{"id":1374,"date":"2022-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/2022\/06\/16\/making-a-difference-in-your-area\/"},"modified":"2023-01-29T16:58:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T16:58:54","slug":"making-a-difference-in-your-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/2022\/06\/16\/making-a-difference-in-your-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Difference In Your Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working with you, alongside planning and housing, neighbourhood wardens, police and community officers, fire and rescue teams we aim to improve the local environment and promote healthier lifestyles.<\/p>\n<h4>We will be in your area from:<\/h4>\n<h2>20th June 2022 until 4th September 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Whilst we are in your area we will be dealing with a range of issues including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving housing standards and management of privately rented property<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with empty properties<\/li>\n<li>Making sure rubbish dumped in gardens, streets and on waste ground is removed<\/li>\n<li>Seeking improvements to derelict buildings and abandoned land<\/li>\n<li>Antisocial behaviour<\/li>\n<li>Investigating noise issues<\/li>\n<li>Challenging under-age sales of alcohol\/cigarettes<\/li>\n<li>Implementing energy efficiency projects<\/li>\n<li>Advising on your consumer rights and dealing with cold callers<\/li>\n<li>Supporting local businesses through the Better Business for All scheme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to get involved or express your views on our plans to improve your area please come along to the residents events at: <strong>St Pauls Centre, St Pauls Gardens, Spennymoor, DL16 7LR<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Residents Engagement:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday 21st June 2022 \u2014 4pm \u2014 6pm<\/li>\n<li>Monday 27th June 2022 \u2014 9.30am \u2014 11.30am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Mid Action Drop In:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday 19th July 2022 \u2014 1pm \u2014 3pm<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 27th July 2022 \u2014 9.30am \u2014 11am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For more information on the work of Durham County Council&#8217;s Community Action Team visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durham.gov.uk\/CAT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.durham.gov.uk\/CAT<\/a> email <a href=\"mailto:communityactionteam@durham.gov.uk\">communityactionteam@durham.gov.uk<\/a> or call 03000 261 016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with you, alongside planning and housing, neighbourhood wardens, police and community officers, fire and rescue teams we aim to improve the local environment and promote healthier lifestyles. We will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15295,"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions\/15295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spennymoor-tc.gov.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}