Our A-Z of achievements in 2009-10
Abandoned vehicles – 93% of reports of
abandoned vehicles were investigated within 24 hours in
2009-10
Benefits – in 2009-10 we received
over 5,500 benefits claims forms, dealt with 17,000 changes of
circumstance and visited over 600 elderly or disabled
claimants
Charter Mark – our Environmental
Health team retained its Charter Mark Award for the tenth year
running
Developments - our planning service
determined over 800 planning applications
Eye-sore buildings – our work
targeting dilapidated buildings gained national recognition
Football pitches – we maintain 236.4
hectares of land, that is the equivalent of 470 football
pitches
Gaining savings - £3.5 million
savings made through the Council’s ‘Transformation’
programme
Housing – we were one of just 36
councils in the country to receive Government funding to help
design and plan new housing developments
Investing in communities – we handed
over the keys to Wigton Market Hall and Wigton Community Centre to
North Allerdale Development Trust, under a scheme to help the
community-based charity become self-sustaining and generate its own
income
Joined-up working – sharing the ICT
service with Carlisle City Council made £120,000 savings
Keeping the streets clean – we sweep
23,400 miles of streets each year – almost the distance around the
world!
Licensing – our Licensing team dealt
with 1,500 licensing applications
Maryport Townscape Heritage
Initiative – 2009-10 saw a total investment of over £720,000,
creating 33 jobs and improving 1,500 square metres of floor
space
November floods – our staff worked
24/7 in reception centres, on the emergency telephone hotline,
rehoming those affected, inspecting over 700 buildings, preventing
the spread of disease, distributing 8,000 sandbags, cleaning the
streets of mud, silt and flood debris and working with partners to
get Allerdale back open for business
Orienteering – with the help of
grants from Allerdale Borough Council, two orienteering sisters
from Cockermouth found their way into the finals of a championship
event
Poop – we’re tacking dog fouling by
giving out 15,000 poop scoop bags per month
Quality – our three leisure
facilities received high scores in the QUEST accreditation
scheme
Recycling – last year we recycled and
composted 19,400 tonnes of rubbish – the same weight as 4,200
elephants!
Swimming – More than 38,609 free
swims were enjoyed by the young and the young at heart at
Council-owned swimming pools in 2009-10
Train station – we resolved legal and
planning issues within 24 hours to build the temporary Workington
North train station on Council land
Up-to-the-minute information –
our website was rated ‘excellent’ for the second year
running by the Society of IT Management
Vulcan Park – Workington's Vulcan
Park won its first Green Flag in 2009-10
Warning – Our building site
safety scheme highlighted the perils of playing on building sites
to local schoolchildren
X-ray eyes – not needed to access our
services; we make them available in different formats to suit our
customers
Young people – Local youngsters
tackled climate change issues as part of the 11 Million Takeover
Day
Zzzz – you will not fall asleep with
our award-winning communications.