Rebuilding Kendray
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Boundry Walls A project managed by Berneslai Homes to replace boundry walls around Kendray. Work was carried out by Barnsley Community Build Central Park The Central Park area was created by demolishing 136 houses to give Kendray a more open feeling at its centre. The community identified a need for a park to provide play areas for teenagers, young children and a place to relax for the older generations and these priorities were included in the Kendray Blueprint Decent Homes What is Decent Homes Modernisation ? New kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors and roofs are being replaced where they do not meet the Decent Homes standard in council properties across Barnsley. Berneslai Homes are managing the modernisation and have been awarded over £118million to achieve this goal. Lavender Court Extra Care Lavender Court, Kendray, is the first Extracare scheme in Barnsley and has been welcoming new residents since January 2007 and was officially opened by the Mayor of Barnsley in June 2007 New Bungalows Chevin have provided new accommodation types that are in high demand in Kendray, aimed at the mature generations. Chevin have built 35 x 2 bed bungalows for elderly people, on Birk Avenue, Birk Road, Gerald Place and Pine Close. 29 of these are for rent, the other 6 were offered for sale as shared ownership and Chevin have also built 4 family bungalows with disabled access at Pine Close. New Houses Haslam Homes is an award winning house building company and part of a highly successful £350 million turnover group. They specialise in providing affordable, yet highly desirable homes, predominately aimed at the first and second time buyer market throughout the Midlands and North of England. For more information about the company please visit www.haslamhomes.co.uk Medical Centre The Government is promoting the construction of new purpose built medical facilities in settings that are more cost effective than what is currently provided. These new facilities will supply modern health care and improve the ability of patients to get the best medical treatment available. Safer Neighbourhood Team Barnsley's Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is a partnership between the South Yorkshire Police and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC), with the aim of providing specific solutions to areas that suffer from anti social behaviour. The SNT also deal with low level crime. They were formerly known as Local Partnership Teams (LPT) Allotments The allotments on Swanee Road have recently been redeveloped into a flagship site managed by BMBC's Neighbourhood Services. There are now 13 plots of varying sizes, water is on the site and attractive knee high fencing has been installed. The area had become very run down, the site was not secure from vandals and drug users. For these reasons it was crying out to be brought back up to a good standard. Regional Housing In February 2003, the Deputy Prime Minister launched "Sustainable Communities: building for the future" (click here). The document set out an action programme to tackle the imbalance between housing supply and demand, to improve the condition of housing stock and the quality of life for residents. 
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