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issue thirty nine
spring 2019
the council magazine for the local community
Steel Stories
Our steel heritage - and future -
celebrated in family fun exhibition
Page 5
To contact the council call 01642 774774
or www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
facebook.com/redcarcleveland or on @RedcarCleveland
LeaderWelcome INSIDE
Welcome to the MBE for social worker Louise ...
Stories of Steel ...
4
5
Spring edition of Foster carers at the ‘heart and
‘this is Redcar & soul’ of recruitment campaign ... 7
A day in the life of a dog
Cleveland.’ warden and pest control officer ... 8
It is the time of year when we reflect Huge investment plan approved ... 9
on what progress has been made in
fulfilling our ambition to make the Supporting our businesses ... 10 & 11
borough a better place for everybody Martyn starts third career ... 12
who lives, studies and does business
here. As this Council comes to an end,
with elections in May, I would like to
say a big thank you to my fellow Annual Review 2018/19... 13 - 24
Councillors, officers at the Council and
to you all for the work we have
Racing ahead! ... 13
collectively done over the last four has shaped the lives of generations of A year in the news ... 14 & 15
years to make our borough the best people who live here.
place it can be. You will also read about two areas Strong and confident
We have faced some huge where the Council is currently running
challenges including the closure of SSI communities ... 16
two very different campaigns to
but our ambition is undiminished. improve people’s lives. One which I Prosperity for all ... 17
From developing a brighter future for mention frequently, is our drive to
our children to providing longer and recruit foster families. Having more Brighter future for our children ... 18
healthier lives for all, and from creating foster families in Redcar and Cleveland
vibrant places to enriching lives Longer and healthier lives ... 19
means more young people will have a
through culture and sport, we have secure and loving home in their own Attractive and vibrant places ... 20
delivered investment, projects and area. Please get in touch with our
events in all parts of our borough fostering team if you would like to find Good connections ... 21
which contribute towards making out more.
Redcar and Cleveland a fantastic place The second campaign is helping
Enriching lives through
for all. people with big ideas to fulfil their culture and sport ... 22
Our Annual Review sets out our ambition of starting a business or
progress year which, as you will see social enterprise or growing an Clean and safe environment ... 23
from the financial summary on page existing business. Funding is available
24, we have once again delivered to help make the next move and our
Balancing the books ... 24
despite increasing demands and Business Growth team are waiting for
reducing income. I hope you find it you to get in touch.
interesting and useful. If you have any I am also delighted that we are able Passionate about a
comments or feedback about our work to include details of how our £588
please get in touch. million investment plan for the Tees Career in Care? ... 25
This month’s cover story is about a Valley will benefit Redcar and
new exhibition which brings the
e Klondike returns ... 26
Cleveland which is great news for us all
heritage of our borough’s steel- and for the future of our borough.
making. The exhibition will go on show Enjoy the magazine and I hope you
at Kirkleatham Museum later this year have a lovely Easter break. What’s on… 27, 28 & 29
and will showcase the industry which
helped build some of the most famous Council Leader Ward surgeries
structures across the world and which Councillor Sue Jeffrey & council diary… 30 & 31
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STEEL STORIES: Sam Webber, 5, with a Meccano model of the Teesside steel-built Newport Bridge
which will be featured in the Steel Stories exhibition at Kirkleatham Museum next month. page 3
MBE for social
worker Louise
LOUISE Walker, future MBE, was 16, on a
sensible college course and on her way to a Don’t forget
respectable career…then came rock and roll. to vote
“Me and a friend recklessly "Social work is a difficult and IT’S still not too late to register
abandoned the course - to go round stressful job,” she says, “and it can to vote ahead of May’s Council
the country and follow Whitesnake, a be heart wrenching. What keeps you elections. Residents aged over 18
huge band at the time” she laughs. going is remembering why you're have the chance to choose 59
“For some reason following the lead doing it. You're making a difference. councillors for the borough as
singer, David Coverdale, who was You have the privilege of supporting well as parish councillors on
from Saltburn, had a greater pull than people when they are at their most Thursday 2 May.
essays and exams!” vulnerable. It is fulfilling work. It even However, all voters must be
Thankfully for Redcar and beats following Whitesnake around registered by Friday 12 April.
Cleveland’s most vulnerable children, the country , well…most of the time!" People moving home and those
Louise eventually decided to come The Council is looking for due to turn 18 before this date are
home and started working at a experienced social workers to join urged to make sure they are
Family Centre in Middlesbrough as a our team. An attractive pay and properly registered. Voters are also
crèche worker. reward package, including a ‘golden being made aware of electoral
It was a decision that led to a hello’ payment of up to £5,000, is ward boundary changes since the
degree in social work and a lifetime available. last Council elections. There are
helping some of the most vulnerable now 24 different wards (up from 22)
people in our borough. It also - three and there have been changes to
decades of outstanding work later - the boundaries and sizes of a
led to an MBE. Louise was given the number of wards.
honour in the New Year’s Honours Poll cards will be delivered from
List for services to social care Thursday 21 March which will
including raising the profile of this clearly indicate to each voting
difficult work which does not always household where to vote. It is also
get the best press. possible to vote by post ahead of
"It was overwhelming to receive the May election. Find out more at
the award but I was extremely www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
proud," says Louise, a 52-year-old,
mother-of-one. "It's not just for me
but for everyone I've worked with
down the years.” She explains that
she worked in Children’s and
Triple gold
Families’ Services for 19 years before
making the unusual switch to Adults
Services. She then worked in Adults
for Council
Services for six years before THE Council has been named as a
becoming the Principal Social Worker gold standard organisation for
for the borough. the third time in a row.
We are one of a very few
organisations in the country to
achieve the Investors in People’s
Gold award three times
consecutively and the authority has
been rated as Gold since 2012.
The latest accolade was
achieved under new, tougher
standards by the independent
assessors. The Council is thought
For more information visit www.jobs.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk to be the only authority in the
region to currently have Gold
For an informal discussion about social worker vacancies status. The next assessment will
contact Jayne Bulmer on 01642 771230 take place in 2021. Find out more
at www.investorsinpeople.com
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Stories of Steel
A NEW exhibition forged from the stories of former
steelworkers will launch next month at Kirkleatham Museum.
