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A very special
house guest
Garden paradise
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A delighted Princess Anne visits Marcon Place, near Hackney Downs station, a new development of 28 one-bedroom ‘starter homes’
PRINCESS Anne enjoyed a
peek inside a ‘starter home’
during a tour around a new
development in Hackney.
Her Royal Highness visited
Marcon Place, near Hackney
Downs station, to learn more
about London’s growing
housing crisis and new ideas to
tackle the problem.
She talked to first time buyers
who had previously found
themselves priced out of the
housing market but were
ineligible for social housing.
The 28 one-bedroom
apartments are designed for
Londoners on a moderate
income. For more info and
pics, see page 3.
LONDON WHEELS
ACKNEY is set to trial
one of the largest and
most progressive traffic
schemes of its kind in the
capital, which will create a car
free area in the borough.
Sixteen residential junctions
around London Fields will be
closed to motor vehicle through
traffic in a bid to end ‘ratrunning’ and improve conditions
for pedestrians and cyclists.
The project, due to begin in
January, will use large planters
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filled with flowers, shrubs and
trees, to act as a filter system
for traffic and bring bursts of
greenery to the roads.
They will be installed between
Richmond Road in the north
and Scriven Road in the south,
and Lansdowne Drive in the
east and Haggerston Road in
the west, affecting an area of
roughly one square kilometre.
Residents will still be able
to drive into the area, which,
according to the latest census
data, has some of the highest
cycling rates in Hackney,
particularly for commuting to
work by bike.
The proposals are likely to
reduce the high volumes of nonlocal motor traffic currently
using these residential streets,
with the aim of making the
neighbourhoods quieter and less
polluted places to live, as well as
safer and more pleasant places
to walk, cycle and play.
Nearly 40 per cent of all trips
made in Hackney are by foot.
Cllr Feryal Demirci, Cabinet
Member for Neighbourhoods
and Sustainability, said: “This
exciting project will bring
significant improvements for
almost everyone living in the
area. In Hackney, walking and
cycling come first and we are
committed to doing everything
we can to make the borough a
better place for these activities.”
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The Zero Emissions Network (ZEN) has been helping businesses work more cleanly and cheaply for a year now
Feel zen, go green
700-strong
business network
set up to create
healthier and less
polluting workforces in
and around Shoreditch
celebrated its first birthday
last month.
The Zero Emissions
Network (ZEN) – a free,
award-winning tri-borough
enterprise by Hackney,
Islington and Tower
Hamlets councils – has
helped businesses implement
hundreds of greener
measures since coming
together last October.
Cars and vans have been
replaced by electric vehicles,
electric taxi-use and cargo
bikes; and grants have been
used to create walking and
cycle-friendly workplaces.
Other ways in which ZEN
is helping businesses work
more cleanly and cheaply,
include: reduced rate car
club memberships; energyuse action plans; and cycling
seminars, maintenance
courses and repair sessions –
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We care about the air we
breathe, polluted air
affects our lungs
The Zero Emissions Network (ZEN) celebrates its first birthday
all for free.
Teresa Goncalves,
Campaigns Officer at the
British Lung Foundation
(BLF), which has an office
in Goswell Road, said:
“We care about the air we
breathe, polluted air affects
our lungs and the BLF are
campaigning to clean it
up. Since becoming a ZEN
member we’ve switched to
using electric taxis for our
journeys. Not only does this
mean we can order taxis
without contributing to
air pollution, but ZEN
also negotiated a discount
with e-Connect cars which
means we save 10 per cent
on each booking.”
Members of the network
came together at The
Trampery, in Shoreditch,
to celebrate ZEN: One
Year On, which saw
talks from the ZEN team,
Forster Communications,
the Bamboo Bicycle
Club, and Cllr Claudia
Webbe, Islington Council’s
Executive Member
for Environment and
Transport.
Cllr Feryal Demirci,
Cabinet Member for
Neighbourhoods and
Sustainability, said: “A year
after we came together to
try and tackle pollution in
the Shoreditch area,
we can now see some
tangible effects, with
hundreds of businesses
working more cleanly
and efficiently and many
more workers enjoying a
healthier lifestyle.”
MORE INFO
To learn more about
ZEN or to become a
member, call: 020 8356
6113; email: zen@hackney.
gov.uk; or visit: www.
cleanerairforlondon.org.
uk/zen
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Remembrance Sunday parade
will pay tribute to the fallen
Fit for royalty
Princess Anne meets resident Mike Tsang at Marcon Place, a new development of starter homes, near Hackney Downs station
HEY might not
be palaces, but a
new development
of starter homes
in Hackney proved
themselves fit for royalty
when Princess Anne visited
on 27 October.
Her Royal Highness
toured Marcon Place, near
Hackney Downs station,
to learn more about
London’s growing housing
crisis and new ideas to
tackle it.
She spent the morning
talking to first time buyers
who had previously
found themselves priced
out of the property
market but ineligible
for social housing.
Cllr Philip Glanville,
who joined the Princess on
the tour, said: “These new
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We were honoured that
Her Royal Highness chose
to pay a visit to one of our
affordable developments
homes at Marcon Place
show the range of different
home ownership options
we work on together with
partners. We need more
homes of all tenures
to keep Hackney a
borough where people
of all backgrounds can
continue to live and
Georgie Lister-Fell chats to Princess Anne and Marc Vlessing, Chief
Executive of Pocket, which built the 28 one-bedroom apartments
work together.”
The 28 one-bedroom
apartments at Marcon
Place, built by Pocket
property developers, are
designed for Londoners
on a moderate income and
are sold at 30 per cent less
than the local market rate.
Subsequent buyers will
also need to meet
the same eligibility
criteria so that the
homes remain affordable.
Pocket Chief Executive,
Marc Vlessing, said: “We
were honoured that Her
Royal Highness chose to
pay a visit to one of our
affordable developments.
“We are planning a
second development in
Hackney for next year,
which will help more local
people into housing.”
A PROCESSION from Hackney Town Hall to the War
Memorial at St John-at-Hackney Church and back will
be held on 8 November to honour all those who have
died serving their country.
The public are invited to gather at the Town Hall on Mare
Street at 9.45am. The parade, accompanied by a band,
will then progress to St John’s, where wreaths will be
laid and faith leaders will address the assembled crowd.
There will be a minute’s silence at 11am before a
Service of Remembrance. At 12.30pm, the parade will
head back to the Town Hall, accompanied by the Royal
British Legion with other veterans, representatives of the
Armed Forces Reserves, Cadets, Scouts, Guides, St John
Ambulance, British Red Cross, police and fire brigade.
Finally, at 12.40pm, the parade will come to a halt
outside the Town Hall to take a salute from the Speaker
of Hackney. Residents are invited to join and support the
parade to remember all those who have given their lives.
Last year’s Remembrance Sunday parade in Hackney
Community joins forces to clean up streets and tackle anti-social behaviour
Youngsters gather around a stall at the Clean Up Clapton Day
CLAPTON residents
rolled up their sleeves
and donned their rubber
gloves on 22 October
for the annual Clean Up
Clapton Day, which saw
schoolchildren, voluntary
groups, councillors and
police working side
by side to clear up the
streets and reduce antisocial behaviour.
At the event, which
was the largest and
most popular yet, stalls
were erected to give
out information about
recycling. A number of
anti-knife and anti-gun
stands, staffed by police
from Hackney Downs,
also provided information
and advice in the aftermath
of the recent shooting on
Chatsworth Road.
Also represented at the
event was Community
Payback, a scheme in
which offenders ‘pay the
community back’ for
their crimes with unpaid
work. Staff explained their
job to residents and local
students, and committed to
clearing overgrown foliage
around disused toilets in
Upper Clapton.
Sporting Hackney FC,
the borough’s leading
football team, also had
a stall and pavements
were jet cleaned by the
commercial waste team
from the Council’s
Millfields Road Depot.
Pupils from Millfields
and Al-Falah primary
schools also went litter
picking and took part in a
painting competition due to
be judged by The Speaker
of Hackney, Cllr Sade Etti.
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Grab last tickets for fireworks
Images of children from the hard-hitting NSPCC campaign encouraging residents to help tackle child exploitation
Watch out for abuse
A
CAMPAIGN
has been launched
in the borough
to help tackle
child exploitation.
The Council and the City
and Hackney Safeguarding
Children Board have joined
forces with the charity
NSPCC to encourage
residents to look out for the
signs that a young person
is being exploited and to
report their concerns.
A poster and leaflet
details some of the
signals that a child might
be a victim of sexual
exploitation, or is being
targeted by gangs or
extremists.
Anyone worried about a
young person can phone a
Welfare of children and young
people is our priority, but
unfortunately there are some
people who seek to exploit them
dedicated NSPCC helpline
or, if they prefer, e-mail the
NSPCC for advice. The
free phone line, which can
be called anonymously,
is open 24 hours a day,
with specialists on hand
to discuss concerns.
The potential signs of
exploitation highlighted
in the campaign include:
‘I don’t know how they’re
affording all these new
things’; ‘I don’t understand
why they’ve got a second
mobile phone’; and
‘They’ve been going
missing overnight and
skipping school – I don’t
know where they go.’
Cllr Anntoinette
Bramble, Cabinet Member
for Children’s Services,
said: “The welfare of
children and young people
is our absolute priority,
but unfortunately there are
some people who seek to
exploit them.
“There are lots of
reasons why a child or
young person might start
acting differently, but a
change in behaviour could
be a sign that they’re
at risk. By working in
partnership with the
NSPCC, we’re opening up
another way for people
to get advice and report
anything they’re concerned
about. Together we can
all play a part in keeping
young people safe.”
Tributes paid to foster carer
MORE INFO
To report a concern,
e-mail: help@nspcc.
org.uk; or call:
0808 800 5000.
Consultation on new safe street zone in London Fields
FROM FRONT PAGE
The three-month road traffic
trial in London Fields will
act as a formal consultation
process in which residents can
give their views.
The Council will also
be accepting feedback and
honing designs during the
works’ notification period,
starting in mid-November, as
well as throughout the trial.
Details on how, when and
where residents will be able
to contribute to the process
are being finalised and will be
included in scheme publicity in
the coming months.
RESIDENTS can still get tickets for this year’s Hackney
Fireworks Show on Saturday, 7 November.
The event, set to be a stunning spectacle of pyrotechnics
synchronised to music, is back at Clissold Park, Stoke
Newington, for the second year running.
The theme, chosen by residents, is ‘superheroes’, so
dress to impress as your favourite character.
The family-friendly event will also feature a children’s
funfair, street performers, and food and drink stalls.
Tickets for the show cost £7.50 for adults and £2.50 for
children who live in the borough; and £8.50 and £3.50
respectively for non-residents.
Gates open at 6pm and the display starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available at the Hackney Empire box office
until noon on 6 November, or until sold out. Go in
person to the theatre in Mare Street; visit online: www.
hackneyempire.co.uk; or call: 020 8985 2424.
For general information regarding the display, contact
the Park Events Team on: 020 8356 4309; or e-mail:
[email protected]
Proposed trial closure
to motor traffic
Road with existing
closure to motor traffic
Quietway Route 2 (Q2)
Overground Station
Existing traffic turning
restriction
Existing one-way motor
traffic restriction with
cycle contra-flow
Through routes for
motor traffic
TRIBUTES are being paid to foster carer Audrey
Saunders, who died aged 66. She had looked after
vulnerable children in the borough for 17 years.
The loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother
passed away on 14 October, and was remembered
at a funeral service at the City of London cemetery
on 29 October.
Audrey took the decision to foster when her son and
daughters moved out of their home in Millfields Road.
Daughter Toni paid tribute to her dedication to fostering.
She said: “For mummy, nothing was a challenge, she
just knew how to do it. Her kind calmness meant that
she was a natural foster carer, she loved seeing all
the kids move onto a permanent home where they
could do well in life.”
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Cabinet Member for Children’s
Services, added: “Audrey was a positive, dedicated
and committed foster
carer who made a huge
difference to the children
she cared for.”
Audrey leaves behind
birth children Francesca,
Dionne, Toni, Junior
and Sarah-Louise; 10
grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; as
well as the 32 children
she fostered.
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Photos: Mei-Yee Man
Kynaston Gardens is home to
the rare and beautiful Davidia
involucrata – the handkerchief tree
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KNOW?
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Maya and Lauren Buttle on the climbing
frame
1. The new play area at Kynaston Gardens; 2. Maya Buttle and Ethan Kelleher take a turn on the new play equipment; 3. Youngsters get busy in the fruit and vegetable plots; 4. Small touches, like this garden sculpture,
add to the revamped space; 5. The rare and beautiful Handkerchief Tree; 6. Residents Martin Buttle, Folake Bee, Ethan Kelleher, Maya and Lauren Buttle; 7. The gardens before the revamp was carried out
A precious plot of greenery
NCE known as
the ‘holy grail’ of
botany, there is a
tree so rare and
beautiful that, when it
flowers at Kew Gardens in
May, thousands of visitors
flock to see it.
Incredibly, there’s also
one growing in Kynaston
Gardens – a tiny, onceforgotten patch of land,
off a Stoke Newington
side street.
The exotic specimen is
the Davidia involucrata,
or the handkerchief tree,
so called because when
its large white blooms are
disturbed by the breeze
they give the impression of
fluttering silk.
Matthew Dillon,
secretary and founding
member of the Friends of
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Kynaston Gardens,
doesn’t know how the
China native, coveted by
leading 19th and 20th
century botanists, came
to sprout in a green
patch off Kynaston
Avenue – a passage
linking Stoke Newington
High Street and Dynevor
Road – but the enigma is
indicative of the mystery of
the gardens itself.
“A neighbour has photos
showing houses that used
to be situated in Kynaston
Avenue,” said the 37-yearold economist.
Adding: “There is a local
myth that the houses were
hit by a bomb in the Blitz
but, perhaps a more likely
theory is that the houses
survived the war intact
and were demolished as
The gardens are now a
well-loved asset for all
of the community
part of slum clearances
and the gardens created in
their place.”
During the 1970s and
‘80s, the little park was
used as both a play area
for local children and
as a rose garden but,
Maya and Lauren Buttle
on the climbing frame
somewhere along the
way, the land became less
and less frequented, its
condition deteriorated
and eventually it began to
fall foul of frequent antisocial behaviour.
