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New Council Locality Leads
We are clear that given the challenge of decreasing resources and increasing demand, the Council’s success can no longer depend on a traditional view of service delivery; it will depend on the involvement of service users and citizens. The Council has therefore made the decision to appoint 7 full-time locality leads (supported by 7 locality facilitators) to lead our commitment to shifting the way the we work so that we are closer to local people.
They will be working with elected Council Members in the area to aim to improve information, understanding and awareness of how the Council, and partners, work so that people feel able to get involved in decisions and services that affect them most, when they want to and make it easier for people to volunteer. Put simply the leads will seek to generate more conversations, more often, with more people, about the things people care about.
A locality approach will help us to understand neighbourhoods better and share information effectively. We want to overlay the data we have about neighbourhoods (health, education, skills, employment etc.) with local stories to help us make better decisions with scarcer resources and get better outcomes from services. The way we engage with schools is vital to this and we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about the best way to do this. From your view at the heart of local communities, it would be good to understand more about the kind of issues people are facing and also what existing groups / support networks you are aware of that may be in the local area or for example, which groups use your school buildings. Matt Gott, Board Director for Localities can be contacted on mgott@swindon.gov.uk or 463097 if you require further information or would like to talk about any opportunities.
Listed below are the contact details for the Locality Leads in your area and also attached is a map which outlines the boundaries of the localities. It isn’t a perfect match with the localities we use in Children Services and we recognise that your catchment areas will cross many of the boundaries but it should be enough to give you contact details for your area.
John Gilbert
Board Director Commissioning and Director of Children’s and Adults Services, and
Matt Gott
Board Director Localities
To view the map of the Locality boundaries, please follow the link below which will open as a PDF downloadable document:
Locality Boundaries Map (908 kb)
| Locality | Electoral Wards | Schools | Locality Chair | Locality Lead | Contact Details |
| South | Old Town & Lawn, Ridgeway, Wroughton & Chiseldon | Bishopstone CE Primary School Chiseldon Primary School East Wichel Community Primary School Lawn primary School Lethbridge Primary School SDA Primary School 1 SDA Primary School 2 SDA Primary School 3 SDA Secondary The Commonweal School The Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College Wanborough Primary School Wroughton Infant school Wroughton Junior School |
Cllr Eric Shaw | Jackie Moyles | Email: jmoyles@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 466278 |
| West | Freshbrook & Grange Park, Shaw & Nine Elms, Toothill & Westlea | Brook Field Primary School Lydiard Park Academy Millbrook Primary School Oliver Tomkins CE Infant School Oliver Tomkins CE Junior School Peatmoor Community Primary School Shaw Ridge Primary School Toothill Primary School Tregoze Primary School Westlea Primary School |
Cllr May Martin | Paula Harrison | Email: pharrison@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 466418 |
| North Central | Gorse Hill, Pinehurst, Penhill, Western |
Crowdys Hill School Even Swindon Primary School Ferndale Community Primary School Gorse Hill School and Children's Centre Nova Hreod School Seven Fields Primary School St Mary's Catholic Primary School Uplands School |
Cllr Kevin Small | Andy Reeves | Email: Areeves3@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 466499 |
| East | Dorcan, Parks & Walcot | Brimble Hill primary School Churchfields Academy Dorcan Technology College Eldene Primary School Goddard Park Community Primary School Academy Trust Holy Family Catholic Primary School Holy Rood Catholic Junior School Lainesmead Primary School Liden Primary School Mountford Manor Primary Oaktree Nursery & Primary School |
Cllr Mavis Child | Nazakat (Naz) Ali | Email: nali@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 464498 |
| Central | Central, Eastcott | Drove Primary School Holy Rood Catholic Infant School King William Street CE Primary Robert Le Kyng Primary School St Joseph's Catholic College The Chalet School |
Cllr David Wood | Mark Walker | Email: mwalker@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 464605 |
| North East | Covingham, Nythe, Highworth, St Margaret, St Philips | Beechcroft Infant School Colebrook Infant School Colebrook Junior School Covingham Park Primary School Covingham Park Primary School Eastrop Infant School Grange Infant Community School Grange Junior School Highworth Warneford School Kingsdown School Nyland Special School Nythe Primary School Ruskin Junior School Southfield Junior School St Catherine's Catholic Primary School St Luke's School Swindon Academy Westrop Primary School |
Cllr Emma Faramazi | Pam Gough / Andrea Barrett (Job Share) |
Email: pgough@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 463140 Email: abarrett@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 463140 |
| North | Abbey Meads, Blunsdon, Haydon Wick, Moredon | Abbey Meads Community Primary School Bridlewood Primary School Catherine Wayte Primary School Greenmeadow Primary School Haydon Wick Primary School Haydonleigh Primary School Isambard Community School Moredon Primary and Nursery School Oakhurst Community Primary School Orchid Vale Primary School Red Oaks Primary School Rodbourne Cheney Primary Schoo South Marston CE Primary Schoo St Leonard's CE Primary Academy St Francis CE Primary School |
Cllr Vera Tomlinson | Helena Robinson / Kathryn Langdown (Kathryn will cover Helena's maternity leave from 1/1/12) |
Email: herobinson@swindon.gov.uk Tel: 466210 Email: klangdown@swindon.gov.uk Mob: 07500 884183 |