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Elephant Amenity Network
Centre closes, but campaign continues
| Dear Friend Many thanks to all of you who joined us on our great protest to mark the closure of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre last Thursday. The large crowd marched round the shopping centre and heard impassioned and heart-felt speeches from Latin Elephant’s Patria Roman and shopping centre trader Emad Megahed, both mainstays of the Up the Elephant campaign. The protest and closure drew widespread media coverage, with articles in the SE1 website, Southwark News, South London Press, South West Londoner, Morning Star, The Guardian (and an opinion piece), the Justice Gap, Vice and the Spanish language Express News UK (and here) and the BBC’s Drivetime with Eddie Nestor. See More photos of the protest here  Thank’s to Emile for photo What next….. While the centre has closed the campaign in support of the traders continues. The day before the centre’s closure Mayor Sadiq Khan responded to the traders proposal to the Mayor for new market stalls at the Elephant to accommodate traders who have not been allocated new premises. The Mayor has said ‘It is disappointing that a number of small businesses still don’t have the certainty they need….in general I would welcome any workable solution that would provide these businesses with the space they need to trade’. The traders’ proposal is supported by Florence Eshalomi MP, London Assembly member for Lambeth and Southwark, local councillor Maria Linforth Hall and London Assembly members Caroline Pidgeon and Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate for Mayor. The Camberwell and Peckham Constituency Labour Party also passed a motion in support of the traders’ Proposal at their meeting last week. The traders and their supporters will now be building on this support to get new market stalls and kiosks for those traders without new premise and repair some of the damage done to their businesses and livelihoods, by the centre closure. You can read more here. Regards Jerry Copyright © 2020 Elephant Amenity Network, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Elephant Amenity Network 18 Market Place Blue Anchor Lane London, Southwark SE16 3UQ United Kingdom |
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Support the shopping centre traders!
Dear Friend
Just a quick email saying that tomorrow (Friday 24 July) Latin Elephant are launching a social media campaign around #MyElephantMasks, as they become compulsory.
Latin Elephant have produced 100 of their own masks and will be distributing them at the Shopping Centre, 11am, to send a positive message from a strong united community, fighting Covid and redevelopment.
All are welcome to join us!
Also, please help us and promote using Twitter hashtags; keep your eye out for these hashtags from tomorrow:
#MyElephantMasks
#BuyLocal
#BuyElephant
Regards
Jerry
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A success for shopping centre traders!
Dear Friend
The shopping centre traders’ deputation and protest at Southwark Council’s Assembly on Tuesday was a great success.
Prior to the Assembly, Southwark Council agreed to contribute £200,000 towards traders’ relocation costs. The money will be in addition to the relocation fund of £634,700, paid by Delancey. Southwark also promised a further announcement on the issue. Details of how the £200k wiil be administered are also awaited.
There can be no doubt this was a response to the campaign and the traders determination to get a fair deal.
The deputation’s 6 representatives (from the main centre, market stalls, arches, plus Latin Elephant and Southwark Law Centre) were well received by the Assembly. It presented their seven demands and took questions from the councillors.
A vibrant protest heard speeches from Paul Heron, of the Public Law Interest Unit and Patria Roman of Latin Elephant, amongst others.
A key demand is for more money from Delancey and no centre closure until all the traders are relocated or suitably compensated – sign the petition here!
We will be meeting very soon to see how we take the campaign forward …hope to see you then!
You can read more here and here
Regards
Jerry
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Shopping centre protest tomorrow
Dear Friend
Just a reminder that the shopping centre traders are sending a deputation to Southwark Council’s Assembly tomorrow evening, Tuesday 28 January.
We will be supporting them with a vibrant demonstration outside Southwark Council HO, Tooley St, SE1 2QH at 6pm – please join us!
These are the traders’ demands;
- that the shopping centre is not closed until every independent trader is relocated or receives financial compensation.
- that Delancey increases the relocation fund.
- that the rent and service charge costs of the relocation options are brought into line with each other.
- that the businesses in Arch 7 are fully included in the relocation strategy and can draw from the relocation fund.
- that the market traders around the centre are equally and fairly treated and that all traders get the benefit of rent reductions, until the shopping centre closes.
- that the independent business adviser, Tree Shepherd, applies the agreed criteria for the allocation of relocation spaces in a fair and transparent way.
- that the database of opportunities reflects what was agreed on the approval of planning permission.
You can read more here
Regards
Jerry
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Shopping Centre stall and demonstration
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