WF College building works

WF College is about to have some major building works to improve its facilities - I wonder when it will be able to replace its rotting windows!!

Waltham Forest College

Leytonstone Fire Station to be rebuilt

The Planning Committee agreed to the demolition and rebuilding of Leytonstone Fire Station - no surprise there!

New Fire Station

Some help if you run a group

Do you need help with iCloud computing  then try this site

iCloud

More land to go for Housing

More land to be built on

Question Boris in Stratford

People’s Question Time in Stratford  Don’t miss your chance to meet and question the Mayor and London Assembly on their plans, priorities and policies for the city. The next People’s Question Time takes place: 7:00pm – 9:00pm 12 December 2012 Stratford Old Town Hall, Stratford, E15 4BQ  Register now to get your free tickets

Hornbeam at Christmas

What's on in December at

Cafe festive hours

The Hornbeam Cafe will close early on Saturday 22nd December at 3pm; we will be serving soup, cakes & hot drinks (including mince pies and mulled wine).
The cafe's will then be closed right through Christmas & New Year, and will reopen on Sat 5th Jan 2013.
The Hornbeam Centre will be open for meeting room bookings throughout this period.

Festive Hornbeam treats at home...
Want some help with the cooking? The Hornbeam café is offering frozen vegetarian nut roast and mince pies to take home. Order by 17th Dec for pick up 19^th - 22^nd from the cafe. Nut loaf serves 6 - £15; mince pies 6 for £3.50 – all deliciously handmade!  Ask in the café, email café@hornbeam.org.uk 

 

 or call 020 8558 6880 to order.

Sci-fi, Fantasy & Supernatural Fiction Group  •  Fri 7th   •   7.30 - 10pm
Discussion group for people interested in fantastic fiction... the focus is broad and the discussion tends to be wide ranging. New members welcome, just turn up.
Seasonal Supper Club  •   Sat 8th   •   6.30-10.30pm    3 courses for £14  
The Hornbeam Cafe invites you to a festive feast with delicious healthy tasty food – locally sown, grown, picked and cooked! This time it will be a classic veggie roast with all the trimmings, as well as scrumptious starters and delightful desserts! The supper club is open from 6.30-10.30pm so you can choose your time to book a table (latest 9pm). Advance booking is essential. The café can cater for all special dietary requirements. Click here for more information, including how to book.

Bread & Permaculture with Pilar  •  Sun  •   9th 11-5pmIn this workshop we will cover the basics of bread baking and while the bread rises we will look at permaculture principles and ethics and how they can be applied not only to bread baking but to every aspect of our lives. Come and learn to bake the permaculture loaf.
Cost £30. More information & how to book here.

Kids Kitchen  •  Friday 14th  •  10:00 am - 12pm
We all cook a fresh healthy lunch together for our children, while singing songs, playing and washing up, and there is also lovely café food (including cake!) available for us bigger kids too at lunchtime. This month will be a seasonal extravaganza of nut roast and roasted loveliness! Under 5s.  Booking essential, email kids@rebeccatully.co.uk, more information here.

Open Mic night end of year special  •  Friday 14th  •  7.30 - 11pm
Experience a compelling mix of local & talented performers, warmly supportive audience, healthy organic ales, ciders & wines, and mouthwatering snacks. Singers, musicians, poets, comedians and magicians are all welcome to grace our intimate stage. And this is the best venue for first time performers as we are the most friendly and encouraging venue this side of the river. Doors open at 7.30pm for those keen to bag the best seats, and the music kicks off at 8.15 running through to 11pm. There will be free snacks as our way of saying thank you for all your loyal custom.
More info from Andy 07940 260558, andythemirror@gmail.com
Open Mic is the 2nd Friday each month.

