Lea Bridge Station

Lea Bridge Station Development Proposal: Public Plans Event 

This week, I have been informed by Waltham Forest Council that it is proposing to develop three sites which it owns close to Lea Bridge Station with 300 homes. The plans include provision of affordable homes, a new station entrance and commercial and community uses. They are holding a public meeting on Saturday 2^nd December between 11:30am  to 3:30pm at Sybourn Primary School, so local residents have the opportunity to look at the sites, the proposal and exhibition and ask any questions they may have. 

Job Centre Closures and Universal Credit

Subject: Job Centre Closures and Universal Credit

Waltham Forest Trades Council

Hi Comrades and Friends 

Hope you have just picked up forwarded email from article in the local Guardian report. It's good they picked up our last-minute press release and used some of the information - but unfortunately failed to include the date of the demo outside IDS office. I will do another press release next Monday as a follow up.

WFTC has managed to pull together some activities around Universal Credit and closure threats to local Job Centres in conjunction with PCS, Unite Community, and Stand Up for Your Rights.

It's Saturday 2nd December.

11.30am demo at office of Iain Duncan Smith MP at 64 Station road E4 7BA

SUFYR  WFTC Unite Community PCS and anyone else who wishes to join in

 

1pm at The Mount

Unite Community will be joined by the disabled campaigners in DPAC,  PCS, WFTC,and anyone else who wants to join in.

Bring banners, placards and any handouts to both events. Let's do a right rumpus.

Hope you can join in for both events, or come along for part.

Information

There has been a rising tide of protest to stop the roll out of Universal Credit due to the problems experienced by very poor families caused by having to wait without a penny of welfare support for up to six weeks! Trade unions, Jeremy Corbyn and all kinds of religious and charity organisations have been up in arms. Families were having to resort to foodbanks, and some were even evicted by landlords who wouldn't wait for the rent. The roll-out in W Forest starts in Walthamstow in February 2018.

IDS was the architect of the scheme on behalf of this government-for-the-millionaires (and himself a very well-heeled member). It is now overseen by a less familiar minister William Gauke. We feel IDS as an MP in our area has a lot to answer for. Added to this is the closure threat to Leytonstone Job Centre where PCS workers are putting up a vigorous fight. SUFYR and Unite Community have been campaigning amongst claimants.

In the budget Hammond has carried out a nod in recognition of hardship BUT IT IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH.

1. None of the changes kick in before Christmas. So many kids and poor workers are going to have a miserable struggle over the festive season while IDS lives it up in his Tudor mansion.

2. The extra £1.5 billion is spread over the next 6 years - so do the maths.

3.Households are able (strictly speaking but difficult in practice) to access a full month's advance now within 5 days of applying instead of 2 weeks. However this is only a LOAN and has to be re-paid. Hammond is kindly(!) allowing re-payment over 12 months instead of the previous 6 months. So generous!

And don't forget that in 2015 chancellor George Osborne announced £3.5 billion cuts a year!

So now his fellow toff is restoring around only one third of the money!

Meanwhile, if claimants do manage to return to work,  the minimum wage has been upped by a handsome 33p - so that's worth it -  NOT!

Hope you can join us on December 2nd.

Linda

Charlie Brown's Roundabout

Dear Sir or Madam

Between 30 June and 4 August 2017, we consulted on proposals to provide safer crossing facilities for pedestrians and cyclists on the Charlie Brown’s Roundabout in Redbridge. Thank you for taking part.

We received 462 responses to the consultation. 452 responses were from members of the public and ten were from stakeholders. 84 per cent of the responses supported or strongly supported the proposed changes, 3 per cent neither supported nor opposed them, while 9 per cent opposed or strongly opposed them. 3 per cent didn’t answer.

After considering all of the responses, we have decided to go ahead with the scheme as proposed. We plan to start implementing the changes in summer 2018.

For more details, including a full consultation report, please go to 

LATEST INFO

Yours faithfully 
Gavin Clark
Consultation Team
Transport for London

Seasonal Events in Lloyd Park

Hello everyone,

Here’s what’s coming up at Lloyd Park.

Christmas Trees

Buy your real Christmas tree at Lloyd Park this year at the Tree Amigos ‘pop-up forest’, plus enjoy free family activities. Sustainably farmed and affordable trees.

Winns Avenue entrance, 1-21 December. http://www.treeamigos.org/

Free Family Activities

Tree Dressing, Sunday 3 December, 10am-1pm

Help us celebrate national tree dressing day by making beautiful natural decorations and dressing a tree in Lloyd Park. We’ll also be preparing for Christmas by making gift tags and decorations with recycled materials.

Drop in, meet by the stables building. www.walthamforest.gov.uk/lloyd-park

Under-5s Nature Explorers

Christmas Party, Wednesday 6 December, 10am-12.30pm.

