Hello and welcome to the February edition of Darlington Together.

Firstly, the news that many of you willbe looking forward to hearing; planningconsent has been given for Darlington’scinema and leisure complex and workwill start later this year. Thisdevelopment is great news and will bring plentyof economic benefits, as well as createemployment for many. Visit page 29 to find outmore.

The cinema complex will not be the only workstarting in the town centre; the redevelopmentof Stonebridge roundabout will begin nextmonth. The new developments in town willresult in a lot of extra traffic, and we will need toredevelop the junction to accommodate this. Nodoubt many of you have questions and concerns,and I hope that the information on pages 24 and25 will reassure you.

With half term on the horizon, you might bethinking of fun things to do with the kids overthe week. A great time to visit the new eventswebsite – www.whatsoninthenortheast.co.uk,which is a collaboration between the Council,

the Northern Echo, DistinctDarlington, Darlington Partnership andCreative Darlington. Although it focuseson events taking place in Darlington,you can also find out what is takingplace throughout the North East, and itis completely free to list your ownevents.

Finally, I’d like to take the opportunity tocongratulate Darlington’s own Stuart Hall, whowon the IBF Bantamweight title in December. It’sfantastic to see a local lad become a worldchampion and the pride he hasshown in his town has beenwonderful to see.

Cllr Bill Dixon MBE(@BillDixonDton)Leader of the Council

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Welcome to thismonth’s magazine forDarlington Borough

MP’s surgeriesJenny Chapman: MP for Darlington. Walk-in surgery will be held Friday 7 andFriday 28 February from 9:30 - 10:30am atthe Constituency Office, 40a ConiscliffeRoad, Darlington, DL3 7RG. E-mail: jenny.chapman.mp@parliament.ukCall: 01325 382345

Phil Wilson: MP for Sedgefield. Theoffice is open between Monday to Friday,9.30am - 5pm. Appointments can bearranged by calling 01325 321603 or e-mail phil.wilson.mp@parliament.uk

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NEWS IN BRIEF

STREET SCENEwww.darlington.gov.uk/streetsceneTel (01325) 388777

COUNCIL TAXwww.darlington.gov.uk/counciltaxTel (01325) 388373

HOUSING BENEFIT AND COUNCIL TAX SUPPORTwww.darlington.gov.uk/benefitsTel (01325) 388514

HOUSING AND REPAIRSwww.darlington.gov.uk/housingTel (01325) 388542

HIGHWAYS, TRANSPORT, PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHwww.darlington.gov.ukTel (01325) 388799

www.darlington.gov.uk

01325 380651

enquiries@darlington.gov.uk

CONTACT US

Celebrate social media week!It’s social media week between 17-21February. Did you know that we haveover 40 social networking accounts?Visit www.darlington.gov.uk/socialnetworks to find outmore about them, or scan the QR code.

Show us your most novel Book Face!Teenagers are encouraged to come along to CrownStreet Library and take a comedy photograph ofthemselves with a book cover to make a ‘book face’. The photo will beadded to the teenmessage board at thelibrary. It is hoped thatthe project willencourage youngpeople to come alongand use the facilities attheir local library.

Keepinghearts healthyin Darlington:Did you knowDarlington becamea Heart Town in2012, the secondtown in theNorth-East to doso? This is ascheme by theBritish HeartFoundation whichhelps communitiescome together to help beat heart disease.

We provide help and support to help peopleprotect their hearts, as well as keep-fit activities toimprove people’s health.

To find out more about the scheme, visitwww.darlington.gov.uk/health.

Maidendale is sealed with a kiss: Maidendale Nature and Fishing Reserve has a new metalkissing gate. The gate will provide a circular walk around the reserve and allows disabled access. Formore information about the reserve, which is located off Salters Lane, visit www.maidendaletrust.co.uk

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Out with the old...The time has come to say farewell to thecurrent website that many Darlingtonresidents are familiar with.

The Internet is a very different place from where itwas when the current website was launched in 2002.Back then, smart phones weren’t very smart, tabletsusually came in a bottle, Google was just finding itsfeet, Facebook didn’t exist, and first generation iPodswere just starting to become available. People nowexpect a lot more from websites and we are makingsome changes to meet those demands.

New look , new features:The changing face of the Council’s website

Spending money wiselyOur current website is over ten years old,making it difficult and often costly to maintain.We are replacing it with an open-source systemwhich means that we don’t need to pay forexpensive licences, it will cost far less tomaintain and develop (saving thousands ofpounds each year), and it will allow us to createuseful and interactive features that we haven’tbeen able to do in the past such as making thewebsite work better on mobile phones andtablets.

