Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward

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• Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward profile
• Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward priorities
• Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward budget

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward profile

The Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward profile contains statistical information about the area and is updated regularly.

Consultations and engagement with residents take place in a variety of ways, for example, at ward committee meetings and team meetings. These forums also involve decisions on funding in order to allocate the ward budget in response to local needs and priorities.

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Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward priorities

Based on feedback from residents, ward councillors have set the following current ward priorities:

• health and wellbeing - including promoting activities, including volunteering opportunities, available locally
• tackling the Cost of Living Crisis - including supporting organisations providing advice on employment, benefits and household budgeting
• equality of opportunity - including supporting organisations providing low or no cost activities locally
• environment and climate emergency - including protecting and improving local green spaces, improving play and recreation spaces and strengthening biodiversity, making sustainable modes of travel (public transport, cycling, walking and wheeling) easier, safer and more convenient

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Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward budget

Each ward has a budget to spend on local priorities.

For 2024 to 2025 the ward budget allocation is as follows:

• £13,202 – ward revenue funding

To find out what has been spent so far, see decisions on funding. You can find out more at your annual ward committee meetings or by contacting your Community Officer.

Consultations and decisions on funding happen at ward committee meetings and through surveys and councillor surgeries.

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Also see

• Setting up a Residents' Association
• Have your say at council meetings
• Ward street cleaning