Kennington Village Fete - 2010

Kennington Village Fete will be taking place, once again, in Cleaver Square (or St Anselm's Church if wet) on Sunday, 13th June from 12.30 - 4.00 pm.

It looks to be a packed programme, with plenty to do, buy and eat. Fingers crossed for good weather!

Annual Picnic in the Park

As many of you who have been here for a while will know, the TRA runs a Picnic in the Park every July.

It's always a great evening, with free food, drink - and entertainment for the kids (including a bouncy castle, plus cricket and football).

This year's picnic will be held from 6.00 pm on Tuesday, 6th July in Lorrimore Gardens - the park in Lorrimore Square.

Hope to see you there!

Minutes - May 2010

Surrey Gardens TRA General Meeting
Minutes
4 May 2010

In attendance: Tony (Chair), Marcus (Vice-Chair), Cath (Treasurer), Jo (Secretary), Megan (co-Secretary), Simon, Janette, John, Sue, Melissa, Mariam
Apologies: Jenny, Andrew, Abbas

1. Chair opened meeting, noted apologies

2. Chair’s Report:

• Chased Cleaner, Greener, Safer (CGS) over timing of work, no response yet. He will continue to chase (ACTION)
• Heritage Lottery Fund Grant for heritage boards:
  Final costs and information regarding consultation process received from Cumming Museum. The consultation process will involve at least 2 adult and 1 child workshop, including a walkabout of the area
  Meeting planned for 18/05/2010 with project team and Southark council parks department for parks sign-off, and confirmation that they will maintain the signs
• Final application to be submitted at the end of May
• Tony handed out copy of application; it may take up to 1 year from approval for the project to be completed
• Picnic in the Park:
• Tony has contacted Southwark Life with regards to covering the Picnic in the Park in July. Have received a positive response from Southwark Housing News, who will cover the event and art project.
  Sue to send photos of the children working on the art project. (ACTION)
• Deadline for providing information to Southwark Housing News is 28 May
• Agreed date for picnic will be 6 July, starting at 6pm
• Cath to organise children’s entertainment including bouncy castle, and investigate Southwark community games (ACTION)
  Volunteers for food preparation are Janette, Simon, Sue, Megan and Cath (ACTION)
• Tony to speak to Graham regarding use of electricity and tables
• Website - nearly 500 visitors to website since launch
• Film location - most websites are looking for properties not entire locations; will continue to look

3. Treasurer’s Report:

• Positive balance, with £1000 due to come out for art project

4. Any other business:

• Art Project:
• 12 children involved. Sue has been enlarging templates and preparing the boards
• Boards in the electricity sub-station have been taken down
• Sue to put up notice on sub-station with an invitation to send drawing to Sue, in case local children using the park also want to take part (ACTION)
• Will review whether to grow climbers (e.g. ivy) up sub-station
• Sculptures in the park / Park maintanence:
• Have received an offer to varnish them
• John to agree and arrange (ACTION)
• Tony to write to Southwark council to get them to paint the park fence (ACTION)
• Redevelopment of 113 Lorrimore Road:
• Tony explained the proposed redevelopment, which will be 4 x 5 bed houses, designated as affordable housing
• The consultation ended at the end of April
• Tony has emailed the council to inform them of the TRA meeting, and that we will submit a response as a group after this meeting.
• Issues that will be raised in the response:
• Parking – this will increase strain on current limited parking in Lorrimore Road
• Architecturally in keeping / character of area / currently not many other large properties in area
• Potential of space to cater for more families
• How will local area benefit, e.g. TRA hall
• Lack of response from statutory bodies, e.g. environment department
• Agreed that the TRA recognises the need for housing, but above points need to be answered
• Tony to email response, so that everyone can comment before formally submitting (ACTION)
• Engineering works for Northern Line causing more people outside tube at the weekends:
• Marcus informed that council are putting new bins outside the tube and will ensure that these are emptied more regularly
• Marcus warned of ‘taxi touts’ at the weekend
• General bins on Lorrimore Road - Marcus has chased the council, and has not received a response yet
• Safer Neighbourhoods meeting - Marcus will attend this meeting on 26 May; which will be discussing safer neighbourhoods
• Leaseholder Forum - Megan raised that she had received a nomination form. Megan to show Tony the letter. Tony to investigate (ACTION)
• Housing Area Forum - John offered up a place at the forum. Our TRA is not regularly in attendance.

5. Next meeting – the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 8 June, 7.30 pm in St Paul’s, Lorrimore Square. This meeting will not be leafleted, but will be advertised via e-mail and on the website as normal.

6. Thanks from the Chair and close.

Spring Plant Sale

It's that time of year again...

For every Saturday and Sunday in May, the Walworth Garden Farm will be running its annual plant sale where a variety of bedding plants, herbs and small shrubs (all grown by trainees at the Farm itself) will be available to buy at great prices

The Farm (located on the corner of Braganza Street and Manor Place) will be open starting this week on the 1st, with staff on hand to chat about the work of the Farm in general as well as to offer gardening tips and advice.

Let's hope the weather stays nice for it!