FURNACE: The pole that was used
by a female steel industry worker to
It’s hoped the exhibition, titled and finished as a Team Leader when light a foundry furnace in 1942.
Steel Stories: Curating Industrial SSI closed in 2015. "I brought in a lot
Heritage in a Landscape of Rapid of artefacts, including lots and lots of
Change, will attract 50,000 visitors. photographs," said Andy who today
Highlights will include a purpose- works on Saltburn Tramway. "I’m
built 'locker room', with interactive looking forward to bringing my whole
features, an historic timeline and family to Kirkleatham Museum to
archive footage. There will also be show them what it was all about."
scale models of the Redcar Blast It is expected that the free Steel
Furnace, as well as a nearby product Stories exhibition will open to the
of Teesside steel: the Newport public on Friday 5 April and will be
Bridge, built entirely with Meccano open for a year.
(see front page).
The exhibition is part of wider iron
and steel projects, part-funded by the
Heritage Lottery Fund and Tees Valley
Combined Authority and supported
by Teesside University, to help
preserve and celebrate our borough's
proud industrial heritage.
Hundreds of former steelworkers
and their families, many with family
stories going back generations, have
contributed. STEEL PROTECTION:
Leo Croft, Steel Stories Project A steel industry helmet.
Officer, said: "It's been amazing. One
of the most interesting contributions
IRON MAN: Former steelworker Andy
came from a lady well into her 90s Savage who has contributed artefacts
who was as one of the first women and photographs for the exhibition.
ever to have lit a foundry furnace,
back in 1942. She brought in part of
the 8ft iron pole that was used to light
it and described it as 'like working in
hell's kitchen'. It’s just one of many
stories which help highlight the social
significance of iron and steel in
Teesside."
One contributor to the project is
former SSI Team Leader Andy
Savage, 46 from Marske, who began
working in for British Steel in 1989
Find out more at www.redcarcleveland.co.uk/enjoy/kirkleatham-museum
page 5
Foster carers at the ‘heart and
soul’ of recruitment campaign
FOSTER carers in Redcar and Cleveland are opening up
their hearts and homes and changing young people’s lives forever
thanks to the success of a fostering recruitment campaign.
The recruitment campaign, a number of different types of have cared for 22 children over a
launched last spring, has resulted in fostering arrangements, long and seven-year period said:
an additional 50 local children being short term, to meet the different “You really have to give your all to
placed with Council foster carers. needs of children in the care system. fostering and commit to the children
Despite the 20% increase in foster Recent recruit to fostering, Melanie in your care.
carers the Council is still in need of Lindsey, from Liverton Mines, explains “Watching a child who is confused
new carers to provide a stable home why she chose to become a foster and had no stability in life and
environment due to the number of carer: providing them with the support and
children in care increasing by 66% “I have always wanted to be a warmth of a loving home is all the
over the last five years. foster carer and felt that now was the reward you need.
Fostering and adoption both right time to do it. “Our advice to anyone thinking
involve bringing a child into your “The process from start to finish about fostering is to do it and change
home to care for and nurture however took around six to seven months and a child’s life for the better.”
there are some clear differences. was very thorough which is
Adoption is a legal and permanent understandable as you will be looking
way of providing a new family for after vulnerable young people.
children who cannot be brought up I am really enjoying looking after my
by their own parents. first child and feel like I am serving a
Fostering is a temporary and fixed real purpose in life.”
term arrangement, where a child is Experienced foster carers, Helen
cared for by another family. There are and Steve Pasco, from Saltburn, who
Helen and Steve Pasco, Foster Carers from Saltburn
Melanie Lindsey,
Foster Carer from
Liverton Mines
If you think you can change a child’s life please contact the fostering team on
01642 444087 or visit www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/fostering for more details.
page 7
A day in the life…
of a dog warden
and pest control officer
WE joined dog warden Steve
Maguire for the day and found out
Late morning Early afternoon
how a love of the animals is a crucial A report of a stray in Redcar is made After lunch, Steve explains that when
part of the job. to the Council’s call centre and Steve he finds a stray he scans the dog and
is contacted to attend immediately. traces the owner and returns it. If he
Early morning “You get people chasing dogs but, of has concerns he’ll contact the
course, you can never run as fast as a RSPCA. Today, he is taking an
Steve comes in to the office in
dog and it’s counter-productive,” untagged dog to Maxi’s Mates
Redcar for 8.15am from Saltburn for
says Steve. “Our advice is clear: don’t Rescue and Rehoming Centre at
an 8.30 start. After double-checking
chase the dog or try and catch it – Carlin Howe Farm, near Dunsdale.
there are no outstanding jobs he
just call us. We’ve even found people “It is an excellent charity, they have
starts patrolling the borough. “There
stopping a car on the A66 before dedicated staff devoted to the
used to be more strays when I started dogs,” he says. If it goes to Maxi’s
trying to and catch a dog which is
this job in 2000,” he says. “You like the Council fines the owner £25 and
very dangerous. Usually,
to think the situation has improved Maxi’s charge £8 for every day it’s
I’ll simply open the
partly because people are better there. The dogs are the responsibility
van and shout and,
informed which is something we try of the Council for seven days. After
with a little bit of
to do. We also offer a free that they’re paid for by Maxi’s and are
time, the dog will
‘microchipping’ service and can put up for adoption.
just jump in.”
help dog owners get vouchers
for dog neutering from The Dogs
Trust.”
Late afternoon
Steve explains that about half his
time is spent dealing with called-in
DOG DAY: Dog warden
Steve Maguire with pest control jobs including rats, mice
Gyspy the stray dog. and wasps. “If we get a call for a
protected species, typically it will be
honey bees, we’ll offer advice and if
they have to be moved call the
Cleveland Bee Society.”