By 2010, the community
had had enough. A small
band of nature lovers
sat down and decided
to form the ‘Friends’
group, and take back the
precious plot of greenery
in the otherwise denselypopulated neighbourhood.
Over two years, from
2013, the Friends worked
with the Council and
charity Groundwork to
secure £84,000 in funding,
to renovate the gardens.
Now, the fruits of that
labour are plain to see: the
new design includes food
plots for local people and
schools, wild flowers to
improve biodiversity, and
a new children’s play area.
“The gardens are now
a well-loved asset for all
the community,” said
Matthew, of Dynevor
Road. Today, the Friends
group works with the
community and the
Council – which helps
by providing resources
through its parks
department and acting
as custodian of some of
the grants – to ensure the
gardens remain a green
haven amid the busy bustle
of urban Hackney life.
The question now
is, can they make the
handkerchief tree bloom?
MORE INFO
More information on
the gardens can be
found on Facebook,
search: Friends of
Kynaston Gardens
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feature
HOW MANY PLACES DO WE NEED?
By 2020, Hackney will need an extra:
· 1,260 primary school places – equivalent to
three new schools
· 1,650 secondary school places – equivalent to
two new schools
The new Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form building
Students at Cardinal Pole School, in Morning Lane, celebrate their A-Level results this August
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR?
Since 2004, Hackney has:
· Built three new primary schools
· Expanded and refurbished a further eight
primary schools
· Opened seven new academies
· Four new free schools opened
A place for all
With an increasing population putting pressure on
schools, plans are underway to create nearly 3,000
extra places for students across the borough
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The plans include expanding The Urswick School in Hackney Central
www.hackney.gov.uk
LANS are
underway to create
nearly 3,000 extra
school places
across the borough to
make sure children can
attend a local school.
Over the last decade,
Hackney has benefited
from one of the biggest and
most ambitious schools
building and regeneration
programmes in the country,
with nearly half a billion
pounds invested in creating
new primary schools and
academies, as well as the
refurbishing and re-building
all of the borough’s
Our schools have gone on a
remarkable journey
over the last 13 years
secondary schools.
However, like most London
boroughs, Hackney is
feeling the impact of an
increasing population on
its schools.
By 2020, the borough
needs to create an extra
1,260 primary school
places and – following the
withdrawal of Department
for Education approval
for Hackney Wick Free
School – 1,650 secondary
school places.
Options to fund them –
and land to build on – are
extremely limited. The
Council is less able to rely
on government grants,
leaving a funding gap
of over £40million. To
overcome this, the Council
is looking at options
which could see housing
developed alongside new
school places. This would
allow profit from the sale
of homes to directly fund
new schools, as well as
rebuilding and expanding
existing schools. Profit
would also contribute
towards the Council’s
ambitious house building
programme, which will see
3,000 new homes built in
the borough over the next
four years, half of which
will be for social rent and
shared ownership.
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PLANS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
SCHOOL PLACES INCLUDE EXPANDING:
· Harrington Hill primary on its existing E5 site
· Orchard primary on its existing E9 site
· Sir Thomas Abney primary on its existing N16 site
· Urswick secondary on its existing E9 site
· Hackney is in the early stages of planning
another secondary school, following the
withdrawal of Government approval for
Hackney Wick Free School
Pupils play cricket at The City Academy, Hackney
Cllr Anntoinette
Bramble, Cabinet Member
for Children’s Services,
said: “We are proud that at
secondary school level, over
83 percent of local families
choose and get offered a
place within the borough.
That’s not always been the
case – in 2002, 40 percent
travelled to a school outside
Hackney, and without
these extra places, pupils
may again have to travel
a significant distance to
go to school.
“Our schools have gone
on a remarkable journey
over the last 13 years, and
we want to make sure
that as many children as
possible benefit from this.
At the moment, 99 percent
of children attend a good
or outstanding secondary
school, and 92 percent are
at a good or outstanding
primary. Our aim is for
that figure to reach 100
percent, and investing in
our schools is crucial to us
achieving that.”
MORE INFO
To find out more
about the proposals,
visit: www.hackney.
gov.uk/bsf
Photos: Martin Phelps
The re-opening of the new Thomas Fairchild Community School, in Hoxton, in January 2013
The Petchey Academy, E8
An artist’s impression of the proposed new Nightingale Primary School building next to Hackney Downs, which includes residential flats
PROPOSALS INCLUDE:
· Building a new Nightingale Primary School at
the former Downsview School site, in Tiger Way,
Hackney Downs
· Building a new Benthal Primary School on
the site of Nightingale Primary School, in
Rendlesham Road
· Building a new secondary school on the site of
Benthal Primary School, N16
· Building a new alternative education unit on
the site of the former New Regents College, in
Nile Street, N1
To fund these schemes and to provide
additional social housing, the programme
would need to include some homes for sale
New Benthal Primary
School built on site of
Nightingale Primary
Benthal
Primary
School
New secondary
school built on site
of Benthal Primary
Nightingale
Primary
School
Former
Downsview
School
New Nightingale Primary
School built on site of
former Downsview School
An artist’s impression of the proposals for the new Benthal Primary
School and Nightingale Primary School
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Photo: Adam Holt
Check
in for a
cancer
MOT
Mechanic Errol McKellar, who runs a garage in Hackney, helps save lives by offering discounts to customers who get checked for prostate cancer
By Harriet Worsley
START every day by
saying ‘good morning’
to the people who
pass,” says Errol
McKellar, as he describes
his routine at the garage
in Cremer Street, E2,
which he has owned and
run for 26 years.
Adding:“Because we have
good days and we have bad
ones. But on those bad days,
well, at least you’re alive.
Anything can happen, as
long as you’re alive.”
Errol has good reason to
understand this more than
most. In 2010, his wife
made an appointment for
him to visit his GP about
his snoring.
He says: “I was sitting in
the reception when I saw a
flyer about prostate cancer.
The receptionist said a test
would only take 10 minutes,
and I could do it there and
then, so I did. I had no idea
those 10 minutes would
change my life forever.”
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A week later, he was
called in for more blood
tests, then a biopsy, then
a scan. Errol continues:
“Then the doctor sat
me down and said ‘Mr
McKellar, your prostate is
covered in cancer’.”
With his wife, Sharon,
beside him, Errol was told
the prostate would have to
be removed, or he might not
survive the next six months.
“There was an operation.
Then radiation therapy,
then five years of seeing
a doctor every month,”
he explains.
Errol was finally given the
‘all-clear’ last year but, he
says, ‘it was in 2012 that I
started to feel I needed to do
something about prostate
cancer awareness. I just
couldn’t think of how’.
A man came into the
garage soon after and,
while discussing a problem
with his gearbox, Errol
asked if he had had his
prostate checked.
“He was a bit taken
aback!” laughs Errol. But
In this little garage in
Hackney... 35 men have said
they were diagnosed with
prostate cancer
the mechanic offered him
a 20 per cent discount if he
took a test and a week later,
the man returned.
“He was waving his
results,” says Errol. Adding:
“They showed that he had
early stage cancer. He said
that if we hadn’t spoken,
he never would have been
checked. Like me, he hadn’t
had any symptoms. He said
he didn’t want the 20 per
cent discount, but to donate
it to charity instead.”
Thus, Errol’s awareness
campaign was born. Every
man who comes into the
garage is offered a discount
if they get checked for
prostate cancer, a disease
which affects one in eight
men in the UK and kills
10,000 a year.
Treatment is most
effective if diagnosis is early.
Curriculum Vitae: Errol McKellar
1957
1989
2010
2012
2012
2015
Born in Brent
Buys a garage in Hackney
Diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
Starts to offer discounts to men who get checked
for cancer
Carries the Olympic torch through Hackney
Organises a celebrity charity football match
featuring Russell Brand and Harry Redknapp
But, says Errol: “Generally,
men are too macho to talk
about these things. I asked
100 women who came into
the garage whether they had
been to the doctor in the
last year. Eighty-nine had. I
asked the same number of
men, and do you know how
many had been? One. Just
one. That’s shocking.”
Errol continues: “In this
little garage in Hackney, in
just the two-and-a-half years
I’ve been doing this, 35 men
have come back to me and
said they were diagnosed
with prostate cancer after I
asked them to get checked.
And there could be more;
men who were too shocked,
or embarrassed, to talk
about it.”
Of those 35 men, 20 were
Afro-Carribean. Errol wants
to spread the word that
black men, as well as those
over 50 or with a family
history, are at greater risk.
Errol continues quietly:
“Two of the men diagnosed
after coming into the garage
are no longer with us. And
they were men with their
futures ahead of them. It’s
such a tragedy.”
Errol has raised over
£20,000 for Prostate Cancer
UK since 2012. Chosen by
the local community, he
carried the Olympic torch
through Hackney, cheered
on by 20,000 people.
Earlier this year, he
organised a charity football
game at Leyton Orient
football club, and persuaded
Thierry Henry, Russell
Brand, Harry Redknapp
and Bradley Walsh among
many other celebrities to
join in promoting the cause.
“But I couldn’t have
done any of it without
the Hackney community.
It’s the best. You couldn’t
dream up a more incredible
support network. I’m so, so
lucky,” he says.
MORE INFO
For more info on
prostate cancer, visit:
prostatecanceruk.
org; or call: 0800 074 8383
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greenmatters
News in brief
Agamemnon Otero fronts the Energy Garden project, which creates growing spaces in and around Overground stations
Planting overground
D
ALSTON
Kingsland station
has begun its own
journey towards
becoming a community
growing space as part of
a new project called the
Energy Garden.
Planting began at the
Hackney station on 8
October, and the event
helped launch a scheme
that aims to create gardens
and growing spaces in and
around London Overground
stations over the next
two years.
The project has won a
grant of £750,000 from the
People’s Postcode Lottery’s
Dream Fund, to promote
community gardening, food
By developing an Energy Garden
Network across the Overground
stations we will help connect
people with their environment
growing, and solar energy
usage to power lighting,
water pumps or other small
scale amenities.
It will also deliver
workshops for schools
on renewable energy,
urban food growing, and
rail safety. There are also
plans to identify larger
solar energy sites that will
generate long term income.
Agamemnon Otero,
Energy Garden founder
and CEO of Repowering
London, said: “Energy
Garden will engage local
communities in reclaiming
spaces within London
Overground stations
and create highly visible,
accessible growing hubs
that will involve people of
all ages in the cultivation
and maintenance of plants,
medicinal herbs, vegetables
and even hops.
“By developing an Energy
Garden network we will
help connect people with
their environment, nature
and also introduce them to
local food growing.”
The Energy Garden
partnership – Repowering
London, Groundwork
London, and Transport for
London – wants community
groups, commuters,
station staff, residents and
businesses to share their
ideas for other stations.
MORE INFO
To nominate a station or
share your ideas, visit:
energygarden.org.uk;
or e-mail: energy.garden@
groundwork.org.uk
Photos: Groundwork London
Help keep Hackney beautiful
THE ‘Beautiful Boroughs Project’ is looking for residents
to form groups to keep Hackney free of litter.
Supported by CleanupUK, a charity dedicated to tackling
the problem of litter and fly tipping across the country,
the project helps residents look after their environment
by holding local clear-ups.
The aim is that these events become regular residentorganised meetings, with CleanupUK supplying all the
contacts and equipment that people need to help make
their group a success.
To start a group, or for more information, visit: www.
cleanupuk.org.uk; call Sarah Hayes on: 07469 660
842; or e-mail: [email protected]
Keep Hackney tidy by organising a local clean-up
Free conservation course
RESIDENTS are being offered a free 10-week
conservation course, which leads to a nationally
recognised level 1 award in Land Management.
The course covers many topics, including land
management skills for climate change; tools and
machinery use; outdoor first aid; and conservation.
London Wildlife Trust and Manor House Development
Trust, in partnership with Genesis Housing Association,
are running the course, from 10am to 4pm on Sundays,
from 15 November to 31 January, at Woodberry
Wetlands, 1 Newnton Close, N4 2RH. The course is free,
in exchange for five days’ volunteering.
For more info, or to sign up, call Helen Wallis on: 07964
951 991; or e-mail: [email protected]
Local shops encouraged to sign up to the 5p plastic bag charge
SINCE the start of
October, the law has
required large shops in
England to charge 5p
for all single-use plastic
carrier bags.
The Council has also
invited small shops
(which are currently
exempt from the plastic
bag charge legislation) to
pledge not to offer them
to customers unless they
specifically ask for one.
Many independent shops
in the borough are also
choosing to charge 5p and
donate the proceeds to
good causes, and others
are handing out ‘I Love
Hackney’ reusable bags
to customers.
Cllr Feryal Demirci,
Cabinet Member for
Neighbourhoods, said:
“Hackney Council
started this campaign to
encourage local businesses
to help us reduce the
number of plastic bags
that end up littered on
our streets.
“Plastic bags can take
up to 1,000 years to
degrade ... and residents
have told us that they
appreciate local businesses
doing their bit to help
reduce waste.”
For a full list of the
shops which have signed
up, visit: news.hackney.
gov.uk/plastic-bags/
To sign up, Hackney
shops should send an
e-mail to: recycling.team@
hackney.gov.uk, including
the business name and
address. They will then be
sent a free pack, including
stickers and posters to
promote the campaign.
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TOP
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Photo: Mat Robinson
There’s so much to do
in and around Hackney.
From theatre to club
nights, art exhibitions
to community events.
Here’s our pick of
what’s on this fortnight:
1
1. WHERE IN THE
WORLD
Photographer Troy Pickersgill
invites you to be transported to
the far reaches of the globe
See Art & Exhibitions
2. HAPPY ON A
BUDGET
Join in the workshop for tips
on how to be happy, smart and
creative with your resources
See Courses
3. FORAGING WALK
Get close to nature on a walk,
led by an expert guide, along the
New River path
See Health, Fitness & Sport
4. FIREWORKS
1. Skinny Girl Diet; 2. The Magic
Gang; 3. Rat Boy; 4. Petite Meller
Fireworks are set to return to
Clissold Park on 7 November
See Theatre & Live
Entertainment
PREVIEW
Community Festival
5. DE BEAUVOIR
BELLES WI
3-5 November, various East London venues
Meg Hillier MP talks about what
it is like to be a woman in the
House Of Commons
See Noticeboard
Called, appropriately enough, Community, the festival will take place
between 3 and 5 November across 11 of Shoreditch’s top venues
as well as these less conventional spaces, with some shows free.
