Public Consultation Meeting
As part of the Public Consultation process for the new Saintfield Community Centre a meeting was held in Saintfield High School on Monday 3rd February. The meeting was hosted by Consarc, the design consultants for the project, and Down District Council.
Members of Down District Council and Consarc who hosted the
Public Consultation Meeting in Saintfield High School.
Members of the public were able to view the Executive Summary of the information gathered
from the 900+ questionnaires which were returned to SDA during the previous week.
Amazing Response To Public Consultation!
From Monday 27th January to Saturday 1st February members of Saintfield Development Association operated a shift system from the former Mace store on Main Street as part of the Public Consultation process for the new Community Centre. They handed out questionnaires to ascertain the views of the public as to what facilities they would like to see in the Community Centre.
Over 900 completed questionnaires were returned!
The questionnaires were presented to Consarc, the design consultants, and Down District Council at the Public Consultation Meeting in Saintfield High School on Monday 3rd February.
Saintfield Development Association would like to thank everyone for making the effort to return their questionnaires at such short notice during a week of inclement weather.
Some of the members of Saintfield Development Association outside the
shop they operated from during the six days of the Public Consultation.
Download The Public Consultation Questionnaire
The questionnaire for the Public Consultation on Saintfield Community Centre can be downloaded in two formats:
The completed questionnaire can be emailed as an attachment to info [at] discoversaintfield [dot] com, or printed out and handed in to the former MACE shop on Main Street.
Completed questionnaires must be returned by 5:00pm on Saturday 1st February.
Saintfield Community Centre – Have Your Say!
Public Consultation
Monday 27th January – Saturday 1st February
As promised in Saintfield News Issue 3, there is to be public consultation for the facilities to go into and around the new community centre. Now that the design consultants, Consarc Design, have been appointed by Down District Council, all systems are go!
To meet the very tight deadline of having the contractors in place and the work starting by January 2015, we need to complete the public consultation exercise at very short notice, by the end of January.
Come in to the former Mace shop on Main Street and have your say by filling in a questionnaire.
Opening hours:
Monday 27th January – Friday 31st January: 11:00am to 8:00pm
Saturday 1st February: 11:00am to 5:00pm
Members of Saintfield Development Association will be there to answer any queries you may have. Please make sure you come and have your say and encourage all your friends and neighbours in the Saintfield area to do the same. This is the chance to make sure that our new community centre meets the needs of as many people and community groups as possible for decades to come.
If you cannot call in to the shop then copies of the questionnaire can be downloaded HERE from Saturday 25th January and emailed to:
info [at] discoversaintfield [dot] com
There will also be a public meeting hosted by the design consultants on Monday 3rd February from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. [Venue TBC]
Work Begins On Rowallane Community Hub
| The Rowallane Community Hub project secured full planning approval in July 2013.
The project will be in two phases. The front listed building, to be used by Rowallane Credit Union Limited, is Phase 1, and the courtyard to the rear, Rowallane Community Hub, is Phase 2. Work has commenced, with an expected completion date for the rear courtyard project of no later than September 2014. Photographs showing the state of the site as work begins can be seen HERE. Updates will be available as the project progresses. More information on the project can be found HERE. |
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Charity Santa Ride Photographs
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Saintfield’s Main Street was host to dozens of Santas on horseback for this year’s Saintfield Christmas Charity Santa Ride on Saturday 7th December. Gary Henderson took photographs of the event and kindly submitted them to discoversaintfield.com. They can be viewed HERE. |
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Small Art Competition Winners Announced
| Rowallane Credit Union ran their annual “Small Art Competition” at SDA’s Saintfield Christmas Fair. The competition, with its £50 and £25 prizes, attracted numerous entries.
The names of the winners can be found HERE. |
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Saintfield Development Association Says “Thank You”
| Saintfield Development Association would like to thank all of the people who generously contributed to our collection for the Philippines Typhoon Appeal at the Christmas Fair. You donated £145, and this has been transferred to the Disasters Emergency Committee. This is their reply to you all:
“First I want to say thank you for your generous gift of £145.00 to the DEC Philippines Typhoon Appeal. Because of your generosity we can provide hope to some of the Millions whose lives have been turned upside down by the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan. Hope to people like 10-year-old Rafael, who lost his father when the Typhoon struck. His cries for help did not go un-noticed; it was you and many others like you that decided to answer his call. Now we can provide people like Rafael with food, shelter and urgent medical supplies. We simply could not do this without you, so once more on behalf of all those affected by this disaster, who will receive aid because of you, we say thank you.” |
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Local Man Overcomes Blindness
| Saintfield man Doug Stevenson suffers from an hereditary eye disease which caused his sight to deteriorate over recent years until it resulted in total blindness in March this year. However, this has not stopped the 24-year-old equestrian from overcoming his disability and achieving successes denied most able-bodied folk.
More details can be found HERE. |
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Saintfield Christmas Fair 2013
| Saintfield Development Association’s annual Saintfield Christmas Fair on Friday 6th December attracted more visitors than ever before.
Fire performance group FirePoise opened and closed the evening. The Christmas Tree lights were switched on by Saintfield man Paddy Jackson, the Ulster and Ireland rugby player. Santa gave sweets to the children, and Batman made an appearance too! There was a Christmas Market, the BBC Big Bus was in town, and there were old favourites too, like the children’s roundabout and the miniature steam train. |
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Photographs of Saintfield Christmas Fair can be seen HERE.
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