Steve is called to deal with a mice
infestation in a house. He explains
that he is constantly monitoring the
phone for jobs. “Occasionally you
might get a report of a dog being
aggressive,” he says. “Usually they’re
simply frightened and barking out of
fear but if a dog’s tail and hackles is
up and its showing its teeth that
means it could attack. If it’s a dog-on-
dog situation we deal with it but if a
dog is attacking a person it’s one for
the police.
“I love to be outside and I’m a big
dog-lover and at the end of the day
you feel you’ve done your bit for your
community.”
Maxi’s is on the look out for
volunteers and needs contributions
from the public. Log on to
www.maxismates.org or call
07507 104636.
The Council’s contact team can be called on 01642 774774
page 8
Huge investment
plan approved
TEES Valley councils have announced a £588 million
investment plan to transform our economy.
Millions of pounds are to be for creating hundreds of jobs. vision for the area.
invested in transport, education, The ambition is to deliver a world- Funding has been agreed for
employment and skills, culture and class industrial business park that will transport schemes in our borough,
tourism and business growth. This ensure sustained economic growth, including the potential to extend the
funding has been secured thanks to contribute an additional £1 billion TransPennine Express train service
the devolution deal negotiated by each year into the economy and from Manchester to Saltburn,
Tees Valley councils in 2016. transform the area into a global improve access to Redcar station and
The money will be spent right industrial leader. Infrastructure potential bus improvements. There
across the Tees Valley including our development has already started with will also be up to £20 million for
borough to improve transport, the development of the roundabout
Revitalising Redcar and £10 million
education, employment and skills, to access the South Bank Wharf site
for schemes across the Borough that
culture and tourism and business and the land acquisition.
growth. Government has recently approved will strengthen our area as a great
The plan includes a deal to acquire £14 million to establish construction place to invest, work, live and visit.
more than half of all developable access and utilities at the STDC site The Tees Valley Investment Plan
land at the South Tees Development which will be the UK's first "special covers the period from 2019 to 2029
Corporation (STDC) site which economic area" and news that a gas- and aims to create 16,875 jobs and
stretches from Redcar to South Bank. powered, carbon-capture energy add an additional £1.48 billion
Work on the newly-acquired land will plant could be built in the coming economic output to the Tees Valley.
start this year to make the site ready years has been welcome as a key step Find out more at
for new investment with the potential towards delivering our low carbon www.teesvalley-ca.gov.uk
INDUSTRY: Construction
work continues as the ships
come in at Teesport.
page 9
Supporting our
REDCAR and Cleveland is home to a host of thriving businesses
and we’re proud to support our local entrepreneurs.
Our Business Growth Team works with
start-up and established companies and
social enterprises with expert advice,
practical guidance such as business
planning and sourcing financial support.
Now our team’s dedicated members are
reaching out to more businesses to explain
how they can help with start-up grants,
development loans, helping find premises
and advice on recruitment. And, of course,
our services are free of charge.
So, if you have a great business idea and
need some help to make it a reality, are
already in business in Redcar and Cleveland
and looking to grow or considering moving
your business to our borough, we can help.
Find out more about the Business The Halt, in Redcar, is a
Growth Team at new micropub which is fast
www.redcarcleveland.co.uk/business and gaining a reputation for its
get in touch on 01642 444366 or email: live music offer. The bar
business@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk to see received £10,000 in funding
how we can help your business boom. for a complete renovation
We’d like to introduce you to some of our of the premises on Station
success stories. Road. Co-owner Lee
Shore, said: “We used the
funds for the decorating,
new flooring, the outside
the electrics, new toilets,
everything really. We’re
such a small business in a
small bar but it’s really
taken off in short space of
time.”
North Shire is a holiday village with a difference and
offers a hobbit house, a cottage with a secret wardrobe,
gypsy caravans and a quaint pie house and café. Carol
Cavendish, owner of Norh Shire in Liverton, said:
“We’ve had a lot of grant funding, we’ve had business
advice, we’ve had help with business plans. They have
guided us from day one and helped us achieve dreams.”
page 10businesses
Light Up North creates unique
illuminated artworks from a small
work shop in Saltburn and played a
starring role in the 2017 Festival of
Thrift with a stunning display. Now
employing an apprentice and an
assistant, the business is booming.
Partner Emma Krause, said: “We
took the Business Growth Team an
idea. They could see the potential,
they could see the niche and they
really supported us to make our
idea into a proper business.”
The team also supports social enterprises such as the East Cleveland Youth
Housing Trust. Andy Petterson, Social Business Manager, offered some advice to
businesses: “Approach the Business Growth Team. They can certainly give you
the right links that you need and support with things like your business plans and
get you up and running. There’s always someone there who can help out.”
page 11Martyn starts 100th job
third career success for Hub
A FORMER SSI worker who also had to quit his next job as THE award-winning Grangetown Training and
a HGV driver after being diagnosed with epilepsy has Employment Hub has reached the milestone of
started a third career. helping 100 Grangetown residents find work.
Martyn Nelson, 34, of Brotton, has set up in business as a Unemployed since
gardener, handyman and fence erector with support from the May last year, 52-year-old
SSI Task Force. father-of-five, Alan Gray’s
He explained he had a young family when SSI closed but future looked bleak.
was already qualified as a HGV driver and soon found work. But he now has a new
However, when he was suddenly diagnosed with epilepsy last job with Bentall
year he had to give up that job too and was forced to start a Rowlands assisting the
new career for the third time in building of the silos at
as many years. the under-construction
“Last year was horrendous MGT Power Plant.
after the diagnosis,” he said, “I felt like moving into
explaining his daughters were the Hub I was there that
10 and four when SSI closed. often,” he said. “I had
The business is called Mr Clean loads of support with my
and Tidy and Martyn is hoping CV and training and if it
to find work from older people, wasn’t for them, I
or people too busy to maintain wouldn’t have this job.”
their gardens, nursing homes The Grangetown
or anyone who needs a Training and
gardening or light building Employment Hub is
work including pointing and supported by the SSI
repairs. He can be contacted Task Force and can be
on: 07572 971871 or at contacted on
mrcleanandtidy@outlook.com 01642 459035.
page 12Annual Review
2018/19
pages 13 - 24
Last year we took a fresh
look at the Council’s vision
and values. We produced a
new plan - Our Flourishing
Future - which targets
improvements to help
improve the lives of
everybody in the borough.
