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COUNCIL TO ADOPT
AND MUSEUM PROPOSAL FOR BEAUFOY INSTITUTE.
- see story below
CHARITY COMMISSION RULES ON
BEAUFOY INSTITUTE TRUSTS
COUNCIL PLANS NORTTH LAMBETH
JOINT SERVICE CENTRE
– see under Other News
EVENTS THIS WEEKEND AND COMING
WEEK
There are a large number of
events
and these can be seen in the
Diary in the 29 February issue.
Key and
New Dates:
Saturday 8 |
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. Million Women Rise. March against
violence against women.
www.millionwomenrise.com.
Men are asked to
visit the website to understand
more about why this is a women-only event, and for ideas on
how other men are supporting women's struggles against
gendered violence. Women-only
space including swimming, sauna, massage until |
Assemble at Hyde Park Corner ( |
Saturday 8 |
Mother of All Parties
at
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Sunday 9 |
Recital and evening service at St Peter’s Church. Full details in 29 February issue |
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Monday 10 March |
Melody (1971).
Director: Waris Hussein. (Tim Boxall, Vauxhall Gdns
Community Centre says the film was shot in Kennington and |
Doors open 6.30,
programme starts |
Wednesday 12 |
Vauxhall SAVE OUR POST OFFICE Campaign. Public
Meeting. |
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Thursday 13 |
Woodland Fun Day. |
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Thursday 13 |
William Blake in Music.
Archbishop Sumner pupils perform at the
Festival Hall. See News Section below. |
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Thursday 13 |
Oval Partnership AGM.
Environment Theme.
Improving our Public Spaces! What
needs to change?
At Montgomery Hall, 58 Kennington Oval. |
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Thursday 13 |
WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE?
‘Working
with Men’ will lead
an
informal discussion to voice your concerns & listen to
others, with
time for questions and discussion. Centenary Hall,
Cottington Street. Refreshments served. For further
information contact Reverend Angus Aagaard, North Lambeth
Parish 020 7735 3415.
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Thursday 13-Saturdsay 15 |
PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Lambeth Mission. Tickets £3 and £6 |
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Friday 14 |
Family art day
(Years 1 & 2)
for parent/children. Gasworks Art gallery, Vauxhall St |
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COUNCIL TO ADOPT
AND MUSEUM PROPOSAL FOR BEAUFOY INSTITUTE.
Lambeth Council’s Cabinet is being asked to approve a report which could
see positive progress bringing the Beaufoy Institute back into use.
It acknolwegdes that the October 2007 meeting called by the Council
to set up a Community Reference Group to take the Prince’s Ward
Investment Strategy forward requested that the Strategy be
reconsidered. It recognises that both the Old Lilian Baylis and
Beaufoy sites ‘represent a considerable drain on Council resources.’
The estimated costs for maintenance and security for 2007/8 being
c£511,000. Costs will also go up as rates will be payable on empty
properties from April 2008, totalling £86,691, although charitable
reduction may be applicable (80%). The use of Old Lilian Baylis is
increasing with more Sports Action Zone activity on the site and the
move onto it of the Stockwell based Healthy Living Centre last
month. It is estimated that the total cost of running the two sites
in 2008/9 could be £745,000. This financial drain ‘makes the
requirement to establish a sustainable solution urgent.’
The Cabinet is being asked to:
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separate the sites in the Strategy and take them
forward individually within an over-arching ‘Future Kennington’
regeneration programme
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work with a range of partners, inc. All Nations.
SAZ, Ethelred School Nursery and Children’s Centre, De Morgan
Institute,
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enable the officers to progress the emerging plans
for the Beaufoy including the potential for a
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continue to enable the new Beaufoy to continue and
improve on the original aims of the Beaufoy charities
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reconfirm its commitments to Sports Action Zone and
others with All Nations as a lead partner in the development of
Lilian Baylis
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work to develop a detailed service offer on the Old
Lilian Baylis site including community facilities
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note the planning status of the Ethelred Youth Club
and Adventure Playground open space and confirms its commitment to
opening up Lambeth Walk Open Space to
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reaffirms commitment to work with the Primary Care
Trust as a major partner in relation to Old Lilian Baylis
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instruct the officers to explore wider regeneration
opportunities e.g. Albert Embankment
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reconfirm the aim to receive a capital receipt
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confirm that it wishes to dispose of the assets and
liability associated with them
The paper can be seen in the Cabinet section of
agendas on the Council and Democracy section of the Council website
www.lambeth.gov.uk.
Comment.
