Residents of the Aylesbury Estate, unwillingly famous for its Channel 4 ident, are at the centre of a regeneration row with Southwark Council.
Like its now-demolished neighbour, the Heygate Estate, residents at the Aylesbury Estate are losing their homes in a deal between the local authority and Notting Hill Housing (NHH). Southwark calls it regeneration, the residents call it social cleansing.
Read the full article on the Londonist website.
Residents of Tabard North can join us for a FREE visit to the Tower of London on Saturday 21st March 11.15am.
The Tower of London is one of the world’s most famous fortresses and has seen service as royal palace, prison, armoury and even a zoo. The ancient stones hold within them dark secrets, as fortified vaults shine with priceless jewels and historic uniformed Beefeaters stroll the grounds. Situated in Central London, just a stone’s throw from the River Thames, the Tower of London is one of the city’s premier attractions.
FREE tickets can only be booked in person at the Annual General Meeting on 17th March in Tabard Community Hall.
http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/planyourvisit/suggesteditineraries
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Job type: full-time; permanent
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This winter 2014/15 Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is working hard with Age UK Lambeth to help older people keep warm and well throughout the winter in a number of ways. During the Warm & Well in Winter project we will be providing the following services in Southwark:
There will be a screening of Concrete Heart Land at the Documentary Research Forum, at London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle on Wednesday 4th March at 17.30, room MLG06. Admission is free, but if you would like to attend, RSVP to concreteheartland@gmail.com and your name will be added to a list at the LCC front desk.
Concrete Heart Land exposes the social cleansing of the Heygate Estate in Elephant and Castle, South London. It marks the moment that the estate was finally lost as social housing to make way for an unjust ‘regeneration’ scheme.
Assembled from 12 years of archive materials the film charts the struggles of the local community to keep their homes, stay living in the area, and maintain communal benefits in the face of the advance of this now notorious ‘urban redevelopment programme’. Throughout the film we hear the community engaging in some of the crucial battles with elected officials, planners, and barristers in municipal planning meetings, public enquiries, and interviews.
Weaving through these recordings is a performance staged in 2012 on the then still inhabited estate. An assembled group of past and present residents, community activists, and critics of the Heygate plans chant texts composed from phrases used in the Regeneration Masterplan. The performances parody the technical language of regeneration and the aspirational language of gentrification.
Over the course of 2012 and 2013 we filmed panoramic video images of the estate and interiors of some of the Heygate flats, all of which feature in the film.
Having evicted the last residents in November 2013, Southwark Council and the developer Lend Lease are currently working towards the wider gentrification of the area.
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