We have been working hard
to deliver that and the next
10 pages are devoted to
what your Council is doing to
fulfil these key ambitions.
Racing ahead! Hundreds of people took part in the
Eston Nab race – one of many highly
successful sporting and cultural events
held in the borough this year.
page 13A year in the
IT’S been a year of important breakthroughs for industry and tourism - and
for pride in the success of our young people who earned national attention.
Our schools and pupils continued
to do well and in April Overfields
Primary in Ormesby welcomed the
Royal Ballet to the school after being
crowned regional winners of a
competition. Later in the year, St
Bede’s RC Primary in Marske was
named as Sunday Times State
Primary of the Year.
In May, the borough became one
of the few dementia-friendly areas in
the country and businesses signed up
to adapt to help people living with
the condition.
There was good news for the
industrial economy in June as Sirius
Minerals began the construction of a
23-mile fertiliser transport tunnel from
Whitby to Teesport. The tourism
economy was also boosted by
another great summer of events
including Redcar’s Sprint Triathlon,
Saltburn Food Festival and the Proms APRIL: The Royal Opera House visited Overfields Primary School in Ormesby.
at Guisborough all on one day in July,
and also in August when the Saltburn
Tramway reopened following a major
restoration.
Tens of thousands more visitors
once again came to the Festival of
Thrift in Kirkleatham in September.
That same month, our young people
were also celebrated on BBC 2’s
Mighty Redcar documentary series
and Redcar & Cleveland College
merged with Stockton Riverside
College.
There was more good news for
industry as the South Tees
Development Corporation secured
£14 million of Government money to
improve the huge industrial site from
Redcar to South Bank.
In November, the powerful image
of First World War soldier Theo
Jones’ likeness being washed off
Redcar beach was shown across the
country on the centenary of the end
of the war. The future of our area was
also highlighted in the House of
Commons when our young
parliamentarian, Guisborough’s
Kellen Hadfield, 16, did us all proud
AUGUST: The Eston Nab Challenge Race was held again for the first time in many years. when he spoke at the House of
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NOVEMBER: Star of BBC 2’s The Might Redcar, Dylan Cartlidge, performs
at the Council’s Looked After Children Awards. Dylan was fostered himself.
Commons despatch box in a debate could shape the future of the
on knife crime. borough and the Tees Valley for years
Another of the borough’s to come (see more on page 9).
internationally important attractions, In February councillor candidates
the world’s oldest lifeboat, The were announced for May’s Council
Zetland, was moved for the first time Elections and, looking ahead, we can
in 55 years in December for expect further progress being made
refurbishment and in January there on developing the Kirkleatham
was very big news when the Tees Walled Garden as well as the arrival NOVEMBER: The image of First World War
Valley Combined Authority agreed a of the Tour de Yorkshire cycling in soldier, Theo Jones, killed during the
£588 million Investment Plan which 2020. bombardment of Hartlepool, on Redcar beach.
SEPTEMBER: The Festival of Thrift brought thousands of visitors into the borough.
this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2018/19 page 15Strong and confident
communities
WORKING with community champions in our
neighbourhoods and developing town centres as well
as reducing poverty and challenging unacceptable
” • More than 150 people and
organisations have signed up to
the Redcar and Cleveland
Ambassador programme and are
behaviour are key aims. talking up the borough,
encouraging people to live, visit
and invest in the area.
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are: • The 100th anniversary of the end of
World War One meant 2018 was a
• helping communities become more self-sufficient;
special year for the Armed Forces
• increasing investment in our communities and business centres;
community across Redcar and
• challenging unacceptable behaviour; Cleveland. Thousands attended
• welcoming new people to the borough. events to mark Armed Forces Day
in June and crowds turned out in
Redcar to see the Yorkshire
Here is what we did in 2018/19 Regiment’s the Freedom of the
to achieve these outcomes: Borough parade. Again, thousands
attended ceremonies to mark
• Volunteers from community groups • This was a year of celebration for
Remembrance Sunday and crowds
across Redcar and Cleveland have women across Redcar and
gathered on Redcar beach to see
done – and continue to do – Cleveland. The annual Inspiring
an image of a soldier killed in
fantastic work to keep your Women Awards in June
World War One, which was part of
wonderful beaches clean with recognised the outstanding
an arts project headed by director
regular litter picks. To help keep achievements of women from
Danny Boyle.
the Borough clean, the Council is across the borough and a range of
removing all single-use plastic from other activities took place to mark • The Mighty Redcar – the
our operations. We are also the centenary year of women documentary supported by the
encouraging businesses and being given the vote. Council Council which aired in September
contractors to reduce their plastic activities included a staff walk, – was a huge success and
waste and champion recycling. litter pick and a charity cycle showcased the inspirational stories
challenge which raised money for of young people making their way
COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Nichola Mathie, donations to Eva Woman’s Aid and in the world.
her two children Max aged 6 and Isabelle to food banks at Christmas.
8, and other volunteers take part in a mass
litter pick on Redcar beach
page 16EXCITING PLANS: Investment
plans are being developed at
the South Tees Development
Corporation industrial site
stretching from the former SSI
Prosperity for all steelworks to South Bank. MGT
”
Power is currently developing
its industries at the site.
DEVELOPING our economy, attracting
investment and attracting tourism are crucial for
• A real alternative to using high-
the future of the borough. cost lenders will be offered by the
South Tees Community Bank,
which will open branches in Redcar
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are: and Middlesbrough this spring.
Moneywise Credit Union will run
• creating more jobs;
the bank, thanks to £465,000 in
• attracting more businesses and business start-ups; support from the SSI Task Force.
• developing the tourism industry;
• Hundreds of high-quality jobs will
• building more homes.
be created by projects such as the
Sirius Minerals pipeline and MGT
Here is what we did in 2018/19 Power’s renewable energy plant
which both moved forward at a
to achieve these outcomes: pace in the past 12 months.