And don't forget the ....
OrganicLea market stall • Saturday 1st, 8th, 16th, 22nd December   • 10am - 3pm (closed sat 29th Dec / reopening sat 5th Jan)Located right outside the Hornbeam Centre on Saturdays, the market stall sells organic and ultra-local sustainably grown fruit and vegetables, plus homemade bread, jams and preserves from 10am - 3pm. It’s a buzzing space, where buying fresh produce is an enjoyable activity and where information about food can be freely shared.  Healthy Start vouchers can be used to buy fruit and vegetables at the stalls or box scheme.
On 16th & 22nd December the stalls will be stocking all the Christmas fruit & veg trimmings including Chingford Brussel Sprouts, Organiclea hand pressed London Apple Juice and Cider Vinegar, London Wild Food's dried Mushrooms, Hornbeam Mincemeat and Hawkwood Green Tomato Chutney and more...


Elsewhere in December .....

Walthamstow Family Bike Club  •  Sunday 9th  •  1pm - 5pm
A relaxed and sociable ride around open spaces and cafes in and around Waltham Forest. Meet 1pm outside the Ancient House Orford Rd/Church Lane junction, E17. Contact Paul 020 8520 0648, paul.gasson@gmail.com

Natural Christmas Craft Activities  •   Sat 15th   •   10am - 2pm (drop-in)
Christmas crafts from natural materials and outdoor activities. £2 for the activities
Suntrap, Church Road, High Beach, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AJMore information Kerry Rolison 020 8508 0611,Suntrap.centre@walthamforest.gov.uk

Christmas Craft Activities for families with a disabled child  •  Sun 16th  •  10am - 2pm 
Christmas crafts from natural materials and outdoor activities. Booking essential.
Suntrap, Church Road, High Beach, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AJ
To book contact Kerry Rolison 020 8508 0611, Suntrap.centre@walthamforest.gov.uk

Friends of Lloyds Park Festive Singalong  •  Sat 22nd   •  12 noon - 3pm
Come and celebrate the beginning of Christmas with festive mulled wine and singing. Free, meet at the Island, Lloyd Park. Contactfolpe17@gmail.com, or see www.friendsoflloydpark.org.uk


Full events listing here: http://www.hornbeam.org.uk/whats-on 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Volunteering OpportunitiesClick on link for more details

• The Paint Place is growing and over the next year, volunteers are needed to help FRP collect and sort 85 tonnes of reusable paint, and assist the reuse of 40,000 litres of reclaimed paint that would otherwise been thrown away! We have several volunteer roles: Stock room & warehouse assistant, Membership & Events assistant, Volunteer Supporter. The Paint Place has also just started a 12 week Volunteer Work Placement Programme. To find out more about any of these volunteering opportunities contact Poppy at volunteering@frponline.org.uk or phone 020 8539 3856
• Market stall: A Saturday role arranging and selling produce, liaising with customers, writing price & info sign, recording produce that local producers bring, helping with publicity. Volunteers also receive a discount on produce after their 3hour shift. For more info contact stall@organiclea.org.uk

The Hornbeam Café is open 11am - 4pm Weds to Fri, and 10.30am – 5pm Saturday.
Room hire available 7 days a week from £10/hour: more information here

Regular events at the Hornbeam

• Every Tuesday 7pm – 9pm: Italian Class
• Every Thursday 2pm to 4pm: Knitting and crafts group
• Every Saturday 10.00-11.30am: E17 Junior Guitar Club
• Every 1st Friday of the month 7.30pm: Science Fiction Reading Group
• Every 2nd Wednesday of the month 8pm: Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign
• Every 4th Wednesday of the month 7pm: Transition Walthamstow
• Every last Friday of the month 7.30pm: Book Group

info@hornbeam.org.uk    www.hornbeam.org.uk  
The Hornbeam, 458 Hoe St, London, E17 9AH  020 8558 6880   
twitter:@hornbeamcafe    facebook: HornbeamCafe 

Waltham Forest LETS Scheme

LETS

How to waste time!

Map of tweets in Walthamstow!

Granada (EMD) Public Inquiry

EMD Public Inquiry - how you can attend

Waltham Forest Council have published the following information for anyone
wanting to attend the Inquiry:

FORMER GRANADA/EMD CINEMA 
PUBLIC INQUIRY 29^TH NOVEMBER- 19^TH DECEMBER

This inquiry has generated a large amount of public interest and the Council wishes to make sure that anyone who wants to attend can.However, space is limited.

