The Memorial Service for Michael Causer, a young gay man from Merseyside who died after an allegedly homophobic assault earlier this year, will take place at 7.30pm on Saturday 29th November at the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool.

The service will be a celebration of Michael's life and all are welcome, particularly the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender communities of Merseyside, to attend to pay their respects.                 

You do not have to have known Michael personally. What matters is that you care. There's not even a dress code - Michael's family have said simply, "Come as you are." Red AIDS ribbons, Michael Causer badges - all are welcome.

But please try to arrive a little before 7.30pm so that we can be seated for the start of the Service.

Michael Causer (1989 - 2008)
Memorial Service
7.30pm, Saturday 29th November
Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool

Burgalry Rates drop by 21% across Tuebrook and Stoneycroft
 
I have just come from an important meeting this afternoon reviewing various crime levels, police and community action plans for both the Tuebrook Stoneycroft and Anfield Wards
 
For the crime figures shows year on year reduction in the levels of house break-ins by 21% across the whole of Tuebroook and Stoenycroft.
 
Sadly our neighbours in the Anfield area which has always had a similar crime profile saw an increase of break-ins by 5%
 
I think this shows the dramatic difference the Tuebrook beat the burglar campaign has had in delivering practical support to over 4500 households with UV marker pens and light timers , equally beneficial has been our efforts in making residents more alert to burglaries, with practical advise like close alleygates. This campaign in Tuebrook has not be supported or copied by councillors for neighbouring areas.
 
However this will not make us complacent , we are still to reach another 2500 Tuebrook, Stoneycroft and Newsham Park homes with our community safety pack.
 
We relooking at various funding streams to upgrade more areas of street lighting and in the longer term develop a Youth centre running along side the Tuebrook Hope Centre, at the Christ Church, Buckingham Road site
 
We are currently seeing substantial modernisation at Anfield Sorts Community Centre with additional security fencing and lightig
 
We are working with community safety to roll out a limited number of further sites for alleygating.
 
If you have any ideas on how to keep up the progress we have all been making drop us a line
 
Lastly I have convened a further meeting with Community Safety , Police and Youth Service to develop actions plans for the border ares of Tuebrook and Anfield , where crime levels are still unacceptably high. That is not to detract from some excellent progress made this year by the Police, Youth service and Community working together
 
I am sure you are equally pleased to read of the progress but will still keep vigilant
 
Best Wishes
 
Steve Radford

Osborne Road,Tuebrook Fire Arms  Appeal for Information.

A firearms incident occurred on Osborne Road on Wednesday 12th November at aprox 1935 hours in the evening.

There appears to be no motive for the attack and fortunately nobody was injured.

Two people were seen leaving the scence on a dark coloured motorcycle after the incident.

If you do have any information regarding this incident could you please call DS Whittle on 777 5686
 

Community Skips
 
As ward councillors we can only order 4 community skips in any two month period
 
They are a faculty over and above normal council services, most districts do not have this provision
 
We are appalled every time we order then we are loaded with quite petty comments
 
We can not and do not supervise the exact drop off location that has to be left with the driver
 
We will not leave skips overnight to become missiles launching pads for vandals
 
Skips are not provided for individual houses
 
We are not able to order replacement skips that day if and when they are full
 
If we get continued complaints about the skip programme from any streets in future we will simply take that sreet off our request rota
 
The following locations skips will be delivered to
 
Wednesday 19th Nov Corner of Silverdale Avenue and West Dery Road lay by
 
Wednesday 19th Nov  Junction Northgate Road and Plemont Road
 
Wednesday 19th Nov  Stoneycoft Crescent
 
Thursday 20th Nov Hilberry Avenue at Siutton Street end
 
Sorry to be harsh but the amount of silly calls we deal with over the skip facility is becoming needlessly time consuming and totally unrealist
 Last month we had skips delivered in Woburn Hill, Tynwald Hill and Snaefell Avenue. Over the year  we hope to roll then right across the ward
 

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Extraordinary General Meeting 9th December for Tuebrook Hope Centre

The Tuebrook Hope Cente is reviewing its constitution at an EGM onTuesday 9th December from 6.30

The proposed changes will:

Bring constitution in line with best practice and the recent Charities Act

Formalise working relationship wth Stoneycroft URC andThe Free Church of ngland , Buckingham Road

Broaden objectives to reflect community safety, divesity and social inclusion agendas