• Years of work by the Council to • Some 901 people have been • A £588 million Investment Plan
develop the South Tees helped into a job and a further which will transform the economy
Development Corporation, which 2,942 have received training of Redcar and Cleveland and the
will bring high quality jobs to the through the Grangetown Training wider Tees Valley has been agreed.
former Redcar steel works site and and Employment Hub. The East Years of hard work by the Council –
wider area, is coming to fruition. Cleveland Training and and other councils in the Tees
The purchase of 1,420 acres of Employment Hub in Skinningrove Valley – in setting up the Tees
land is a huge step forward, with opened in the spring last year and Valley Combined Authority and
investors already committed to the so far it has helped 196 people gaining devolution from the
site. The Corporation aims to into work and provided training for Government had made the huge
eventually bring around 20,000 a further 169. investment possible.
jobs to the site once it is fully • Saltburn Cliff Tramway reopened
developed. last summer after a major
refurbishment.
this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2018/19 page 17Brighter future
for our children
WE will ensure our children and young people do well at school,
are protected them from harm and have the confidence they
need to get a job and contribute to the community.
”
• Children in our care, who do not
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are: live with their parents, can now
spend quality time with their family
• maximise school attendance; after the Council opened Beach
• ensure all children and young people are safe from harm; House in Redcar. The converted
• reduce child poverty; house has 12 private rooms for
• ensure children are ready to start school; families to spend time together
• make sure young people leave school with the skills and privately.
confidence for work; • A record 364 young people from
• help children and young people with special educational needs the borough achieved gold, silver
and disabilities lead fulfilling, independent lives; or bronze qualifications in the
• support children and young people in our care; Duke of Edinburgh Awards and
more than 300 signed up to the
• increase the number of apprenticeships; National Citizen Service. Kellen
• maximise employment opportunities for young people. Hadfield, Youth Member of
Parliament for Redcar and
Cleveland, took the lead for the
Here is what we did during 2018/19 North East region in a Youth
to help achieve these outcomes: Parliament debate on knife crime.
And young people in the borough
• Around 100 people have a • Our primary schools are among won the hearts of the nation with
brighter future after gaining an the best in the country, with 71% their inspiring stories in The Mighty
industry-recognised qualification of children at Key Stage 2 Redcar.
through the Council’s achieving expected or above • An additional 50 young people
Apprenticeship Scheme over the expected levels in reading, writing now have a safe and loving home
past year. and maths, compared to 64% in the borough after an
nationally. The achievement was overwhelming public response to a
topped off when St Bede’s Primary foster carer recruitment drive by
in Marske was named State the Council.
Primary of the Year by the Sunday
Times. • The future of quality further
education in the borough was
secured when Redcar & Cleveland
College merged with Stockton
Riverside College. The Redcar-
based college will keep its own
campus and name under the
merger.
SUCCESS: Duke of
Edinburgh gold award winner
Alice Hutchinson helped
inspire a record of number of
participants last year.
page 18Longer and healthier lives
WE are committed to improving the health outcomes for all people in the borough.
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are:
• Twenty five purpose-built
bungalows for older people and
”
people with disabilities who need
• reducing harm caused by smoking, obesity and alcohol; care and support to live
• helping vulnerable adults to lead safe, independent fulfilling lives independently were opened at
in their own homes as long as possible; The Cliffs in Brotton. The new
• improving house offers for people with disabilities; residents moved into the
supported housing development –
• supporting good mental health;
an initiative by the Council and
• encouraging more active lifestyles. Beyond Housing – in the Autumn.
• People will be encouraged to
Here is what we did in 2018/19 become more active and healthy
to achieve these outcomes: through a scheme funded by Sport
England. A plan is being
• Innovative courses run by the • Hundreds of people – from serious developed and the scheme will be
Redcar & Cleveland Care Academy athletes to fun runners – turn out introduced over the coming years.
are providing high-quality training every week to enjoy park runs and
• People with dementia are being
in the care industry. Everyone who junior park runs at Locke Park or
helped to live as normal a life as
completes a course is guaranteed Flatts Lane. And hundreds of
possible. Redcar & Cleveland has
an interview at a local care residents enjoyed our beautiful
been named as one of only a few
company. countryside in the summer and
areas in the country to achieve
winter walking festivals.
dementia-friendly status. All
council staff have been given the
opportunity to undertake the
Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia
Friends Awareness programme.
DEMENTIA FRIENDLY: A sing
along for people living with
memory loss at The Dunes
supported housing in Redcar.
The borough has attained
‘dementia-friendly’ status.
this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2018/19 page 19Attractive and
vibrant places
”
OUR historic town and village centres are vital to help grow our
economy but also help this to remain a wonderful place to live.
More quality housing is also essential. We aim to improve our
cultural and leisure offer even further in the year ahead.
PRIORY PROMS: Proms in the
Priory was a big musical event
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are: in the summer. This year
Gisborough Priory will celebrate
• increasing supply and quality of housing; its 900th anniversary.
• improving our town centres;
• developing our leisure, cultural and visitor offer.
Here is what we did in 2018/19
to achieve these outcomes:
• Around £5 million was spent on
improving all aspects of the borough
over the past 12 months. Some 99
investment projects – which include
Council-led schemes as well as those
supporting both private and partner
agency projects – have been chosen
to be progressed. The target is to
create 1,642 jobs, 176 businesses
and 2,248 new homes over the next
four years. Projects delivered in full
so far include the £220,000 council-
led scheme to improve Eston Town
Square and the private company-led
scheme to improve the retail area at
Low Grange, South Bank.
• More than 350 new houses were
built on a number of new
developments in the past 12 months.
• Redcar’s Northern Quarter has
become a destination of choice with
a range of new businesses arriving.
Independent retailers and new
micropubs and restaurants –
including the Beacon Lounge – have
provided a fresh attraction for
visitors.
• Plans for improvements to industrial
estates at Skelton, Skippers Lane and
Longbeck near Marske have been
announced.
page 20Good connections
”
STRENGTHENING our transport network, ensuring the council is well-connected with
business and communities and improving access to good broadband are key.