If you are interested in attending the Inquiry, we recommend that you try to come on one of the following days, when the Inquiry will be taking place in the Assembly Hall:

Thursday 29^th November

Friday 30^th November

Tuesday 4^th December

Wednesday 12^th December

Thursday 13^th December

Wednesday 19^th December

You can also attend on any or all of the following days, but on these days the Inquiry will be in the Council Chamber and space will be limited, and available on a ‘first come first served basis

Wednesday 5^th December

Thursday 6^th December

Friday 7^th December

Tuesday 11^th December

Friday 14^th December

Tuesday 18^th December

If you are interested in attending and speaking at the Inquiry, then you should be aware that a day has been reserved for this – Wednesday 12^th December. If possible you should organise your time so that you can attend and speak on this day.

We also recommend that you:

• • Attend on the first day (10am on Thursday 29^thNovember) and give your name, the topic you want to speak on and, if possible, a written note of what you plan to say to Martha Clark who will be taking all names of attendees; OR

• • Email the same details (your name, the topic you want to speak on and, if possible, a written note of what you plan to say) to Martha Clark (Martha.Clark@walthamforest.gov.uk) or write to Martha c/o London Borough of Waltham Forest, Sycamore House. Rear of Walthamstow Town Hall. Forest Road.Walthamstow E17 4JF

The Inspector will not refuse permission for any third party to speak on other days; this is simply to try to be as fair as possible to all of the third parties who want to make their views known.

We've put together some questions & answers on what happens at the public inquiry, who attends
and when it runs here
We don't expect people to take weeks off to be there, but if you can attend on the first 2 days
from Thursday 29 November at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, it will show the
decision makers the strength of support for the cinema and Trust.

If you would like to speak at the inquiry and want advice or guidance, please
email hello@savewalthamstowcinema.org and we'll do our best to help.

Please check our website for updates on the inquiry and campaign over the next few weeks.

CPO update

This article suggests that the possibility of the council forcing the UCKG
to sell the cinema to them is growing. It will however be subject to the Appeals being
rejected by the government. 

A CPO will be debated by councillors at Waltham Forest Town Hall from 7pm on Tuesday 4th December
and supporters are encouraged to attend and hear the discussion.


Thank you for your support

Questions?
Please email hello@savewalthamstowcinema.org

Ofsted League Table

Being reasonably fluent with the interweb I was surprised how long it took to find where Waltham Forest is in the league table. Even now I have only found the Primary School listing, so to avoid losing the will to live, I will leave you to find the Secondary ones! Here is a clue to get you started!!

Ofsted Annual Report 2012

E17 Warner Residents Association

If you live in an ex-Warner property this site will be of help to you.

E17 Warner Residents Association

Veolia update

Although yesterday's meeting in Harmony Hall did not happen in Hackney the council refused to allow a resident to speak.

Veolia Opposition

Leytonstone Fire Station

Next Tuesday 27th November at 7.30pm the Planning Committee will take the decision to replace Leytonstone Fire Station. As usual with our planners it will be a loss of another fine Victorian building, but more importantly an opportunity to have kept a little enclave of attractive buildings in Leytonstone High Road to give this long street some character. The Police Station is being kept as a Free School and the pub is still operating, so surely the Fire Station building should be kept to enhance this area. A more appropriate site should have been found to build a new Fire Station, assuming Boris wants to keep it!

Report to Planning Committee

Fire Stations to close

Waltham Forest Civic Society's Objection

Help with Neighbourhood plans

Locality has released its 'Neighbourhood Plan Roadmap Guide' - a step by step guide that takes communities through the neighbourhood planning process, with guidance on good practice and worksheets for carrying out each part of the plan. The concept of Neighbourhood Plans is part of the Localism Act (applicable in England) - see Locality news item http://locality.org.uk/news/website-guide-neighbourhood-planning/ or go direct. There is also a new Community Knowledge Hub to allow people to ask questions and share knowledge and ideas, at http://planning.communityknowledgehub.org.uk/.

Retired and want to set up a social enterprise?

