Congratulations to KOV members the Cinema Museum, who have won a HAPPY MUSEUM award of £6575.
The Happy Museum Project, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, was launched in March 2011 with the paper The Happy Museum co-written by the New Economics Foundation and leading museum commentators. Its concluding ‘manifesto for well-being’ argues that museums have innate qualities which can inspire a re-imagining of a society which values co-operation and stewardship of our surroundings as much as it does economic well-being.
The awards will go to:
• Manchester Museum for The Playful Museum
• Lightbox in Woking, Surrey for Landscapes of The Mind,
• The Cinema Museum, London for Creative Community Curators,
• London Transport Museum for The Conversation Hub,
• Godalming Museum for Collecting Connections
• The Story Museum, Oxford for Happy From the Beginning
Robert Dufton, Director of Paul Hamlyn Foundation says:
“These new commissions explore how the principles of happiness and well-being can leave a legacy of cultural change within the museum and galleries’ organisations or communities. Museums offer spaces to consider the past, and through that to understand our lives today, and help shape our future. The Happy Museum proposes a way for them to serve our communities by helping them to become more resilient for the future.”
The Happy Museum scheme attracted over 40 applications demonstrating the readiness of the UK museum sector to respond to challenges presented by the need for creating a more sustainable future with a focus on well-being and social change.
The awardees will form a community of practice stimulated by a series of activities taking place between 2011-13, including a 2 day symposium in January 2012 which will introduce commissioned projects and leading thinkers from museums to people with a psychology and social policy background developing work around subjective well-being along with climate scientists, environmentalists and energy specialists.
The six commissioned projects and reports from the Symposium will be disseminated via the Happy Museum website, connecting people interested in this radical approach to re-imagining the purpose of museums. The project concludes with a Conference in January 2013 which ‘rounds up’ the commissioned projects, establishing a way forward to further embed principles of happiness within the sector.
Creative Community Curators, The Cinema Museum (£6575), based in The Lambeth Workhouse (once home to Charlie Chaplin) invites local people to explore the museum’s international collection of cinema memorabilia to become ‘community curators’. ‘Everyone who comes here loves it’ says Martin Humphries, director, ‘And it’s because of that love we’re still here. We can reward our fantastic volunteers for their commitment and reach out to our local community in Elephant and Castle so they can tell us how to curate.’
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Monday, 11 July 2011
Walcot grant information - low income parents
A message from the Daycare trust is below:
The Walcot Foundation are offering a generous grant this academic year of up to £5,000 to low income parents in Lambeth who would like to study or train as a pathway into employment but who cannot afford childcare.
Daycare Trust is working with the Walcot Foundation to promote this grant and to advise parents on their childcare options and on other help with their childcare costs. This is a really exciting opportunity for parents
Quick eligibility checklist for Lambeth students – parent must answer yes to each of these questions
§ Do you currently live in Lambeth and have lived there for at least one year?
§ Are you receiving out-of-work means-tested benefits, earning very low wages or not entitled to state benefits?
§ Will you be occupied for at least 21 hours each week with a combination of education, training (this does not include study time), employment, work experience, voluntary work, personal development or job search?
Please refer all parents who you think might be eligible for the grant to our helpline number 020 7940 7533 and the Daycare Trust will discuss it with them in more detail and send them an application form if they meet the criteria. If assistance with completing the application form is required, the Walcot Foundation have an advice worker who can help with this, the contact details are on the application form.
The Walcot Foundation are looking for goal setting and an associated action plan to get there. Walcot have a careers adviser who can help with the action planning / goal setting and it may be a condition of the grant that the applicant attends a meeting with them. The careers adviser will contact them directly to arrange this if this is the case.
The Walcot Foundation aim to process applications within 6 weeks but this may be longer during busy periods.
Please feel free to call us if you would like us to send you some promotional materials to distribute to parents or require any further information about the project.
from: Jan Burt
Information & Training Officer
Daycare Trust
2nd Floor, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre
73 – 81 Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 0NQ
Tel: 0845 872 6260
Visit our website www.daycaretrust.org.uk and our parent-dedicated website www.payingforchildcare.org.uk
The Walcot Foundation are offering a generous grant this academic year of up to £5,000 to low income parents in Lambeth who would like to study or train as a pathway into employment but who cannot afford childcare.