Help us to get it rightReplacing the website will be a big job and wedon’t want to do it again for a while! To helpus get it right first time we will be launching abeta (test) version of the new website inFebruary and we are encouraging you to takea look at it and give us your views. We willpost information on our Facebook andTwitter profiles when the beta site is available,but if you would like to be contacted directlyplease email webteam2@darlington.gov.uk

Bit of disruption in MarchWe will be launching the new website in April 2014but first we need to transfer all of the informationacross from the old site. This will happen duringMarch and may cause some disruption for peopleusing our website. Please bear with us and we’ll tryto keep disruption to a minimum.

Find out more about the new website and how weare progressing by visitingwww.darlington.gov.uk/newwebsite.

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Get in #TheZone in 2014!

Young people aged 11-17 are invited to get in#TheZone and try a variety of new activities.

#TheZone opened in January and will be held everyFriday from 7-9pm at the Dolphin Centre. Youngpeople can try a variety of sports each week, as wellas use the gym, swimming pool and get health advice.

The session costs £2 on the door (£1.50 with a TeenCard). Entry with one hour of gym access costs £2.35.

#TheZone replaces the ‘Chill Out café’. Darlington’sSports Development team held a consultation withyoung people to find out what they would like to seereplace it, asking what activities they would beinterested in, as well as what the new session shouldbe called.

Find out more by calling 01325 254370 or visiting

www.darlington.gov.uk/thezone,where you can find a registration form

and more information about the activities taking place.

#TheZone are also on Facebook

(www.facebook.com/ TheZoneDarlington) and

Twitter (@TheZoneDton)

Half term in Darlington – get events informationstraight to your inbox!

Monday 17 February to Friday 21 February is halfterm in Darlington, and there are lots of ways offinding out what’s on!

Find out what’s taking place by visiting page 38 and 39 ofDarlington Together, or by visitingwww.whatsoninthenortheast.co.uk. This new website willnot only tell you what’s taking place in Darlington, butacross the North East. If you are an activities supplier ororganisation, you can also have your event added to thedirectory free of charge.

If you prefer to have the latest events information emailedto you every week, why not sign up to a free MyDarlington+ account? For more information visitwww.darlington.gov.uk/mydarlingtonhelp.

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The end of the road for a It’s the end of the road for one ofDarlington’s landmark roundabouts as workon one of the main town centre roadjunctions – Stonebridge roundabout – begins.

It is a major project that will help prepare the towncentre and its road structure for the futuredevelopment of the town and the increase in trafficthis will bring. The scheme has generated manyconcerns amongst road users as it will mean bigchanges to how the road junction operates – themain one being that the roundabout will beconverted to a traffic signal controlled junction.

Why are you changing the junction?The developments taking place in town like theDepartment for Education Offices and Cinemacomplex are great news for the town but willincrease traffic. Stonebridge roundabout wasbuilt in the 1970s and it is now unable to copewith the volume of traffic in town. If we don’tchange the junction, it could lead to gridlock atpeak times as well as accidents.

The changes will also open up the town centrefor pedestrians, making the Civic Theatre feelmore like part of the town and allow us to openup the riverside area.

Is this solution the best one?We have considered many different options, fromdoing nothing, to signalised roundabouts to arange of traffic signal junctions. The option wehave chosen is the one we believe works best formotorists, public transport and pedestrians.

Won’t traffic lights slow traffic evenfurther?Roundabouts work best when the trafficapproaching them from different directions isroughly the same. Unfortunately, this is not thecase at Stonebridge roundabout, with theroundabout ‘seizing up’ and causing congestion at

peak times. The introduction of traffic lights willhelp manage the traffic better, and althoughdrivers will have to wait for their turn, they willhave the certainty that the new lights will helpmanage traffic flow better,

How much will the works cost? Whyaren’t you spending the money onother services that are being cut?The scheme will be funded from part of the £57million Department for Transport Tees Valley BusNetwork Improvement Projects. This moneycan’t be spent on other services or projects.

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r a landmark roundaboutWhat the changes will mean for youDrivers will not be able to go straight ahead or rightfrom Stonebridge (expect for buses, taxis and cycles).This will help optimise the way the traffic signals willwork for the majority of road users.

ALL DRIVERS WILL NEED TO TURN LEFT AND USE THE FOLLOWING ROUTE:

In addition, drivers will not be able to turn rightinto Stonebridge from the Ring Road. Theprovision of a right turn into Stonebridge will leadto delays to all traffic as it would require anadditional phase to traffic signals.