Created by Nesta in partnership with UnLtd, the Rooted guide provides clear, step-by-step practical advice and resources for people considering starting up their own social or community-run venture.

People retiring from the workplace often feel that their views are no longer heard, or that they have been placed on the scrap heap. However, we know that individuals want to continue to earn, learn and use their skills and expertise in new creative and enterprising ways.

That's why we have created this resource, to support people who have the passion and seed of a good idea, but are unsure where to start. 

This free guide will help you clarify your thinking and communicate your ideas effectively, through: assessing your personal skills, knowledge and values; exploring the viability of the idea by defining what it is you want to do and why; then finally investigating how to ensure your idea becomes a sustainable social venture, rooted in your community.

The guide is available online and covers the following sections and topics. If you would like a complimentary paperback copy/copies posted to you, please do get in touch with your postal address, by emailing rooted@nesta.org.uk or telephoning: 01382 229521.

Granada (EMD) Public Inquiry

The long awaited Public Inquiry to determine the fate of Walthamstow’s EMD Cinema will commence on Thursday 29 November and is expected to run until at least Christmas.

The government is holding the Inquiry to reach a final decision on the two recent planning applications submitted by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) aimed at converting the venue for mainly religious use. Both of these planning applications have already been rejected by Waltham Forest Council but the Inquiry will examine all the evidence again in greater detail in order to make a binding judgement on the case.

The first two days of the Inquiry (29 and 30 November from 10am) will be held at Walthamstow Assembly Hall and members of the public are encouraged to attend on these days and hear the main arguments from all sides.

Subsequent sessions of the Inquiry are currently scheduled to be held Tuesday – Friday each week with the venue alternating between the Assembly Hall and the smaller Council Chamber at Waltham Forest Town Hall.

COMPULSORY PURCHASE?

In other news, senior local councillors will meet at Waltham Forest Town Hall on Tuesday 4 December to debate and decide a proposal to support the Compulsory Purchase of the EMD Cinema so it can be revived as a place of entertainment by a suitable new owner (pending the outcome of the Public Inquiry). The debate will be open to the public with access to the Town Hall from 7pm. 

This will be a critical few weeks in the long campaign to save the EMD Cinema so please keep checking the McGuffin website for all the latest news updates.

Transition Walthamstow

Transition Walthamstow

Transition Walthamstow is rounding off the year with 3 more events over the next 2 weeks: the film "A Farm for the Future" on Sat 24th Nov, a Living on Less skillshare on Wed 28 Nov, and on 5th Dec our Heart & Soul Group.
We are also exploring setting up a wholefood buying group, and are taking bookings for our free Draughtbusting Workshop on Sun 20th Jan.

Events

• Screening of “A Farm for Future” : 7.30pm Sat 24th November at the Hornbeam Centre. An exploration of the heavy oil dependency of current mainstream farming practices, and identification of a practical sustainable alternative. The film will be followed by a cup of tea and a discussion. Full details here.
• “Living for less” Skillshare: 7pm Weds 28th November at the Hornbeam Centre. Join us as we leap nimbly off the relentlessly revolving hamster wheel of struggle to earn more to make ends meet, and instead take some time to learn and share how we can cut our costs and reduce our environmental impact. Full details here.
• Heart & Soul Group: 7pm Weds 7th November at the Hornbeam Centre. The transition to a future with less oil and natural resources will be challenging at times, but much easier if we can tap into that deep and sustainable source of happiness within us and our communities. For the Transition Heart and Soul group love, fellowship and service underpin the Transition vision. Meet like minded souls, and share a meditation and common values over a cup of tea. More information here.

Draughtbusting workshop
We ran 2 free draughtbusting workshops earlier this year and are now taking bookings for the next one to be held 2-4pm on 20th January 2013 at the Hornbeam Centre. The aims of our workshops are to:

• give local residents the skills & confidence to install draught proofing for doors and windows in their home, by giving them hands-on practice at the workshop,
• offer advice on where to get low cost & high quality draughtproofing materials, and
• reduce domestic energy loss and heating bills.

More details, and how to book here... but don't delay as places are limited to the first 10 to sign up.