Daycare Trust is working with the Walcot Foundation to promote this grant and to advise parents on their childcare options and on other help with their childcare costs. This is a really exciting opportunity for parents
Quick eligibility checklist for Lambeth students – parent must answer yes to each of these questions
§ Do you currently live in Lambeth and have lived there for at least one year?
§ Are you receiving out-of-work means-tested benefits, earning very low wages or not entitled to state benefits?
§ Will you be occupied for at least 21 hours each week with a combination of education, training (this does not include study time), employment, work experience, voluntary work, personal development or job search?
Please refer all parents who you think might be eligible for the grant to our helpline number 020 7940 7533 and the Daycare Trust will discuss it with them in more detail and send them an application form if they meet the criteria. If assistance with completing the application form is required, the Walcot Foundation have an advice worker who can help with this, the contact details are on the application form.
The Walcot Foundation are looking for goal setting and an associated action plan to get there. Walcot have a careers adviser who can help with the action planning / goal setting and it may be a condition of the grant that the applicant attends a meeting with them. The careers adviser will contact them directly to arrange this if this is the case.
The Walcot Foundation aim to process applications within 6 weeks but this may be longer during busy periods.
Please feel free to call us if you would like us to send you some promotional materials to distribute to parents or require any further information about the project.
from: Jan Burt
Information & Training Officer
Daycare Trust
2nd Floor, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre
73 – 81 Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 0NQ
Tel: 0845 872 6260
Visit our website www.daycaretrust.org.uk and our parent-dedicated website www.payingforchildcare.org.uk
Sunday, 10 July 2011
SPRING MEWS (GLASSHOUSE WALK) PUBLIC EXHIBITION: 14-16 JULY 2011
Spring Mews is a proposed new mixed-use scheme including student accommodation with retail, hotel, and a new community centre and cafe. The proposed new development is sited on land bounded by Tinworth Street to the North, Vauxhall Street to the east, Glasshouse Walk to the south and the railway line to the west.
Proposals have been, and continue to be, developed in discussions with Lambeth Council and in liaison with the Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre; the latest proposals are being presented to the public for consultation on the dates below.
Public exhibition
Thursday 14 July 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Saturday 16 July 11am to 2pm
Exhibition venue Westminster Towers, 3 Albert Embankment
About the existing site and proposals
The site is underutilised at present and has been identified for redevelopment in Lambeth Council’s Local Plan for some considerable period of time. The much loved community centre is tired and the overall run-down site only provides around 20 jobs with most of the site used for coach parking.
CLS (the developers)' proposals provide for a modern community centre to be built in the same location and the provision of over 80 jobs on the site with new commercial uses. In addition, by providing student accommodation CLS is supporting the delivery of the Council’s affordable housing provision by reducing the demand on the private rented sector that would otherwise be available for family housing. New retail and a public mews will also add to the local amenity and setting with better pedestrian links through to local green spaces and architecture sensitive to the area’s heritage.
Quote from CLS is below:
'Investing in Vauxhall
As you may already know, CLS Holdings plc (CLS) is both the largest property company in Lambeth and is based in Vauxhall. We have been investing in the area for over 20 years and very much look forward to discussing our proposals with you.'
Proposals have been, and continue to be, developed in discussions with Lambeth Council and in liaison with the Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre; the latest proposals are being presented to the public for consultation on the dates below.
Public exhibition
Thursday 14 July 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Saturday 16 July 11am to 2pm
Exhibition venue Westminster Towers, 3 Albert Embankment
About the existing site and proposals
The site is underutilised at present and has been identified for redevelopment in Lambeth Council’s Local Plan for some considerable period of time. The much loved community centre is tired and the overall run-down site only provides around 20 jobs with most of the site used for coach parking.
CLS (the developers)' proposals provide for a modern community centre to be built in the same location and the provision of over 80 jobs on the site with new commercial uses. In addition, by providing student accommodation CLS is supporting the delivery of the Council’s affordable housing provision by reducing the demand on the private rented sector that would otherwise be available for family housing. New retail and a public mews will also add to the local amenity and setting with better pedestrian links through to local green spaces and architecture sensitive to the area’s heritage.
Quote from CLS is below:
'Investing in Vauxhall
As you may already know, CLS Holdings plc (CLS) is both the largest property company in Lambeth and is based in Vauxhall. We have been investing in the area for over 20 years and very much look forward to discussing our proposals with you.'
