Participation at Council Meetings and Panels

• During the course of the year I have attended all the Full Council Meetings.
• I am a member of two Scrutiny Panels, Personal & Health Services and Resources & Sustainable Communities, and have attended all but two of these.

Participation at District Assemblies

• I have attended all the Denton & Audenshaw District Assembly (D & A D/A) meetings.
• I am on the informal Financial Sub Committee of the D & A D/A.
• I have attended most of the D & A D/A Safety Sub Committee meetings.

Participation on Outside Bodies and Partnerships

• I am a Director on Tame Valley Partnership and have attended most meetings.
• I am treasurer of Haughton Green Community Forum.
• I am treasurer of Haughton Green Centre.
• I am on the Haughton Green Centre Management Committee and attend fairly regular meetings with the Primary Care Trust who are owners of the building.
• I am on the committee of Friends of Haughton Green Playing Fields.
• I am a member of the Denton Town Twinning Committee (with Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France).
• I am a representative for D & A D/A to the local Transport Group Committee and have attended most of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority meetings and seminars.
• I am treasurer of Denton & Reddish Constituency Labour Party.
• I have attended most meetings of the Denton South Partnership and associated committees of Environmental Task Group and Community Safety Task Group.

Participation on School Governing Bodies

• I am a governor at Two Trees Sports College.
• Until January 2008 I was a governor at St John Fisher RC Primary School.

Constituency Work

• I attend meetings of the Denton South Community Newspaper.
• I have attended most PACT meetings in Denton South.
• I have attended most of the monthly Irwell Valley Housing Association officers/residents meetings.
• I have attended various gatherings and social events within the constituency at sheltered housing units, Haughton Green Centre (playing Father Christmas) and Denton & Audenshaw Carnival 2007, stewarding and judging.

Members’ Advice Surgeries

• I hold surgeries (in rotation with my two colleagues) at Haughton Green Library or Yew Tree Community Centre on Saturday mornings and Haughton Green Young Peoples Centre on Monday evenings.
• Constituents also call at or phone my home for assistance.

Training and Development

I have attended most of the training offered by TMBC during the year including some IT sessions.

Achievements during the Year

• I am still on a learning curve being a relatively new member (under two years) and believe there is still a vast amount of knowledge yet to be absorbed.
• I believe that I am acquiring a good working relationship with colleagues, partners from other organisations and members of the public.
• I have been involved, with others, as a councillor and in my voluntary capacity in bringing about change for the better in Denton South.
• We have helped Haughton Green Playing Fields win a Green Pennant,
• We have had a new centre built on the playing fields.
• We have had Multi Use Games Areas built on the playing fields and next to St. John Fisher RC Primary School, with a new one building near the Yew Tree Community Centre.
• We have had the Yew Tree Community Centre itself refurbished.
• And the Haughton Green Centre on Tatton Road is now a buzzing, busy place brought back from near dereliction a year or so ago.

Any other comments

• There is still much to be done, the ongoing improvement never finishes.
• One area, which is a constant problem, is anti social behaviour by a few people causing upset among the majority. This is something we must keep on tackling and trying to resolve.