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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

Possible Brockwell Park dance event

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.

A new cinema in West Norwood moved a step closer this week as contracts were exchanged between Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd and Lambeth Council.

Picturehouse will lease the old Nettlefold Hall in Norwood High Street and turn it into a four-screen cinema, with bar and café.

As part of the deal, West Norwood Library will also be improved with a £1.125m investment.

Cllr Jane Edbrooke, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “We know this agreement has been a long time coming but I’m delighted to announce that Picturehouse are coming to West Norwood.

“The area is seeing some really positive changes with the brand new West Norwood Health & Leisure Centre opening in the summer, West Norwood Feast happening every month and now a new cinema and refurbished library opening by 2017.

“West Norwood is fast becoming yet another vibrant Lambeth town centre that people will thoroughly enjoy visiting.”

Lyn Goleby, Managing Director of Picturehouse, said: “This is the sort of building that we get very excited about – modernising and reinventing a place that sits at the heart of its community.

“We hope that the support the project enjoys will mean that we can very soon deliver a great new facility for West Norwood”.

Following the signing of the Agreement to Lease arrangement, there will now be a period of around 12 weeks to complete costings and develop designs ready for a full public consultation, which will begin early next year.

Picturehouse already run the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton and the Clapham Picturehouse, as well as other venue across London. They will spend over £2m on the Nettlefold Hall site.

In recent years, Lambeth council has refurbished Brixton and Streatham Tate libraries and built a brand new library in Clapham.

West Norwood Cemetery on TV!

The West Norwood cemetery was featured on Channel 5 last week as part of an exciting programme that looked at ‘Underground Britain’. It was part of Series 1 Episode 2 and is available to watch online until 27th November 2014.

Congratulations to the team! If you’d like to become more involved in the Friends Group please contact – Ellen Barbet on ladyelle55@ntlworld.com

Here Is the link if you want to watch: http://www.channel5.com/shows/underground-britain/episodes/episode-2-656

Jobs available at the soon-to-open Tulse Hill Hotel

The Tulse Hill Hotel is hiring, ahead of their reopening in a few weeks – a great opportunity for local full time and part time jobs.

You can join Jemma, the new General manager, at their recruitment open day on 14th October at 11am-4pm at the Florence (131-133 Dulwich Road, Herne Hill), to find out more. Please send Jemma your CV and confirm your attendance in advance on jemma.kiddle@hotmail.com

Tulse Hill West Norwood Art Trail

On the first weekend of October artists and crafts people across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public. Doors will be open from 10am to 6pm, 4th and 5th October and admission will be free. Lambeth Open showcases the fantastic range of creative talent tucked away in our borough and is a great way to discover the various art spaces too often hidden in your neighbourhoods. Visitors will be able to see inside the artist’s studios and exhibition spaces for a unique personal insight into the individual creative processes. See the Norwood events below.

1. Portico Gallery – 23a Knights Hill, London SE27 0HS
2. Michael Burles – Parade Mews, London SE27 9AX
3. Carolyn Moon – 6 Crosby Walk, London SW2 2NN

4ALL Community Autumn Fair – on Saturday 20 September

A great community event with a friendly atmosphere. Meet local groups and charities, buy the work of local craftspeople and enjoy music performed by local schools. Plus: fun for children – fire engine – bike repairs – clown workshop – jazz band – tea + cakes – BBQ – raffle.

Saturday 20 September, 2 – 5 pm, at All Saints Church in Lovelace Road, West Dulwich, SE21 8JY.

The Community Autumn Fair supports 4ALL’s community activities in and around West Dulwich. Among other things, 4ALL runs two successful after-school clubs for young people living on local estates and, for older people, a lively community choir and a low-cost exercise class.

For more information call 07432 118 859 or email info@4-all.org.uk