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Veolia Southwark’s Waste and Recycling Wonder Open Day – 16 September

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Veolia Southwark’s annual Wonder Day will take place this September as part of Open House London. 

Event: The Recycling and Waste Wonder Open Day

Address: Southwark IWMF, 43 Devon Street, SE15 1AL

Date & time: Saturday 16 September 2017, 10am to 4pm

On the day there will be tours of the facility for visitors to learn first-hand how recyclables and black bag waste are turned into green products and energy. 

NEW for this year, we will be hosting recycled craft workshops throughout the day. Bring along your glass bottles, jars and vases and create something new and beautiful at our glass painting sessions!

Dr Bike will also be on hand to give your a FREE safety check, so don’t forget to being your bike along.

There will also be a host of interactive exhibits, free refreshment and entertainment for the whole family including:

  • Bouncy castle and Junk Orchestra
  • R3cycle our friendly recycled robot
  • Vehicle dispaly
  • Display of wild brids

Last year we welcomes 850 victors, here’s what they had to say…

‘Fascinating to watch; had no idea how clever the facility is.’ Mary

‘The visit was incredible. I will recyle the story of my visit to all my firends for years to come’ John Manson 

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For more information regarding tour rules and things to do on the day click here. 

We look forward to welcoming you.

Veolia Southwark 

t: +44 (0)203567 2600

Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility, 43 Devon Street, London, SE15 1AL

www.veolia.co.uk

Planning policy notification: Local Development Scheme (LDS) 2017 update

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NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (LDS) UPDATE

Southwark Council has prepared a new Local Development scheme (LDS). The LDS sets out the timetable for preparing Southwark’s development plan and supplementary planning documents from July 2017 to December 2020. This will replace the previous Local Development Scheme which was published in August 2014.

Since the last LDS, a number of changes have been made to the document. This document now includes:

  • An updated New Southwark Plan timetable
  • A Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan document timetable
  • A new Opportunity Area Framework/Area Action Plan and possible Supplementary Planning Documents for Old Kent Road. These provide additional guidance for the development that is to take place in this area;
  • New SPDs for Householders and Commercial;
  • Updated SPD timetables for Residential Design Standards, Heritage and Affordable Housing;
  • A 3 year review of Community Infrastructure Levy and an updated CIL/S106 Supplementary Planning Document to respond to keep the financial requirements updated;
  • A review date for the Statement of Community Involvement to ensure that the digital by default strategy is taken into account in consultation.

Some supplementary planning documents are rescinded or removed as they are now out of date.

For more information about the LDS as well as the supporting documents, please follow this link.

Should you have any questions about the LDS please contact us by email planningpolicy@southwark.gov.uk ; or by telephone on 0207 525 5471.

 

Kind regards,

Planning Policy Team

Southwark Council

Team London Bridge: Job opportunity for residents

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We’ve just opened an event/community space at our office and there’s an ad hoc job opportunity available that some of your residents might be interested in – details below.

Team London Bridge are looking for candidates who live max 15 minutes away from our office (1 Melior Place, SE1 3SZ) and are interested to work on an ad-hoc basis. The work predominantly involves opening up or locking our community space for when we have bookings that are taking place outside of regular office hours. 

This is suitable for individuals that are looking for an extra income around their existing jobs, studying or if retired – the hours involved would be early in the morning or late in the evening, especially on weekends and occasionally during week days too. We cannot guarantee a minimum of work hours per month, as it all depends on whether there are bookings for the space.

More details about the role here, and if interested, please liaise with our colleagues Sam and Sonia at EmploySE1. Deadline 5th September 2017.

Kind regards

Henry Johnstone

Business & Operations Manager

Team London Bridge

A message from Gerri Scott

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Dear TRA Chair

I wanted to let you know that after 7 years of leading the Housing department and the modernisation agenda for Southwark Council, I have decided to completely change my career path and have announced that I will be leaving the council at the end of the year.  I am incredibly proud of the progress we have made in Southwark, improving the quality of our council homes by making them warm, safe and dry, installing new kitchens and bathrooms, and bringing our contact centre back in-house. We have also vastly improved the housing management service, so we are more responsive to our residents.

I am pleased that I will be here to get a long-term plan in place for the residents of the Ledbury estate before I leave and to carry on leading the department whilst arrangements are made for my replacement.

My decision to leave was not an easy one, as I have thoroughly enjoyed working for what I believe is the very best council in London, with fantastic residents, colleagues, councillors,  and partners but I have ambitions beyond local government that I would like to fulfil, including a long held dream of setting up my own creative business.   After nearly 30 years in public service, it’s time to get back to my creative roots.  However, I will always have a passion for what we do and hope to use my skills and experience in other ways.

This has been the most challenging job in my career but also the most satisfying, not least because of the amazing people I have had the pleasure to work with.

With very best wishes

Gerri Scott

Strategic Director Housing & Modernisation

160 Tooley Street

London SE1 2TZ

‘A Plastic Ocean’ film screening – 7th September

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Veolia Southwark is once again supporting the Peckham & Nunhead Free Film Festival. This year, you are invited to special screening of A Plastic Ocean.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A from Louisa Casson, a campaigner for ending plastics in oceans at Greenpeace.


A Plastic Ocean is a new feature-length adventure documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. In A Plastic Ocean, an international team of adventurers, researchers, and ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is truly lurking beneath the surface of our seemingly pristine ocean. During its four-year production period, A Plastic Ocean was filmed in 20 locations around the world in beautiful and chilling detail to document the global effects of plastic pollution and introduce workable technology and policy solutions that can, if implemented in time, change things for the better.

Date: Thursday 7 September

Time: 8.00pm (doors open at 7.30pm; arrive early to avoid disappointment)
Tickets: FREE
Address: Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility, 43 Devon Street, London, SE15 1AL
Refreshments: A pop-up bar will be available on the night


Click here to watch the trailer.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Veolia Southwark

t: +44 (0)20 3567 2600
Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility, 43 Devon Street, London, SE15 1AL