Wholefood buying group
We are considering setting up a buying group to enable us to get better access to good food. It would enable us to put in a large order for food and other household items to the Suma wholefood cooperative, and be able to buy at wholesale prices. If you are interested in becoming a member, then have a look here.


Finally, if you are tempted by our 'Living on Less' skillshare, then you might want to also consider checking out Stella Creasy's Family Finances Fair which features many local organisations with the aim of helping 'local residents save money and get a better deal on their household bills'. It will be held 10.30 - 4pm this Sat 24th Nov at Mission Grove School on Buxton Road.

Paul Gasson, on behalf of the Steering Group,

Transition Walthamstow

• website: transitionwalthamstow.org.uk
• Twitter @TTWalthamstow
• facebook Transition Walthamstow
• email: TransitionWalthamstow@gmail.com

Walthamstow Granada (EMD) Public Enquiry

From McGuffins

EMD Public Inquiry

Many thanks to everyone who sent objections to the national planning inspectorate in advance of the
appeals by UCKG which will be decided at the forthcoming inquiry. It was great to read some of the
letters and receive help from volunteers and residents groups.

We've put together some questions & answers on what happens at the public inquiry, who attends
and when it runs here
We don't expect people to take weeks off to be there, but if you can attend on the first 2 days
from Thursday 29 November at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, it will show the
decision makers the strength of support for the cinema and Trust.

If you would like to speak at the inquiry and want advice or guidance, please
email hello@savewalthamstowcinema.org and we'll do our best to help.

Please check our website for updates on the inquiry and campaign over the next few weeks.

CPO?

You may have read this article about the possibility of the council forcing the UCKG to sell the cinema to them. 

This will be debated by councillors at Waltham Forest Town Hall from 7pm on Tuesday 4th December
and supporters are encouraged to attend and hear the discussion.


Thank you for your support

Veolia Public Meeting

Just to remind you of the meeting on Saturday 24th November at 4.30pm in Harmony Hall, Truro Road, just off Walthamstow High Street being organised by No to Veolia' steering team with Jean Lambert MEP and Neil Gerrard being patrons. The link below is from the Hackney Gazette and gives some interesting background to the meeting in Waltham Forest.

Veolia contract

Decision day looms for £4.7bn waste disposal deal

Published: 22 November, 2012
by ANDREW JOHNSON

TOWN Hall chiefs from across north London – including Camden – will meet in secret on Friday to decide a 25-year waste deal that will cost council tax-payers more than £4.7billion – £600million for each of the seven boroughs involved.

It is thought to be one of the biggest ever private finance deals contracted by local government.

North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is owned by seven London boroughs – Enfield, Barnet, Camden, Haringey, Enfield, Waltham Forest, Hackney and Islington.

It currently takes household rubbish collected in the boroughs to a depot in Tottenham, where it is sorted into recycling, landfill and waste for incineration.

It is now looking for a new contractor to take over from North London Waste Limited – a company it owns – from 2014. Two councillors from each authority sit on the Labour-dominated body, which holds its meetings at Camden Town Hall.

Camden’s representatives are Labour councillors Phil Jones and Jonathan Simpson.

Despite the enormous sums of council tax-payers’ money involved, the procurement process is shrouded in secrecy on the grounds of “commercial confidentiality”.

Critics of the process are aghast that it is going ahead despite NLWA’s business plan for the next 30 years being thrown out by the planning inspector. He said last month that the company had not consulted enough with authorities outside London through which waste will travel on its way to landfill.

Also, plans to build a massive new waste processing plant at Pinkham Way, near the North Circular Road, have been thrown out by Haringey Council, further raising a question mark over NLWA’s plans.

Residents and green campaigners say that the deal will not produce enough waste for incineration due to new government targets for recycling – meaning the new contractor might be tempted to burn rather than recycle waste. The incinerator – currently in Edmonton but a new one has to be built – generates electricity.

Campaigners say that burning waste causes pollution and provides low-yield power – about half as much as coal, for example.

Two companies are in line for the new contract – Veolia, which wants to build an incinerator in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, and Eon/Wheelabrator, which says it will build a combined heat-and-power (CHP) plant in Sittingbourne, Kent.