Organisers, Festival Republic, have teamed up with some big names
from the music industry, including Kerrang! and 4AD, to secure
some of the hottest tipped DJs, producers and bands. Lianne La
Havas and Petite Meller are top of the billing, along with Young
Guns, Clean Kut Kid, Rat Boy and Skinny Girl Diet.
For more info, visit: www.communityldn.com
Film Africa 2015
HEALTH, FITNESS & SPORT
also in what’son
NIGHTLIFE
ART & EXHIBITIONS
CINEMA
COURSES
HEALTH, FITNESS
& SPORT
YOUNG PEOPLE
NIGHTLIFE
THEATRE & LIVE
ENTERTAINMENT
NOTICEBOARD
BIKE shops, bakeries and butchers will be transformed into
venues as a new music festival uses the local community to
showcase the emerging music artists of the moment.
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Events info can also be viewed
on the Council’s website:
www.hackney.gov.uk/whatson
FENCES MAKE SENSES
Until 7 Nov, Wed-Sat,
12noon-9pm
Thousands risk death daily at
the hands of smugglers, human
traffickers or unseaworthy
boats in search of a better life.
In two video works, George
Barber rehearses and re-enacts
debates about international
borders. Free. Waterside
Contemporary Gallery, 2,
Clunbury Street, N1 6TT.
Info: 020 3417 0159; www.
waterside-contemporary.com
AND THE DARK, AND
THE DARK
6-16 Nov, Thurs-Mon,
various times
This exhibition features
contemporary painting and
sculpture by Gemma Kauffman,
Lana Locke and Vanessa
Mitter. The works explore
aspects of the visionary and
the other-worldly, using a
variety of strategies and
media including painting,
performances, installation
and film. Free. A-Side B-Side
Gallery, Hackney Downs
Studios, Amhurst Terrace, E8
2BT. Info: 020 8533 7228;
www.asidebsidegallery.com
ZOO LOGICAL
6-30 Nov, 9am-5pm
Showcasing a selection of
photographs showing how zoo
animals are presented to the
public. David O’Shaughnessy
photographed these man-made
environments in London, Dublin
and New York between 1997
and 2005. Concentrating on
different areas within each
enclosure, these photographs
questions what is between the
human and animal worlds. Free
entry. All ages. Stour Space,
7 Roach Road, Hackney Wick,
E3 2PA. Info: 020 8985 7827;
www.stourspace.co.uk/
portfolio/november-2015
The Lobster (15). Hackney
Picturehouse, 270 Mare
St, E8 1HE. Info: 0871 902
5734; www.picturehouses.
co.uk/cinema/hackney_
picturehouse
RIO
Spectre (12A); Zarafa (PG);
Brooklyn (12A); Tangerine
(15); Ghosthunters (PG). Rio
Cinema, 107 Kingsland High
Street, Dalston, E8 2PB.
Info: 020 7241 9410; www.
riocinema.ndirect.co.uk
RICH MIX
Spectre (12A); The Lobster
(15); Suffragette (12A); Steve
Jobs (15). Rich Mix, 35-47
Bethnal Green Rd, E1 6LA.
Info: 020 7613 7498; www.
richmix.org.uk
HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE
Brooklyn (12A); Crimson
Peak (15); Do I Sound Gay?
(15); Fresh Dressed (15);
Hotel Transylvania 2 2D/3D
(U); Listen To Me Marlon
(15); Macbeth (15); Spectre
(12A); Suffragette (12A);
The Black Panthers (18);
Win tickets to see top stars
at EFG London Jazz Festival
THE EFG London Jazz Festival is getting set
to showcase a mix of world-class artists and
emerging stars.
Now in its 23rd year, the 10-day celebration of jazz
features a wide-ranging programme of concerts,
club events and talks.
Highlights in Hackney include the Hidden Orchestra
on 13 November, whose site specific set is weaved
around the impressive architecture of St John-atHackney church, including large scale projected
visuals. While cult Australian improv band The
Necks have a four-day residency at Café OTO.
MOBO award-winning quartet Sons of Kemet will
bring their African and Caribbean-influenced sounds
to Rich Mix on 13 November.
Quirky French musician Broken Back displays his
indie-dance sound to the Shoreditch venue on 20
November, while Shri Sriram links the intricate
grooves of Indian classical music with the English
brass band tradition on 22 November.
Time to get your jazz hands out and your
jiving shoes on. For more info, visit: www.
efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/
Hackney Today is giving away one pair of
tickets for Broken Back and one pair for
Shri Sriram at Rich Mix.
Photo: Mike Blowman
Competition
WHERE IN THE WORLD
5-10 Nov, various opening
times
Photographer Troy Pickersgill
invites you to be transported
to the far reaches of the globe
and explore unique landscapes
and cultures. The aim of this
exhibition is to look at different
ethnicities in their land of
origin, and to inspire people to
go forth and experience new
cultures for themselves. Free.
All ages. Lower Café Gallery,
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green
Road, E1 6LA. Info: 020 7613
7498; www.richmix.org.uk/
whats-on/event/where-inthe-world/
OPEN ART
Every Monday, 1-3pm
A relaxed workshop where
participants can work on their
own piece across jewellery
making, painting and drawing
with tutored guidance. No
previous art experience
required. £2. All ages. The
Centre For Better Health,
1A Darnley Road, E9 6QH.
Info: 020 8985 3570; www.
centreforbetterhealth.org.uk
GARMENT REPAIR TRAINING
Every Thurs, 10am-2pm
Learn how to repair garments
using various methods in
this free weekly workshop.
The training will enhance
employment opportunities for
jobs where clothing alteration
skills are needed and can be
economically beneficial. Free.
All ages. Rainbow Community
Care Association, Unit 2, 79
Dunlace Road, E5 0NG. Info:
020 8510 9634; rainbow.
[email protected]
Composer and bassist Shri Sriram
For a chance to win, send a postcard, specifying
your preference to: EFG London Jazz Festival
competition, Hackney Today, 1st Floor, Maurice
Bishop House, 17 Reading Lane, E8 1NN; or
e-mail: [email protected] by 12 November.
All entries must include a name, address and
telephone number. Winners will be pulled out
of a hat.
Find out more online at: www.hackney.gov.uk/whatson
ART MACABRE DEATH
DRAWING
7 Nov, 2-4pm
Explore the cult of the Santa
Muerte (Spanish for holy
death), the female folk saint
DID YOU
KNOW?
of Mexico. With a model
posing nude and costumed
as the saint, participants
can explore the power of the
different candles relating to
this saint, and what makes her
so appealing to those on the
outside and underground of
Mexican culture. No drawing
experience necessary. £10/15
otd. Ages 18+. The Book Club,
100-106, Leonard Street, EC2A
4RH. Info: 020 7684 8618;
www.wearetbc.com
HAPPY ON A BUDGET
14 Nov, 11.30am-12.45pm
Living on a budget is not about
penny pinching or cutting out
the fun from life, but about
rethinking spending habits and
improving financial well-being.
Join in this workshop for tips
on how to be happy, smart and
creative with the resources
you have. Free, donations
welcomed. Dalston CLR James
Library, Dalston Square,
London, E8 3BQ. Info: 020
7836 6688; www.innerspace.
org.uk/event/happy-on-abudget/
MASTERCLASS: GLUTENFREE VEGAN BAKES
21 Nov, 12noon-4.30pm
Explore a world of baking
alternatives to make nutritious,
gluten and sugar-free
treats. Learn to prepare a
healthier version of cake
frosting, bake sweet treats
without refined sugar and
more. Lunch included. Not
suitable for people with nut
allergies. £65/52 conc. Made
In Hackney, Food For All
Basement, 3 Cazenove Road,
N16 6PA. Info: 020 8442
4266; www.madeinhackney.
org/whats-on/event/healthy-
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SKIP FIT
Every Sunday, 10-11am
A one-hour skipping-based
exercise class combined
with boxing and kickboxing
moves to shape and tone
legs and burn up to 500
calories. Meeting point: by the
bandstand. Free. Springfield
Park, Upper Clapton, E5 9EF.
Info: 0800 111 4464; www.
ourparks.org.uk
Joseph’s Hospice, Mare St,
E8 4SA. Info: 020 8525 6000;
www.stjh.org.uk/event/
heart-failure-group
FORAGING WALK
8 Nov, 2-4pm
Get close to nature on a walk,
led by an expert guide, along
the New River path and learn
about safely identifying edible
plants that can be foraged
and used to create delicious
food. Walkers are advised to
wear suitable shoes as the
path may be muddy. Free. All
ages. Meeting point: The Castle
Climbing Centre, Green Lanes,
N4 2HA. Info: 07733 330 379;
www.mhdt.org.uk/pact/
greener-cleaner/pact-walks/
XOYO LOVES
17 Nov, 9pm-3am
Headliner DJ Flat White spans
a range of genres, from
electronic to hip-hop alongside
grime artist/MC JME, and
DJs Oneman and Siobhan
Bell, as part of a seven-night
programme of events. £22.80.
Ages 18+. XOYO, 32-37
Cowper Street, Shoreditch,
EC2A 4AP. Info: www.xoyo.
co.uk/events/XOYO-LOVES-6/
index.html
TURTLE TUMS
Every Thurs, 12noon12.45pm
Aqua natal yoga is a gentle
exercise for pregnant women
and new mothers, allowing
them to stretch without
straining and to access deep
relaxation easily. Booking
essential. Ages 18+. £93 for
six classes. £10 discount for
referring a friend. Clissold
Leisure Centre, 63-67 Clissold
Road, N16 9EX. Info: 07903
015 963; www.turtletots.com
HULA HOOP FITNESS
4 Nov, 12noon
Learn to spin a hula-hoop on
different parts of the body
using various moves. The
emphasis will be on fitness
and having fun and each
class consists of a warm-up
and cool down. Hula hoops
will be provided. All levels.
Free. Meeting point: base of
the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park, 3
Thornton Street, E20 2ST.
Info: 0800 111 4464; www.
ourparks.org.uk
HEART FAILURE GROUP
5 Nov, 11.15am-2.15pm
A self-management and
support group for people
affected by heart failure. Meet
others who are in a similar
situation and get expert advice
and support, socialise and
discuss any concerns. Lunch
provided. Free. All ages. St.
ILLUSION
15 Nov, 10pm-3.30am
DJ Durty Tango mixes up
house and club classics, pop,
trap and more every Sunday.
Straight out of Hackney, he
came 3rd in the UK for King
of Decks, and YouTube mixes
have got him over 400,000
views. Free. Ages 18+. 333
Mother, 333 Old Street, EC1V
9LE. Info: 020 7739 5949;
www333mother.com/event/
illusion/?instance_id=11139
YOUR MUM’S HOUSE
Every Thurs, 9.30pm-3am
Top DJs take over this
basement venue in Dalston
for a weekly night of hip-hop,
old school R’n’B, trap, garage,
house and club classics. £2.50
drinks all night. £5/7 after
midnight. Ages 18+. The Nest,
36 Stoke Newington Road,
Dalston, N16 7XJ. Info: www.
thenest.eventgenius.co.uk/
events/YOUR-MUM-S-HO-47/
index.html
SUNDAY JAM WITH ORION
15 Nov, from 8pm
Live music from drummer and
producer Orion DaCreative
and friends host this edition
of Sunday Jam. Musicians are
welcome to bring instruments
and join in. Free. Passing
Clouds, 1 Richmond Road,
E8 4AA. Info: Info: 020 7241
4889; [email protected]
CLARION
Until 14 Nov, 3-5.30pm/7.3010pm
Following a sold-out run in
April, this play about Britain’s
worst newspaper is back for
four weeks only. A hilarious
dark comedy about free
speech, nationalism and the
state of British media. £10-17.
Ages 12+. Arcola Theatre,
24 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL.
Info: 020 7503 1646; www.
arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/
clarion
HACKNEY FIREWORKS
PYROMUSICAL
7 Nov, 6-8pm
Dress up and enjoy the tracks
to accompany this year’s
chosen-by-residents theme:
PREVIEW
Film Africa 2015
30 October-8 November, Hackney Picturehouse
THE Royal African Society’s annual film
festival is back this month for its fifth
year, with 15 visiting film-makers and
screenings of 60 titles from 27 different
African countries, some of the best coming
to Hackney Picturehouse.
Film Africa 2015 includes a dizzying range
of features, documentaries and short films
covering subjects as diverse as migration,
civil war and LGBTI rights.
Hackney’s celebrations kick off with
‘Adama’, on 31 October. The animation,
directed by Simon Rouby and with a
12-year-old West African boy as its hero,
won the Work in Progress competition at
France’s prestigious Annecy Animation
Film Festival in 2014.
Other highlights include the documentary
superheroes. There will also be
children’s funfair rides, themed
entertainment, and food and
drink stalls. £7.50/£2.50 per
child. All ages. Clissold Park,
Stoke Newington, N4 2EY.
Info: 020 8985 2424; www.
hackneyempire.co.uk/4511/
shows/hackney-fireworkpyromusical-at-clissoldpark.html
EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL
13-22 Nov, various times
Independent cinema and
arts venue Rich Mix hosts 18
events as part of this year’s
EFG London Jazz Festival.
With performances from two
MOBO award winners: Sons of
Kemet and Kairos 4tet, a jazz
workshop and more. Various
‘Red Leaves’, on 1 November, which
includes a live Q&A with its director Bazi
Gete. Idris Elba’s personal tribute to both
his father and Nelson Mandela, entitled
‘Mandela, My Dad, and Me’, is screened
on 2 November, while ‘Hope’, the next
night, is followed by a panel discussion
about the film’s themes of migration,
human rights abuses, and economic
instability. Moroccan and French film ‘The
Sea Is Behind’ gets its UK premiere on 4
November, while Puccini’s classic opera
La Boheme is updated to contemporary
Cape Town in ‘Breathe Umphefumlo’,
showing on 6 November.
