Post in Fw: windmill hill

----- Original Message -----
From: Charlotte Beaumont
To: <email obscured>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 5:18 PM
Subject: windmill hill


In response to your question below, I live in WIndmill Hill and definitely feel
part of Bedminster. It is officially Bedminster I think. We are BS3! I never go
to the shops in Knowle but go to East Street and North Street.
Hope this helps,
CHarlotte Beaumont (37 Somerset Terrace BS3 4LJ)



-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Barker [mailto:<email obscured>]
Sent: 28 April 2008 09:17
To: <email obscured>
Subject: [GB-Forum] Not about Tescos

This isn't about Tescos, but Neighbourhood Partnerships and is
especially directed to Forum members living in Windmill Hill ward.  But
others can join in.

As most people know, by the end of 2008 all of Bristol is due to be
divided up into 14 'neighbourhood partnerships'.  This is part of a
long term process to decentralise and better coordinate the
administration of services at a neighbourhood level.  It will apply not
just to BCC services, but other services such as the police and possibly
health.  Partnership area will be made of either two or three wards, ie
20-30,000 people.    Setting aside the point that this is scarcely a
'neighbourhood', there needs to be some discussion about which wards fit
best together.

At one level, this ought not to matter too much, afterall, we must hope
that partnerships will cooperate together: replacing service delivery
silos with geographical ones would be stupid.  But, we might as well
get it as right as we can initially.

So, the question is:

Should Windmill Hill ward be joined in the Neighbourhood Partnership
including Knowle and Filwood wards (the current proposal) or in the
partnership that's already functioning and is made up of Bedminster and
Southville wards?

I guess it's partly a technical question of public administration, but
it's also an emotional one.  Does Windmill Hill feel part of
'Bedminster' or part of 'Knowle'.

Cheers,  Ben.
Ben barker




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