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are:
• strengthening our transport network;
• improving broadband;
• ensuring the council is well-connected with both businesses and
communities.
Here is what we did in 2018/19 to achieve these outcomes:
• Transport in the borough will be • Super-fast fibre-optic broadband is • All 15,471 lanterns on street lights
improved through a new plan after now available to what is believed across the borough will be replace
businesses and members of the to be more than 97% of all with energy-efficient LED bulbs,
public gave their opinion about households in the borough after £2 which will significantly reduce the
what should change. The plan will million of funding for improvement annual energy bill for the borough.
feed into a wider plan for the Tees work was secured from the
Valley. Government, Tees Valley
Combined Authority, BT
• Jobseekers have been getting free
Openreach and the Council.
rail travel, thanks to a partnership
WORK WAY: A trail
with Northern Railway, in a six- rail transport scheme
month trial designed to help to help jobseekers
people find work. find work is ongoing.
this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2018/19 page 21Enriching lives through
culture and sport
WE have stunningly beautiful countryside, first-class
attractions and award-winning festivals in our borough
and we are determined to use these incredible assets
” • The Tour de Yorkshire will come to
Redcar and Cleveland next year.
The event which attracts a global
television audience of around 12.5
for the benefit of all. million, will cement the borough’s
position as a destination for world
class cycling events.
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are: • The Redcar Running Festival and
Redcar Triathlon both attracted
• improving our heritage offer; large high-quality fields, including
• building participation in culture; Olympian Michelle Dillon at the
• strengthening our sporting programme; triathlon. This year also saw Eston
• increasing the number of events and festivals; successfully host the inaugural
• attracting more visitors. Eston Nab Challenge Race which
saw 200 hardy runners race up to
the Nab and back.
Here’s what we did • The East Cleveland Klondike • Work on the Kirkleatham Catering
in 2018/19 to achieve Grand Prix was again a huge
success in 2018. The event, which
Academy and Walled Garden has
started. The £8 million project
these aims: is organised by volunteers from the includes a restored historic walled
East Cleveland Big Local, garden with kitchen, garden and
• The Festival of Thrift was again a combines world class cycling with formal areas with fountains,
huge success, attracting more than the beautiful countryside of East seating and planting. It will also
45,000 visitors to Kirkleatham over Cleveland and attracts thousands feature a café restaurant and
a weekend in September – despite of spectators both local and private events space for weddings
bad weather. The festival featured from further afield. The event and functions. Training and job
the creativity and ingenuity of will return this year. opportunities in catering,
businesses, performers and hospitality and horticulture will be
individuals after the festival was available to local people.
launched with a parade through
Redcar and a special showing of • Hotels and B&Bs in Saltburn,
the re-enactment of Atonement, Guisborough and Loftus have been
which was filmed on Redcar Beach. able to apply for matched funding
to improve the quality and
quantity of overnight stay
accommodation in a new
scheme. New applications
are welcome, email
placeinvestment@
redcarcleveland.gov.uk
GEARING UP:
Organisers
celebrate the
announcement
that the Tour
de Yorkshire
will come to
the borough
page 22 next year.Clean and safe
environment
MAKING sure our communities, beaches and beautiful countryside are kept
clean and safe, waste is dealt with the most green-friendly way and the
environment is protected is an important part of what we do.
”
Square Footpath in Redcar,
The outcomes we are striving to deliver are: Saltburn Shelter, Skinningrove Co-
op Site Footpath, the Brotton
• more effective management on increasing waste; badger art sculptures and Hazel
• reducing littering; Grove footpath in Saltburn.
• keeping beaches clean; • New £50,000 flood defence works
• reducing carbon emissions; protecting Saltburn Miniature
• preventing flooding. Railway and surrounding
woodlands were completed.
• Eight of the borough’s best-loved
Here is what we did in 2018/19 parks will be part of a new
to achieve these outcomes: foundation. The Council secured
£194,000 to form the Park
• Wildflowers planted on verges and • The borough is a brighter place Foundation – due to begin
roundabouts across the area thanks to the delivery of 85 operating next year – to help
received rave reviews. The improvement schemes so far. manage Flatts Lane, Guisborough
fragrant, colourful flowers provided Nearly £200,000 was spent in the Forest and Walkway, Eston
an environment for nature to last 12 months on projects Recreation Ground, Locke Park in
flourish as well as brightening up including: Grangetown Cenotaph, Redcar, Zetland Park, Borough Park
the borough’s roads. Easington Cenotaph, Roseberry in Redcar, King George V Playing
Fields in Guisborough and
Marshall Drive Playing Fields in
Brotton.
this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2018/19 page 23Balancing the books
A COMBINATION of reduced
funding and increased demand for
services has seen the Council deal
with financial challenges in excess of
£83.5 million since 2010.
Next year is no different, with the budget for
2019/20 catering for core funding from government
being reduced by a further £4 million, alongside
reductions in business rates income and increased
costs from more children coming into care.
How the Council’s spend is made up is shown to the
right. The largest proportion of spend is on Schools
and Education for which the Council receives a specific
grant from government, closely followed by Adult
Social Care, Revenues and Benefits, and Children’s
Services.
Part of the funding for the Council’s budget comes
from Council Tax. The amount of charge by household
will be notified to residents in the 2019/20 Council Tax
Bills due to be delivered the week beginning Monday
11 March.
The Council offers a local Support Scheme which Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Budget:
can cover up to 82.5% of Council Tax charges for low Approximate percentages
income working age households and up to 100% of
Adult Social Care (20.2%) Highways and Street
the charge for low income pension age households.
Lighting (1.8%)
There may also be discounts and reductions that can
Public Health (4.3%)
be given for example where a household is occupied Economic Growth and
by students, single adults or providers of foster care. Regeneration (8.9%)
Neighbourhoods (5.3%)
To find more about Council Tax Support visit the
Council’s website www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk and Children’s Services (11.6%) Revenues and
search for ’Council Tax Support.’ For details of Benefits (19.1%)
discounts and reductions search for ‘discounts and Schools and Education (26.9%)
reductions.’ Other Corporate
Services (1.9%)
Find out more at www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/counciltax-advice
workers.