For more information about the festival
visit: www.filmafrica.org.uk/
prices. Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal
Green Road, E1 6LA. Info: 020
7613 7498; www.richmix.
org.uk
ECHOES
16-21 Nov, 8-9pm
Two British women, 175 years
apart. One is a bright, Islamist
schoolgirl; the other a Victorian
colonial pioneer. Both are
frustrated by societies which
offer them few opportunities.
Echoes tells a bloody tale of
colonialism – ancient and
modern – and the rhyme of
history. £12/10 conc. Ages
12+. Arcola Theatre, 24
Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8
3DL. Info: 020 7503 1646;
www.arcolatheatre.com/
production/arcola/echoes
TALES AND SONGS OF
GEFFRYE’S LONDON
18 Nov, 6.30-8.30pm
A taste of how earlier
generations entertained
themselves at home in the
17th and 18th centuries.
Visit candlelit period rooms
then settle down for live
music, readings, riddles and
anecdotes. £16/13 conc.
Contact for recommended
age range. Geffrye Museum,
136 Kingsland Road, E2
8EA. Info: 020 7749 6024;
www.geffryemuseum.
org.uk/whatson/
bookticket/?event=142518t-18/11/2015
IZZY BIZU
Every Mon, 6-8pm
Dance company, SoH, hold
regular auditions to join their
crew. Work with professional
To list an event, fill out the e-form at: www.hackney.gov.uk/whatson
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Events info can also be viewed
on the Council’s website:
RESTORED ALMSHOUSES
4 & 18 Nov, 11am, 12noon,
2pm, 3pm & 4pm
The restored almshouses,
where Geffrye Museum is
based, have been returned to
their original condition, offering
a rare glimpse into the lives
of London’s poor and elderly
in former times. £4/free for
under 16s. All ages. Geffrye
Museum, 136 Kingsland Road,
E2 8EA. Info: 020 7739 9893;
www.geffrye-museum.org.
uk/ explore-the-geffrye/
explorealmshouses
Community Hub, St Joseph’s
Hospice, Mare Street, E8
4SA. Info: 020 8525 3139;
www. stjh.org.uk/event/
silversongbirds-0
DID YOU
KNOW?
8AX. Info: 020 7749 7790;
[email protected]
DE BEAUVOIR BELLES
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
5 Nov, 7.30-9.30pm
De Beauvoir Women’s Institute
welcomes local MP Meg Hillier,
who will be talking about
what it is like to be a woman
in the House Of Commons.
Followed by social chat and
refreshments. Women only. All
ages. Free for members. £5.
The Crypt, St Peter’s Church,
Northchurch Terrace, N1 4DA.
Info: 020 7923 4499; www.
debeauvoirwi.com
SEN & SCHOOL EXCLUSIONS
13 Nov, 9.30am-2pm
Is your Special Education
Needs (SEN) child at risk of
exclusion? Have they been
excluded? Find out what the
law says about SEN children
and school exclusions, what
help is available and what’s
happening in Hackney. Guest
speakers include school
exclusion expert, Professor
Carl Parsons. Lunch provided.
Free. Hackney Attic, Hackney
Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street,
E8 1HE. Info: 07985 739 851;
www.hiphackney.org.uk/
events.html
SATURDAY SOCIAL
7 Nov, 12noon-3pm
An opportunity for brain injury
survivors to meet and share
a meal with other survivors.
Food is prepared by the group
and everyone chips in towards
the cost of the ingredients. £5
donation for the food. Headway
East London, Timber Wharf,
238-240 Kingsland Road, E2
THE BIG FIX
21 Nov, 11am-4pm
Hackney Fixers host a dropin event to mend damaged
goods with workshops for
clothing, chairs, bicycles and
gadgets. Learn to make moth
deterrents and have questions
on waste prevention and re-use
answered. Free. St Mark’s
Church, Colvestone Cresent,
Dalston, E8 2LG. Info: info@
hackneyfixers.org.uk; www.
sustainablehackney.org.uk/
events/hackney-fixers-thebig-fix
PREVIEW
S.E.N.
9-14 November, Arcola Theatre
IN a classroom in South East London, a
struggling teacher grapples with students
who have been labelled ‘a cause for
concern’.
The walls are lined with inspirational
quotes, the air with shouting and
screaming and, as unwelcome truths
are laid bare the teacher and students
push each other to the limits, and a razor
sharp satire on the education system
choreographers, performing
hip-hop, contemporary or
street dance. Plus a chance to
join them on tour and perform
to thousands at some of the
UK’s biggest dance events.
Ages 14-19. Hoxton Hall,
130 Hoxton Street, N1 6SH.
develops. Written by Royal Court Young
Writer Holly McKinley and presented by
No Prophet Theatre, S.E.N arrives at the
Arcola following a successful run at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Be prepared for some tough lessons
to emerge.
Tickets are £15 (or £12 concessions).
For more information, visit: www.
arcolatheatre.com
Info: 020 7684 0060; www.
hoxtonhall.co.uk/youthdance-company-14-19-yrs
LENNON DANCE ACADEMY
Every Sat, 2.15-5pm
The Lennon Dance Academy
is a new program focusing
on contemporary, jazz and
urban dance styles, aiding
the development of technical
dance skills. Free. Ages 11+.
Haggerston Secondary School,
Weymouth Terrace, E2 8LS.
Info: 020 8882 8825; www.
hmdt.org.uk
WIRED4MUSIC
13 Nov, from 6.30pm
Wired4Music host an informal
open mic session where
performers get a chance to
network, perform and celebrate
music. All genres such as
guitarists, solo artists and
bands are welcome. Free.
Ages 16-25. Rich Mix, 35-47
Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA.
Info: 020 7613 7498; www.
richmix.org.uk/whats-on/
event/wired4music-the-5thbirthday-takeover/
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THE SILVER SONGBIRDS
Every Fri, 1.30-2.30pm
A friendly, informal community
singing group, which meets
weekly to sing songs from
the 1940s onwards and show
tunes. No previous experience
required. Free. All ages.
Find out more online at: www.hackney.gov.uk/whatson
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College hailed as ‘excellent’
A dream start
Students at The City Academy, Hackney take part in a workshop of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as part of the Dare to Play! project
M
ORE than
600 Hackney
students
performed
scenes from Shakespeare’s
‘A Midsummer Night’s
Dream’ as part of
a ground-breaking
education project run by
the Globe Theatre.
Dare to Play!, a Hackneybased project, aims to ease
the transition from primary
to secondary school, a move
that research shows can be
stressful for children.
Through rehearsing and
performing a Shakespeare
play, the programme teaches
students how to work
collaboratively and prepare
them emotionally for
secondary school.
Over the summer,
pupils in their final year
at Millfields, Whitmore
and De Beauvoir primary
education
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Parents and students are
overwhelmingly
positive about the project
Pieter Lawman, Globe Education Practitioner, leads the workshop
schools took part in
workshops with the Globe.
This term, specially trained
staff from the theatre’s
education department,
Globe Education, have been
running workshops at Stoke
Newington, Haggerston
and City Academy
secondary schools.
Juliet Cook, Head of
English at Stoke Newington
School, said: “Parents and
students are overwhelmingly
positive about the project.
Parents are excited by the
chance to see their child
take part confidently in
a school production so
early into their time with
us and students start their
secondary school experience
seeing English as a fun and
accessible subject.”
The programme, which
the Globe now aims to
roll out across other
London boroughs,
culminated in performances
held at The City Academy,
Hackney on 20 October
and Stoke Newington
School on 23 October.
MORE INFO
For more info on Globe
Education’s outreach
work, visit: www.
shakespearesglobe.com/
outreach and to get involved
with Dare to Play! contact
Learning Projects Co-ordinator,
Emma Jones: emma.j@
shakespearesglobe.com /
020 7902 1463
OFSTED has published its first report since the
introduction of a new national framework for assessing
further education centres and pronounced a Hackney
college ‘good’ with ‘outstanding’ features.
Hackney Community College underwent a week-long
inspection in October during which Ofsted closely
studied its environment and facilities, the behaviour and
outcomes of its students, and the support they receive
for further study and employment.
On 26 October, the inspection board published its
findings, concluding that ‘the college is a key partner
for the London Borough of Hackney, working at both
strategic and operational level to improve opportunities
for learners and employers’.
The report praised the college’s high standards of
behaviour and work, as well as its ‘excellent learning
environment’ and ‘outstanding partnerships’ that prepare
students for the working world.
College Principal, Ian Ashman, said: “I am delighted
that Hackney Community College, a significant player
in Hackney and the wider East London region, has been
recognised so positively.”
School tests out arts scheme
STOKE Newington School is one of 100 across the country
to have tested a nationwide arts programme.
The revamped Artsmark Award, run by the Arts Council
and piloted in schools over the summer term, aims to
ensure more children have access to arts and culture.
Annie Gammon, Head of Stoke Newington School, said:
“Artsmark has had a huge influence on the ethos of our
school. The award in itself instils great pride in all that we
achieve in the arts.
“It has become an important symbol of our ambition to be
an inclusive, creative, community school.”
Ceremony praises residents who have been working hard to improve their English
Cllr Sade Etti with residents who have completed their ESOL course
THE Speaker of Hackney,
Cllr Sade Etti, joined
a celebration for 140
residents who recently
completed an ESOL
(English for Speakers of
Other Languages) course.
The free courses are
provided by the Council’s
adult learning services
team and are held at
30 venues across the
borough, including
children’s centres,
schools and libraries.
They offer the chance
for adults to improve
their English, helping
them to become more
independent and involved
in their community.
Cllr Etti met the learners
and presented them with
certificates at a ceremony
at Hackney Empire, on
21 October. She said: “It
was wonderful to meet so
many Hackney residents
who are seizing the
opportunity to improve
their language skills.”
For information on
joining an ESOL course,
call: 020 8820 7043; or
e-mail: esol@learningtrust.
co.uk
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News in brief
US ambassador reaches out
By Dila Tumer
Trade up your skills
Y
OUNG people
from Hackney
have been given
trade skills for
life thanks to a free,
on-site apprenticeship
construction course
funded by the Council.
Joining with
apprenticeship training
agency K-10, and
supported by Berkeley
Homes, the preapprenticeship training
course has seen more
than 30 young people
learn construction skills
in preparation for future
careers in the industry.
The course, which has
run throughout the year,
has given participants
experience by providing
a range of opportunities
to work on the Council’s
Woodberry Down
regeneration scheme, which
is building more than 5,500
new homes in the area.
Beginning in the
classroom, they were
taught the fundamentals of
working on a construction
site with a month of
intensive training,
learning health and safety
I learnt the skills from
professional plumbers of
how to use the tools properly
regulations, and the
skills needed across trade
disciplines, while also
brushing up on maths
and English.
After completing the first
stage of the training to get
the necessary qualification
to work on a construction
site, they were given the
chance to choose which
trade to specialise in
from the many available,
including electrician,
plumber, plasterer,
carpenter or kitchen fitter.
Matched with an on-site
contractor, budding
construction workers were
then given two weeks
to show their skills in
their chosen trade, while
picking up practical
experience working on a
large-scale development.
The contractor was
able to choose to hire the
young person to become
a qualified apprentice
working full time on
the Woodberry Down
development, or the
many other construction
opportunities in a
growing borough.
Plumbing apprentice
Arjun, 18, said: “The
course was a great
experience. I learnt the
skills from professional
plumbers on how to use the
tools properly while being
shown the work involved.
No day was ever the same.”
A Berkeley Homes
spokesperson said: “We
believe in training people
looking for work who
want to join our wonderful
industry, participants from
the programme are already
working on our sites.”
MORE INFO
Course participants learn about Woodberry Down regeneration
To find out more about
construction training
and apprenticeship
opportunities, contact
the Council’s Ways into
Work service by e-mailing:
waysintowork@hackney.
gov.uk
Photo: Matteo Lagonegro
The pre-apprenticeship course gives young people from Hackney the opportunity to pick up practical trade skills
AN ENTHUSIASTIC group of East London students met
the US ambassador to the UK, as part of a ‘speaking
tour’ across London.
The event, on 26 October, was organised by Hackneybased mentoring charity ReachOut and marked the
100th talk that Matthew Barzun had given in the capital.
Hundreds of young people were welcomed to the
Bloomberg building in the City, with students from
Haggerston School representing Hackney at the event.
Ambassador Barzun kicked off by revealing President
Obama advised him that he would only become a
successful ambassador if he took the time to ‘listen’.
This had inspired him to meet with as many young
people as he could in the UK in order to listen to their
concerns and views about the USA.
He concluded the event by emphasising that young
people were the future leaders of the UK and
encouraging them to seize every opportunity they get to
make the world a greater place.
For more info about mentoring in Hackney, visit: www.
reachoutuk.org
US ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, talks to
young people about making the world a greater place
Cash in with Dazed fashion
By Dila Tumer
HACKNEY Community College staff and students are
celebrating after receiving over £5,000 raised from an
event organised by online retail giant Amazon.
The money came from ticket sales for the Dazed Fashion
Forum, a collaboration between Amazon Fashion and
Dazed & Confused magazine, held in Hoxton, in July.
The cash will go towards helping the college nurture the
fashion talent of the future.
Juliet Warkentin, Amazon Fashion EU, presented a
cheque for £5,250 to the college principal Ian Ashman.
Dazed Fashion Forum featured a series of workshops
and lectures that allowed young people to meet leading
figures in fashion, aiming to break down barriers and
give participants a taste of life in the industry.
Guests heard from current and former editors, creative
directors and artists, as well as watching a photo shoot
by world-famous British photographer Rankin.
Jefferson Hack, who spoke at the event, said: “Dazed
Fashion Forum is about leftfield thinkers, sharing radical
ideas, opening up new possibilities and showing how
youth can break into the industry.”
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health
News in brief
Free flu vaccine programme
THE NHS has launched its biggest ever free flu vaccination
programme, as it urges people to ‘stay well this winter’.
The flu vaccine has been extended to include school
children in Years 1 and 2, who are now also eligible to
get a free nasal spray vaccine, making the programme
available to all children aged two to six-years-old.
