Hattersley Online Taking Over From HMCM

It was farewell to the Hattersley & Mottram Community News, when the last one was produced in June 2011. While the Community News might be gone it doesn't mean there's still not lots going on in Hattersley.

Why not join the rest of us volunteers and report on what you know using the website. All you have to do to post your news here is join the site. If you need help to post your news just email news@hattersleyonline.org.uk

September 2011
This year, 2011/2012, Hattersley Neighbourhood Partnership will receive in excess of £400,000 for the work it will do in Hattersley and last year HNP's budget was also in excess of £400,00. But what exactly does HNP do with this money?

If you click this link (budget download) you can download information on how much money they received last year and how it was spent. If you would like to see the minutes from the same meeting just click this link (HNP Board Meeting Minutes)

If you want to see how they will spend the funding this year, follow this link(theme group minutes) to where you can keep an eye on the minutes from their theme groups which should hopefully give us an insight into what they do.

September 2011
Hattersley’s community groups did pretty well in the last round of YouChoose grant funding getting £24,191 of the £35,027 available at the event held in September 2011. YouChoose is the way Tameside Council distribute money they have as a result of the savings made by all of us recycling.

September 2011
Work has moved on a pace at the new retail units down at Honiton. Peak Valley Housing Association has recently announced that the first tenant to take up a unit on the new development is One Stop, the retail convenience store.

“We are pleased to have such a well known brand as the first retailer to move to the area,” said Phil Corris, Managing Director of Peak Valley Housing Association. “One Stop is taking two of the seven retail units available and we expect to be able to announce other retailers very shortly.”

When we spoke to people no one actually knew who the company One Stop, convenience store was - so we Googled it. One Stop is actually a brand of Tesco’s, so as well as having the supermarket at the top of the estate they will also be the retailers at the bottom of the estate.

The units are now not too far from being complete and it’s expected that they will be open in January 2012

L Cain
Community Reporter

Sure Start Centre in 2002












September 2011
Hattersley’s Sure Start Centre was rightly celebrated as a magnificent flagship of the new Sure Start inititative when it first opened back in 2002. But now nine years later Tameside Council are deciding whether to bring in an outside company to take over providing childcare at the centre!

Shortly after Sure Start came to Hattersley, the run down Melandra nursery was transformed into the Hattersley Sure Start Children’s Centre at a cost of £650,000. The Sure Start grant, which local people were involved in applying for, provided the funding for the refurbishment of the centre so that new and improved, affordable child care and children’s services could be delivered from a Centre fit for the 21st century.

On Hattersley - internet TV news from HMCM on Vimeo.

In this episode we interviewed local people to find out what they thought about Hattersley train station and then we took the issues they identified to a representative from Northern Rail and we also spoke to two Tameside Councillors.

In this programme we also spoke to some local volunteers to find out why they volunteer and what they get out of it. We were also interested to find out the views of some of the people who benefit as a result of the work done by people who volunteer in their time for free.

HomeSwapperMay 2011
If you're a tenant of a registered social landlord and looking to move home, make sure you check out HomeSwapper.

HomeSwapper is for social tenants (in rented property) who want a house swap, flat swap or exchange their council house. This is also called mutual exchange. If you live in a council house or housing association property you can swap.

HomeSwapper is nationwide so if you're looking to move to Scotland, Wales or anywhere inbetween check out their website at www.homeswapper.co.uk.

April 2011
In 2009/2010 Hattersley & Mottram Community Media was part of a successful initiative led by Digital Outreach Ltd to deliver information through an innovative embedded outreach model.

The embedded outreach model was initially used to get information out to vulnerable people about the digital TV switchover. Following the switchover to establish further evidence of the success of the model Digital Outreach Ltd developed the ‘Get Connected, Get Online’ project which aimed to address issues around digital exclusion by introducing people to the benefits of the internet.

Hattersley & Mottram Community Media was just one of the community organisations Digital Outreach worked with to deliver information through the embedded outreach model. HMCM’s Clare Panter visited community groups in the area and used laptops and a projector to introduce people to the benefits of the internet and show them how to overcome any barrier they faced.

You can now monitor criminal activity in the area using the www.police.uk website. Open this post to see a record of reported crime data for Hattersley since the Police website was brought into being.