NENA - Working for the North Earlsdon Community

What is NENA?

The ‘North Earlsdon Neighbourhood Association’ is made up of interested members of the local community from -

Belvedere Road Berkeley Road North Broadway Dalton Road Earlsdon Avenue South Huntingdon Road Mayfield Road Mickleton Road Morningside Spencer Avenue Stanway Road

Our mission is to protect and enhance our environment and promote a strong sense of community across our neighbourhood. Membership now stands at 340 households out of a potential 600 homes. This is over half of the residents in our area.

What can we do?

The group is committed to improving the quality of life in the area by attracting external funding for community activities and area amenities. We act as a channel for communication with the City Council over development issues, we keep people informed of issues affecting our area and we help neighbours get to know each other better.

A quick survey in 2009 generated a few ideas for some of the things that people would like to see. A popular idea was the possibility of a funding bid to restore and improve Spencer Park and we are working closely with the City Council to develop a restoration and enhancement scheme for the park. Other comments included the general enhancement of the local environment and especially improvements to the condition of the alleyways and pavements.

The group are also trying to raise awareness of the potential impact of the planned £650 million pound Friargate Development around Coventry Station. This could have implications for traffic volume and flow through our area and a rise in potential parking problems. We have met with the developers and we hope to continue to input into the planning process. We have recently been invited to join the Residents Liaison Panel formed to consider local issues raised by the scheme.

The group is active in building a stronger sense of community and has held a number of successful social events including, an annual Cheese and Wine Evening and picnics in the park. Our Street Sales have been a great success, with over 90 stalls taking p[art. Also in 2010 and 2011 we took part in the national 'Big Lunch'.

We have developed a Welcome Pack which we issue to all new residents moving into the NENA area.

Finally we are actively making links with other groups in the Earlsdon area with a view to working closely with them on area wide issues.

The group meets every two months. We are organised around street contacts in every street in the area who ensure that everyone is kept fully informed.

If you would like to be a part of this or simply wish to be kept up to date, please email your details to: nena.earlsdon@gmail.com

NENA Street Contacts

The following addresses can be used as posting addresses for our group:

NENA Officers

Chair - Kevin Noble
Vice Chair -
Secretary - Avril Leigh
Treasurer - Pete Mitchell
Committee Member - Laura Noble
Committee Member - Mary Goodwin

NENA Constitution

Next General Meeting - Nov 2011 (AGM)

Click here for notes of our:

• December 2009 Meeting
  
• February 2010 Meeting
• March 2010 Meeting
• May 2010 Meeting
• July 2010 Meeting
• September 2010 Meeting
• November 2010 Meeting (AGM)
• January 2011 Meeting
• March 2011 Meeting
• July 2011 Meeting
• September 2011 Meeting
• November 2011 Meeting (AGM)
  

Affiliated Organisations

NENA is a member of, or affiliated to, the following organisations:

Coventry Community Enpowerment Network (CEN)
Earlsdon Ward Forum
National HMO Lobby
Voluntary Action Coventry
Urban Forum

Earlsdon Community Network (ECN)

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November 9, 2011