Early Help Services review Under the proposals, activities which are currently
THE Council is reviewing Early Help services within available at Children’s Centres across the borough would
Children and Families Services. be targeted to those specifically in need and services will
The increasing number of children in our care and the be delivered in response to the needs of the local
complexity of their needs has put severe financial pressure community.
on the Council. This demand continues to rise and now The Council held a period of consultation with affected
the Council is reviewing its Early Help provision to reduce staff which ended on 21 February. It is proposed the new
the overall cost of this by £1.2 million. This £1.2 million arrangement will begin on April 1. Current services will
will be retained within the Children and Families continue to operate as normal until then.
directorate to support the cost of providing critical The Council’s priority is to ensure children and young
services. people are safe, and protected from harm and neglect.
Early help support will continue to be provided to We will always ensure we make the best use of resources
families who need it. This review proposes to reduce what and target the communities that have the greatest levels
is currently an extensive local authority early help offer. It of need. There will also be a greater emphasis on working
is proposed that there will be Family Hubs located in each with our partners such as schools and voluntary sector
of the three areas of the borough which will provide an agencies to coordinate support for vulnerable children,
integrated offer of early help incorporating services such young people and families together. Find out more at
as health visitors, school nurses and Early Help key www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/adult-children-health
page 24 this is Redcar & Cleveland Annual Review 2018/19Passionate about a GRADUATES IN CARE:
Care Academy Graduates,
Career in Care?
Georgina Terry (left) and Airine
Finnigan (right) with employer
Lisa Lonsdale, Meadowvale
Homecare Manager.
A FREE six-week training course in adult social care, with a guaranteed job
interview at the end, is available to people passionate about working in care.
Following the launch of the Redcar & Cleveland Care
Academy in January 2018, it is projected by May this year The next Care Academy starts on Monday
more than 100 students will have graduated. Of these 8 April at Redcar and Cleveland College.
graduates, in the region of 65 will have been offered
An information session will be held at the college on
employment by local care providers.
Monday 1 April between 10am and 11am.
Georgina Terry, who graduated from the Care Academy
in November 2018 and secured employment with Skelton Another six week academy course will start on
based Meadowvale Homecare, explained: “I saw the Care Monday 10 June and an information session will be
Academy on the Council’s website and went to one of the held at the college on Monday 3 June.
open days where I enrolled on the six-week training For further information or to register your interest
course. This is my first job in care and I am finding it very please contact Redcar & Cleveland College at:
rewarding and would definitely recommend the training to employability@stockton.ac.uk or 01642 865561.
anyone wanting to work in adult care.”
Community bank Home pride
due to open STAFF and residents at a Council care home are
celebrating after being awarded an overall
‘good’ rating for supporting adults with
A NEW credit union will open on Redcar High Street this
spring. Moneywise has been chosen to operate the bank which learning disabilities.
will be called the South Tees Community Bank. Jervaulx Road Residential Care Home in
The credit union has been awarded £465,000 SSI Task Force Skelton, which delivers personal care for adults
with a learning disability, was also rated
Funding and is an established organisation operating across the
‘outstanding’ in the ‘responding to people’s
region with more than 12,000 members and net assets in excess
needs’ category. Find out more at
of £4.3 million.
www.cqc.org.uk
The community bank is already open for business online.
Symon Agnew, Moneywise CEO, explained that community banks
– or credit unions – are designed to offer an alternative to high
cost lenders and offer credit to some people who might
otherwise be financially excluded. However, he stressed the
Need an apprentice?
bank would be available to everyone and not just those in FUNDING is available for businesses in Redcar
financial difficulty. and Cleveland who wish to take on an
apprentice.
Find out more at www.southteescommunitybank.org.uk Up to £500 will be paid and the Council may
An established credit union also exists in South Bank. also help with transport costs and required tools.
Find out more by emailing sbcreditunion@hotmail.com Find out more by calling 01642 444366.
page 25Here’s what you need to know about the
East Cleveland Klondike.
Time and date
Sunday 14 April
The race begins at 12pm and is expected
THE KLONDIKE to end around 4pm.
What is the route?
RETURNS The race begins and ends at
Guisborough’s Westgate, taking a figure
of eight loop route through Charltons,
Margrove Park, Boosbeck, Lingdale,
THE Klondike Grand Prix is back, thanks Carlin How, Loftus, Easington, Liverton,
Liverton Mines, Brotton, Saltburn and
to the hard work of dedicated volunteers. Skelton. Riders will complete the loop
three times.
This is the third year the East Cleveland community, led by volunteer
group The East Cleveland Big Local, has brought this fantastic event to How early should people get
the area and it has firmly established itself as one of the region’s premier there for a good view?
cycling races. Westgate will be packed with spectators
The thrilling 95+-mile race begins in Guisborough’s Westgate and enjoying the thrilling sight of the high-
challenges the country’s top cyclists as they pursue glory through the speed race. You are advised to get there
stunning surrounds of East Cleveland and this year promises to be bigger around 11am for the best viewing
and better than ever. position.
The race, proudly part of British Cycling’s Spring Series HSBC Elite
Cycling Series, is brought to you by East Cleveland Villages Big Local in Will roads be closed on the day?
partnership with professional race organisers Velo 29. Westgate will be closed but the rest of
the route will be closed on a ‘rolling’
basis. The riders will be accompanied by
police and race officials ensuring their
path is free of potential danger. Drivers
are asked to follow the instructions of the
police as certain roads may be blocked
to allow safe passage of the riders.
Roads should not be blocked for more
than 15 minutes at any one time.
How can I get involved?
You can come along on the day and
make as much noise as possible!
In previous years, people have decorated
the route with bikes, put up bunting and
made their own flags.
Where can I find out more
information?
Keep an eye on
www.eastclevelandklondikegp.co.uk
or follow the race’s Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/eckgp/
page 26What’s A look at what’s going on across
Redcar & Cleveland and key events
across the Tees Valley from March
ON:
Every Tuesday, Thursday 22 March
to June 2019.
