BOROUGH NEWS Winter 2019
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Climate change action plan to be published Eastleigh Borough Council has reaffirmed its existing commitment to tackling the climate crisis by joining other local authorities and institutions in declaring a Climate Change and Environmental Emergency. A new strategy and action plan detailing how the Council will continue to tackle the Climate and Environmental Emergency over the coming months will be published soon.
Stoneham Lane Football Complex kicks-off Fantastic facility for local footballers
The Council declared the emergency in July, setting out targets to make its operations carbon neutral by 2025 and support communities and businesses across the Borough to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. The interim action plan is a 30 point list covering areas such as ecology, energy, planning, transport, waste and more. It includes:
• Plans to widen the Borough’s food waste
recycling programme; potentially opening the offer to businesses and building an anaerobic digestion facility within the Borough to serve the rest of Hampshire
• Proposal for large scale habitat creation projects that will help to absorb carbon
• Plans to introduce more wildflowers Local footballers are now enjoying a new high-class football facility with the opening of the £8m Stoneham Lane Football Complex. The facility was made possible thanks to a £2.9m grant from the Premier League, The FA and the Government’s Football Foundation, as well as contributions from Eastleigh Borough Council. The site which is run by Hampshire FA, is one of the biggest football complexes in the country. The complex will be fully completed by the end of November and consists of three full-size floodlit 3G all weather pitches including one stadia pitch, an eight-team changing
pavilion, clubroom, café and car parking for 350 cars. Junior and senior grass pitches will be available in 2020. The facility is the new home of the Eastleigh and District Mini Soccer League as well as AFC Stoneham. Council Leader, Keith House, said: “We are pleased that this fantastic new facility is being enjoyed by local footballers who can now play every week without being thwarted by the English weather. It will provide the opportunity for children and adults of all ages and abilities to play football, become more active and enjoy high quality facilities. This is another great example of our
commitment to providing excellent community sporting facilities for local people to enjoy.” Paul Thorogood, Chief Executive of the Football Foundation, said: “The support of the Premier League, FA and government enables the Football Foundation to help improve community sports facilities like this one across the country. Their funding has played a key role in delivering this new football hub.” Picture above: Local players enjoying football at the new Stoneham Lane Football Complex
and ‘minimal maintenance’ areas to increase wildlife
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