For the last six years the David Idowu Foundation has organised a ‘peace day’ event with stalls, music and speeches on the Saturday closest to the anniversary of David’s tragic death. This year the peace day will take place on Saturday 11th July, 12.00pm-6.00pm. More information on the peace days and the work of the David Foundation can be found here:
Author: tgntra
Volunteer forms – Southwark Eid Festival
If your looking for something exciting and colourful to do, how about Volunteering at this years Eid festival. Where you will be joined by over 10,000 visitors from all over Southwark and beyond. This years Eid festival will take place at Burgess park on Eid Day. The 17th or 18th of July depending on the sighting of the Moon.
Please also forward onto your contacts and the poster will follow shortly. Have also enclosed stall holders form should they wish to have a stall on the day:
Rahala Khalida
Community Development Worker
Correspondence Address:
Southwark Council
Housing and Community Services Department
Community Engagement Division
2nd Floor, Hub 4
PO Box 64529
London, SE1 5LX
Tel – 020 7525 0866 Mobile – 07415227999
Email: rahala.khalida@southwark.gov.uk
My Working Hours are Monday -Tuesday 10.00am – 6.00pm, Wednesday – Friday 10.00am – 2.00pm
Rotherhithe Festival, Saturday 11 July, 11am to 9pm
The Rotherhithe Festival, which is organised by a committee of local residents, will include live music on stage, children’s rides, face painters, information stalls from Southwark based charities, church/religious groups and organisations, community groups, craft stalls, and food stalls.
The charity that we will be fundraising for this year will be cancer research and the stoma association because we have all lost some one dear to us through this dreaded disease.
The worshipful mayor of Southwark, Councillor Dora -Dixon Fyle MBE, will open the festival at 11am
Bermondsey Carnival, Saturday 4 July, 12pm to 8pm
Email from OBVNF: Next meeting 24th June 6.00pm.
Neighbourhood Forum agreement
Next meeting 24th June 6.00pm at Tabard community hall, Hankey Place SE1 4LR
“We are pleased to report that following Monday’s mediation Council officers have agreed to reverse their recommendation to the decision maker, Mark Williams, to refuse our application on behalf of OBVNF.
The mediation was attended by a representative from DCLG as well as the independent mediator. In this company and with the declared objective of both sides being to come to an agreement to permit Council recognition of OBVNF the process was very straight-forward: The Council set out their demands and – as we have in the past – we simply agreed to meet each and every one. The difference this time was that in a mediation each side is expected to put its cards on the table and to be bound by any agreement.
A copy of the mediation agreement is attached below. The key elements were focused on meeting the Council’s demands that OBVNF is genuinely open to all who wish to participate in the Neighbourhood planning process and that BVAG doesn’t have some kind of strangle-hold on the group. Of course, we say this has never been the case and meetings have always been open and welcoming to all. But as any reasonable demands in satisfaction of such a requirement are so easy to accommodate that is of course exactly what we did.
One key issue for the council officers was that our meetings are held at a ‘neutral venue’ so as not to deter those who are uncomfortable in Globe House. Although we are aware of no such category of would-be participants, to respect this demand we will be holding a meeting this Wednesday at Tabard community hall, Hankey Place SE1 4LR. The meeting will need to be half an hour earlier than usual because it has to be sandwiched between a martial arts class ending at 6.00pm and a Borough & Bankside Forum meeting that starts at 7.00pm. However, as the purpose of the meeting is to ratify the mediation agreement, following a briefing on its implications, and elect a new Chairman (another of the Council demands we were quite ready to accommodate) an hour should be enough. If it is not we will simply need to adjourn to another venue for whatever business remains.
Amy has put herself forward as a candidate to chair future meetings. If anyone else wishes to stand against her for election to the role please let us know as soon as possible so that we can take steps to publicise the election.
Apologies for the late (and short) notice but before it was possible to call a meeting we had to find and book a new venue.”
Parking update: public notice issued 18th June 2015.
Email to Russell Edwards re parking permit scheme.