CHP is considered to be more efficient but more expensive. Because Veolia’s offer is cheaper by about £100m it is favourite to win the contract.

Matters are further complicated by calls for Veolia to be boycotted because of its work in Israel.

The UN Special Rapporteur of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967, Professor Richard Falk, has written to all the councillors involved asking them not to pick Veolia because of its “complicity” in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel.

But despite these setbacks and uncertainty, NWLA – effectively the seven London boroughs – is to press ahead with handing out the contract.

"On Wednesday evening this week, a short 3-minute verbal presentation to a Hackney Full Council meeting, by local members of the North London "No to Veolia Action Group", was blocked by an extraordinary emergency motion put forward by Conservative Councillor Linda Kelly (who was elected on a Labour ticket in Leabridge Ward in 2010 - Cllr Kelly is also proudly Jewish and well known to be a Zionist).

The proposal required the Labour Group's support to go through, as Labour have an overwhelming majority on Hackney Council. This it received, and so the views of local residents could not be put to Councillors.

Addressing the Council meeting, Mayor Pipe said Hackney could do nothing about the situation in Israel/Palestine, apparently, and that the matter of Veolia's involvement in servicing illegal Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territory was thus not Hackney's concern.

The concerns of local residents over how Hackney will spend £600 million of ratepayers' (i.e. their) money over the next few years obviously didn't worry him. Nor did Veolia's current troubled financial situation or unsatisfactory environmental and health & safety record."

Asbestos at the former Warwick School

Read the comments following this local Guardian article - very worrying!

Asbestos at the former Warwick School

Closure of Police Stations

From the Community Safety Board

Following on from discussions at the Board meeting in September please find attached the briefing note on the new Local Policing model now being adopted by the MPS. This will be discussed at this week’s Board meeting on 22nd November, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Hall B at the SCORE COMMUNITY CENTRE, 100 Oliver Road, Leyton, London E10 5JY.  

May I draw your attention to the public access section of the attached which basically is which station offices will be open to the public. Chingford is the proposed 24/7 station at present, but with Leyton Custody being a 24/7 operational station, a new front counter for the wider public may be housed there very shortly. Leyton Station in Francis Road is due to close within weeks, so moving the front counter facility to the Custody Site will ensure the public in the south of the borough will have this facility available. This new custody is at ground level and has full disability access. The MPS also propose 7 other front counters will be open at different stages during the week to enable all sections of our community to engage directly with police.

If you have any comments regarding these proposals please could you email Danny.O'Connor@met.pnn.police.uk or Chris.Nelson@met.police.uk

The deadline for comments is the 23rd November, 2012.

Topical Planning Comments

From Civic Voice

The planning system is not blocking growth. It is continuous uncertainty and lack of finance - both for business and home-owners!

Gala Bingo Hall to be sold

Gala Bingo Hall

Closure of Bingo Hall

Potters House


The Gala Bingo Hall, which we used to frequent when it was the Odeon cinema, is to be sold to The Potter's House Christian Fellowship. The building is on the corner of Lea Bridge Road and Church Road. 


Some interesting historical info from David Boote:

The cinema was originally the Savoy, later Gaumont, Curzon, Odeon and Classic, and Katy says it's impressive inside, but I've not myself seen inside.  Katy says a planning application for change of use was submitted in an unsatisfactory way and is to be resubmitted.

The architect of the cinema, George Coles, lived for a time in Leytonstone on Grove Green Road and Hampton Road, and later became one of the most active of cinema architects.

Dump Veolia from Waltham Forest!

PUBLIC MEETING IN WALTHAMSTOW:

Saturday, 24 Nov 2012
4.30pm-6.30pm

"Dump Veolia from Waltham Forest!"
Harmony Hall, Truro Road, Walthamstow E17 7BY

Speakers to include Green Party's Jean Lambert MEP, along with trade unionists, green groups and local politicians.  Meeting is being organised by the Waltham Forest 'No to Veolia' steering team with WFPSC help.

Tea and refreshments will be provided for a small donation.  There will be stalls with Palestinian and other goods - perfect as Christmas presents!