Monday, 13 June 2011
Vauxhall Gyratory - from Val Shawcross
For many years now, a regular subject of the letters and emails I receive – particularly from cyclists, is the matter of the Vauxhall Gyratory, or to be more precise the mini-motorway looping round what should be the gateway to South London! These multiple lanes of fast moving traffic are off-putting to cyclists and pedestrians and add nothing to the charm of the area.
Lambeth councillors in the area and I have been pressing Transport for London for start developing proper long term plans for the Vauxhall area Some of you will remember that in fact, the gyratory was only meant to be a temporary measure, yet it has now been in place for some eight years. Ultimately, myself and the council would like to see the gyratory removed and a return to two-way working at this junction along with improvements to make life more comfortable and accessible for pedestrians and cyclists. However, I am concerned that Mayor Boris Johnson’s policies of ‘smoothing the traffic’ for motorists will hamper calls to restore two way traffic at Vauxhall.
My colleagues and I will be continuing the press for the best outcome for all road users at Vauxhall, as well as achieving a more attractive streetscape for Vauxhall’s residents, workers and visitors. If any readers have any comments about the gyratory I would be happy to hear from you - please write to me at City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA or Valerie.Shawcross@london.gov.uk
Yours faithfully
Valerie Shawcross AM
London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark.
Valerie Shawcross AM
LONDON Assembly Member
Lambeth & Southwark
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London
SE1 2AA
Lambeth councillors in the area and I have been pressing Transport for London for start developing proper long term plans for the Vauxhall area Some of you will remember that in fact, the gyratory was only meant to be a temporary measure, yet it has now been in place for some eight years. Ultimately, myself and the council would like to see the gyratory removed and a return to two-way working at this junction along with improvements to make life more comfortable and accessible for pedestrians and cyclists. However, I am concerned that Mayor Boris Johnson’s policies of ‘smoothing the traffic’ for motorists will hamper calls to restore two way traffic at Vauxhall.
My colleagues and I will be continuing the press for the best outcome for all road users at Vauxhall, as well as achieving a more attractive streetscape for Vauxhall’s residents, workers and visitors. If any readers have any comments about the gyratory I would be happy to hear from you - please write to me at City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA or Valerie.Shawcross@london.gov.uk
Yours faithfully
Valerie Shawcross AM
London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark.
Valerie Shawcross AM
LONDON Assembly Member
Lambeth & Southwark
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London
SE1 2AA
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Shelley School - Extension to consultation about future of the site requested
An extension to the deadline for responding to consultation about the future of the former Shelley School site, Wincott St, SE11, has been requested, on the grounds of poor distribution of the consultation document in the area surrounding the site. The deadline is still 15 July 2011. News of any extension to that deadline will be posted here.
The consultation document, dated May 2011, from Cllr Pete Robbins is below, followed by comments from the governors of Archbishop Sumner School, with further comments from the Counci.
From Cllr Pete Robbins:
We would like to hear your views on the future of the site in Wincott Street SE11, which used to house the Shelley School, but has now been out of use for about a year.
One of the biggest priorities in Lambeth is to ensure we are able to meet the growing demand for school places in the borough.
In the north of the borough, where this site is, there is sufficient capacity in the schools and overall demand for places is lower than the number of places available. This has been the situation for several years. All children in Kennington can be offered a place in a good local school within walking distance of their home.
By contrast, there is currently a critical demand to provide additional primary school places in Norwood and Streatham. To meet this demand Lambeth is building a new school, expanding existing schools, and providing temporary ‘bulge’ classes where necessary – adding an extra eight forms of entry (240 places) this September. However much more is necessary.
The Shelley site is not big enough to accommodate a stand-alone primary school but we have been made aware by the governors at the Archbishop Sumner CE Primary School that they are minded to pursue the expansion of their school, and wish to do this on the former Shelley site, subject to certain criteria being met. A brief statement from the governors of the school is attached to this letter, together with some comments from the local authority.
The council cannot expect government funding for such a scheme when there are sufficient school places locally and cannot justify diverting its own very limited resources on creating new primary places in an area where there are already enough places.
We have to prioritise scarce resources to ensure that every child in Lambeth is offered a place at primary school. In order to fund the expansion of schools in the areas of high demand we have to sell assets which are surplus to our immediate requirements. As there is no projected demand for an educational use for the Shelley site we propose to sell the site to raise funds to help every child in Lambeth have a primary school place in the future. The future use of the site would be dependent on the wishes of any purchaser and subject to planning consent.