From: Tabard North <tgntra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Tabard Gardens Traffic Management Order
To: “Edwards, Russell” <Russell.Edwards@southwark.gov.uk>
Cc: “Eatwell, David” <David.Eatwell@southwark.gov.uk>, “Eastham, Karl” <Karl.Eastham@southwark.gov.uk>, “Luthra, Vijay” <Vijay.Luthra@southwark.gov.uk>, “neil.coyle.mp@parliament.uk” <neil.coyle.mp@parliament.uk>, “Dennis, Helen” <Helen.Dennis@southwark.gov.uk>, “Snell, Susan” <Susan.Snell@southwark.gov.uk>, “Parkes, Clarence” <Clarence.Parkes@southwark.gov.uk>, Richard Croly <richard.croly@talktalk.net>
Dear Russell
The contents of your email were passed onto the Tabard Gardens North T&RA Committee, which met on Tuesday 16th June. Members were very disappointed at the continuing delay. They made the following specific points:
a) while the Public Realm Projects Team have 5 other traffic order requests with them, it seems only fair that this application should be given priority on the basis that the first stage you referred to in your email below of 20th March (ie to produce the report following the site visit of 26th March) seems to have taken nearly 3 months
b) there are now incidents of aggression arising as a result of delay – one attendee spoke of non-residents being aggressive to her over parking, another attendee said that both she and her husband had been verbally abused where, as a result of others using spaces where the attendee and her husband have traditionally parked, they were obliged to try to park nearby – still on the Tabard Gardens Estate but in an area where local residents did not recognise that they too were residents. The only solution for this attendee and her husband, to avoid trouble, was to pay for metered parking.
c) the Major Works scheme work-sites have aggravated the problem, meaning that there is less space. One attendee asked if it would be possible to lift parking restrictions that normally apply elsewhere to help alleviate the problem. In fact, I first contacted you about this on 20th April, asking if street parking permits could be issued free of charge to residents of affected blocks, and still await a yes / no response.
In short, those attending the meeting were very disappointed with the fact that this proposal continues to take so long to implement and accordingly, as agreed at the meeting, I am copying this email Peter John, the Leader of the Council as well as to Eleanor Kelly, Chief Executive.
I note that Councillor Vijay Luthra asked Councillor Darren Merrill, Cabinet Member for Environment and the Public Realm, on 9th June to investigate the delay, and eagerly await a response to this enquiry also.
I look forward to hearing from you
Regards
Peter Davis
Chair, Tabard Gardens North T&RA
Knock down London council estates, says housing minister.
Housing minister Brandon Lewis has called for the demolition and redevelopment of council estates across London in a move which he said would help boost the supply of new homes in the capital.
Speaking at the London Real Estate Forum, Lewis said inner city areas were ‘dominated by high-rise concrete blocks from the 1960s and 70s’ yet a number of inner London projects had shown how ‘these concrete blocks can be torn down and replaced with streets’ – the Financial Times reports.
Mr Lewis’s call echoes that of senior Labour figure Lord Adonis, who before the general election published a research paper arguing that councils are some of the biggest land owners in London and should be encouraged to make more efficient use of their holdings.
Family fun day, Saturday 27th June, 12-4pm
Southwark Travellers Action Group (STAG) and East Peckham Children’s Centre are holding an event for Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month. We are celebrating with a family fun day, held in Leyton Square Gardens in Peckham. There will be:
· a mobile farm · a bouncy castle · a children’s entertainer
· facepainting · Irish dancing · refreshments
· crafts for children · stalls
All are welcome so please come and celebrate with us!
When: Saturday 27th June, 12-4pm
Where: Leyton Square Gardens, Maismore Road, Peckham, SE15 6TP
Black History Month, grant funding applications.
Every year throughout October people, schools, libraries, groups and organisations host events and get involved with the celebration of Black History in order to:
Celebrate the talent, achievements and contributions of Southwark’s new and established black and ethnic minority communities
Provide opportunities for informal learning
Inspire, motivate and encourage the participation of Southwark’s diverse communities
Promote social cohesion by sharing histories and cultures
A limited number of Small (up to £500) and Large (up to £2,000) grants are available to help achieve this.
Each year has a different theme that guides the programming. This year it is:
Fit to Achieve – How our community has struggled and succeeded in Britain and how to build on this success.
Download the guidance notes and application form here. The closing date for applications is Monday 29 June 2015, 9am.
Tabard Gardens North T&RA 