Tony Wardle: Your candidate on 3 May 2012
It is an honour to have been selected again to stand as the Labour Party Candidate in Whipton Barton.
I was born and bred in Exeter and was an elected union representative in the public services and wider trade union movement for 40 years. I continue involvement in the trade union movement as Treasurer of the Exeter TUC. I know from this, and from being a councillor for Whipton Barton Ward on Exeter City Council since 2008, the great pressures on working people facing unemployment and the erosion of pensions and terms and conditions.
It is a real struggle for many families to find decent housing and maintain a decent standard of living. For retired people, similar pressures apply, while younger people are seeing their life chances being stripped away by this Tory-led government. To me the big issues in Exeter are affordable housing, particularly with the planned rapid expansion of the area over the next 15 years, and the need for decent transport of all kinds on an environmentally sustainable basis.
I look forward to continuing to meet local residents over the coming months, and to hearing your ideas and hopes for the future of Whipton.
Exeter Deaf Academy Hopes for Whipton Site
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education is hoping to move from it’s current location on Topsham Road to a new home on the site of the old St Lukes school, after securing an agreement with the County Council to buy the land. Following a successful event last year, the Academy...Read More »Leypark Road Homes Progress
Last year we reported that planning permission had been secured for nine affordable homes on Leypark Road. We are now pleased to report that work is due to begin on site by the end of March. Housing association Sovereign will be delivering the eco-friendly houses, which will be provided to...Read More »Whipton Barton News In Brief - Spring 2012
Around the Ward
Birchy Barton Hill: rocking speed cushion reported and due to be repaired
Carlyon Gardens: sections of footway to be resurfaced
Honeylands Drive: police have identified the individual responsible for criminal damage in the area
Lloyds Crescent: Leylandii trees removed (pictured)
Ribston Avenue: ‘A’ buses running engines during layovers reported to Stagecoach
Ringswell Avenue:...Read More »North Whipton Forum
The North Whipton Forum is a residents meeting that is held four times a year. It is attended by housing officers, police and local councillors, and discusses all issues within the North Whipton area. Meetings are held at Whipton Barton Junior School, Hill Lane, and at each meeting the Forum...Read More »National Award for Cllr Olwen Foggin
Exeter Labour Party is proud to report that Devon County Councillor Olwen Foggin has won the Age UK Pride of Place Award at the 2012 C’llr Achievement Awards.
These national awards recognise councillors who have made significant contributions to local democracy and to their communities, and the Age UK prize is given...Read More »Olwen Foggin Shortlisted for National Award
Exeter Labour Party would like to congratulate Devon County Councillor Olwen Foggin on her nomination for the first ever Age UK Pride of Place Award at this year's C'llr Achievement Awards. According to Age UK, the award "recognises a councillor who has taken the lead in championing the voices of older...Read More »Whipton Barton: News in Brief (Winter 2012)
Birchy Barton Hill: Road to be resurfaced
Blackthorn Crescent: Road to be resurfaced
Brook Close: Broken floor tiles in flats removed but not yet replaced - the contractor has been ordered to complete the work
Carlyon Gardens: Bushes planted to reinforce the fencing between Carlyon Gardens and Hamlin Gardens and request made to...Read More »Community Grants Update
This year Exeter city councillors have been able to give grants of up to £300 to community groups for projects which benefit local residents. Each ward in the city had £1,500.00 available. Whipton Barton councillors have granted funding to the following projects:
‘Men in Sheds’; an Age UK Exeter project to reduce...Read More »Update on plans for Brookway Methodist Church site
In our Summer newsletter we reported that the City Council had gained planning consent for new housing on the site of the Methodist Church on Brookway.
The City Council has now purchased the land and has plans to convert the main church building and build a new block to the rear.
This...Read More »Winter Bus Service
Cllr Olwen Foggin was disappointed to learn that Bus Route G, which serves Hamlin Gardens, will not be gritted by Devon County Council this winter. During the last spell of severe weather the service was stopped for two weeks, preventing some residents from travelling into the city centre.
Olwen said, “This is very...Read More »