May 2011
We would be interested in receiving your comments on this proposal. All written comments should be received by 15th July 2011. If you would like to comment please contact:
Chris Sipidias,
Regeneration Manager,
6th floor, International House
6 Canterbury Crescent
Brixton SW9 7QE
Tel. 020 7926 5570
csipidias@lambeth.gov.uk
You can find out more about the need for primary school places in Lambeth at
www.lambeth.gov.uk/primaryschoolplaces
Yours sincerely
Councillor Pete Robbins
Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
10210 CY (5.11)
Views of the Governors of Archbishop Sumner CE Primary School (ABS)
As you may be aware the governing body of ABS has recently been considering the potential for becoming a two-form entry school. This assessment is something that has been undertaken in the light of the strong view held by some members of the local community that ABS should expand. In this regard, the governing body consulted with councillors earlier this year and formally requested that Lambeth Council delay any decision on the disposal of the Shelley site for a year, to allow for governors to more fully assess the opportunity for expansion onto the site. The governing body is aware that Lambeth Council has since agreed to dispose of the site pending consent to do so from the Secretary of State for Education.
Governors have been very carefully considering (and continue to consider) the possible effects that expansion (or remaining one-form entry) could have on our school and our local community. The governing body resolved on 4th May 2011 that it is minded to pursue expansion to two-form entry onto the Shelley site provided that the satisfaction of specific criteria can be achieved. I include these below to avoid any potential for misinterpretation of ABS' recently agreed position
on school expansion.
The governing body has resolved that it is minded to pursue expansion to two-form entry provided that the following conditions can be satisfied:
• the governing body is satisfied throughout any process towards expansion that expansion continues to present ABS with the best opportunity to continue to raise standards and is fully consistent with our ethos, mission and values
• that expansion is onto the Shelley site and
• that the Shelley site is established as suitable for a full extra form of entry
• that sufficient funding is available for expansion and that sourcing funding for expansion does not require ABS to reconsider its previous decision to not pursue academy status
• that the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education is supportive of the pursuit of expansion under these conditions throughout the process
The governing body has not voted in favour of expansion in general but rather that it is minded to expand only under the conditions outlined above. If during any process towards expansion it is established that any of these conditions cannot be satisfied then the governing body reserves the right to not pursue expansion to two-form entry any further.
Comments from the local authority
Archbishop Sumner CE school (ABS) is a well regarded and popular school, rated outstanding by Ofsted, and as such would be a prime candidate for expansion were there a shortage of spaces in the area. Projections of demand indicate there will be sufficient places in this part of Lambeth for at least the next five years. It is possible that there will be a significant increase in demand in the Vauxhall and Nine Elms area after this time, with the proposed developments in the area, but initial investigation has shown that the potential new housing created as part of this development is further away than Lambeth’s target maximum travel distance. In addition, there is a new two form of entry primary school proposed for Lambeth and a new four form of entry primary school proposed for Wandsworth as part of this development.
Lambeth officers are involved in ongoing research and planning to ensure that the pupil places that will be required as part of this, and other local developments will be met, either as part of developer contributions toward education or via lobbying government for additional funding for the expansion of schools, in areas where additional places are needed.
The buildings on the Shelley site are in poor condition and unsuitable in their current form for use as a primary school, which is the reason why the site is no longer used as a school. It is very unlikely that government funding criteria would be met for such new buildings in the foreseeable future. In addition, a short review of a feasibility study commissioned in 2007 has shown that although the school has recently built an extension onto its playground, if there were a need to expand the school to provide additional pupil places in the medium term future, this could be accommodated on the existing site, with some reconfiguration. This may affect the current buildings on the site, though some of them could be retained.
Since the potential for funding to be released via government sources is severely restricted, the Council has to look for ways to raise additional funding to invest in its ongoing, borough wide expansion programme. Release of assets which are not currently used, and which cost the Council money to maintain, is one way of doing this. The Council is of the view that disposal of the currently unused Shelley site is the most appropriate way of raising additional capital to support the provision of additional pupil places, in parts of the borough where this is urgently needed.
The consultation document, dated May 2011, from Cllr Pete Robbins is below, followed by comments from the governors of Archbishop Sumner School, with further comments from the Counci.
From Cllr Pete Robbins:
We would like to hear your views on the future of the site in Wincott Street SE11, which used to house the Shelley School, but has now been out of use for about a year.
One of the biggest priorities in Lambeth is to ensure we are able to meet the growing demand for school places in the borough.
