Let us know what you are planning in the South East for NAW 2013
Take inspiration from great work in 2012:
Bracknell Forest C - engaged people with partners
Bracknell Forest Council worked with housing groups and provided an opportunity for the public to meet with an officer from the environmental protection team: information leaflets/stands and a schools competition - open to all young people in the borough, aged between 5-16 years, to participate in designing noisy and quiet homes.
Elmbridge BC - lulling the licensing trade
Elmbridge BC in Surrey have been worked with the licensing trade and launched a consultation on an online noise code for licensed premises. The code will be voluntary seek to establish a standard of excellence in noise management.It has three components, best practice guide, complaints management and partnership working, and will form part of Elmbridge’s award winning website.
Colchester BC - DIY Advice
Colchester BC were at a local B and Q store advising on DIY noise and hearing protection
Guinness South - Hear to Here across the south
The housing provider are took their consultation bus on a week long tour of estates across the south - taking in Milton Keynes, Colchester, Brighton and London Boroughs - handing out sound advice to residents.
Tendring DC - sound space for schools
Tendring DC have took ‘noise in and around schools’ as their theme for NAW 2012, with talks and demos in junior schools raising awareness of noise issues, in particular highlighting the risks of hearing damage through high levels of noise from MP3 players etc.
Norfolk Councils - highlighting nuisance and hearing harm
The Norfolk Environmental Protection Group (Consisting of the seven Norfolk local authorities) teamed up with the charity Action on Hearing Loss for an Event eries they may have.
Slough BC - pubs, builders, parties..
Ths Slough noise team are worked to reduce noise last summer - spending the week talking to builders, licensees and residents to advise on keeping noisy work and celebrations from causing disruptive noise.
Thurrock Council - night time service
The noise team in Thurrock, Essex, will visited supermarkets in the Borough to raise awareness of noise nuisance and promote their out of hours service.
Maidstone BC - Focus on Flats
Spending the week at a main shopping centre and the local market. With a focus on neighbour noise, they set up a mock up flat, one side playing loud music to draw the attention of passers by, and a recording of bass music that is heard next door in the flat - to demonstrate what people hear in their flats when neighbours are being noisy.