Drivers will have to use the following route:

Work on the scheme is set to start in Marchand is expected to be completed before March2015.

It is inevitable that there will bedisruption to traffic and busservices during this time, and wewill make every effort to make suredisruption is minimised.

We will keep you up to date with the latestdevelopments. For the latest information visitwww.darlington.gov.uk/stonebridge or scan theQR code.

Whilst the changes may make some road users feel inconvenienced, there are design reasons for theserestrictions.

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Businesses in other sectors may be eligible forsupport too.

Full qualifications at Levels 1 ,2 and 3 can be fundedfor those aged 19-23. There is an unlimited numberof accredited units of learning available including:leadership and management, customer service, foodhygiene, dementia care and scaffolding.

Local training providers, including the Council’sLearning and Skills team, have put together trainingpackages to help deliver the project.

The primary target group is adults with a basicskills need or those without a full Level 2qualification. Other target groups include females;those with a disability; ethnic minorities and thoseaged 50 or over.

TEES VALLEY WORKFORCE SKILLSProviding a Range of Training and Support

to Up-skill Your Workforce

Do you own a small to medium sized business(SME) in Darlington or the Tees Valley? If so, youcan take advantage of free staff training througha project designed to improve workforce skills.

The Council’s Business Engagement team is calling outto local companies, who employ 250 full-timeequivalent or less employees, to see if they qualify forthe free staff training on offer.

The Tees Valley Workforce Skills project is targeting keysectors with the aim of enhancing skills to meetemployer needs. The project has funding to provide arange of training and support programmes and isavailable until July 2015.

The project seeks to support business across a widerange of sectors including:____________________________________________• HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE____________________________________________• LOGISTICS____________________________________________• DIGITAL____________________________________________• MANUFACTURING____________________________________________• CHEMICAL PROCESSING____________________________________________• ENGINEERING____________________________________________• RETAIL____________________________________________• HOSPITALITY AND CATERING____________________________________________• CONSTRUCTION____________________________________________• TRAVEL AND TOURISM____________________________________________

How can I get involved?To qualify for free training, individuals must be:• Aged 19 or over• Employed or volunteering (with a volunteeringagreement) in an SME for a minimum of eighthours per week

• Be legally resident in the UK for the last threeyears with the right to work in the UK

If you’d like to take up this opportunity for staffdevelopment please call Gillian Askew on 01325388470 or email gillian.askew@darlington.gov.uk.We will then assess your needs and arrange anddeliver training.

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What is Good Friends?Good Friends matches local people who want toput something back into the local community witha person living nearby who needs help.

What kind of people need help?People needing help are often older or vulnerable,and can feel isolated because they don’t havemuch contact with other people because it’sdifficult for them to get out and about.

Does it take up much time?Anyone can become a Good Friend, and theproject works around both parties, allowingvolunteers to get involved even if they work fulltime, or are not always available.

Seventy two year old Janet is just one of thepeople that the Good Friends project has helped.Janet who is a widow was recently dischargedfrom hospital, and suffers from very limited

mobility. She likes to be as independent aspossible, but sadly has little contact with otherpeople. Janet has a dog as a companion but isunable to walk her due to her disability. She isdetermined to carry on as normal a life aspossible, however struggles with many generaltasks.

Loneliness was her biggest concern, but now shehas been matched with a Good Friend, who callsto check on her regularly, help around the houseand is also a keen dog lover. This support isproving to be invaluable, and we continue tomonitor both Janet and her Good Friend withregular telephone calls.

It just goes to show the benefits that can comeout of being a good friend. You can get involvedby calling 01325 362832, e-mailing us atjoin@goodfriends.org.uk or visitingwww.goodfriends.org.uk

Get involvedand become aGood Friend

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Are you thinking of settingup a savings account? Areyou in need of a loan? If so,Darlington Credit Unionmay be for you.

Darlington Credit Union is a non-profit organisation which was setup in 2009 and is an excellent wayfor you to take control of yourmoney by helping you save whatyou can, and borrow amounts youcan afford to repay.

Darlington Credit Union iscovered by the Financial ServicesCompensation Scheme, so yoursavings are safe.

Darlington Credit Union – join thefastest growing family in Darlington!

How do I get started?Open your account

Complete your membership online, oralternatively pop into our Church Row office orone of our collection points around the town.

Start saving!We provide a number of ways for you to save,including standing orders, payroll deduction, orsimply popping into your nearest branch.

