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Doxford & Tunstall Focus Team

Working hard and getting things done for Burdon, Chapelgarth, Doxford Park, Hall Farm, Mill Hill, Moorside, Tunstall village and Tunstall Bank Estate.

Heather, Helen and the local Lib Dem Focus Team keep in touch with residents in Doxford and Tunstall with their regular 'FOCUS' community newsletter delivered across the area. The team also runs campaigns to improve things around the area and across the city. If you have any issues in your area which you would like to talk about please get in touch.

Photograph of Councillor Heather Fagan

Councillor Heather Fagan

Email: cllr.heather.fagan@sunderland.gov.uk
Telephone : 07917 720 449

Heather grew up in Sunderland and has lived in the Doxford ward for 13 years. Heather is available all year round to talk about concerns, represent residents to the Council and will work to get things done in the ward and the City.
Helen Cowdery

Helen Cowdery

Email: DoxfordFocus@gmail.com

Local campaigner Helen Cowdery is a member of the Doxford and Tunstall Focus Team, helping residents with issues all year round.

Local news and campaigns

  • Councillor Heather Fagan inspecting recent damage on Weymouth Road
    Call for speed calming measures outside Portland Academy
    Article: Jun 22, 2020
    By Heather Fagan

    A car crash outside Portland Academy school in Doxford has led local councillor Heather Fagan to demand measures to reduce speeding on roads in the area.

    The roundabout outside Portland Academy on Weymouth Road - between Hall Farm, Chapelgarth and Moorside estates - was the scene of a car smash at the weekend, with bollards, lights and signs on the roundabout being destroyed.

  • Lib Dem councillor for Doxford Heather Fagan ()
    Success as Tunstall Bank Estate in Ryhope saved from bus cuts
    Article: May 31, 2020
    By Heather Fagan

    Councillor Heather Fagan welcomes Go North East U-turn, after people on an estate in Ryhope in Sunderland were at risk of being left stranded.

    Bus company Go North East is drastically cutting its services from 1st June, slashing services as people start to come out of lockdown.

    The decision was going to mean residents on Tunstall Bank Estate in Ryhope would have been left with no services during the day Monday to Saturday, as the 38 bus will now only go as far as Hollycarrside.

  • Lib Dem councillor for Doxford Heather Fagan ()
    Councillor brokers Barclays and Gentoo parking deal to reduce Covid-19 risk for workers
    Article: Mar 31, 2020
    By Heather Fagan

    Workers at Barclays offices at Doxford International Business Park in Sunderland won't have to increase their risk of catching or spreading coronavirus after a local councillor stepped in to find a solution to parking problems.

    Due to a shortage of parking spaces outside Barclay's Sunderland offices at Doxford Park, staff usually park in overflow carparks in Silksworth and using a minibus to get from their cars to the office building.

  • Lib Dem councillor for Doxford Heather Fagan ()
    Doxford and Ryhope must see Budget housing infrastructure cash before residents move in
    Article: Mar 11, 2020
    By Heather Fagan

    Commenting on the announcement in the Budget that South Sunderland will receive a share of £1.1 billion of Housing Infrastructure Fund money, Lib Dem councillor for Doxford and Tunstall Heather Fagan said:

    "I look forward to seeing further details of just how much money Sunderland City Council is going to get in order to improve infrastructure in the Doxford and Ryhope areas where the community is set to change beyond all recognition by the building of thousands of new homes.

  • Lib Dem councillor for Doxford Heather Fagan ()
    Lib Dems call vote on scrapping freebie Empire Theatre tickets for Sunderland councillors
    Article: Jan 22, 2020
    By Heather Fagan

    Liberal Democrats in Sunderland will force a vote on ending "shameful" free Empire Theatre tickets which are given to councillors.

    Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors in Sunderland are trying to end the situation where hundreds of free Empire Theatre tickets are given to city councillors.

    Lib Dem councillors - who refuse to take the free tickets - have revealed through the Freedom of Information Act that 172 freebie tickets were taken by Labour and Conservative councillors between May 2017 and June 2019.