The adult flu vaccine is also offered to groups at particular
risk, including pregnant women, those aged 65 and over,
carers, and people with long-term health conditions.
Dr Yvonne Doyle, London regional director for Public
Health England, said: “Getting the vaccine is the best way
to protect yourself and your loved ones from catching flu
and I would urge everyone who is offered the vaccine free
on the NHS to get vaccinated.”
For more info on staying well this winter, visit: www.nhs.
uk/staywell/
Fighting fit
Better Club 50+ is providing dedicated and specialised classes and activities – such as aqua aerobics (above) – for those aged 50 and over
NEW fitness club
for the borough’s
older residents
has opened at
Britannia Leisure Centre to
coincide with International
Older Person’s Day.
Better Club 50+, run
by the Council’s leisure
provider GLL, is providing
dedicated and specialised
classes and activities for
those aged 50 and over.
The club launched last
month with a day of free
taster sessions – including
African dance, badminton,
yoga and chair-based
exercise – at the centre
in Hyde Road, Hoxton,
on 1 October.
Around 80 people
took part in the taster
A
What better way to celebrate
older people than by opening
a dedicated hub for them in
the borough?
day, which also included
sessions run by community
campaigners Gaby’s
Kitchen, who work to
educate residents about
healthy eating.
Cllr Jonathan McShane,
Cabinet Member for
Health, Social Care and
Culture, said: “What
better way to celebrate
older people than by
opening a dedicated hub
for them in the borough?
“We want to make
accessing sport later in life
easier, not harder, which
is why we’ve set up this
club, offering activities at
specially-reduced prices.”
A Better ‘Pay and Play
Membership’ costs
£1.85 a day and allows
members to take part in
all the activities taking
place on that day.
As well as sport,
Better Club 50+ groups
hold social events like
Christmas meals and fruit-
picking, and group trips to
museums and picnics.
Participants also get the
opportunity to represent
Hackney in the Annual
Better Club Games, which
involves more than 700
older people competing in
eight different sports
at Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park.
Sessions will run at the
Britannia Leisure Centre
every week on a Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday.
MORE INFO
For more info, visit:
www.better.org.uk/
leisure/britannialeisure-centre; or call:
020 7729 4485
Call for black blood donors
WITH less than one per cent of blood donors coming from
black or mixed race people, NHS Blood and Transplant
is calling for more individuals from these communities to
register as blood, organ and stem cell donors.
Ethnicity can play a big part in blood transfusions, stem
cell transplants and organ transplants. Black donors are
more likely to have rare blood and tissue types, and black
patients are more likely to require these types.
Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive at NHS Blood and Transplant,
said: “We really do need more black blood, organ and stem
cell donors to help support black patients. If you’ve not
thought about it before, then why not do so now.”
For more info on giving blood, visit: www.blood.co.uk;
or call: 0300 123 23 23.
Grants of up to £30,000 on offer for innovative projects to tackle major health issues
The Parent Club, Stoke Newington, one of this year’s bid winners
LOCAL organisations
could be awarded grants
of up to £30,000 if they
register their ideas for
tackling big health issues.
Last year, The Healthier
Hackney Fund supported
32 projects which are
now being delivered
across the borough. This
year it has £250,000 to
disperse between charities,
voluntary groups and
social enterprises with
innovative ideas for
addressing sexual health,
substance misuse and
obesity issues.
Healthy Neighbourhood
grants can offer £1,000
to kickstart projects
encouraging residents
to help each other stay
healthy. A research
fund, Healthy Ideas, will
award grants of £12,000
to develop and pilot
programmes focused
either on the wider
causes of obesity, or on
specific health problems
within communities.
Finally, Healthy Activities
grants of up to £30,000
will support projects
working in the field
of sexual health and
substance misuse.
Those hoping to apply
must register their interest
by 6 November. Once a
shortlist of applicants
has been drawn up,
successful groups will
need to pitch their
project before a panel,
and complete a fuller
application form before
final decisions are made.
For more info, visit:
www.hackney.gov.uk/
HHF2015
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1. The original location of the 1968 Anti-University; 2. Artist John Latham; 3. 1968 poster; 4. Alexander Trocchi; 5. Location of the original Anti-University; 6. Anti-psychiatrist R D Laing; 7. Entrance to the original Anti-University
Antiestablishmentarianism
By Emma Winch & Oisín Wall
HE Anti-University
of London was
an experiment in
radical education.
In 1968, Shoreditch was
a working class area that
had seen better days,
many of the residents were
moving away in search of
work and decent housing.
Young bohemians
began moving in to take
advantage of the cheap
rent. In the mid-1960s,
the Bertrand Russell Peace
Foundation bought a
run-down building at 49
Rivington Street, now an
upmarket boutique, and
rented it to various countercultural organisations.
First, they rented it to
the Vietnam Solidarity
Committee, a mainly
Marxist group that
organised several huge
marches against perceived
British complicity in the
Vietnam War. Later, in the
spring of 1968, the building
was handed over to the
T
Anti-University of London.
Its faculty list was a
veritable who’s who of
the counter-culture’s
strange ascendency:
R D Laing, the then
famous anti-psychiatrist;
Alexander Trocchi, a
‘junky revolutionary’ and
novelist; John Latham, a
well-known artist who had
lost his job at a university
because he returned a
library book dissolved in
a test tube of acid; and
almost 50 more. Some 300
students came to meet their
heroes and gain insights
into the nature of the
world, life, and society.
The courses on
offer ranged from the
serious ‘Sociology of
Guerrilla Warfare’, to
the light-hearted ‘Jeff
Nuttall is Fat’, and to
the downright strange
‘Dragons’. Some of these
were run like normal
classes where a teacher
lectured the students,
but most were more
discussion groups. Here
people talked, on equal
terms, about everything
from religion to the
possibility of overthrowing
the government.
The Anti-University
operated in Rivington
Street until autumn 1968.
In August, the organisers
held a meeting of all the
faculty and staff and
convinced them that it
needed to be reorganised
so it would be cheaper
to attend and more
democratically run.
Although some may
have believed this, in
reality they had to leave
Rivington Street because
the Peace Foundation was
complaining about their
many unpaid bills. After
a few months trying to
survive by holding classes
in pubs and flats, the AntiUniversity finally dissolved.
Although short-lived,
many of the ideas behind
the Anti-University are
still important. Organisers
believed that in school
people acted out roles,
and that these roles
stopped them from
engaging with each other
in any genuine way.
Real education, they
believed, needed to
allow people to
engage honestly
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with each other,
rather than letting
them hide behind
roles such as the allknowing teacher or
the deferential, or
troublesome, student.
The Anti-University
opposed the
commodification
of education, where
a degree is seen as
something that is
bought with school fees,
and then basically traded
to get a job.
Instead they believed that
education is good in its own
right and that everyone
involved in it, including
the teacher, learns from
the lived-experience of the
others in the room. Above
all, they saw education as
something created in the
heat of the moment – when
people converse.
In a collective experiment
to revisit the AntiUniversity of East London,
researcher Oisín Wall
has been working with
Hackney Museum, Open
School East and other
individuals, organisations
and collectives to organise
a weekend festival of events
across the UK.
From 20 to 22 November
Hackney will be the hub
of the ANTIUNIVERSITY
NOW! FESTIVAL.
Local cafes, bookshops,
museums and galleries will
offer workshops, walks,
talks and discussions that
take inspiration from the
original courses offered
during the first term of the
1968 Anti-University, and
the people that organised
them. Many of the original
faculty members still have
a legacy in Hackney today,
the cultural theorists Stuart
Hall and CLR James for
example, have both inspired
events that will take place
over the festival weekend.
Events at the
ANTIUNIVERSITY
NOW! FESTIVAL are
open to all, but some must
be booked in advance.
For more info, or to book,
visit: cargocollective.com/
antiuniversity
MORE INFO
Hackney Archives
looks after Council
administrative records
and archives dating back to
1700. It also keeps records for
individuals and organisations
with links to Hackney. Call:
020 8356 8925; e-mail:
[email protected];
or visit: www.hackney.gov.
uk/archives
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councillors
2 November 2015
The Mayor and councillors
Councillors are elected by Hackney residents and
serve for four years. The last borough elections
took place in May 2014.
Councillors have a range of responsibilities,
including helping to oversee the Council and
1. BROWNSWOOD
6. HACKNEY CENTRAL
Cllr Brian Bell
1st Thurs each month
7-8pm, The Kings Crescent Estate
Community Centre, Queens Drive,
N4 2XD.
LAB
LAB
LAB
Cllr Clare Potter
2nd Sat each month
10.30-11.30am, Azalea Court
Community Hall, Alexandra Mews,
N4 2LB.
its services. They hold advice surgeries where
residents can meet their local representative
and ask them to take up issues that may
be of concern. Generally they can help with
Council related matters, but if the issue is the
responsibility of another person or organisation,
councillors can often point people in the right
direction and tell residents who they need to see.
Hackney has 57 councillors representing areas
called wards – see map below.
Hackney has an executive Mayor, Jules Pipe, who is not a
councillor, but is directly elected by the entire borough.
The Mayor is the political leader of the Council, overseeing the
budget and all Council services. Civic and ceremonial duties are
undertaken by the Speaker of Hackney who is elected annually
MAYOR JULES from among the borough’s 57 councillors. The current Speaker
is Cllr Sade Etti.
PIPE
Hackney’s wards in alphabetical order
Cllrs Sophie Linden, Ben
Hayhurst & Vincent Stops
(on a rota basis)
1st Sat each month
11am-12noon, Room 37a, Hackney
Town Hall, E8 1EA.
SPRINGFIELD
WOODBERRY
DOWN
STAMFORD
HILL WEST
CON
CAZENOVE
BROWNSWOOD
LAB
3rd Sat each month
11am-12noon, Wilton Estate
Community Hall, Greenwood Road,
E8 1BE.
CLISSOLD
STOKE
NEWINGTON
HACKNEY
DOWNS
LEA BRIDGE
KING’S PARK
Contact these cllrs on:
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected]
HACKNEY
CENTRAL
HOMERTON
HACKNEY WICK
DALSTON
CON
Cllrs Michael Desmond, AnnaJoy Rickard & Rick Muir
LAB
Cllr Abraham Jacobson
2nd Wed each month
6.30-7.15pm, North London Muslim
Community Centre, 68 Cazenove
Road, N16 6AA.
LIB DEM
Cllr Ian Sharer
1st & 3rd Thurs each month
10.30-11.30am, North London
Muslim Community Centre, 68
Cazenove Road, N16 6AA.
3. CLISSOLD
LAB
Cllr Desmond
1st Sun each month
11am-12noon, Luncheon Club, 19
Olympus Square, E5.
Cllrs Rickard & Muir
2nd Sun each month
11am-12noon, Landfield
Community Hall, Landfield Estate,
Clapton, E5 8QZ.
Call: 07875 546 155.
4th Sun each month
Roving surgery.
8. HACKNEY WICK
Cllrs Sophie Cameron, Ned
Hercock & Sade Etti
1st Mon each month
(on a rota basis)
6.30-7.30pm, Stoke Newington
Library, Stoke Newington Church
Street, N16 0JS.
3rd weekend each month
Roving surgery. All cllrs.
LAB
LAB
LAB
Cllrs Chris Kennedy, Jess Webb
& Nick Sharman
(on a rota basis)
1st Sun each month
12noon-1pm, Wick OAP Hall,
Lavington Close, Trowbridge
Estate, E9.
HOXTON EAST
& SHOREDITCH
Cllr Rosemary Sales
3rd Sun each month
12noon-1pm, Lordship North
Estate Tenants’ Hall, Queen
Elizabeth Walk, N16 5DZ.
HAGGERSTON
HOXTON
WEST
LAB
1. BROWNSWOOD
2. CAZENOVE
3. CLISSOLD
4. DALSTON
5. DE BEAUVOIR
6. HACKNEY CENTRAL
7. HACKNEY DOWNS
8. HACKNEY WICK
9. HAGGERSTON
10. HOMERTON
11. HOXTON EAST &
SHOREDITCH
12. HOXTON WEST
13. KING’S PARK
14. LEA BRIDGE
15. LONDON FIELDS
11. HOXTON EAST & SHOREDITCH
LAB
Cllrs Kam Adams, Feryal
Demirci & Tom Ebbutt (on a
rota basis)
1st Sat each month
10.30-11.30am, Shoreditch
Library, 80 Hoxton Street, N1 6LP.
3rd Sat each month,
11am-12noon, roving surgery.
LAB
9. HAGGERSTON
Cllrs Soraya Adejare & Peter
Snell (on a rota basis)
1st Thurs & 3rd Fri each month
6.30-7.30pm, Dalston CLR
James Library, Dalston Square,
London, E8 3BQ.
LAB
2nd Sat of each month
3-4pm, Dalston CLR James
Library, Dalston Square, E8 3QB.
LAB
LAB
LAB
LAB
LAB
LAB
LAB
Cllrs Barry Buitekant, Jonathan
McShane & Ann Munn (on a
rota basis)
6-7pm, Haggerston Community
Centre, 8 Lovelace Street, E8 4FF.
3rd Fri each month
10-11am, Fellows Court
Community Centre, Weymouth
Terrace, E2 8LR.
12. HOXTON WEST
LAB
LAB
LAB
5. DE BEAUVOIR
Cllrs Laura Bunt & James
Peters (on a rota basis)
2nd Sat each month
11am-12noon, café in the
precinct behind the Rose Lipman
Building, Trinity Court, De
Beauvoir Estate (off Downham
Road), N1.
Contact Cllr Peters on: james.
[email protected]; or:
07748 629 977.
Contact Cllr Bunt via members
services on: 020 8356 3373.
LAB
10. HOMERTON
LAB
LAB
Cllrs Robert Alan Chapman, Guy
Nicholson, Sally Mulready
1st Fri each month
Roving surgery with all Homerton
cllrs. Contact for further details.
Cllr Chapman
Call: 07821 330 532.
Cllr Nicholson
3rd Fri each month
6.30-7.30pm, Banister House
Community Hall, Homerton High
Street, E9 6BP.
Cllr Carole Williams
3rd Wed each month
6-7pm, Provost Community Hall,
Murray Grove, N1 7QX.
