clear fresh, loose snow compared to ice that has been compacted by people walking on it; l Don’t use hot water - it melts the snow, but will replace it with black ice, increasing the risk of injury; l Use ordinary table salt, ash or sand to prevent ice forming l Be a good neighbour and help anyone who may not be able to clear snow and ice from their own pathways;

l Be careful when clearing steps and steep

gradients. The snow code is available on www.gov.uk/request-snow-clearance or phone our customer service centre on 01223 458282. n

Cambridgeshire County Council is responsible for gritting major roads and footpaths if snow and ice arrive in Cambridge. Find out more: County council’s website: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/gritting Phone the county council: 0345 045 5212 n

Cambridge City Council has a small amount of grit that can be provided to registered resident and community groups that are willing to help clear pavements of snow and ice. The grit is delivered in builder’s bags weighing approximately half a tonne. If you are part of a group that is willing to help, please contact our Streets and Open Spaces team: Phone: 01223 458295 Email: streetscene@cambridge.gov.uk n Keep up to date with any changes to city council services due to bad weather on our website at: Website: cambridge.gov.uk/serviceupdates Facebook: facebook.com/camcitco Twitter: twitter.com/camcitco n

When you’re driving l Look out for cyclists, especially when turning - make eye contact if possible so they know you’ve seen them. l Use your indicators - signal your intentions so that cyclists can react. l Give cyclists space – at least half a car’s width. If there isn’t sufficient space to pass, hold back. Remember that cyclists may need to manoeuvre suddenly if the road is poor, it’s windy or a car door is opened. l Always check for cyclists when you open your car door. l Avoid blocking advanced stop lines – these allow cyclists to get to the front and increase their visibility. l Follow the Highway Code including 'stop' and ‘give way’ signs and traffic lights. When you’re cycling l Ride positively, decisively and keep well

clear of the kerb. l Look and signal to show drivers what you

plan to do, and make eye contact where possible so you know drivers have seen you. l Avoid riding up the inside of large vehicles, like lorries or buses, where you might not be seen by the driver. l Always use lights after dark or when visibility is poor. l Wear light-coloured or reflective clothing during the day and reflective clothing and/ or accessories in the dark to increase your visibility to other road users. l Follow the Highway Code including observing ‘stop’ and ‘give way’ signs and traffic lights. l The DfT recommends wearing a correctly fitted cycle helmet, which is securely fastened and conforms to current regulations. To find out more visit www.gov.uk/ government/publications/think-cyclist n

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Broaden your Horizons event The Broaden your Horizons cultural event took place at the Buchan Street Neighbourhood Centre in October, as part of the Cambridgeshire Celebrates Age programme. The event included a Bollywood workshop, an Indian dance demonstration, a drumming workshop and a belly dance demonstration. n

Crematorium makeover

goes beyond buildings

The city council is currently investing in refurbishment of the crematorium on Huntingdon Road - however our plans for the facility go well beyond just giving it a fresh lick of paint. We have already installed three new, more energy efficient cremators, and completed improvements to the cloister area. Now we’re ready to start redecorating public areas within the crematorium, with the East Chapel waiting room top of the list. Work in that area is due to be completed in December. Next on the agenda are the site’s two chapels, a second waiting room, and public toilets. The target is to complete the overhaul by March 2014. The refurbishment doesn’t affect the crematorium’s other facilities, including the gardens of remembrance and memorial services that allow you to erect a permanent commemoration to loved ones even if several years have passed since your bereavement. Crematorium staff will be holding a number of public events to raise awareness

of the additional services available at the site. Events planned for early 2013 include a snowdrop walk in February and a daffodil walk in March, where we’ll be encouraging the public to come along and enjoy the woodlands around the site. For more information on the events and services available, contact Deborah Richardson using the details below, or visit the bereavement section of our website. n

• Website:

cambridge.gov.uk/bereavement Email: deborah.richardson@cambridge.gov.uk Phone: 01954 780 681

City council website gets fresh new look The crematorium isn’t the only city council service getting a makeover. By the time you read this, we’ll be in the final stages of upgrading our website. Our goal is to make the site easier to use, make information easier to find, and increase the number of services

available to our residents online. The updated site should be fully up and running early in the new year, so check it out and let us know what you think. n

