Stoke Aldermoor Road Safety Campaign

06/02/2025

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Today morning, I went to the BBC CWR. To talk about the Road Safety Campaign in Stoke Aldermoor. My session comes in at 2:12:00 minutes into the radio show. This is a campaign that has been organised by the people of Stoke Aldermoor supported by Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire Community organisers.

We have worked with local people on this since they identified it as their number one priority in October 2023. Over 300 people signed the petition that was handed over to the council and over 100 people were spoken to. People young, old and in between care about this and want action taken before a more serious incident occurs.

Below is a link to a video that local people both young and old made helped by Grapevine. They talk about their experiences and voice their concerns about safety on our roads. It finishes with a call to action for the council to put in sustainable road traffic measures soon. And for more local people to join in the campaign too.

It also shows the impact of dangerous driving on a road in Stoke Aldermoor.
Please use your discretion when watching as the immediate aftermath of the of a road traffic accident is shown.

https://youtu.be/bZACZvcmy3A?si=W36s_UYu6bYDK58r

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17/01/2025

Tune into BBC Coventry & Warwickshire tomorrow morning (14 January) at around 8:15am to hear an interview with our CEO Clare Wightman about proposed cuts to grant funding for voluntary sector services helping people with learning disabilities in Coventry who don't qualify for council support.

This will mean about half as much money for support like our Help and Connect project in the coming year.

Follow this link for FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO to take action and show your solidarity with some of our city's most vulnerable people whose lives will become even harder than they are now if we don't stop these cuts: https://www.grapevinecovandwarks.org/grapevine-news/help-to-stop-council-cuts-for-people-with-learning-disabilities-in-coventry/



ID: Headshot outdoors on fields at the University of Warwick of a white woman with bobbed brown hair and glasses wearing a green patterned dress and smiling. She is Clare Wightman.

17/01/2025

City Council wants to cut money for voluntary sector services that help people with a learning disability who do not qualify for council support.

At the moment, some of the council’s money pays for Help and Connect - a service provided by Grapevine to 80 people every year.

In the future there will be half as much money. That means people will have even less support than they do now.

If you care about people who get no council support getting help from organisations like Grapevine, please complete the public consultation survey before the deadline of 28 January.

Budget consultation survey: https://bit.ly/CoventryCutsSurvey

If you are a relative or friend of someone who has been helped by the grant for Help and Connect you might also want to have your say. Things to think about:

🛑 There are already lots of people with a learning disability in the city struggling to cope who do not qualify for council support
🛑 Their carers are often struggling to cope too
🛑 Cutting voluntary sector support to them will make their lives even harder
🛑 Taking away the safety net does not save money. When people fall into crisis, can’t cope, get financially exploited or abused, the council has to step in anyway and it costs even more money to do that
🛑 People with a disability are protected under the Equality Act 2010 and special attention should be paid to the impact of council cuts on them.

Please pass this message on and complete the survey today before it is too late.

Add 'reference number 25' to specifically talk about proposed cuts to voluntary sector services for people with learning disabilities living in Coventry 🙏

ID: Bold black text next to an illustration of a hand holding a megaphone says 'People in Coventry need your help!' It is raising awareness of the public budget consultation survey for 2025/26 that is running until 28 January.

17/01/2025

A Coventry charity says its worried proposed council cuts will axe a vital service to young adults with disabilities: https://bbc.in/4jdqH0Y

18/12/2024

Over 300 people have signed our petition! Either on paper on online. We are calling for better road safety in and bringing forward solutions suggested by local residents.

Today's the last day to share & sign the petition, before we submit it to the council tomorrow. https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=544&RPID=55907363&HPID=55907363

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05/12/2024

When our place based community organisers started talking to parents about what they would like to work together to change in Stoke Aldermoor, road safety wa...

29/11/2024

Rose & Zhyan have been out door knocking with a paper petition asking local people to support road safety measures in Stoke Aldermoor. We've reached over 100 signatures already!

Add your support by signing our online petition today: https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=544&RPID=54786820&HPID=54786820

Both paper and online petitions will be collated and presented to the council on 19/12/2024.

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21/11/2024

Support our campaign by signing this petition before it closes on 19 December ✍️ https://bit.ly/4eH53P4

The team has also compiled video clips of numerous accidents and near misses that have happened outside their front doors involving speeding cars and on one occasion, a beloved pet.
Watch the film and find out more 🎥 https://bit.ly/3Cz8JoJ

This week’s icy conditions naturally bring road safety to the forefront of our minds – but for residents and children going to school in one neighbourhood, it’s just one more danger on an already perilous daily journey.

It’s also a timely issue as this week is 🚸

When our place based community organisers started talking to parents about what they would like to work together to change in Stoke Aldermoor, road safety was quickly identified as their main priority.

A campaign core team formed, made up of concerned parents of children attending the local primary school and an inspiring group of young people wanting to make things better for themselves and others.

After all, road safety affects everyone living in an area.

After speaking to over 100 people in Stoke Aldermoor, the team has opened an ePetition in order to put their demands - including a zebra crossing - to Coventry City Council.

They are asking people to support them by signing this petition before it closes on 19 December ✍️ https://bit.ly/4eH53P4

The team has also compiled video clips of numerous accidents and near misses that have happened outside their front doors involving speeding cars and on one occasion, a beloved pet.

Watch the film and find out more 🎥 https://bit.ly/3Cz8JoJ

Follow the campaign 👍 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558242249808

This campaign, sparked by local people, is part of our place based social action work in Stoke Aldermoor. It forms part of our strand of action with people, systems and services.

*Please note that the video was made by residents of Stoke Aldermoor with help from Grapevine. Please use your discretion when watching as the immediate aftermath of road traffic accidents is shown.

ID: Two young boys wearing rucksacks use a zebra crossing to cross a residential road at sunset. The words say, Stoke Aldermoor Road Safety Campaign.

05/11/2024

SIGN OUR PETITION to support Road Safety in

https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=544

"We the undersigned petition the Council to make considerations on better road safety in Stoke Aldermoor. After speaking to over 100 people in the area, we call upon the Council to consider the following road safety measures:
A Zebra Crossing on Pinley Fields

A safe designated place for parents and children to cross is needed.

Speed bumps on the Moorfield

Extra parking spaces nearby the school

Make Pinley Fields a one-way street with waiting restrictions. This would have to be done in conjunction with other measures. It would allow traffic from the school run to move off quicker, but this would not benefit the issues on the Moorfield.

Speed cameras / Fines

School markings/cones around the school to stop congestion.

Consider the area around Aldermoor Primary School for a Street Safe scheme

Employing a lollipop person at school drop-off and pick-up times

School involvement in providing more road traffic awareness training for parents and children. This could include outside organisations.

A pedestrian crossing on Acorn Street

More 20 mph Zones in Stoke Aldermoor

Conversations with teenage bikers - they do not race around at school times as they are aware of the children. They would re-route to avoid a zebra crossing.

This ePetition runs from 31/10/2024 to 19/12/2024."

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