2nd Sun every other month
Roving surgery.
13. KING’S PARK
LAB
LAB
Cllr Mulready
Call: 07930 575 913.
LAB
Cllr Clayeon McKenzie
2nd Tues each month
6-7pm, The Bell Club, Bowling Green
Walk, 40 Pitifield Street, N1 6EU.
LAB
Cllrs Sharon Patrick, Tom
Rahilly & Rebecca Rennison (on
a rota basis)
1st Fri each month
6.30-7.30pm, The Kabin,
Kingsmead Way, E9 5QG.
3rd Sat each month
11am-12noon, Vi Forrester Hall,
Gilpin Road, Clapton, E5 0LH.
Cllrs Margaret Gordon, Ian
Rathbone & Deniz Oguzkanli
(on a rota basis)
6.30-7.30pm, St John Ambulance
Hall, Mildenhall Road, E5.
2nd Sat each month
1.30-2.30pm, Venetia’s Coffee
Shop, 55 Chatsworth Road, E5
0LH.
4th Sat each month
10-11am, The Community Flat,
Jack Watts Estate, 10 Detmold
Road, E5.
Call: 07890 654 068; or e-mail:
[email protected]
Cllr Benzion Papier
Contact members services to
leave a message for Cllr Papier
on: 020 8356 3373.
CON
LAB
19. STOKE NEWINGTON
LAB
Cllrs Louisa Thomson, Susan
Fajana-Thomas & Mete Coban
(on a rota basis)
2nd Sat each month
10-11am, Stoke Newington
Library, Stoke Newington Church
Street, N16 0JS.
4th Sat each month,
roving surgery, 11am-1pm.
LAB
LAB
15. LONDON FIELDS
Cllr Philip Glanville
3rd Wed each month
6-7pm, Provost Community Hall,
Murray Grove, N1 7QX.
3rd Sat each month
10-11am, Regents Pensioners
Hall, 33 Brougham Rd, E8 4PD.
LAB
16. SHACKLEWELL
17. SPRINGFIELD
18. STAMFORD HILL WEST
19. STOKE NEWINGTON
20. VICTORIA
21. WOODBERRY DOWN
14. LEA BRIDGE
Contact Cllr Kennedy on:
07730 883 190.
LAB
4. DALSTON
LAB
Cllr Harvey Odze:
2nd Mon each month, 7.308.30pm, The Mount Comm. Hall, 21
Mount Pleasant Lane, E5 9DW.
4th Mon each month, 7.30-8.30pm,
Wrens Park Comm. Hall, Springfield,
E5 9LN. Call: 07790 902 513.
18. STAMFORD HILL WEST
VICTORIA
Contact these cllrs on: clissold@
hackney.gov.uk; or: 020 8356
3373.
LAB
Cllr Michael Levy
3rd Sun each month
11.30am-12.30pm, Webb Estate
Community Hall, Clapton Common,
E5 9BD.
LAB
LIB DEM
LAB
Cllr Simche Steinberger
2nd Mon each month
4-5pm, Stamford Hill Library,
Portland Avenue, N16 6SB.
3rd Sun each month
2.30-3.30pm, Asda Parade, U Marka
Ltd, 158 Clapton Common, E5 9AG.
No surgeries in Nov, Dec & Jan
LONDON FIELDS
DE
BEAUVOIR
7. HACKNEY DOWNS
Cllr Dawood Akhoon
1st & 3rd Thurs each month
6.30-7.30pm, North London Muslim
Community Centre, 68 Cazenove
Road, N16 6AA.
LIB DEM
CON
SHACKLEWELL
LAB
2. CAZENOVE
17. SPRINGFIELD
Cllrs Anntoinette Bramble,
M Can Ozsen & Emma Plouviez
(on a rota basis)
6-7pm, Queensbridge Leisure
Centre, 30 Holly Street, E8 3XW.
3rd Sat each month
10-11am, Regents Pensioners
Hall, 30 Brougham Rd, E8.
LAB
20. VICTORIA
Cllrs Will Brett, Katie Hanson &
Geoff Taylor
LAB
LAB
Cllrs Brett
1st Mon each month
7-8pm, Pitcairn House Community
Hall, St Thomas’ Square, E9 6PT.
Cllr Hanson
2nd Wed each month
7-8pm, New Kingshold Community
Centre, 49 Ainsworth Road, E9
7JE.
Cllr Taylor
3rd Wed each month
2-3pm, Salvation Army Building,
70 Mare Street, E8 4RT.
LAB
LAB
16. SHACKLEWELL
21. WOODBERRY DOWN
Cllrs Michelle Gregory &
Richard Lufkin (on a rota
basis)
LAB
1st Fri each month
6-7pm, Dalston CLR James
Library, Dalston Lane, E8 3BQ.
LAB
Monthly roving surgeries or
meetings by prior arrangement.
LAB
Contact councillors via e-mail:
michelle.gregory@hackney.
gov.uk & richard.lufkin@
hackney.gov.uk; or call
members services on:
020 8356 3373.
LAB
Cllrs Jon Burke & Caroline Selman
(on a rota basis)
1st Sat each month
10-11am, Joseph Court Community
Hall, Amhurst Park, N16 5AJ.
2nd Sat each month
10-11am, Woodberry Down
Community Organisation office, Unit
2c Rowan Apartments, Seven Sisters
Road, N4 1NS.
3rd Sun each month
10-11am, Ben Simons Community
Hall, Block 1-66, Lincoln Court,
Bethune Road, N16.
4th Thurs each month
6.30-7.30pm, Amwell Court
Community Hall, Portland Rise,
N4 2NY.
To check which councillor covers your area, or confirm surgery times, call: 020 8356 3373. More info: www.hackney.gov.uk/l-mayor-cabinet-councillors
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SHOREDITCH Trust’s Food Programme works with members of the community
to encourage affordable, healthy eating, cooking skills and food knowledge.
Roasted carrot hummus is quick and easy to make. Carrots provide the
highest source of carotenes of the most commonly consumed vegetables.
Carotenes are antioxidants and are also converted into Vitamin A in the body.
Evidence suggests that increased intake of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables
reduces cancer and cardiovascular disease risks.
Vitamin A is essential for vision, so what your mother said about eating carrots
to help you see in the dark is actually true.
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To find out more about Shoreditch Trust’s healthy eating
activities, call: 020 7033 8529;
e-mail: [email protected]
or visit: www.shoreditchtrust.org.uk/health-and-wellbeing
Have your say on Hackney’s parking plan for 2015-20
manage parking in the
borough more fairly.
The proposals include: a
review of parking priority
according to need, with an
emphasis on supporting
people with disabilities,
residents and businesses;
changes to the
implementation and
review of parking
zones;
improvements to
the management
of skip/highway
licences and
external requests
for changes to
parking bay
designs; changes
to permits and
THE Council has
extended the deadline for
residents, businesses and
visitors to have their say
about reviewing its
Parking and Enforcement
Plan for 2015-20.
The plan helps the
Council make parkingrelated decisions.
It aims to
balance
competing
parking needs,
such as those
of disabled
people,
residents and
local
businesses.
This helps to
visitor vouchers; greater
clarity in enforcement
measures; and the
replacement of the
companion badge with a
free resident permit.
The Council also wants
to hear about residents’
parking experiences,
whether positive or
negative, to understand
how current policies and
processes are working.
To respond to this
consultation – before 16
November – visit: www.
hackney.gov.uk/parking;
e-mail: consultation.
[email protected];
or call: 020 8356 8877 to
request a questionnaire.
Meetings
COUNCIL MEETINGS IN AUGUST
2 Budget scrutiny task group - enforcement
7pm
2 Woodberry Down ward forum
7pm
3 Licensing sub committee
2pm
3 Hackney Downs ward forum
7pm
4 Health and Wellbeing board
6pm
4 Planning sub committee
6.30pm
5 Licensing sub committee
2pm
9 Community Safety and Social Inclusion scrutiny
commission
7pm
9
Children and Young People scrutiny commission
7pm
10 Living in Hackney scrutiny commission
7pm
10 Licensing committee
7pm
11 Governance and Resources scrutiny commission
7pm
12 Special planning sub committee
6.30pm
12 Health in Hackney scrutiny commission
7pm
16 Stoke Newington ward forum
7pm
16 Hackney Central ward forum
7pm
16 Clissold ward forum
7pm
Info: 020 8356 3316/3302/3312; or visit: www.hackney.gov.uk/council-democracy.htm
TENANTS & RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
IN NOVEMBER
2 Landfield Estate TRA
4 Lordship North Estate TRA
7 De Beauvoir Estate TRA
10 Clapton Neighbourhood Panel
7pm
7.30pm
7.30pm
7pm
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Wayman Court TRA
7pm
Aspland & Marcon TRA
7pm
Priestly Close TRA
7pm
Queensbridge & De Beauvoir (Central) Neighbourhood
Panel
7.30pm
17 Homerton (MESH) Neighbourhood Panel
7pm
TO CHECK TIMES & VENUES, CALL THE RESIDENT PARTICIPATION TEAM ON: 020 8356 7845
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2 November 2015
LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) AND 16A: PROPOSED AND MADE NOTICES
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) AND 16A: NOTICES OF PROPOSED AND MADE ORDERS
WE, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY, GIVE NOTICE THAT WE INTEND TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING ORDERS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE TABLE BELOW, AND HAVE MADE THE ORDERS IN THE
SECOND PART OF THE TABLE, IN EACH CASE FOR THE REASONS AND DURATION DATES STATED AND WITH ALTERNATIVE DIVERSION ROUTES AVAILABLE
ANDY CUNNINGHAM, HEAD OF STREETSCENE, 05 OCTOBER 2015
PROPOSED RESTRICTION (PROPOSED NOTICE)
REF NO.
ROAD NAME
RESTRICTION
REASON
LOCATION
DIVERSION ROUTE
WORK START DATE
WORK END DATE
P1891
Beechwood Road E8
Footway Closure
UKPN Works
East side, Between points 20 metres and 50 metres south of its junction with Dalston
Lane
Via local signage
23-Nov-15
27-Nov-15
P1923
Bocking Street E8
Road Closure & Introduce
temporary two way tarffic
Thames Water Works
(1). From a point in line with the property boundary no 25/27 in a easterly direction for a
distance of 30 metres
(2). From its junction with Mare Street to its junction with Sheep Lane
Via local signage
28-Nov-15
29-Nov-15
P1927
Charlotte Road EC2A
Crane Operation
From its Junction with Rivington Street to its junction with Great Eastern Street
Via local signage
28-Nov-15
29-Nov-15
P1921
Hollywell Row EC2A
Road Closure & Introduce of
Temporary Two Way Traffic
Crane Operation
From its junction with Clifton Street to its junction Scrutton Street
Via local signage
21-Nov-15
21-Nov-15
P1908-1
Mentmore Terrace E8
Road Closure
Sewege Connection
Work
From its junction with Warburton Road to its junction with Exmouth Place
Via local signage
16-Nov-15
20-Nov-15
P1926
Rivington Street EC2A
Cycle Super Highway
Work
(1). From its junction with Great Eastern Street in a north easterly direction for a distance
of 20 metres
(2). From its junction with Great Eastern Street to its junction with Garden Walk
Via local signage
23-Nov-15
31-Mar-16
P1924
Rosina Street E9
Road & Footway Closures
Crane Operation
From its junction with Homerton High Street to its entire length
Via local signage
17-Nov-15
18-Nov-15
P1886
Sedgwick Street E9
Road Closure and Waiting
Restriction
Thames Water Works
Both sides, From its junction with Homerton High Street to its junction with Mackintosh
Lane
Via local signage
16-Nov-15
04-Dec-15
P1922
St. Kilda's Road N16
Waiting & Loading Restriction
Gas Works
North West side, From its junction with Lordship Road to a point line with boundary
number 72 & 74
Not Required
17-Nov-15
20-Nov-15
P1908
Warburton Road E8
Road Closure
Sewege Connection
Work
From its junction with Mentmore Terrace in a easterly direction for a distance of 20
metres
Via local signage
16-Nov-15
20-Nov-15
CONFIRMED RESTRICTION (MADE NOTICE)
P1857-1
Abbot Street E8
Road Closure
Thames Water Works
From its junction with Kingsland High Street to its junction with Ashwin Street
Via local signage
07-Nov-15
08-Nov-15
P1825
Andrews Road E8
Road Closure
Railway Bridge
Examination Work
From its junction with Mare Street in a Westerly direction for a distance of 30 metres
Via local signage
12-Nov-15
13-Nov-15
P1879
Chapman Road E9
Footway Closure
Linkbox Replacement
South west side, From its junction with Wick road to south easterly direction for a 17
metres
Opposite side of
Footway
02-Nov-15
09-Nov-15
P1909
Cremer Street E2
Road Closure
Carriageway
Resurfacing Works
From its junction with Kingsland Road to its junction with Hackney Road
Via local signage
09-Nov-15
11-Nov-15
P1917
Earl Street EC2A
Temporary Two Way Traffic
BT Works
(1). From its junction with Finsbury Market in a north westerly direction for a distance of
84 metres
(2). From its junction with Wilson Street to its junction with Appold Street
Via local signage
09-Nov-15
10-Nov-15
P1900
Eastway E9
Banned Turns
Telecoms Works
Left turn At Its junction with Homerton Road
Via local signage
09-Nov-15
10-Nov-15
P1905
Eleanor Road E8
Road Closure
Thames Water Works
From its junction with Wilton Way in a south easterly direction for a distance of 40 metres
Via local signage
11-Sep-15
13-Nov-15
P1924
Felton Street N1
Temporary One Way Traffic
Gas Works
From its junction with Bridport Place in a south easterly direction for a distance of 20
metres
Via local signage
02-Nov-15
01-Feb-16
P1906-1
Leonard Street EC2A
Footway Closure
Building Works
South side, From its junction with Paul Street in a easterly direction for a distance of 15
metres
Opposite side of
Footway
02-Nov-15
28-Nov-15
P1906
Mark Street EC2A
Footway Closure
Building Works
North side, From its junction with Paul Street in a easterly direction for a distance of 35
metres
Opposite side of
Footway
02-Nov-15
28-Nov-15
P1907
Nile Street N1
Footway Closure
Building Works
South East side, Between points 23 metres and 43 metres north east of its junction with
Shepherdess Walk
Opposite side of
Footway
02-Nov-15
22-Feb-16
P1901
Otley Terrace E5
Road & Footway Closures
From its junction with Hillstowe Street to along its entire length
Via local signage
09-Nov-15
13-Nov-15
P1918
Richmond Road E8
Road Closure
From a point in line with the property boundary no 268 & 270 to a point in line with the
property boundary (West side) no 278
Via local signage
02-Nov-15
31-Mar-16
P1902
Utility Works
(1). From its junction with Curtain Road to its junction with Rivington Place
(2). From its junction with Shoreditch High Street to its junction with Rivington Place
Via local signage
02-Nov-15
06-Nov-15
P1904
Utility Works
(1). From its junction with Curtain Road to its junction with Rivington Place
(2). From its junction with Shoreditch High Street to its junction with Rivington Place
Via local signage
02-Nov-15
06-Nov-15
Carriageway &
Footway Works
Railway Bridge
Repairing Works
YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AND MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED AND MADE ORDERS BY CONTACTING THE HELPLINE ON 020 8356 2897
www.hackney.gov.uk
To display a notice on these pages call David Roberts on 020 8356 2416
2 November 2015
TRAFFIC
THE HACKNEY (PRESCRIBED ROUTES AND 20MPH
SPEED LIMIT) (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT NO. *)
ORDER 20** TT1114
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London
Borough of Hackney proposes to make the above-mentioned
Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended.