• Website: cambridge.gov.uk

Council meetings Why not come along to Council, committee and area committee meetings, where many big decisions on how the city is run are made. Here are details of some of the meetings due in the coming weeks. All meetings take place in the Guildhall, Market Square, unless otherwise stated. • Housing Management Board: Tuesday 8 January, 5.30pm. • Planning Committee: Wednesday 9 January, 9.30am. • Cambridge Local Health Partnership: Thursday 10 January, Midday. • West/Central Area Committee: Thursday 10 January, 7pm, Wesley Church, Christ’s Pieces. • East Area Committee: Thursday 10 January, 7pm, Cherry Trees Day Centre, St Matthew’s Street. • South Area Committee: Monday 14 January, 7.30pm, Cherry Hinton Village Centre, Colville Road. • Environment Scrutiny Committee: Tuesday 15 January, 5pm. • Community Services Scrutiny Committee: Thursday 17 Jan, 1.30pm. • Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee: Monday 21 January, 5pm • Development Plan Scrutiny Sub-Committee: Tuesday 22 January, 4.30pm. • Joint Development Control Committee – Cambridge Fringes: Wednesday 23 January, 10am. • The Executive: Thursday 24 January, 6pm. • Civic Affairs Committee: Wednesday 30 January, 6pm. • North Area Committee: Thursday 31 January, 6.30pm The Meadows Community Centre, St Catharine’s Road. • Development Control Forum: Wednesday 13 February, 10am. • Development Plan Scrutiny SubCommittee: Tuesday 19 February, 4.30pm. • Council: Tuesday 21 February, 6pm. If you would like a particular subject discussed at a Council or committee meeting, just let us know in advance. Agendas are also available online. n dge.gov.uk/democracy • Website: camtic.bri cambridge.gov.uk Email: democra services@ Phone: 01223 457013

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Your city councillors

North Area Committee

N W/C

Arbury Carina O’Reilly 97a Victoria Road, CB4 3BS carinaoreilly@gmail.com

King’s Hedges T: 07791 227953 Labour

Nigel Gawthrope 15 Perse Way, CB4 3SG nigel.gawthrope@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 07885 976830 Labour

T: 07964 280689 Labour

T: 07974 392234 Liberal Democrat

Mike Todd-Jones 2 Tedder Way, CB4 3RJ mike.todd-jones@cambridge.gov.uk

Labour & Co-operative

Kevin Price 12 Lavender Road, CB4 2PU kevin.price@cambridge.gov.uk

Tim Ward 12 Harding Way, CB4 3RR tim@brettward.co.uk

T: 316389 Liberal Democrat

Simon Brierley 9 Markham Close, CB4 2PX simon.brierley1@googlemail.com

T: 353937

East Chesterton Gerri Bird 5 Grieve Court, CB4 1FR gerribird@sky.com

West Chesterton Labour

Damien Tunnacliffe 45 Pretoria Road, CB4 1HD damientunnacliffe@yahoo.co.uk

T: 07514 939459 Liberal Democrat

Susannah Kerr 101 Gilbert Road, CB4 3NZ susannahfkerr@gmail.com

T: 457238 Liberal Democrat

Max Boyce 18 Springfield Road, CB4 1AD maxboyce@cix.co.uk

T: 358292 Liberal Democrat

Margery Abbott 85 Darwin Drive, CB4 3HQ margery.abbott.labour@hotmail.co.uk

T: 07766 092034 Labour

Mike Pitt 19 Kirby Close, CB4 1XP mike@einval.com

T: 709544 Liberal Democrat

South Area Committee

T: 457239

Trumpington

N W/C

Wards: Trumpington, Cherry Hinton & Queen Edith’s For more information on South Area Committee meetings and how you can get involved please contact us on 01223 457000 or go to cambridge.gov.uk/areacommittees

Cherry Hinton Robert Dryden 8 Bird Farm Road, Fulbourn, CB21 5DP robert.dryden@cambridge.gov.uk Russ McPherson 184 Church End, Cherry Hinton, CB1 3LB russ.mcpherson@cambridge.gov.uk Mark Ashton 23 March Lane, Cherry Hinton, CB1 3LG mark.ashton@cambridge.gov.uk

Wards: Arbury, East Chesterton, King’s Hedges & West Chesterton For more information on North Area Committee meetings and how you can get involved please contact us on 01223 457000 or go to cambridge.gov.uk/areacommittees

