Village Agents
Together with our partners in the
South Staffordshire Partnership we’ve been help ing to fund and
support local Village Agents.
Village Agents are out and about in the heart
of our rural communities giving advice, support and help to
organisations, like us, to deliver the right services to the people
who need them the most.
We’ve got five village agents; one for each
locality.
Their main roles include:
- helping to set up community
groups and get them involved in local community activities
- delivering targeted projects
and programmes
- helping community volunteers
to increase their
- skills and knowledge
- building better relations
between the local community and bodies such as the council, the
police and the health service
In each locality we’ve identified a specific
area for each Village Agent to focus their work on:
Locality 1 - Supporting healthy lifestyle
options
•
Encouraging people to get involved in exercise classes and family
activity groups
•
Working with the health service to deliver targeted health
programmes
•
Encouraging people to eat healthier food and promoting local food
producers.
Locality 2 - Transport and other general
issues
•
Helping to identify people and groups who are isolated because of
their rural location
•
Looking at improving transport links
Locality 3 - Community pride
•
Supporting regeneration projects including Featherstone Pride
and the Caddick Farm
improvement programme
•
Helping to bring the Featherstone Youth Room extension project to
fruition.
Localities 4 & 5 - Support for
older people
•
Identifying older people living in isolated areas who need extra
support.
•
Making older people aware of services available to them.
Contact Details for Village Agents
| Contact Name |
Area village agent covers |
Email Address |
|
Jan Wright
|
Village Agent Locality 1
Coppenhall,
Action Trussell & Bednall, Teddesley Hay, Huntington,
Hatherton, Penkridge and Dunston |
communityva@hotmail.co.uk |
|
Jan Wright
|
Village Agent Locality 2
Lapley, Stretton,
Wheaton Aston, Bishops Wood, Brewood and Coven
|
communityva@hotmail.co.uk
|
|
Liz Minshall
|
Village Agent for Locality 3
Featherstone, Saredon, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hilton,
Essington, Shareshill
|
liz.minshall@btopenworld.com |
|
Graham Wright
|
Village Agent Locality 4
Bilbrook,
Codsall, Perton, Pattingham, Patshull |
va4community@live.co.uk |
|
Graham Hughes
|
Village Agent Locality 5
Wombourne, Kinver, Swindon, Lower Penn, Trysull, Seisdon,
Himley, Bobbington and Enville
|
graham.hughes@staffs.org.uk
|
Contact
Localities Team
Policy and Partnership Services
Tel: 01902 696410
Fax: 01902 696309
Email: localities@sstaffs.gov.uk