Working together in White Lion Walk

Are you a resident of White Lion Walk or surrounding areas? Come and Have Your Say – Wednesday June 2nd 4pm-6pm

In December 2009, the Community Safety Partnership carried out a consultation in White Lion Walk and the surrounding area.  We asked what issues most concerned residents about the area they live in and these included rubbish, neighbour disputes and drunken behaviour.  You can find full details of the consultation in the word document below.

To start to address some of these problems, a ‘Week of Action’ was implemented with help from agencies such as the Police, Gosport Borough Council, Hampshire Fire and Rescue, Community Payback Team and Motiv8.  Initiatives included provision of a community skip, removal of overgrown shrubs and graffiti, Youth activity sessions and advice sessions on housing, alcohol and drug awareness and victim support.

Although this was a positive start in helping to improve the area, there are still three main issues identified by residents that need addressing:

  1. Anti Social Behaviour involving youth
  2. Rubbish
  3. Noise nuisance

We want to work together with residents to try and address these problems over the long term.  We will be asking three questions about these main issues and residents will write their comments on boards, which will be situated by the small play area in White Lion Walk.

The 3 questions are:

  1. Why do you think these problems are happening?
  2. What can you do as a community or individual to help?
  3. What do you think the agencies should be doing to help?

If you are a resident in the local area, please come and talk to us on Wednesday 2nd June 2010, between 4-6pm at the play area in White Lion Walk. A free ice-cream will be available for you to enjoy whilst you tell us your views!

If you are not able to come along on this date, please complete our online survey.