For more information about these events
and for a full list visit our events website at
www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/events
The events listed are subject to change.
Early April
and Saturday Rustic Stool Making Introductory Open Day
Guisborough Market Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar Smith’s Dock Bowling Club
Westgate Time: 9.30am - 3pm Members wanted
Time: 9am - 4pm Cost: £60. Limited to 5 participants, Middlesbrough
booking essential, visit Any interest in bowling please
Every Friday www.eventbrite.co.uk for more contact Tom Hartness on
Redcar Market information and to book your place. 01642 466542 or Linda Turner
Redcar High Street
22 March 07791 901423
Time: 9am - 4pm
Heritage Talk 5 April
First Tuesday of each month by Peter Appleton
Loftus Town Hall The Forgotten Industry - an overview Burden of Paradise
Tea Dance of what alum is, what its uses were, Featuring the legendary
Loftus Town Hall where it was made, how it was made, Saxophone player
who was involved in making it, and
Time: 2pm - 4pm
the landscape legacy it left us.
Snake Davis
Cost: £1 - includes tea and biscuits. Loftus Town Hall
Loftus Town Hall
For more information please call Time: Doors open at 6pm
Time: 7pm (doors open from 6.30)
01287 641000 or email Cost: £10. Tickets are available from
Cost: Free Entry
office@loftustc.co.uk Wold Pottery store in Loftus,
30 March or call 01287 640100.
First Saturday of each month
Mother’s Day Willow Crafts
Primrose Bell Market Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park 5 April
Cleveland Street, Redcar. Time: 1pm - 3pm Steel Stories Exhibition
Time: 10am - 4pm Cost: £3 per child An engaging exhibition experience,
First Saturday of each month which will also showcase industrial-
Redcar themed artwork from local artists and
former steelworkers with a passion for
Alternative Market the region’s iron and steel heritage.
High Street, Redcar New and existing art will be on
Time: 9am - 4pm. display, providing unique
Second Saturday of the month interpretations, particularly of one of
Saltburn the region’s most iconic structures:
the Redcar Blast Furnace.
Farmers’ Market
Saltburn Railway Platform, Saltburn 9 and 11 April
Time: 9am - 4pm Family Craft Activities
Cost: Free - for more information go All children must be accompanied by
to www.saltburnfarmersmarket.com an adult.
13 March Time: 10am - 3.30pm
Tuned In! Classical Recitals Cost: From £2 per activity
19, 20 and 21 April Kirkleatham Museum,
Susanna Braun (Piano) Tom Rolfe Productions proudly present Redcar TS10 5NW
Tuned In!, Redcar
Mother Goose
01642 479500
Time: 1.30pm
10 April
Pantomime
Cost: £7.50
Susanna Braun was born in 1999 in Tuned In!
The Hague to Swiss parents and
began learning the piano at the age
Coatham Memorial Hall, Redcar Classical Recitals
Early bird tickets £9.50 (if booked
of nine. Susanna has performed in before 1 April). See website for Marcus Forster (Guitar)
Canada and been on the prize- show times and to book: Tuned In!, Redcar
winners’ podia at festivals across www.redcarpanto.co.uk Time: 1.30pm
Europe. Cost: £7.50
page 27What’s ON:
12 and 15 April
Easter Wildlife Explorers
12 April at Flatts Lane
Walk on!
IT’S the 50th year of the Cleveland Way
Woodland Country Park and celebrations are being planned
15 April at Guisborough throughout the year.
Forest & Walkway The 109-mile National Trail is popular with
Time: 1pm - 3pm hikers across the UK and northern Europe and it is
Cost: £2.50 per child set to become a key stretch of the England Coast
16 and 18 April Path, a 2,795-mile trail due for completion in 2020.
Easter Crafts A landscape artist has been commissioned to
All children must be accompanied by paint images of the walk which includes Saltburn
an adult. before running into the North Yorkshire Moors.
Time: 10am - 3.30pm The history of Cleveland Way began in the
Cost: From £2 per activity 1930s when Middlesbrough Rambling Club
Kirkleatham Museum, started promoting long-distance walks along the
Redcar TS10 5NW coast and member, Alec Falconer, was later
01642 479500 instrumental planning the route over 16 years. The
Way was officially launched on May 24, 1969 from
18 April Helmsley Castle.
‘Flatts Lane Rocks’ Find out more about the Cleveland Way at
Launch Workshop www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cleveland-way
Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Cost: £2 per child 22 April 27 May
22 April Easter Monday Zetland Gold Cup
Gisborough Priory Family Raceday Sports Day
Easter Fun Day Redcar Racecourse Redcar Racecourse
Gisborough Priory Site Time: Gates open 11am, Time: Gates open 11am,
& Woodland Gardens racing 2pm - 5.25pm racing 2pm - 5pm
Time: 1pm - 3.30pm www.redcarracing.co.uk www.redcarracing.co.uk
Cost: Free Entry 15 May 24 and 27 May
Tuned In! Classical Recitals Bat Walk and Talk
Misha Tyshkul (Piano) 24 May at Flatts Lane
Tuned In!, Redcar Woodland Country Park
Time: 1.30pm 27 May at Guisborough
Cost: £7.50 Forest & Walkway
Time: 8.30pm - 10pm
Cost: Free
28 and 30 May
11 May Family Craft Activities
Saltburn Pier All children must be accompanied by
an adult.
150th anniversary Time: 10am - 3.30pm
Cost: From £2 per activity
celebration Kirkleatham Museum,
Join in the celebrations as Redcar TS10 5NW
Saltburn’s much-loved pier 01642 479500
reaches the grand old age of 150!
The party begins in the morning
with community-organised family
activities on the beach and lower 15 June
promenade. As the sun sets across
the beach, newly designed
Gisborough Priory’s
lighting will illuminate the pier and 900th Anniversary
tramway for years to come. Keep
an eye on our social media and Medieval Pageant
www.redcarcleveland.co.uk/enjoy Gisborough Priory Site
for more details. & Woodland Gardens
Time: 10am - 9pm Time: 10am - 4pm
Cost: Free Cost: Free Entry
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