In the north of the borough, where this site is, there is sufficient capacity in the schools and overall demand for places is lower than the number of places available. This has been the situation for several years. All children in Kennington can be offered a place in a good local school within walking distance of their home.
By contrast, there is currently a critical demand to provide additional primary school places in Norwood and Streatham. To meet this demand Lambeth is building a new school, expanding existing schools, and providing temporary ‘bulge’ classes where necessary – adding an extra eight forms of entry (240 places) this September. However much more is necessary.
The Shelley site is not big enough to accommodate a stand-alone primary school but we have been made aware by the governors at the Archbishop Sumner CE Primary School that they are minded to pursue the expansion of their school, and wish to do this on the former Shelley site, subject to certain criteria being met. A brief statement from the governors of the school is attached to this letter, together with some comments from the local authority.
The council cannot expect government funding for such a scheme when there are sufficient school places locally and cannot justify diverting its own very limited resources on creating new primary places in an area where there are already enough places.
We have to prioritise scarce resources to ensure that every child in Lambeth is offered a place at primary school. In order to fund the expansion of schools in the areas of high demand we have to sell assets which are surplus to our immediate requirements. As there is no projected demand for an educational use for the Shelley site we propose to sell the site to raise funds to help every child in Lambeth have a primary school place in the future. The future use of the site would be dependent on the wishes of any purchaser and subject to planning consent.
May 2011
We would be interested in receiving your comments on this proposal. All written comments should be received by 15th July 2011. If you would like to comment please contact:
Chris Sipidias,
Regeneration Manager,
6th floor, International House
6 Canterbury Crescent
Brixton SW9 7QE
Tel. 020 7926 5570
csipidias@lambeth.gov.uk
You can find out more about the need for primary school places in Lambeth at
www.lambeth.gov.uk/primaryschoolplaces
Yours sincerely
Councillor Pete Robbins
Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
10210 CY (5.11)
Views of the Governors of Archbishop Sumner CE Primary School (ABS)
As you may be aware the governing body of ABS has recently been considering the potential for becoming a two-form entry school. This assessment is something that has been undertaken in the light of the strong view held by some members of the local community that ABS should expand. In this regard, the governing body consulted with councillors earlier this year and formally requested that Lambeth Council delay any decision on the disposal of the Shelley site for a year, to allow for governors to more fully assess the opportunity for expansion onto the site. The governing body is aware that Lambeth Council has since agreed to dispose of the site pending consent to do so from the Secretary of State for Education.
Governors have been very carefully considering (and continue to consider) the possible effects that expansion (or remaining one-form entry) could have on our school and our local community. The governing body resolved on 4th May 2011 that it is minded to pursue expansion to two-form entry onto the Shelley site provided that the satisfaction of specific criteria can be achieved. I include these below to avoid any potential for misinterpretation of ABS' recently agreed position
on school expansion.
The governing body has resolved that it is minded to pursue expansion to two-form entry provided that the following conditions can be satisfied:
• the governing body is satisfied throughout any process towards expansion that expansion continues to present ABS with the best opportunity to continue to raise standards and is fully consistent with our ethos, mission and values
• that expansion is onto the Shelley site and
• that the Shelley site is established as suitable for a full extra form of entry
• that sufficient funding is available for expansion and that sourcing funding for expansion does not require ABS to reconsider its previous decision to not pursue academy status
• that the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education is supportive of the pursuit of expansion under these conditions throughout the process
The governing body has not voted in favour of expansion in general but rather that it is minded to expand only under the conditions outlined above. If during any process towards expansion it is established that any of these conditions cannot be satisfied then the governing body reserves the right to not pursue expansion to two-form entry any further.
Comments from the local authority
Archbishop Sumner CE school (ABS) is a well regarded and popular school, rated outstanding by Ofsted, and as such would be a prime candidate for expansion were there a shortage of spaces in the area. Projections of demand indicate there will be sufficient places in this part of Lambeth for at least the next five years. It is possible that there will be a significant increase in demand in the Vauxhall and Nine Elms area after this time, with the proposed developments in the area, but initial investigation has shown that the potential new housing created as part of this development is further away than Lambeth’s target maximum travel distance. In addition, there is a new two form of entry primary school proposed for Lambeth and a new four form of entry primary school proposed for Wandsworth as part of this development.