Apply for a loanOnce you’ve been a saver for eight weeks youwill be eligible to apply for an affordable loan.

Increase your savingsWhilst you repay your loan, you can continue toadd to your savings at the same time, meaningthat you’ll have saved money once your loan hasbeen repaid.

What is a Credit Union?A Credit Union is a savings and loan co-operative, where themembers pool their savings to lend to one another. DarlingtonCredit Union has over 3,500 members, who have invested overthree-quarters of a million pounds, which is only used to supportpeople in the Darlington community.

You will find repayments for a loan from DarlingtonCredit Union are much smaller than a door-steplender or payday lender and overall it will end upcosting you less.

For example, if you borrow £400 from the CreditUnion, you would end up paying £54.87 in interestover a year. With a door-step lender you could end uppaying up to £328 interest on the same amount overthe same time!

For more information visitwww.darlingtoncreditunion.co.uk, email info@darlingtoncreditunion.co.uk or call 01325 520005.

You can also pop into the Darlington CreditUnion office, which is based at Church Row(next to eVOLution), just off DarlingtonMarket Square. Opening times are Monday –Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday 10am-12pm.

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Get your popcorn at the ready for Darlington’smulti-screen cinema and leisure complex, asplanning permission has been given for themulti-million pound town centre development.

For more information about the development, visitwww.feethamsleisure.co.uk.

You can also find out about the development onTwitter (@FeethamsLeisure) and Facebook(www.facebook.com/feethams.leisure)

Darlington town centre is making bids forthe creation of its very own arts quarter.

Plans for the area include the cinema development,and a bid for Lottery funding for the restorationand refurbishment of The Civic Theatre (thetheatre is seeking funding from a variety of sources,including the introduction of a £1 restoration levyon all tickets, which was introduced last summer).

Last year, Darlington Borough Council, CreativeDarlington and Darlington for Culture carried outa consultation with Darlington residents to seehow the money recieved from the sale of the ArtsCentre could be used to support arts and culturein the town. The feedback showed that the moneyshould be used to support the building or

redevelopment of new/existing arts venues.

The Council has offered financial support to helpdevelop a venue in Darlington to support theatreof the highest quality for children and youngpeople, which will also be available for Darlington'sbroad based arts offer. The Council would managethe building and the children’s theatre programmewould be run by Theatre Hullabaloo. The success ofthis venture is dependent on the result of anapplication to Arts Council England's Capitalprogramme which is anticipated in July this year.

The work on the Stonebridge Roundabout (seepages 24 and 25) will open this area of town up topedestrians and make it feel more like a part of thetown centre.

The development will see the former bus deportsite transformed into a nine-screen multiplex Vuecinema, 8-bedroom Premier Inn hotel and a rangeof bars and restaurants including Nandos andPrezzo. The site will be developed by Terrace Hill.

Exciting Opportunities for Arts in the town centre

Lights, camera, action for cinema complex

About 300 jobs will be created, with a further100 jobs during the construction phase.

Work is set to start this year with the complexdue to open its doors in Autumn 2015.

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The town’s annual ice rink got off toa famous start, with children’s TVfavourites Dora the Explorer andPeppa Pig taking to their skates tolaunch the event. Record numbers ofskaters were reported over theChristmas period, with familiestaking the opportunity for a fun dayout along with a huge number ofcompanies and groups using it tohost their own private parties.

Shoppers were also given the chanceto enjoy some seasonal big screenfavourites, with free film showings ofHow the Grinch Stole Christmas,Polar Express and Miracle on 34thStreet which were huge favouriteswith children and adults.

“We were absolutely delighted with the greatresponse to all the seasonal events. Thefeedback has been excellent and we are nowlooking ahead to organising a whole range ofexciting activities in 2014.”

Alex Hirst, Manager of Distinct Darlington

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Record numbers of skaters hadan ‘ice’ time in Darlington thisChristmas

Christmas may be long gone, but this month sees a fabulous Valentine’s Day promotion with anopportunity to win a valuable diamond ring –

perfect for anyone wanting to woo their loved one.There will also soon be news of an exciting foodfestival planned for the spring.

Distinct Darlington are also on Facebook(www.facebook.com/DistinctDarlington)and Twitter (@DarlingtonBID)

Find out more about DistinctDarlington and what will be taking place in 2014 by visitingwww.distinctdarlington.co.uk

There was more than a fair share ofChristmas sparkle in and around townthis festive season, thanks to a fullprogramme of activities organised byDistinct Darlington.