At the meeting, learn what Veolia are up to now in our borough: bidding for our Waltham Forest Street Cleaning & Parks Maintenance contract, sweeping up your hard-earned council taxes to support its illegal activity supporting the illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine.

This single-entity company is guilty of gross misconduct for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity.  But it is crippled by debt and operational failures, and accused of serious ecological and environmental failings, let alone extensive health & safety breaches and maltreatment of contractors.  It's not fit to exist, let alone guzzle up the taxes of the people of Waltham Forest.

Help WF councillor Clyde Loakes understand how to say no to Veolia.  Help convince him and the entire WF Council they should not select Veolia for the WF Street Cleaning contract and, along with councillor Akral Afzam, not select Veolia for North London Waste Authority's £4.7billion in waste services and waste-to-fuel contracts.  

Waltham Forest residents don't want Veolia hoovering up our taxes through our street cleaning contract.  We don't want polluting Veolia generating electrical profits to fund their illegal activities by burning through our taxes and household waste.  Come to the public meeting and help us keep Waltham Forest clean and green.  Wash out Veolia!

Waltham Forest Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Patrons:  Neil Gerrard, Jean Lambert MEP, Prof Nur Masalha

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/walthamforestpsc

Twitter:  @wfpsclondon

Web:  http://wfpsc.blogspot.com

Post:  WFPSC c/o Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe St, Walthamstow, E17 9AH

Email:  wfpsc@yahoo.com

Loan Shark Campaign

The latest on Stella Creasy MP's battle against the loan sharks.

Loan Sharks

Funding for Projects in High Street Ward

Funding for projects in Hoe Street Ward

The Hoe Street Community Ward Forum has £10,000 to spend on local projects this coming year.

Are you a Voluntary Group/Organisation that can deliver any of the projects below to the residents of Hoe Street ward?

You can download an application form from Voluntary Action's website here.

Please email your completed application form to dawn.polis@walthamforest.gov.ukquoting reference: Hoe Street 2012/13vg

The Closing date of all applications is Friday 16 November 2012 at 5pm.

For more details on community ward forums please visit:
www.walthamforest.gov.uk/pages/servicechild/hoe-street-community-ward-forum.aspx

There is no guarantee that funding will be provided for these projects. If your application is successful, we will require you to be flexible when receiving funds and when delivering and closing your project.

Local Projects required

1. Creative artist led workshops exploring issues around mental health, well-being, work and housing needs. Workshops to include screening of films, talks, creative writing, exhibitions, etc – Seeking voluntary group to provide the above workshops. Approximate value of project £4,900. Applicants are required to put forward their project proposal which should contain:
• A project plan of the sessions you will offer.
• Details of staffing, together with their experience and qualifications.
• Details of your experience in conducting similar projects
• Costs (ex VAT)

2. Mentoring project for young people and young adults - Seeking voluntary group to provide the above project for school leavers, those who are “NEET”. Approximate value of project £3,900. Applicants are required to put forward their project proposal which should contain:
• A project plan of the sessions you will offer.
• Details of staffing, together with their experience and qualifications.
• Details of your experience in conducting similar projects
• Costs (ex VAT)

3. Mentoring project for young people and young adults - Seeking voluntary group to provide the above project for school leavers, those who are “NEET”. Approximate value of project £3,900. Applicants are required to put forward their project proposal which should contain:
• A project plan of the sessions you will offer.
• Details of staffing, together with their experience and qualifications.
• Details of your experience in conducting similar projects
• Costs (ex VAT)

4. Project to address anti-social behaviour in the ward for young people - Seeking voluntary group to provide the above classes. Applicants are required to put forward their project proposal which should contain:
• A project plan of the sessions you will offer.
• Details of staffing, together with their experience and qualifications.
• Details of your experience in conducting similar projects
• Costs (ex VAT)

5. Local street artist required to decorate the wall behind the play dragon in Wingfield Park during a community event. Approximate value of project £700. Applicants are required to put forward their project proposal which should contain:
• A project plan
• Details of their experience in conducting similar projects and qualifications.
• Costs (ex VAT)