It is with sadness that due to the Corona Virus SCH have made the decision to close Auckland Hall with the exception of Foodbank as they are an essential service.
We are not sure when we will be back however during the time of lock down however we will be able to get activity packs, books, DVD's and crafts available to you from Garage 28 on Morris Drive - back open on the 5th January 2021.
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If you wish to talk to someone at Cars Area Together please note the numbers to call them on are: *
Aimée - Community Development Worker - 07825417141 Ricky - Street Connector - 07756632148 Sue - Street Connector - 07748530896 Judy - Project Manager - 07966598844 * We will respond as soon as we can. |
Within the Cars Area of Smith's Wood we have currently got the following facilities available to the community. Auckland Hall is owned and run by Solihull Community Housing, The Shop is independently owned and Bosworth Wood playing field is owned by SMBC.
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Cars Area Together – our new plan for 2019 - 2021
The new plan has resulted from 2 sessions held during March 2019 where we invited residents, neighbours, partners and stakeholders to get together to look at what we had done already and what we still need to do to make our community and neighbourhood a better place to live. We are grateful for their time, contributions and support. This made the whole process a lively series of debates to which everyone contributed.
As well as refreshing the priorities, Cars Area Together is proposing to adopt a new process for recognising and recording progress against these priorities. To date, an Action Plan approach has been used with each Priority being assigned a lengthy list of activities to be delivered.
While this has worked to date as an aid for “getting things going”, the feeling is now that a more strategic approach is required to focus resources more effectively and helps to build key partnerships that will play a part in the long term success of Big Local –
or as we prefer to call ourselves – Cars Area Together.
Each of the new priorities in our Plan will have a key theme with a strategic goal. The Partnership feel that they are ready to take this step towards more shared responsibility so that they are driving the plans for what the remainder of the funding can provide for in the Cars Area. The plan encourages us to learn new ways of working with key partners and will establish some fundamental building blocks for Cars Area Together to be sustainable post Big Local.
In response to our shift of approach and in preparing for the next phase of Cars Area Together, our vision statement is:-
Creating a greater sense of community spirit, ownership and responsibility
The new plan has resulted from 2 sessions held during March 2019 where we invited residents, neighbours, partners and stakeholders to get together to look at what we had done already and what we still need to do to make our community and neighbourhood a better place to live. We are grateful for their time, contributions and support. This made the whole process a lively series of debates to which everyone contributed.
As well as refreshing the priorities, Cars Area Together is proposing to adopt a new process for recognising and recording progress against these priorities. To date, an Action Plan approach has been used with each Priority being assigned a lengthy list of activities to be delivered.
While this has worked to date as an aid for “getting things going”, the feeling is now that a more strategic approach is required to focus resources more effectively and helps to build key partnerships that will play a part in the long term success of Big Local –
or as we prefer to call ourselves – Cars Area Together.
Each of the new priorities in our Plan will have a key theme with a strategic goal. The Partnership feel that they are ready to take this step towards more shared responsibility so that they are driving the plans for what the remainder of the funding can provide for in the Cars Area. The plan encourages us to learn new ways of working with key partners and will establish some fundamental building blocks for Cars Area Together to be sustainable post Big Local.
In response to our shift of approach and in preparing for the next phase of Cars Area Together, our vision statement is:-
Creating a greater sense of community spirit, ownership and responsibility