Shopping became a pleasure rather than achore thanks to the introduction of the “Freeafter 3” scheme in partnership withDarlington Borough Council – giving anunexpected boost to the seasonal budget.

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Work to repair the landslip on the A67between Piercebridge and High Coniscliffestarts this month.

The landslip happened in February 2013. We’ve beenworking with Northumbrian Water to investigatethe problem, find a solution and successfully bid for£2.4 million of government money to fix the road.

This is Phase one of the project and the A67 will beclosed for two weeks from 8th February 2014 whileNorthumbrian Water carry out tests before themain works start in May.

The diversion route will be the B6275, B6279Staindrop Road, B6280 Carmel Rd North and A67Coniscliffe Road and vice versa. Durham Lane willalso be closed with access for residents only.

During the road closure, Arriva bus service75/76/76A will run a half hourly service diverted viaStaindrop Road and a replacement bus will run fromHigh Coniscliffe to Darlington.

A67 repairs to start following successful bid

Find out more at www.darlington.gov.uk/carlbury

For any queries contact, project manager, Jonathan Gall on 01325 388751Map courtesy of Chris Moran

A Government study which rates localauthorities on the speed at which children inneed of adoption are placed with a family hasrated Darlington Council as one of the topCouncils in the country.

The results showed that the average time betweena child entering care with Darlington BoroughCouncil and moving in with an adoptive family was437 days (just over 14 months) a third less than thenational average of 647 days (just over 21 months).

Councillor Cyndi Hughes, Darlington BoroughCouncil Cabinet Member for Children and YoungPeople says: “It’s important to remember thatbehind every statistic is a success story of a child inneed of a loving home and an adoptive familyoffering the stability and nurture that they need.These figures show that Darlington children in needof adoption can be confident of finding a new familyas quickly as possible.”

People thinking of adopting can come along to anAdoption drop-in evening on the first Monday ofevery month in Committee Room three atDarlington Town Hall from 6pm-8pm or get intouch with the Family Placement Service atDarlington Council on 01325 388077 or emailadoption@darlington.gov.uk

Darlington scores high for adoption

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BANK TOP WARD Veronica Copeland (L) Tel: 358530; ChrisTaylor (L), Tel: 243298. Fri 21 Feb, King William StreetCommunity Centre 5pm-6pm. Wesley Court CommunityCentre, Rocket Street 6pm-6.30pm

CENTRAL WARD Jan Taylor (L) Tel: 243298; Malcolm Wright(L) Tel: 484374. Wed 5 Mar, Borough Road Nursery 5pm-6pm.

COCKERTON EAST WARD Paul Baldwin (L) Tel: 362690Sue Richmond (L) Tel: 351538. Bryan Thistlethwaite (L) Tel:485466. Thurs 13 Feb, Cockerton Library 6pm-7pm.

COCKERTON WEST WARD Jan Cossins (L) Tel: 241124David Regan (L) Tel: 495258. Wed 12 Feb, Windsor Court 10am-11am. Thurs 13 Feb, Cockerton Library 6pm – 7pm.

COLLEGE WARDTony Richmond (C) Tel: 351538 IanGalletley (C) Tel: 07507904109. Wed 12 Feb, Abbey Junior School7pm-8pm.

EASTBOURNE WARD Bill Dixon (L) Tel: 486588 RoderickFrancis (L) Tel: 488173. Lee Vasey (L) Tel: 488513. Wed 19 Feb,Pilmoor Green Community Centre 5pm-6pm. Wed 26th Feb,Maidendale House 3pm-4pm.

FAVERDALE Richard Grundy (C) Tel: 266314. Wed 12 Mar,West Park Academy 6pm-7pm.

HARROWGATE HILL WARD Gill Cartwright (C) Tel:382276. Wed 5 Mar, Harrowgate CIU Ltd. Salters Lane North7.30pm – 8.30pm. Marjory Knowles (L) Tel: 265847 John Vasey(L) Tel: 488513. Wed 5 Mar, Classroom in the New Sports HallLongfield Academy 7pm-8pm.

HAUGHTON EAST WARD Chris McEwan (L) Tel: 283262Martin Landers (L) Tel: 07709804580. Sat 1 Mar, Asda Foyer10am-11.30am. Wed 5 Mar, Education Village 6pm-7pm.

HAUGHTON NORTH WARDTom Nutt (L) Tel: 360953thomas.nutt@darlington.gov.uk Beverley Hutchinson (L) Tel:262015. Sat 1 Mar, Asda Foyer 10am-11.30am.

