Local news and opportunities to get involved from your local Labour and Co-operative councillors in Thurlow Park.
OUT IN THE OPEN – WEEK 3 KICKS OFF WITH A NEW VENUE AND FREE COFFEE FOR THE PUBLIC OFFICE
Coming up this week
MON – Public Office moves home
TUES – Join the Great Cook or make jewellery at Trade School
WEDS – Help make the Makerspace
FRI – Open Orchard at the L’Arche garden
SAT – The Stitch, making in the company of others
Whatever you are interested in, there is something to join.
Thurlow Park Labour are backing the campaign being spearheaded by local residents to reduce speeding on Norwood Road.
Between Tulse Hill and Brockwell Park some cars often go dangerously fast creating a risk for residents and the wider community. At this months Council meeting Cllr Fred Cowell presented a petition from 250 local residents calling for greater speed prevention measures along the Norwood road.
Thurlow Park Cllr’s will carry on working with local residents to tackle speeding in the ward as we know this is concern to residents. Use our Speedwatch – https://thurlowparklabour.org/speedcheck – to report any speeding that you see.
Parking tickets on Devane Way
Our new Centre in Devane Way SE27 0DF is designed for walking access only. Following a consultation period there is now no parking on Devane Way. There are a few bays for cars with a disabled parking badge at the West Norwood Health & Leisure Centre and space for a maximum of two or three cars to park for up to 10 minutes to drop off any passenger unable to walk to the Centre from Knights Hill. Medical staff also have their own car park.
For everyone else, including commuters going to West Norwood station, there is no parking. Signs went up last weekend and Parking staff will be speaking to drivers. No tickets will be issued for a couple of weeks to give time for drivers to become aware of the no parking rules.
Pedestrians have priority on Devane Way. All vehicles must be driven very slowly at all times on Devane Way letting people go first. Unfortunately as speedometers are not very accurate under 20mph it is not legally possible to enforce a speed limit under 20mph!
The first ever West Norwood Soup – micro grants for local projects takes place on Thursday 29 January between 6:30 and 8:30pm. The event costs £10.
Otter Trading
17 Knights Hill
London SE27 0HS
Buy a ticket and get a delicious hot meal plus one vote for a project. Come and meet friends, support a high street business, and help a local project develop.
3 projects will pitch on the night. 50% of the ticket price goes to a local cafe to cover the meal and 50% goes to the projects.
Free event for parents/carers. Highly informative, fun & interactive,
Monday, 16 February from 3.30 – 6.30pm
Venue: High Trees Community Development Trust (corner of Tulse Hill and Upper Tulse Hill) SW2 2NS
This highly educational and interactive workshop focuses on anti-bullying, child protection, anger management and peer mentoring and is delivered through a series of role plays, games and movie clips.
It equips you, as a parent or carer, with life skills and provides you with practical ‘step by step’ techniques to reduce bullying or anger to which your child may be exposed, be it in school, via internet or friendship groups.
It is designed to help you understand how can you, as a parent / carer / professional, help your child confront and overcome this very negative behaviour. This workshop is conducted by Julie Wilkinson who has been a pioneer in this field and has experience in child protection for over 20 years.
This workshop is free of charge. All you need do is register, as spaces are limited! Fun activities for older children and crèche for little ‘uns!.
To register please contact:
Eva Christmas, Roupell Park 07983 584 767
Aileen Garden, Tulse Hill Forum 07886 562 686
Sarah Coyte, Lambeth Council 07852 916 199
Refreshments will be provided.
There is growing concern among residents in Thurlow Park about road safety. We want our streets to be safe for everyone to walk and cycle so have developed this tool for residents to report dangerous driving and speeding.
This puts the power back into your hands – your reports will go straight into our inboxes and let us know every time there is an issue.
This information will really help us to take action. We can notify the police when there are regular dangerous incidents, use the data to identify hotspots where we can target speed checks and traffic enforcement, and we can easily produce evidence when we make the case for traffic calming measures or speed cameras. See – http://www.thurlowparkspeedcheck.co.uk
We hope you find it useful – if you have any suggestions on how we can improve the site, please get in touch.
A 6 WEEK SEASON OF 50 CIVIC PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES
For 6 weeks Open Works spills out across West Norwood with;
Weekly Great Cook communal cooking
Two shared high street shops full of local makers
Trade School classes in everything from looking after your new baby, to upcycling clothing, or social media
Fruit tree planting in lots of shared green spaces
Public Office co- working in cafes
West Norwood Soup dinner and micro- granting;
and ending in a huge celebration Pot Luck meal.
Whatever you are interested in, there is something to join. Here are the full listings – http://www.theopenworks.org/events/?view=calendar&month=January-2015
The council is seeking your engagement to consider whether to approve a future dance event in Brockwell Park.
FOUND FESTIVAL wish to hold a one day ticketed electronic dance music event aimed at 18 – 50 year olds (strictly 18+). There would be six structures with music including a main stage. Marquees for food and drink, lost property, information etc. will also be present.
They propose to use Brockwell Lido and Herne Hill entrance gates leading into Brockwell Park. The event will be fenced off (outer steel shield and inner heras) with multiple, manned gates.
They have successfully delivered this event in Finsbury Park (September 2014 http://www.ceremonyfestival.com/), with a smaller version is Haggerston Park (June 2014 and 2013 http://www.foundfestival.com/)
Please let us know your thoughts by 27 Janaury 2015 and we’ll pass on your comments.
Action Tutoring is looking for volunteers to deliver a new programme beginning in January at the Elmgreen School, to tutor in English and Maths.
Action Tutoring sends volunteer tutors into local schools in London to support underprivileged students on the C/D borderline in English and maths. The aim is to get them a C or better and improve their future prospects.
This is a great opportunity to develop professional skills and help young people facing socio-economic disadvantage. If you are interested in applying, get in touch here – http://www.tfaforms.com/332860
Last week Max and Anna attended the Thurlow Park ward Safer Neighbourhood Team meeting and an item discussed was speeding on our local streets.
Though ‘Traffic Management’ on the following roads; Norwood Road, Robson Road and the Deronda triangle, including speed checks, and high vis operations (pulling cars over) took place, people were also asked whether they would want to become involved in Community Speed Watch. Please see – http://www.communityspeedwatch.co.uk
Maybe this is something your street would like to become involved in?
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