Shapour Meftah 104 Foster Road, CB2 9JR shapour.meftah@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 512647 Conservative

Andy Blackhurst 34 Foster Road, Trumpington, CB2 9JR andy.blackhurst@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 511937 Liberal Democrat

Sheila Stuart (Mayor) 3 Aberdeen Square, CB2 8BZ sheilastuart17@gmail.com

T: 457233 Liberal Democrat

Queen Edith’s T: 457246

Jean Swanson 75 Cavendish Avenue, CB1 7UR jsswanson@ntlworld.com

T: 248319 Liberal Democrat

T: 457227

George Pippas 5 Mowbray Road, CB1 7SR george.pippas@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 473223 Liberal Democrat

Sue Birtles 54 Hartington Grove, CB1 7UE sue.birtles@cambridge.gov.uk

Labour & Co-operative

Labour

T: 07774 570976 Labour & Co-operative

T: 573797

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Your city councillors

East Area Committee

N W/C

Abbey Caroline Hart 3 Galfrid Road, CB5 8ND caroline.hart@cambridge.gov.uk Adam Pogonowski 24 King Street, Rampton, CB24 8QD aepogonowski@gmail.com Richard Johnson 688 Newmarket Road, CB5 8RS richard.johnson@cambridge.gov.uk

Coleridge Labour

Jeremy Benstead 47 Gilbert Road, CB4 3NX j_benstead@live.co.uk

Labour

T: 07807 396306 Labour

Lewis Herbert 77 Cherry Hinton Road, CB1 7BS lewis.herbert@cambridge.gov.uk

Labour & Co-operative

T: 457242

George Owers 54 Hartington Grove, CB1 7UE george.owers@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 07413 626990 Labour & Co-operative

Petersﬁeld Sarah Brown 23 Ravensworth Gardens, CB1 2XL sarah.brown@cambridge.gov.uk

Wards: Abbey, Coleridge, Petersﬁeld & Romsey For more information on East Area Committee meetings and how you can get involved please contact us on 01223 457000 or go to cambridge.gov.uk/areacommittees

T: 351669

T: 721027

T: 07833 012979 Labour & Co-operative

Romsey T: 710580 Liberal Democrat

Zoe Moghadas 62 Greville Road, CB1 3QL zoe.moghadas@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 07813 700986 Labour

T: 213803 Liberal Democrat

Gail Marchant-Daisley 120 Ross Street, CB1 3BU gail.marchant-daisley@cambridge.gov.uk

Labour

Paul Saunders (Deputy Mayor) 34 Ross Street, CB1 3BX lo_maximo@hotmail.com

Kevin Blencowe 16 Ferndale Rise, CB5 8QG kevin.blencowe@gmail.com

T: 07914 700602 Labour

Catherine Smart 136 Ross Street, CB1 3BU chlsmart@cix.co.uk

T: 511210 Liberal Democrat

John Hipkin 15 Oxford Road, CB4 3PH castleindependent@gmail.com

T: 564126 Independent

Simon Kightley 6 Sherlock Court, CB3 0JB simon.kightley@googlemail.com

T: 457263 Liberal Democrat

Philip Tucker 11 Maltings Close, CB5 8EB tuckerphilipa@btinternet.com

T: 210036 Liberal Democrat

West/Central Area Committee

T: 722214

Castle

N W/C

Wards: Castle, Market & Newnham For more information on West/Central Area Committee meetings and how you can get involved please contact us on 01223 457000 or go to cambridge.gov.uk/areacommittees

Market

Newnham

Tim Bick 13 Warkworth Street, CB1 1EG tim.bick@btinternet.com

T: 07720 413173 Liberal Democrat

Rod Cantrill 11 Millington Road, CB3 9HW rcantrill@millingtonadvisory.com

T: 368928 Liberal Democrat

Andrea Reiner 24 Hurst Park Avenue, CB4 2AE andrea.reiner@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 07717 693858 Liberal Democrat

Sian Reid 27 Millington Road, CB3 9HW sianreid27@gmail.com

T: 356100 Liberal Democrat

Colin Rosenstiel 17 Grafton Street, CB1 1DS rosenstiel@cix.co.uk

T: 368326 Liberal Democrat

Julie Smith Flat 15, Robinson College, CB3 9AN julie.smith@cambridge.gov.uk

T: 766259 Liberal Democrat

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