Minutes - April 2010

Surrey Gardens TRA General Meeting
Minutes
6 April 2010

In attendance: Tony (Chair), Marcus (Vice-Chair), Cath (Treasurer), Jo (Secretary), Megan (co-Secretary)
Apologies: Jenny, John, Sue

1. Chair opened meeting, noted apologies

2. Chair’s Report:

• Confirmed that he has been in contact with Cleaner, Greener, Safer (CGS), and has confirmed that we want to include lighting. The £15k will be spent on trees, the surrounds, installing lights and cleaning the area (there will be no planters). CGS have responded positively, and we are awaiting an update on timing of the work
• No update on notice boards; waiting for both Southwark council and Cumming museum to respond with information. Tony to chase
• Discussion around The Bill being cancelled, and possibility of getting onto a ‘location database’
• Tony and Megan completed Co-Op bank account form in order to register as signatories. Cath to organise for John to sign, and to take completed form to Co-Op

3. Treasurer’s Report:

• Nothing to report

4. Any other business:

• Jo bought Training Skills programme that is offered by Southwark council. Tony to post on website
• Invoice received for insurance; Cath has filed for the records
• Art Project. Cath confirmed that Sue will be running the project, and that Sue and Cath have met with the Art Coordinator at the school and have arranged workshops with the children. These will start after Easter, and are anticipated to be completed at end May. The current boards may need to be taken down in the future, Cath will confirm
• Agreed that we will use the summer picnic to launch the art project, and also the roundel
• Tony to look into getting ‘Southwark Life’ involved at the picnic; picnic has been confirmed to be held 1st week July
• Tony to review September meeting date, and confirm when it will take place
• Marcus confirmed that there has been no response from council regarding the bins

5. Next meeting – the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 4 May, 7.30 pm in St Paul’s, Lorrimore Square. This meeting will be leafleted (Megan to organise) and refreshments will be provided

6. Thanks from the Chair and close

TRA Training

Southwark Council kindly provide training each year for TRA members, to help with the smooth running of the organisation. Training is currently being offered for:

All sessions will be held at the Nunhead and Peckham Rye Area Office, Talfourd Road, Peckham, SE15 5NY.

If you think you might be interested in attending any of these sessions, please contact the Chair via this link.

Minutes - March 2010

Surrey Gardens TRA General Meeting
Minutes
2 March 2010

In attendance: Tony (Chair), Marcus (Vice-Chair), Cath (Treasurer), Jo (Secretary), Megan (co-Secretary), Jenny, John
Apologies: Melissa, Jeanette, Simon

1. Chair opened meeting, noted apologies and thanked Marcus for chairing the last meeting

2. Chair’s Report:

• Tony has updated the Surrey Gardens TRA website with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) pre-application information as agreed at the February meeting. Next step in the process is to finalise the project plan on Monday 8th March to complete the application requirements

3. Treasurer’s Report:

• Nothing to report

4. Any other business:

• Marcus contacted the Community Payback scheme to request support in ground clearing at the back of St Paul’s churchyard. Next step is to agree a date with Community Payback and Grahame
• Marcus contacted the council to request:
• A bin for the corner of St Paul’s churchyard and;
• A bin for the end of Lorrimore Rd, next to recycling bins where a significant amount of rubbish is dumped
• Still awaiting a response from the council
• The Cleaner, Greener, Safer (CGS) programme have been in touch with Tony and provided the following information:
• A plan to plant new trees and re-pave the existing area of the cut through around the trees
• That new lighting cannot be incorporated within the existing budget and plans as they stand
• That planters can be incorporated
• Tony agreed to request more information from CGS on how the £15,000 CGS funding will be allocated, and to try and incorporate lighting into the plan – which was felt by the TRA to be an essential part of the original application
• The mosaic refurbishment in Lorrimore Gardens, Lorrimore Square has been completed. Tony posted pictures of the roundel onto the TRA website. John confirmed that the contractor had been paid upon completion. Jenny has planted some new plants into the borders in Lorrimore Gardens. A big thank you from the TRA to Jenny and John for planning and managing the project, and for the additional planting
• Artwork for the electric substation:
• Sue has submitted a proposal for the art project on the electricity substation in Lorrimore Square, with a cost of £1,000
• The cost depends upon assistance from volunteers to take down and replace the pictures once complete
• The TRA voted to approve the proposal
• Tony to e-mail Sue to give the go-ahead
• Cath to liaise with the school and Sue to plan next steps
• Cath noted that the TRA need to add an additional cheque signatory for the TRA bank account. Cath will leave the form with Tony to complete, to become the additional signatory
• Tony noted that scaffolding had been erected without notice outside 16 and 17 Lorrimroe Square. The contractors also had no ID and no proof of their instruction from the council. Jeanette and Tony both pursued this with the council and with Councillor Caroline Pidgeon, who has tried to chase this internally
• John offered to raise this at the next West Walworth Housing Forum meeting
• John noted that there is a police meeting in Pasley TRA Hall at the end of March
• Cath noted that there may not be consistency in council tax banding in the area, and that TRA members can take the opportunity to compare bandings and assess if there is an opportunity to challenge

5. Next meeting – the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 6 April, 7.30 pm in St Paul’s, Lorrimore Square. This meeting will not be leafleted, but will be advertised on the TRA website and via e-mail

6. Thanks from the Chair and close