The report is nearly 40 pages and will take time to assess all that
it means. While the general direction is welcome, the paper takes a
very petty and snubbing attitude towards Lady Margaret Hall
Settlement. It fails to acknowledge that it has only been because of
the Settlement’s vision for the Beaufoy (the
OTHER NEWS
Charity
Commission Decides that the Beaufoy Trusts can
be altered. The Charity Commission has decided that the
Beaufoy Trusts can be merged. It has written to objectors explaining
its decisions in general. Each objector also gets a comment on their
specific objections. However the letter seems to suggest that the
Council’s detailed proposals for merging the two Trusts have got to
be changed but that the revised scheme can be sealed. However the
letter does not include the wording of any changes.
What do other objectors
think? RCDT is asking for clarification in order to be able to
include in the ENews a definitive explanation of what is to happen.
Council To Oppose Post Office Closures. The Cabinet meeting on 17
March will be considering a paper recommending that the Council
oppose the plan to close all of London’s Post Offices, including the
7 in Lambeth, and for the consultation period to be extended to 12
weeks ‘which is seen as good practice for public consultations’ .
The paper can be seen in the Cabinet section of agendas on the
Council and Democracy section of the Council website
www.lambeth.gov.uk
Council to Set Up Joint Service Centre for North Lambeth.
On 17 March the Council Cabinet will consider a paper proposing the
establishment of a North Lambeth Joint Service Centre to be funded
under Private Finance Imitative credits. ‘A Lambeth First Customer
Centre, incorporating a new library, located in the North of the
Borough would provide an excellent opportunity to drive partnership
working and deliver the objectives of the Local Area Agreement
(LAA).’ It is hoped to site in Lower Marsh in
Vassall Ward By-Election 20 March. The voters of Vassall Ward down
Children’s Activities at the Museum of Garden History
Saturday 22 March. Children’s Easter Gardening Workshop for
ages 7+ Easter Flower Fun. Make Easter cards and sow edible flowers
to grow on your windowsill or in the garden.
Booking required.
Time:
Monday 24th
March Sunny Sunflowers.
Sow sunflower seeds for a sunny windowsill
and learn about why sunflowers are useful.
Booking required.
Time:
Booking Tickets. Please contact Janine Nelson, Education Officer on 020 7401 8865 *830 or at janine@museumgardenhistory.org to book tickets or for further information.
Homeground.
The 17th issue of Homeground magazine represents five
years of production by Elaine Kramer of a first class magazine for
the tenants of Hyde Southbank Homes. Among the usual array of local
news items there is a feature on Greening Stockwell and Kennington
by Trees for Cities (based in Kennington Park), and Stockwell’s Deep
Level Shelter, If you would like a copy by email please contact
Elaine Kramer
homegroundmagazine@googlemail.com. It is a large file nearly
3MB. Print copies also circulate in the area for non-tenants.
THE LAMBETH ENDOWED CHARITIES |
The Lambeth Endowed
Charities are local grant makers, concerned with helping
those living in poverty and the social exclusion that
follows - through grants principally (though not
exclusively) for educational and training purposes.
The total sum for awards is currently c£2 million pa.
Their website -
www.walcotfoundation.org.uk - now allows visitors to
sign up for occasional emails news and alerts about their
programmes. This will be of use to agencies working
with the charities' target population, including schools,
voluntary and not-for-profit groups and for people who may
apply to LEC on behalf of individuals they work with.
Businesses interested in the Walcot Apprenticeship Programme
may also wish to register to keep in touch with developments
and opportunities. Visit the website to sign up. |
LOCAL PLANNING APPLICATIONS & NEWS
Green Dragon, 16 Vauxhall Walk.
A reader tells me that an application has gone in on this empty pub
at the top of
Planning Applications
2-8 March . Non
Details can be seen on:
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/publicaccess/dc/DcAplication/weeklylist_searchform.aspx.
If this link does not work then go to
www.lambeth.gov.uk and track through to Planning and
Public Access database. And to go and see any plans is easy from the
KOV area as the
Town Planning Advice Centre is at
Phoenix House,
Planning Decisions
2-8 March
10 Albert Embankment.
Demolition and retaining the basement substructure with the erection
of a 15th storey aparthotel together with restaurant and penthouse
residential scheme. Planning Committee refused.
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Kerrin Point, site of.
Details re-programme of Archaeological work in connection with new
build scheme. Permitted.
17-23 February
(not included in last issue because of database access problem)
7 Bishops
Terrace.
Demolition of 15 garages and erection of a three-storey building
to provide six 2-bedroom flats, with communal garden and
boundary treatment, in addition to the relocation of an existing
electricity sub-station. Permitted.
67-69 Bondway.
The upgrade of an existing telecommunications installation by
removal of one equipment cabinet to be replaced by two equipment
cabinets. Permitted
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compiled and edited by Sean Creighton, RCDT
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RCDT Board.
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