2. The general effect of the Order would be;
a) to extend a 20mph speed limit to Codogan Terrace and
Holmdale Terrace
b) introduce a one way in Northiam Street between the
junction with Mare Street and the junction with the private
unnamed road in an easterly direction
3. Plans of the proposed measures can be inspected during
normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until
a period of 21 days from the date, on which this notice is
published, in the reception area, London Borough of Hackney,
Keltan House, 89-115 Mare Street, London, E8 4RU. Further
information may be obtained at www.hackneytraffweb.co.uk,
or by contacting Helpdesk on 020 8356 2897.
4. Any objections or other representations about the
proposed Order should be sent in writing to the Assistant
Director (Public realm) at the address specified in paragraph 3
above until the expiration of a period of 21 days from the date
on which this Notice is published. All objections must specify
the grounds on which they are made.
THE HACKNEY (WAITING, LOADING AND STOPPING
RESTRICTIONS) (MAP BASED) (CONSOLIDATION)
(AMENDMENT NO.*) ORDER 201* TT1110
2. The general effect of the Order will be to introduce no
waiting at any time in:a) Rookwood Road – on the east side between the junction
with Egerton Road and Clapton Common in conjunction with
Bus Stop and Bus Stand Clearways
4. Any objections or other representations about the Order
should be sent in writing to the Assistant Director (Public
Realm) at the address specified in paragraph 3 above until the
expiration of a period of 21 days from the date on which this
Notice is published. All objections must specify the grounds on
which they are made.
(AMENDMENT NO.18) ORDER 2015
THE HACKNEY (PARKING PLACES) (MAP BASED)
(CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT NO.18) ORDER 2015
TT1103
Borough of Hackney on 30th October 2015 did make the
above-mentioned Orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984 as amended
2. The general effect of the Orders will be to;
a) Relocate the car club bay opposite 48 to 50 Lee Street to
outside 26-30 Stean Street replacing section of resident permit
bay. Replace the current car club bay with a shared use bay (4
hour maximum stay).
b) Introduce a disabled bay opposite the Duke of Clarence on
Clarence Place replacing section of shared use bay and double
yellow line.
c) Introduce a shared use bay replacing a section of double
yellow lines outside the flank wall of 16 Penpoll Road.
d) Replace a section of double yellow lines outside 81
Greenwood Road with a resident permit bay.
e) Introduce estate parking bays, disabled bays and double
yellow lines throughout Parkside Estate.
f) Relocate the disabled bay outside the Nursery on
Chatham Place 5m south of its current location replacing a
section of resident permit bay. Replace the current disabled
bay with a resident permit bay.
g) Replace the section of single yellow line outside 31 St
John’s Church Road with double yellow lines no waiting at any
time.
h) Replace a section of the double yellow lines outside and
opposite 33 St John’s Church Road with a resident permit bay.
i) Introduce a disabled bay opposite 56 Berkshire Road on
Trowbridge Estate replacing an estate permit bay and double
yellow lines.
j) Introduce estate parking bays and double yellow lines
throughout Lindisfarne Way as part of Sherry’s Wharf Estate
Enforcement Scheme.
k) Amend the traffic management order outside 25 Median
Road to reflect the current parking layout.
3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 9th
November 2015, other relevant Orders, and other documents
giving more detailed particulars of the Orders, can be
inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays
inclusive, until the expiration of a period of six weeks from
the date on which the Orders are made, in the reception area,
London Borough of Hackney Keltan House 89 -115 Mare Street
London, E8 4RU. Further information may be obtained at www.
hackneytraffweb.gov.uk or by contacting Helpdesk on 020
8356 2897.
4. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders,
or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it not
within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984 or that any requirement of the Act or of any instrument
under the Act has not been complied with, that person may,
within six weeks of the date on which the Orders are made,
apply for the purpose to the High Court.
(AMENDMENT NO.19) ORDER 2015 TT1104
Borough of Hackney on 30th October 2015 did make the
above-mentioned Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984 as amended
2. The general effect of the Order will be to introduce no
waiting at any time;
a) Belfast Road - at the junction with Windus Road.
b) Bethune Road – outside number 9 Bethune Road;
c) Queen Elizabeth Walk – on the south side opposite
number 167-181 Queen Elizabeth Walk
3. Copies of the Order, which will come into force on 9th
giving more detailed particulars of the Order, can be inspected
during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive,
until the expiration of a period of six weeks from the date on
which the Orders are made, in the reception area, London
Borough of Hackney Keltan House 89 -115 Mare Street
8356 2897.
4. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order,
within six weeks of the date on which the Orders are made,
apply for the purpose to the High Court.
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Street from a point 43 metres west of Frampton Park Road to a
point 39 metres east of Balcorne Street.
4. Any objections or other representations about either of
the Orders should be sent in writing to the Assistant Director
(Public Realm) at the address specified in paragraph 3 above
until the expiration of a period of 21 days from the date on
which this Notice is published. All objections must specify the
grounds on which they are made.
(AMENDMENT NO.*) ORDER 201*
(CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT NO.*) ORDER 201*
TT1116
Orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as
amended.
a) Remove permit holder bay on Avebury Street adjacent to
No 41 Poole Street and replace with double yellow lines
b) Remove double yellow lines outside No 20 Penn Street
and replace with permit holder bay
c) Remove shared use bay in Northport Street outside 1 – 16
Northport Street and replace with double yellow lines.
d) Amend the double yellow lines opposite Devizes Road and
replace with permit parking.
ROAD HUMPS - HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 - SECTION 90C
3. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the London Borough of
Hackney, in accordance with the Section 90C of the Highway
Act 1980 as amended proposes to introduce raised entry
treatments, as detailed in the schedule 1 of this notice.
information may be obtained at www.hackneytraffweb.co.uk
5. Any objections or other representations should be sent in
writing to the Assistant Director (Public Realm) at the address
specified in paragraph 2 above until the expiration of a period
of 21 days from the date on which this Notice is published. All
objections must specify the grounds on which they are made.
SCHEDULE 1
ENTRY TREATMENT: SCHEDULE
Note: The carriageway will be raised to form a shared surface.
The ramp gradients will be between 1:10 and 1:15 and the
maximum height of the speed table will be 100mm.
Northport Street Entry treatment at the junction with
Penn Street for a distance of 7.4m
southwards.
(AMENDMENT NO.*) ORDER 201*
Avebury Street
Entry treatment at the junction with
Poole Street for a distance of 7.4m
northwards.
(CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT NO.*) ORDER 201*
TT1115
Penn Street
Pedestrian raised table centred 62m
east of the junction with Bridport Street
with an overall width of 7.5m.
Orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as
amended.
a) Amend the operational hours of the existing shared use
parking places on the north side of Well Street, either side of
Frampton Park Road to 8.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday and
8.30am to 6.30pm on Saturdays;
b) Introduce no waiting and loading between 4pm and 7pm
Monday to Friday on the north side of Well Street to the west of
Frampton Park Road within the proposed bus lane entry taper;
c) Remove and relocate shared use parking bay on the south
side to the east of the junction with Balcorne Street replacing
with double yellow lines,
d) Introduce a new bus lane operating between 4pm and
7pm Monday to Friday in the eastbound carriageway of Well
(AMENDMENT NO.*) ORDER 201* TT1112
2. The general effect of the Order will be to;
a) Colberg Place – install double yellow lines at the entrance/
exit of the school car park Brenner Jewish Community;
b) Millfields Road - install double yellow lines on the inside
bend between Cornthwaite Road and Saratoga Road;
c) Spring Hill – install double yellow lines on the existing
yellow box junction at the eastern end of Spring Hill.
3. Plans of the proposed measures can be inspected
during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive
30
2 November 2015
until a period of 21 days from the date, on which this notice is published, in the reception area, London Borough of Hackney,
Keltan House, 89-115 Mare Street, London, E8 4RU. Further information may be obtained at www.hackneytraffweb.co.uk, or by
contacting Helpdesk on 020 8356 2897.
4. Any objections or other representations about the Order should be sent in writing to the Assistant Director (Public Realm) at the
address specified in paragraph 3 above until the expiration of a period of 21 days from the date on which this Notice is published.
All objections must specify the grounds on which they are made.
THE HACKNEY (WAITING, LOADING AND STOPPING RESTRICTIONS) (MAP BASED) (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT
NO.*) ORDER 201*
THE HACKNEY (PARKING PLACES) (MAP BASED) (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT NO.*) ORDER 201* TT1109
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Hackney proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders
under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended.
2. The general effect of the Orders will introduce in carriageway cycle parking as follows;
Street
Description of proposal
Aden Grove
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar adjacent to No 66 Aden Grove
Albion Drive
Replace existing double yellow line with cycle hangar outside No 76 Albion Drive
Almack Road
Replace double yellow lines with a cycle hangar on the north west side adjacent to No 69
Powerscroft Road,
Amhurst Road (1)
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar outside No 284 Amhurst Road
Amhurst Road (2)
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar outside No 135 Amhurst Road
Durlston Road (1)
Replace existing parking bay opposite No 91 Durlston Road with a cycle hangar
Durlston Road (2)
Replace existing bay outside No 37 Durlston Road with a cycle hangar
Glenarm Road
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar adjacent to No 85 Median Road
Grayling Road
Replace existing parking bay adjacent to No 113 Bouverie Road with cycle hangar
Henry Road
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar adjacent to No 24 Portland Rise
Jenner Road
Replace existing parking bay adjacent to No 68 Brooke Road with a cycle hangar
Kynaston Road
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar on the north side adjacent to No 80 Dynevor
Road
Parkholme Road
Replace existing parking bay opposite No 73/75 Parkholme Road with cycle hangar
Princess May Road
Replace existing bay to cycle hangar outside No 56 Princes May Road
Seal Street
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar on Shacklewell Lane, adjacent to the side
elevation of No 105, directly after the parking bays.
St Kildas Road
Replace existing parking bay adjacent to No 15 Bethune Road with a cycle hangar
Victorian Grove
Replace existing parking bay adjacent to No 7 Beatty Road with a cycle hangar
Walsingham Road
Replace double yellow lines with cycle hangar opposite No1 Walsingham Road
3. Plans of the proposed measures can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until a period of
21 days from the date, on which this notice is published, in the reception area, London Borough of Hackney, Keltan House, 89-115
Mare Street, London, E8 4RU. Further information may be obtained at www.hackneytraffweb.co.uk, or by contacting Helpdesk on
020 8356 2897.
4. Any objections or other representations about either of the Orders should be sent in writing to the Assistant Director (Public
Realm) at the address specified in paragraph 3 above until the expiration of a period of 21 days from the date on which this Notice
is published. All objections must specify the grounds on which they are made.
(AMENDMENT NO.20) ORDER 2015
(CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT NO.19) ORDER 2015
TT1003
1. NOTICE is hereby given that on 30th October 2015, the
London Borough of Hackney made the Order under the Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act”) and all other enabling
powers.
The effect of the Traffic Order, which comes into operation on
9th November 2015, will
a. Remove existing permit holder bay and replace with a
secure cycle hanger
i) Princess May Road – outside 49
ii) Dynevor Road – outside No 49
iii) Beatty Road – outside No 22
iv) Knebworth Road - at the side of 53 Nevill Road
v) Cecilia Road - outside No 3
b. Remove existing double yellow lines and part of permit
parking place and replace with a secure cycle hanger
i) Finsbury Park Road – outside No 83 - 85
c. Introduce a secure cycle hanger
i) Heyworth Road – outside No 1
ii) Stamford Grove – outside 7 – 12 Grove Mansions
d. Remove exiting double yellow line and replace with a
secure cycle hanger
i) Nevill Road – opposite No 21
1. Copies of the Order, which will come into force on 9th
giving more detailed particulars of the Order, can be inspected
www.hackney.gov.uk
during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive,
until the expiration of a period of six weeks from the date on
which the Orders are made, in the reception area, London
Borough of Hackney Keltan House 89 -115 Mare Street
8356 2897.
2. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order,
within six weeks of the date on which the Order is made, apply
for the purpose to the High Court.
Unless otherwise stated all traffic notices are as
follows: Dated this 2nd day of November 2015
Tom McCourt, Assistant Director (Public Realm)
(The officer appointed for this purpose)
PLANNING
LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY NOTICE UNDER THE
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACTS AND RELATED
ORDERS
EC1V
1 Vince Street Hackney London EC1V 9HB Demolition of
existing Public House (A4 use) and erection of a 10 storey
mixed use development comprising A1/A3 at basement and
ground floor levels with 17 residential units (6 X 1 bed, 6 X 2
bed and 5 X 3 bed) above each with external amenity space.
