PLEASE SUPPORT OUR APPLICATION FOR NEW PLAY EQUIPMENT IN LORRIMORE SQUARE GARDENS!!!!

Dear all

Please send a return email to surreygardensTRA@gmail.com ASAP before Friday 7th November 2014 saying:-

"We support the Cleaner Application for new Play Equipment in Lorrimore Square Gardens"

And put your name and street where you live!  That's all we need!! PLEASE HELP - see why below!!

The reason is the park is currently shut due to very old and hazardous children's play equipment - over 15 years old now.

Much of the equipment is getting to a stage when it is unsafe and a child has already had an accident on the merry-go-round resulting in the whole park being closed for the last month.

The TRA has therefore decided to launch a bid for some Cleaner Greener funding to replace the area with new equipment for children ages 2 to 16 and to also add a 'keep fit' area and a table tennis area for people of all ages - similar to the one in Kennington Park.

However, the closing deadline in this Friday 7th November 2014!!!

Lorrimore Square is an invaluable park where children can play and adults can enjoy some green space without having to go as far from home as Pasley or Kennington Park.  It is a special area that the community fought hard to protect from redevelopment by negotiating a lease from the Council.

Therefore, we are sorry to approach you late in the date, but we would be most grateful if you are able to respond to this email indicating if you are willing to support our bid. 

Please support this community application.

THANK YOU

Victoria
TRA Chair

OUR SUMMER EVENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!!!

A big THANK YOU to all who helped to organise this wonderful FREE event to celebrate the Churchward House Greening Project and for all the tenants and residents who came along to help make this a really special day for the community!

It was a brilliant day!!!  Look out for the next one!!!

 A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR GRANT PROVIDERS:- Transform Pocket Parks, Capital Clean Up and North Southwark Environmental Trust

With Special Thanks to guests:-  Our local Vicar from St Paul.s Church, Councillor Neil Coyle (who also assisted with a grant from the North Southwark Environmental Trust), Councillor Simon Hughes, The Safer Neighbourhoods Team, The Community Wardens, Redwood Consulting (regarding the new Elephant and Castle redevelopment)

With Special Thanks to volunteers:  TRA Committee and members, Oli for his delicious cakes, Melissa and Helen, John and Charlie for set up, Jenny for the clay modelling and Sarah for the face painting, balloons and decorations and to everyone else not mentioned here thanks too!

And with Special Thanks to the Juma Steel band who kept the rain at bay with their beautiful happy summer music!

IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLANT THEFTS FROM OUR CHURCHWARD HOUSE PROJECT - please email the TRA at surreygardensTRA@gmail.com

Photo update for our local greening project at Churchward House

THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS AT FILLING THE PLANTERS WITH SOIL READY FOR PLANTING 

BRING YOUR FAMILY TO OUR SUMMER PARTY IN LORRIMORE SQUARE GARDENS 12-4pm 20th September 2014

To help celebrate the local community and the Churchward House greening project!!!

CONFIRMED EVENTS!!!!:-

• Live Steel Band
• Bouncy Castle
• Face Painting
• Clay Modelling
• BBQ
• Cakes 
• Planting flowers for children
• Raffle to help raise money towards a new boiler at St Paul's Church 

 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND ALL THE FAMILY THERE!!!

Our Summer Party in Lorrimore Square Gardens will be on Saturday 20th September 2014 at 12pm

Please bring along your family and friends!  Watch this space for updates.  Flyers will be posted through doors soon!

LOCAL EVENT FOR RESIDENTS & CHILDREN!!! COME ALONG!! TBC September 2014

Hello everyone!

As reported on our blogspot below - we have secured grant funding for a 'greening' projecting involving 5 large oak planters full of wonderful plants and shrubs to transform the Churchward House area (between Lorrimore Road and Lorrimore Square) in a beautiful welcoming green area.

To celebrate this project's completion (hopefully by early September) we are planning an official opening ceremony and party in Lorrimore Square for residents and children on either Saturday 20th or Saturday 27th September 2014.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS & SUPPORT!!!

There have been similar parties and locals have volunteered with great success.

We have some funds to provide some food and soft drinks and some events but need more support.

Can anyone help with:-

1. BBQ hire
2. Bouncy Castle Hire
3. Face Painting
4. Steel Band/ Music/ Entertainment
5. Clay Modelling (this was a great success with the children carried out by Sue!)
6. Raffle Prize Donation
7. Cake Baking/ Bring Your Own food
8. Speaking to local businesses/ schools/ nurseries for support

If you can help out please let us know by posting comments here on our blogspot (click comments below this post) or by emailing us at:

surreygardensTRA@gmail.com

Let us know what you can do/ bring and which of the two dates above work better for the majority of you who are able to contribute.

MANY THANKS EVERYONE!

There will be posters and updates on the blogspot coming soon!!

Update and Volunteers Needed!

Hello!

Reporting back from our TRA meeting last week.

As a result of residents bringing anti-social behaviour to the attention of the TRA, letters were sent out to residents at Lorrimore Square from Southwark Borough Council asking residents for their response and to report any issues back to the Council and also Shaughn Malcolm from the Council tried door to door visits.  No-one has responded!  If you need the Council to act to help you improve your area - PLEASE make sure you contact them to report any issues you have experienced.  The Council cannot act unless they have this information.

There is a BIG concern about the increase in drug dealing in the area so please please help keep our area safe by reporting any problems to the Council and Police (make sure you get a crime reference number).

We will be inviting a member of Safer Neighbourhoods to our next TRA so please come along.

We are hoping to invite a member of the Council to our next TRA regarding dog fouling, rubbish, fly tipping and recycling issues.

We are looking for volunteers to help assist with our new Churchward House Greening Project - see post below.  Come along to the TRA in July and see how you can help!

Hope to see you all on Tuesday 1st July at 7:30pm.

WE REALLY NEED YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL AREA TO HELP MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US SO PLEASE COME ALONG TO YOUR TRA!!

SUCCESS - we have secured Funding for our Churchward House Greening Project!!

Good news - the TRA have secured funding for a local planting project thanks to the combined grants from Capital Clean Up, North Southwark Environmental Trust and Transform Pocket Parks!  Thank you!  We will be discussing plans for the project at our next TRA in June and we will need help from local volunteers so please come along and find out how you can be involved!

WELCOME BACK TO SURREY GARDENS TRA 2014

Dear All

Thank you for visiting our Blog!

We have recently updated our TRA with a new Chair - Victoria, Vice-Chair - Oli and Secretary - Clare!

We have held three meetings, February, March and April and the minutes for what was discussed at those meetings will be posted in our minutes section on this blog (when I can figure out how to do that!).

A recent victory is that we have secured individual bike lockers for Forsythe Gardens thanks to the help of local residents - coming soon!

We have applied for funding for a local planting project and await confirmation - watch this space!

Current ongoing concerns raised and being followed up by the TRA are:-

1. Anti Social Behaviour around Lorrimore Square
2. Dog Fouling on the pavements
3. Aggressive dogs
4. Fly tipping
5. General area cleanliness

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 6th May 2014 at 7:30pm in St Paul's Church, Lorrimore Square.

Please come along and support us - bring issues to our attention so we can help work together to improve our local area - together we are a stronger voice for positive action!