Lambeth officers are involved in ongoing research and planning to ensure that the pupil places that will be required as part of this, and other local developments will be met, either as part of developer contributions toward education or via lobbying government for additional funding for the expansion of schools, in areas where additional places are needed.
The buildings on the Shelley site are in poor condition and unsuitable in their current form for use as a primary school, which is the reason why the site is no longer used as a school. It is very unlikely that government funding criteria would be met for such new buildings in the foreseeable future. In addition, a short review of a feasibility study commissioned in 2007 has shown that although the school has recently built an extension onto its playground, if there were a need to expand the school to provide additional pupil places in the medium term future, this could be accommodated on the existing site, with some reconfiguration. This may affect the current buildings on the site, though some of them could be retained.
Since the potential for funding to be released via government sources is severely restricted, the Council has to look for ways to raise additional funding to invest in its ongoing, borough wide expansion programme. Release of assets which are not currently used, and which cost the Council money to maintain, is one way of doing this. The Council is of the view that disposal of the currently unused Shelley site is the most appropriate way of raising additional capital to support the provision of additional pupil places, in parts of the borough where this is urgently needed.
Monday, 30 May 2011
Business Meetings - 16 and 17 June
The future of Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea – Business Opportunities
Meetings - 16 June 18.30–20.30 and 17 June 8.00– 9.30am
Two meetings have been arranged for businesses to learn more about the regeneration of the Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Battersea (VNEB) area. The development proposals emerging will transform the area and have positive implications for your diverse business community. To meet the needs of a range of businesses two sessions are avaiable; one evening meeting with drinks and light refreshments and one morning meeting with breakfast.
You may already be aware of the major development proposals for the area over the coming years. The purpose of the meeting is to:-
(a) update you on the developments and proposals in the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea area;
(b) give you access to advice and support for your business; and
(c) establish a Business Group for the area to act as a focus for your ideas and any business issues and opportunities.
The events will also provide an excellent opportunity to network with the teams leading the developments and to meet local businesses large and small in a relaxed environment
Covent Garden Market Authority has kindly agreed to host the event in the New Covent Garden Flower Market meeting room. To attend the meeting you will need to register online at www.wandsworthbestbuy.org.uk/june2011 or ring 0208 871 7693/7807. Spaces are limited to 100 at each event and are exclusively for the business community. We anticipate high demand for places, so please register early. For further details of the Nine Elms Vauxhall regeneration programme visit www.lambeth.gov.uk/vneb or http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/nineelms.
We look forward to meeting businesses, including those running businesses from home, on 16 or 17 June.
Meetings - 16 June 18.30–20.30 and 17 June 8.00– 9.30am
Two meetings have been arranged for businesses to learn more about the regeneration of the Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Battersea (VNEB) area. The development proposals emerging will transform the area and have positive implications for your diverse business community. To meet the needs of a range of businesses two sessions are avaiable; one evening meeting with drinks and light refreshments and one morning meeting with breakfast.
You may already be aware of the major development proposals for the area over the coming years. The purpose of the meeting is to:-
(a) update you on the developments and proposals in the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea area;
(b) give you access to advice and support for your business; and
(c) establish a Business Group for the area to act as a focus for your ideas and any business issues and opportunities.
The events will also provide an excellent opportunity to network with the teams leading the developments and to meet local businesses large and small in a relaxed environment
Covent Garden Market Authority has kindly agreed to host the event in the New Covent Garden Flower Market meeting room. To attend the meeting you will need to register online at www.wandsworthbestbuy.org.uk/june2011 or ring 0208 871 7693/7807. Spaces are limited to 100 at each event and are exclusively for the business community. We anticipate high demand for places, so please register early. For further details of the Nine Elms Vauxhall regeneration programme visit www.lambeth.gov.uk/vneb or http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/nineelms.
We look forward to meeting businesses, including those running businesses from home, on 16 or 17 June.
Launch of David Coke and Alan Borg's new book Vauxhall Gardens: A History
Please come along to the launch of David Coke and Alan Borg's new book about the fascinating history of Vauxhall Gardens.
7.00 PM on 27 June at the Tea House Theatre, Vauxhall Walk SE11 5HL. FREE, donations welcome.
Visit www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk and
RSVP to this address: vauxhallcs@gmail.com.
7.00 PM on 27 June at the Tea House Theatre, Vauxhall Walk SE11 5HL. FREE, donations welcome.
Visit www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk and
RSVP to this address: vauxhallcs@gmail.com.
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