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Dear TRA Committee Member,
Welcome to another edition of our TRA Newsletter. In this edition you'll find information on a range of topics including the next webinar, AGM’s, free courses and much more.
The first ever online AGM took place on Tuesday 8th September 2020. The Palace Road Estate Residents Association (PRERA) AGM Zoom meeting was attended by over 20 households and a committee elected to serve for the next 12 months.
The meeting also discussed the achievements of the outgoing committee which included new benches, 2019 fun day, youth activities and an active gardening club. With the social distancing rules likely to be in place for some time. Holding your meetings via Zoom is an option that you may wish to consider. To find out more please visit the PRERA or speak to your RPO
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The next TRA webinar is scheduled for Monday 21 September @ 6pm
If you are interested please contact Doreen Mason for an invite.
If you need help getting online, please speak to your RPO.
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Sackville Community Hall in Streatham reopened in August following a break of 18 months due to essential repairs.
This coincided with the summer school holidays and young people enjoyed an extensive programme of cookery classes, arts and crafts and lifestyle workshops. In addition, the programme involved a number of external activities aimed at promoting health and fitness.
The project also extended to Streatham Hill Estate, Portobello Estate and Rosendale Gardens where young people benefited from similar activities throughout the month of August. Despite the challenges of 2020, the programme received warm support from all sectors of the community.
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Waterloo Theatre held a nine-week drama project for 7-11-year olds from all over Lambeth. It’s a weekly one-hour sessions with dancing and theatre-making. Its based on The Theatre-Makers Doodle Book, an excellent resource for encouraging creativity and imagination in young people.
Some quotes from young people:
'I loved the games, particularly the 15 second challenges and the dancing, I also really like that we got sent the books and that we're using them".
'I like it all, I have to say this is the best club I've done online and my Mum signed me up to A LOT!! It's just fun! !
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Our North and South Area Boards met in August and the next meetings are planned for November where performance from July through September will be discussed.
We are looking for TRA nominations for the Clapham and Norwood neighbourhoods – if you are interested in working with residents and council officers to scrutinise housing performance and provide feedback on improving services please contact Erin Healy
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Lilford Estate received a Kitchen Social Summer Programme grant and together with the getting involved grant from Lambeth ran a 6 weeks playscheme. From trips to Cinema, Mini golf, Shrek World, Go karting, outdoors portrait painting, drama, exercise with Mr London, Jewellery making, Shoe designing, and many more, the children had an unforgettable experience
Lilford also provided daily lunch meals, take home and make boxes with recipe cards every weekend, giving out up to 100 breakfast boxes to families, courtesy of Kitchen Social's Mayor's Fund for London programme and School food matters respectively.
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There are several mutual aid groups in Lambeth that are continuing with their work as part of the ongoing Covid19 response. They are looking to set up local food co-ops and would like to partner with TRA halls and community spaces that can provide kitchen space, fridge, freezer and food storage at low or no cost.
If you have a hall or space that fits this description and would like to
partner with local mutual aid groups to provide food co-ops please contact Sarah Coyte and Andrew Billington.
This could be an excellent opportunity for your halls to remain in partial use in the interim until they can all fully reopen and host events again.
The Council is proposing changes to the design of the customer centre aimed at providing a new face to face service. We are particularly looking to hear from residents who find it difficult to access our services either online or by phone. Please share your views by completing the consultation survey by 7 October 2020.
Our Sustainable Growth Team is developing a set of street changes to create a low traffic neighbourhood in the Tulse Hill area that spans Brixton Water Lane to Upper Tulse Hill in between Brixton Hill and Tulse Hill. If you live in that area and are interested in knowing more or introducing yourself to the team please contact Joel DeMowbray
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