There will be a public meeting to discuss the setting up of the London Fields Community Council on 15th February at the Pensioners’ Hall on Brougham Road at 7pm.
Agenda
- Welcome
- Challenges for the London Fields area.
- What is a community council?
- Neighbourhood planning: Chatsworth Road leads, should we follow?
- How can it strenghten our community?
- Where is out neighbourhood?
- Action points.
Why shouldn’t we just leave things the way they are?
Representatives from the National Association of Local Councils will explain why Community Councils are so popular and how they are set up.
Euan Mills – Urban planner – explains the process that is under way in Chatsworth Road. Is it a model for London Fields?
Matt McStravick from the Timber Wharf Time Bank
Is the proposed boundary right?
As chair of the Regents Pensioners Association and hall i would welcome a wider involvement. We need many more younger, active people to develop the opportunities presented not only in the Pensioners Hall but in the other premises that are underused in our community or those that are used but without taking any account of the interests and wishes of local residents.
I hope the meeting is well supported.
This looks like a great community initiative. I live just inside the neighbourhood border near Haggerston park and definitely plan to attend on the 15th to see what I can do to help.
This is a great idea and long over-due. I will be there on the 15th and will try and galvanise some people from London Fields Eastside to attend too!
This will be a great platform for the different local groups around the london feilds area to meet and exchange ideas, It should encourage the council to consult with us much better than it has been so far.
Let us now begin to look after the local needs of our children, and our childrens’ children, hoping some of them will ever be able afford to live in this very special place. Perhaps we can make this their Utopia as well as ours.
I love the idea, although I was very disappointed that some residents were given only a day’s notice of this meeting taking place. For this to be a success, it is important for every household to be properly enfranchised and given opportunity to participate. Maybe finding the most effective ways to communicate with and receive contribution from all sectors of the London Fields Community could be considered as a core objective for the council.
I missed this meeting but would like to get involved. Is there a mailing list? How can we participate?
Thanks