Extra £1.5 million for adult social care rejected by Poole Tories During the budget debate Lib Dems identified an extra £1.5 million for adult social care, together with £500,000 for young people that could be made available from the Council’s coffers, but the Conservatives rejected the proposal along with £96,000 for additional community support and […]

Speech by Cllr Mike Brooke, Leader, Liberal Democrat Group, Poole Borough Council, in response ot the council Budget for 2011/12

Closure of Merley Youth Club Personal Statement by Cllr David Brown to other members of the Efficiency and Effectiveness Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Members will be aware of the crisis that has happened this past week with the closure of Merley Youth Club and the dramatic effect this has had on dozens of local families […]

The Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference was held at the Bournemouth International Centre from 13 – 17 September this year and attracted 6,000 delegates from across the country, including hundreds of Lib Dem Councillors as well as MPs, MEPs and many party members there to have their say on party policy. The Autumn conference offers the chance to […]

Don’t forget Canford Bridge is now closed to traffic until mid October. The bridge will be open to pedestrians and cyclists only during this period. Cllr Maiden and Cllr Brown visited the site on 14th July with Council engineers and transportation officers to inspect the progress being made. There is a lot of difficult work […]

There was overwhelming support from your local councillors at the last Area Meeting for there to be a 20mph. zone around Merley First School. A large part of Harrier Drive, Oakley Straight and Sopwith Crescent will have parking restrictions within this zone, and there will be zone warning signs installed. These signs will be large […]

Since Cllr David Brown, Cllr Daphne Long and Cllr Peter Maiden were elected in the May local elections, the local Lib Dem team have been listening to residents and working to ensure that Bearwood is no longer forgotten and gets a fair share of services from the Council and other bodies. In recent months we are […]

Poole Council has agreed to invest £10,000 to enhance the children’s play area between King John Avenue, Runnymede Avenue and Charter Road, known as the Charter Road Play Area. This should fund new equipment as well as improving what is already there. Cllr Daphne Long explained “Poole Council collect contributions from property developers towards improving local […]

A new programme to provide Children’s Centre services for young children and their families across Poole has started in Bearwood. At Bearwood Primary & Nursery School “Lets Play Together” groups are now provided each week and new speech and language therapy sessions are also on offer. On 9th January the Children’s Centre team will be […]

After many years of hard work and fundraising, Bearwood now has its own dedicated youth facility following the opening of THE BRIDGE YOUTH CENTRE at the back of Bearwood Community Centre. At the opening ceremony on 28th October Cllr David Brown was honoured to be asked to cut the ribbon with Rev. Geoff Boland to […]