HAUGHTON WEST WARD Nick Wallis (L) Tel: 488797David Lyonette (L) Tel: 464693 Andy Scott (L) Tel: 253707andrew.scott@darlington.gov.uk Sat 1 Mar, Asda Foyer 10am-11.30am. Wed 12 Mar Salvation Army, Thompson St. 6pm–7pm.

HEIGHINGTON AND CONISCLIFFE WARD Gerald Lee(C) Tel: 314622 Paul Crudass (C) Tel: 374537. Sat 1 Mar,Heighington Village Hall, 10am-11am.

HUMMERSKNOTT WARDAlan Coultas (C) Tel: 350453Charles Johnson (C) Tel: 463712. Mon 24 Feb, Carmel College6pm-7pm.

HURWORTH WARD Joe Kelley (LD) Tel: 266760. MartinSwainston (LD) Tel: 07535637060. Thurs 6 Mar, HurworthGrange Community Centre Library 6pm-7pm.

LASCELLES WARDWendy Newall (L) Tel: 251574. HelenCrumbie (L) Tel: 462642. Sat 8 Feb and Sat 8 Mar, ClevelandBridge Social Club 12 noon – 1pm.

LINGFIELD WARD Ian Haszeldine (L) Tel: 741508 LynneHaszeldine (L) Tel: 07950521511. Wed 26th Feb, HeathfieldPrimary School 6pm-6.30pm.

MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE WARD Doris Jones (C) Tel:332820 Steve York (C) Tel: 332025. Tues 25 Feb, Dinsdale Court6.15pm-7.15pm.

MOWDEN WARD Bill Stenson (C) Tel: 468249. Mon 3 Mar,Mowden Junior School 6.30pm-7.30pm.

NORTH ROAD WARDAnne-Marie Curry (LD) Tel:07531304050 annemarie.curry@darlington.gov.uk Fred Lawton(LD) Tel: 467413 Alan Macnab (LD) Tel: 482015 Wed 19 Feb, StThomas Aquinas Church Hall, 1pm-2pm.

NORTHGATE WARD Eleanor Lister, (L) Tel. 254091 DorothyLong, (L) Tel. 355755 Wed 5 Mar, Reid Street Primary School,6pm-7pm.

PARK EAST WARD Paul Harman (L) Tel: 483259 CyndiHughes (L) Tel: 480975. Joe Lyonette (L) Tel: 263480. Fri 14 Feb,St. Columbas Church Hall 6-7pm. Fri 21 Feb, The ColeridgeCentre 6-7pm.

PARK WEST WARD Bob Donoghue (C) Tel: 352582 HeatherScott (C) Tel: 468547. Fri 21 Feb, 76 Carmel Road South 5pm-6pm.

PIERREMONT WARD Bob Carson (L) Tel: 240627 StephenHarker (L) Tel: 380039 Linda Hughes (L) Tel: 07904772387. Wed5 Feb and Wed 5 Mar, Reid Street Primary School 6-7pm.

SADBERGE AND WHESSOE Brian Jones (C) Tel: 332820.Wed 26 Feb, Brafferton Village Hall 6pm-7pm.

Key: (L) Labour (C) Conservative (LD) Liberal Democrat

E-mailing councillors: If you wish to e-mail your councillor their e-mail address is: firstname.lastname@darlington.gov.uk

For example, if you wish to e-mail Bill Dixon, type in bill.dixon@darlington.gov.uk

• The only exceptions are Andy Scott (Haughton West Ward), Anne-Marie Curry (North Road Ward) and Tom Nutt (HaughtonNorth); their e-mail addresses are shown with their ward surgery details.

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Your local councillor is there to listen to you and find out about theissues that are affecting life in your ward. You can e-mail, telephone ormeet with your local councillor at regular ward surgeries.

Upcoming Committee DatesChildren and Young People Scrutiny Wed 10 February 4.00pm Committee Room 1

Planning Applications Committee Wed 12 February 1.30pm Committee Room 2

Efficiency and Resources Scrutiny Thur 13 February 9.30am Committee Room 2

Health and Partnerships Scrutiny Tue 18 February 9.30am Committee Room 2

Special Cabinet Tue 18 February 5.00pm Committee Room 2

Special Council Thur 27 February 6.00pm Council Chamber

Adults and Housing Scrutiny Tue 4 March 9.30am Committee Room 2

Cabinet Tue 4 March 5.00pm Committee Room 2

DARLINGTONTOGETHER

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