2015/3377 Contrary to Policy, Major Development and Affects
the setting of a Conservation area
EC2A
London College of Fashion 100 Curtain Road London EC2A
3AE Replacement of windows on north and east elevations at
third floor level from timber to u-PVC. 2015/3661 Affects the
setting of a Conservation area
152 Curtain Road London EC2A 3AT Replacement of existing
shopfront comprising installation of full height wooden bi
-folding doors on right hand side of entrance door and high
level bi-folding windows on top of solid wooden panels on
left hand side; installation of new entrance door; replacement
of high level windows. 2015/3683 Affects the setting of a
Conservation area
1-6 Bateman’s Row London EC2A 3HH Erection of two storey
roof extension at the south east of the site to provide additional
accommodation to the existing unit 30 2014/3411 Affects the
45 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HP Installation of
new shopfront to facilitate the conversion of the ground floor
and basement of the property from A 1 Shop to A3 Restaurant
use; hours of operation, Monday to Saturday 11:30 - 23:00
hours, Sunday, 12:00 - 21:00 hours 2015/3472 Affects the
The Griffin 93 Leonard Street London EC2A 4RD Internal
refurbishment of walls within bar; replacement of ground floor
carpet; replacement of elements of bar interior; reconfiguration
to ground floor bar area and toilets; Installation of plant and
extract flue at roof level. 2015/3323 Listed Building
The Griffin 93 Leonard Street London EC2A 4RD Installation
of extraction equipment at roof level; internal alterations to
allow installation of extraction flue from ground from to roof
level. 2015/3630 Affects the setting of a Conservation area
E1
201-207 Shoreditch High Street and 1 Fairchild Street,
London, E1 6LG Demolition of existing buildings and
structures and erection of a part 7, part 10 and part 30 storey
building (plus 2 levels of basement) comprising office (Class
B1) and hotel (Class C1) accommodation with ancillary
retail, restaurant, event space, lounge and amenity areas;
roof terraces; refuse and recycling facilities; cycle parking;
servicing and plant; and landscaping. 2015/2403 Major
Development, THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN
ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT. THIS APPLICATION
EFFECTS SOUTH SHOREDITCH CONSERVATION AREA.
E2
53 Laburnum Street London E2 8BD Erection of single
storey structure at roof level for a temporary period of two
years in order to provide 1x2 bedroom unit of self-contained
residential accommodation. 2015/3405 Affects the setting of a
Conservation area
Tower View House 134 Kingsland Road London E2 8DY
Partial demolition of rear “piano workshop” building and
erection of two storey extension at ground and first floor level
to two storey residential building to rear of site and change
of use to office together with change of use of office space
at part first, second and third floor level to residential in
order to provide 4 additional residential units and 161sqm
additional office space; provision of cycle and waste storage
within external courtyard. 2015/3458 Affects the setting of a
Conservation area
231 Hackney Road London E2 8NA Creation of a roof terrace
at the 4th level of the property 2015/3804 Affects the setting of
a Conservation area
231 Hackney Road London E2 8NA Creation of a roof terrace
at the 4th level of the property 2015/3394 Affects the setting of
a Conservation area
E5
Fawcett Estate, opposite No.13 Clapton Common, Clapton
Common, London, E5 9DG Prior approval for installation of
a Pogona cabinet (1230 x 400 x1032mm) at ground level and
associated development, including replacement mast head
amplifiers. 2015/3548 Affects the Setting of a Conservation
Area
61, 63, and 65 Lower Clapton Road London E5 0NS Removal
of front and rear dormers and erection of new front and rear
dormers to 61, 63 and 65 Lower Clapton Road 2015/3687
Affects the Setting of a Conservation Area
57 Ickburgh Road London E5 8AF Erection of a single-storey
outbuilding in rear garden at ground level 2015/3565 Affects
3 Ickburgh Road London E5 8AF Insertion of new timber sash
windows to replace existing timber sash windows to the front;
insertion of uPVC windows to replace a rear window at second
floor level and replacement of existing timber doors to the rear
at ground floor level with uPVC. 2015/3086 Affects the setting
of a Conservation area
Rear of 15 Clapton Square London E5 8HP Enlargement of
rear ground floor window to replace with door leading onto
newly created terrace and new steps to lower ground floor
garden. Associated works comprising installation of balustrade
to existing lower ground floor rear courtyard. In association
with Full Planning application 2015/3574. 2015/3604
Affects setting of a Listed Building and Affects the setting of a
Conservation area
E8
64 Navarino Road London E8 1AQ Works to front of
property involving: Replacement of front fence along public
footpath, replacement of brick half wall at south property line,
replacement of concrete hardstanding, removal of render
at front and south elevation, installation of new fanlight over
front entrance and planting of new 3.5m tree at front garden.
2015/3689 Affects the setting of a Conservation area
14 Brett Road London E8 1JP Change of use from storage
space (ancillary to A1 retail unit) to C3 and construction of roof
extension to accommodate 5 no. self-contained residential
units (4 X 1 bed and 1 X 2 bed). Demolition of existing side
projecting pier and external fire escape and construction of
side extension to accommodate stair core. Construction of
new stair core to the rear and alterations to the rear elevation.
Alterations to ground floor front elevation and boundary
treatment. 2015/3504 Affects the setting of a Conservation
area
109 Graham Road Hackney London E8 1PB Erection of
three-storey rear extension at lower ground, ground and first
floor level an erection of mansard roof to facilitate conversion
of property into 4No. self-contained flats. Associated works
comprising new windows to rear elevation, creation of balcony
to rear first floor, creation of rear external steps between lower
ground and ground floor level. 2015/3432 Affects the setting of
a Conservation area
Maun House 21 Shacklewell Lane London E8 2DA Change
of use of ground floor from an A1 (retail) use to a mixed use
of A1 (retail) and A3 (restaurants and cafes), together with
associated alterations to openings and access arrangements
300 Queensbridge Road London E8 3NH Demolition of the
existing single storey rear addition and erection of part full
-width ground floor rear extension, part half width first floor
rear extension; installation of new rear windows at second
and third floor levels; removal of stud wall in the west room
on second floor; replacement of window in the east second
floor room; erection of a dormer to the east roof slope and
replacement of roof covering. 2015/3230 Affects setting of a
Listed Building
300 Queensbridge Road London E8 3NH Demolition of the
existing single storey rear addition and erection of part full
-width ground floor rear extension, part half width first floor
rear extension; installation of new rear windows at second and
third floor levels; erection of a dormer to the east roof slope and
replacement of roof covering. 2015/3185 Affects the setting of
a Conservation area
Cyntra Place 201 Mare Street London E8 3QE 3rd floor
residential extension to provide 4 additional residential units (2
X 1 bed, 1 X 2 bed and 2 X 1 bed) 2015/3569 Affects setting of
a Listed Building and Affects the setting of a Conservation area
501-505 Kingsland Road Hackney London E8 4AU
Demolition of existing three storey Class B1(a) office building
and erection of four storey building to provide 10 residential
units (Use Class C3) across ground and three upper floors (1 x
1 bedroom, 7 x 2 bedroom and 2 x 3 bedroom) and 3 x retail
units (Use Class A1/A2) at ground floor level fronting Kingsland
Road, along with associated works. 2015/3580 Affects the
53-57 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH Change of use of
the ground floor and basement from retail (use class A1) to
café/restaurant (use class A3) and installation of an extract
flue. 2015/2074 Affects the setting of a Conservation area
56 Broadway Market London E8 4QJ Four storey rear
extension to 56 Broadway Market from basement to second
floor level and two storey rear extension at first and second
floor level to numbers 54 and 58-62 Broadway Market in order
to provide additional living space to the existing residential
units and additional A1 space at basement and ground floor
level; erection of mansard roof extension at third floor level
across 54-62 Broadway Market in order to provide 4 additional
units of residential accommodation (2x1 bed and 2x2 bed);
external alterations comprising raising of front parapet across
54-62 Broadway Market, introduction of Juliet balconies to
rear elevation at ground to third floor level and relocation
of extraction flues to terminate above eaves level on rear
elevation. 2015/3655 Affects the setting of a Conservation area
E9
O/S Victoria Park Grove Road London E9 7HW Replacement
and upgrade of existing public telephone kiosk with kiosk
combining public telephone service and ATM service
2015/3082 Affects the Setting of a Conservation Area
5 Queens Gate Villas Victoria Park Road London E9 7BU
Erection of single storey rear extension; alterations to rear
dormer comprising lowering of cill level and enlargement
of dormer box; alterations to front elevation comprising the
blocking of up the side door and replacement with brickwork
and glazing. 2015/3287 Affects the setting of a Conservation
area
To display a notice on these pages call David Roberts on 020 8356 2416
2 November 2015
London Borough of Hackney Notice under the Town
and Country Planning Acts and Related Orders The
Applications can be inspected between 9am and 5pm
at 1 Hillman Street London, E8 1DY. They can also be
viewed on the following website: www.hackney.gov.
uk/planning. Representations should be made in writing
within 21 days to the Development Control Manager,
2 Hillman Street, London, E8 1 FB. All representations
will be acknowledged in writing. Ian Rae, Head of
Development Management, 2 November, 2015
Notice is given that Mr M Naveel applied to HACKNEY
COUNCIL for a premises licence at: DIXY CHICKEN, 67-69
AMHURST ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON E8 1LL
In order that the following licensable activities can take place:
LATE NIGHT REFRESHMENT FROM 11PM: 05.00AM
The licence register listing details of the application is held
at the Licensing Service, Hackney Service Centre, 1 Hillman
Street, London E8 1DY (Tel No. 020 8356 4970). Details are
STA
TU
S
N16
St Marys Court 11, 3 Defoe Road London N16 0EP
Replacement windows on side elevation. 2015/3752 Affects
12 Lordship Road London N16 0QT Erection of a mansard
roof 2015/3576 Affects the setting of a Conservation area
117 and 119 Stoke Newington Church Street Hackney
London N16 0UD Erection of single-storey extension at first
floor level to outbuildings adjacent to 1 Marton Road to provide
a self-contained one-bedroom flat; relocation of rear window
at first floor level at 119 Stoke Newington Church Street to side
elevation (Planning Permission application 2015/2552 also
received). 2015/2572 Listed Building
117 and 119 Stoke Newington Church Street Hackney
London N16 0UD Erection of single-storey extension at first
floor level to outbuildings adjacent to 1 Marton Road to provide
a self-contained one-bedroom flat; relocation of rear window
at first floor level at 119 Stoke Newington Church Street to side
elevation (Listed Building Consent application 2015/2572 also
received). 2015/2555 Affects Setting of a Listed Building and
Affects the setting of a Conservation area
Skinners Company School for Girls 117 Stamford Hill
Hackney London N16 5RS Erection of single-storey rear
extension to gymnasium building at ground floor level [Listed
Building Consent 2015/3501 also received]. 2015/3460
Affects the setting of a Conservation area and listed building
Skinners Company School for Girls 117 Stamford Hill
Hackney London N16 5RS Erection of single-storey rear
LICENSING
TO
N
RY O
16A Stamford Road London N1 4JS Erection of a single
storey ground floor rear extension and reconfiguration of
existing three bedroom house into a three bedroom flat and
1x1 bed flat 2015/3530 Affects the setting of a Conservation
area
43 Coronet Street Hackney London N1 6HD Modifications
to the ground floor level elevation, including the installation of
a new entrance door to provide an independent entrance to
the live/work unit on the upper levels and the replacement of
the existing glazed roof latern at the rear of the property. Third
floor extension to provide additional living accommodation for
the existing live /work unit. Two number air conditioning units
to be installed on the flat roof/terrace serving the ground and
lower ground floor commercial units.2015/3461 Affects the
17 Parr Street London N1 7ET Variation of condition 1
(development in accordance with the approved plans) attached
to planning permission 2013/1613 dated 11/06/2014 in order
to reconfigure the commercial floorspace at ground floor level.
2015/3695 Major Development
extension to gymnasium building at ground floor level and
removal of parts of rear wall to create new openings and
conversion of existing window to door [Application for planning
permission 2015/3460 also received]. 2015/3501 Listed
Building consent
27B Belfast Road London N16 6UN Erection of single-storey
side extension towards rear of building at ground floor level
[Retrospective application]. 2015/3734 Affects the setting of a
Conservation area
150A Evering Road, London N16 7BD Erection of singlestorey rear extension at lower ground floor level; excavation
at basement level to establish additional habitable spaces;
associated conversion from 1-bedroom flat to 3-bedroom flat,
associated additions and alterations, including landscaping,
stairs and windows/doors 2015/3639 Affects the setting of a
Conservation area
115 Brooke Road London N16 7RJ Excavation of larger
basement and associated front lightwells, erection of single
storey rear extension at basement level, erection of a rear
dormer roof extension; insertion of two roof lights, a window to
the side elevation and replacement of window with entrance
door; provision of secure cycle parking spaces and refuse
storage; to facilitate conversion from two self-contained
units into three self-contained units (1x2 bed and 2x3 bed).
Land to rear of 119 Evering Road London N16 7SL
Demolition of existing garage and erection of three-storey
dwellinghouse at basement, ground and first floor levels with
screened roof terrace. Dwellinghouse would front onto Benthal
Road.2015/3638 Affects the setting of a Conservation area
115 Brooke Road London N16 7RJ Excavation of larger
basement and associated front lightwells, erection of single
storey rear extension at basement level, erection of a rear
dormer roof extension; insertion of two roof lights, a window to
the side elevation and replacement of window with entrance
door; provision of secure cycle parking spaces and refuse
storage; to facilitate conversion from two self-contained
units into three self-contained units (1x2 bed and 2x3 bed).
2015/3672 Affects the Setting of a Conservation Area
T IC E
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also available on-line at www.hackney.gov.uk/licensing
Any representations against this application must be made
in writing and received by the Licensing Service at the above
address, by no later than the 19th November 2015
Residents and businesses in the vicinity of the premises, or
their representatives, may make representations on licensing
objectives grounds only, i.e. the prevention of crime and
disorder, the prevention of public nuisance, public safety
and the protection of children from harm. Copies of all
representations will be sent to the applicant. It is an offence,
liable on conviction to a fine up to £5000 for an applicant to
knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection
with the application.
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