Meet in the Aveling Centre community room. www.walthamforest.gov.uk/lloyd-park

Festive Wreath Making (adults only)

Sat 2 December, 10am-12noon

Create a beautiful winter willow wreath. Willow and foliage from the park and local area will be provided. Bring bows, berries and baubles to add if you wish!

Meet in the Aveling Centre community room. www.walthamforest.gov.uk/lloyd-park

Gardening Workshops and Training Courses

You can now sign up for our Spring 2018 gardening workshops and training courses. Or perhaps they’d make a good Christmas present?

Pruning Roses - Saturday 24 February, 1-4pm

Organic Weed Busting - Sunday 29 April, 1-4pm

Standard fee per workshop = £15.00, Discounted fee per workshop = £7.50

Gardening Skills (Lloyd Park) Level 1 Awards  

City & Guilds courses taught over 7 sessions (of 5 hours).

Course 1 (LYG9066-3UA):  starting Wednesday 21 February

Course 2 (LYG9068-7UA): starting Sunday 6 May

Standard fee per course = £161.00. Discounted fee per workshop = £73. Jobseekers' concessionary rate = free.

Book soon to avoid disappointment:

1.       Enrol online via the Course Finder database at www.lbwfadultlearning.co.uk

2.       Call one of the borough's adult learning centres on 020 8496 2974, 020 8496 1061 or 020 8496 1131 and quote the course code (provided above). Staff will be able to advise whether you are entitled to a discounted or Jobseekers' rates.

Friends of Lloyd Park Christmas Sing-a-long

Sunday 17 December, 1.30-3.30pm.

Further details coming soon: http://friendsoflloydpark.org.uk/

2020 Survey

Don’t forget to give us your views on how you’d like to see us running Lloyd Park from 2020 onwards, when our commitments to the Lottery come to an end. This is your chance to influence how we spend our limited resources.

www.walthamforest.gov.uk/lloyd-park

We hope you enjoy your park this festive season.

Kind regards,

Ellie Mortimer

Parks and Open Space Co-ordinator

Parks Development Team

I work part-time, on Monday mornings and Wednesdays/Thursdays only

Tel: 0208 496 2822

Mob: 07890 553 909

E mail: ellie.mortimer@walthamforest.gov.uk

Webpage: www.walthamforest.gov.uk/lloyd-park

Low Hall Depot

Argall Avenue

Leyton

London E10 7AS

Woodhouse Players

Woodhouse Players

The Box Office is Open for our pantomime.

London Town is in trouble!

King Rat and his verminous henchmen are launching a hostile takeover and the only thing that stands between the people and rule by rodent is a young lad from Gloucester gullible enough to believe that the streets are paved with gold.

Can Dick and his faithful cat - aided by the magic of Good Fairy Liquid - defeat the rotten rats, win the hand of fair Alice Fitzwarren and become Lord Mayor of London? Not if King Rat has any say in the matter!

Pirates! Rats! Buried Treasure! Dodgy Hotels! Fun for all the family from the team that brought you last year's Jack and the Beanstalk.

Dates are:

Fri 12th January 2018, 8pm
Sat 13th January 2018, 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Fri 19th January 2018, 8pm
Sat 20th January 2018, 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Or email: tickets@woodhouseplayers.co.uk

Flowers at the WMG

Walthamstow Florists Xmas 

Installation at William Morris Gallery

Local florists will curate a beautiful installation at the William Morris Gallery, which they hope will be enjoyed by both residents of and visitors to Walthamstow as Christmas approaches. It has been agreed that the installation will go live on Tuesday 12th December. This project is being funded by the florists themselves and they hope many Walthamstow Residents will take the time out to go visit it at the William Morris Gallery. Please do show your support and appreciation for this work by visiting and sharing on social media. 

Forest Philharmonic Orchestra

Forest Philharmonic Concerts

Hello my dears.

The Forest Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing a repertoire just to my taste on 3 December at 18.30 in the Walthamstow Assembly Hall. Further details are below on the flyer.

For the diary:

On 17 December at 19.30 Hackney Singer will perform a Christmas concert, naturally with Christmas carols but also with two excerpts of Mendelssohn's Elijah.

Venue: St Mark's Dalston, St Marks Rise, London E8 2LJ. Dalston Kingsland Station is roughly a 5 mins walk away, and Hackney Downs is a good 10 mins walk away.

More details here: http://hackneysingers.org.uk/christmas-2017-save-date/

On 17 March the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing in the Walthamstow Assembly Hall again - further details below on the flyer.

On 28 April Hackney Singers will be accompanied by the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra in their performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah in the Walthamstow Assembly Hall.

Hope to see you at all of these concerts! :) :) :)

Gunta