Melbourne Cottages community page
Norwich City Council is committed to improving our services and we want to hear from you! We value your ideas for making our community more enjoyable, pleasant and safe.
This is a dedicated space for residents of Melbourne Cottages to engage with your neighbours and service improvement officers to spark positive changes in your area.
Here's how you can participate:
- Join the discussions: Share your views, propose solutions, and learn from others.
- Read and respond: Explore different perspectives and engage in respectful dialogue with your neighbours.
- Make your voice heard: Join in, share your views, read what other people say and get your voice heard!
Please note:
- To protect individual privacy, avoid sharing personal details like your address
- Maintain a courteous and respectful tone when participating in discussions
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'Get Together' grant for Melbourne Cottages!
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It was great to see so many of you at the coffee morning on April 23 2024 - thank you for welcoming myself and Gary again!
Amelia Worley, who is a Community Enabling Officer at Norwich City Council also joined us to ask for your ideas as to how you'd like to spend a 'Get Together' grant. So far, you've suggested a Bingo machine and some games to that you can have games afternoons. Please continue to pin your ideas onto the ideas board we have set up in your communal area so that we can bring your ideas into fruition!
Next week (on April 30th). Sarah Witcomb from The Garage in Norwich would like to have a chat with you about what they do and how they might be able to involve you all in some different activiites. Please come along
Best wishes,
Suzy McGill (Service Improvement Officer at Norwich City Council)
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Latest news!
Share Latest news! on Facebook Share Latest news! on Twitter Share Latest news! on Linkedin Email Latest news! linkMyself and Gary Whipp (Service Improvement Officers at Norwich City Council) were invited to the coffee morning on Tuesday 26th March at Melbourne Cottages which took place between 10am and midday. It was a great opportunity for us to meet the residents, enjoy coffee and cake and chat with you all about the Community Pages project on the engagement platform, ‘Get Talking Norwich’.
Shirley Harvey next to our ideas boardNatasha Barker (Anti social behaviour enforcement officer from Norwich City Council), Alli Dawaar (Early help and anti-social behaviour co-ordinator from Norfolk Constabulary), 3 police officers and Angie Russen who you all know, also came along and the room was buzzing with chat which was lovely to hear!
16 residents enjoyed the coffee morning and it was a pleasure to meet you all and learn a little more about you.
For those of you who maybe aren’t as familiar with the internet as you’d like to be, we have placed an ‘Ideas board’ in the community room where you can pin your suggestions about how we can improve your communal area. Lots of people have already contributed, so please pop along and have a read then add your own thoughts!
The ideas you have given us so far are:
I.T training
Gardening club
Days out/coach trips
Invite speakers to come along to talk on different topics
Install a tv in the communal room
Chair exercise classes
Bingo
Craft afternoon
Musical performances
We are offering a £1200 grant which can be used to make improvements to the area where you live, so we need your help to decide how best to use this money.
Every idea will be considered and no suggestion is a bad one!
We look forward to seeing you all again soon and wish you a very happy, peaceful Easter.
Suzy McGill
