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News for Havering residents, 15 Dec 2017
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Havering Council’s cabinet has approved plans to
appoint Notting Hill Housing Trust as its Joint Venture partner to deliver a multi-million
pound regeneration project that will transform the south of the borough. The
funding for the scheme will now be subject to approval at a meeting of the full
council on 21 February.
The Joint Venture partnership will see the Council work with
the Trust to build at least 774 new homes in Beam Park. The ambitious project will
be delivered without burdening Council Tax payers.
The mixed-tenure development
will provide 35 per cent affordable housing including properties for affordable
rent, shared ownership, and market sale. These will include one, two and three bedroom flats and houses.
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 On Monday Havering Council opened the doors to its Safety pop-up shop in the Mercury Mall, Romford.
The shop, located outside Santa’s Grotto is open from 11.30am to 2.30pm until Friday 22 December (closed Saturday 16 and Sunday 17). It has been designed in partnership with the Police, Fire Bridge, Safer Transport Team, Havering Mind, Diabetes UK, Westminster Drug Projects, Neighbourhood Watch and Victim Support. The shop which saw residents flood in during the opening, aims to provide face-to-face safety advice from different partners for all residents.
Safety tips from the Council’s Winter Nights Safety Campaign can be found around the shop and here.
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 From today visitors and traders will be able to use Wi-Fi in Romford Market.
Providing internet access in Market Place has been an ambition for the Council. This will allow traders and visitors to use contactless and chip & pin technology.
The service will be available throughout Market Place and on a small part of North Street where regular traders have stalls.
Visitors can access the Wi-Fi by simply selecting ‘ROMFORD MARKET’ from the list of available networks and selecting one of the login options as shown on the Wi-Fi landing page. Wi-Fi will also be made available in Hornchurch and Upminster town centres next year.
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 This Saturday Romford Market will be filled with Santa’s elves for the free magical Christmas experience – Kingdom of the Elves.
Families are invited to come down to Romford Market (outside Samsung) from 10.30am to 5.30pm where children can make toys with elves and you can take ‘elfies’ (selfie with an elf). Children can also take part in Christmas themed games or share their festive cheer throughout the day.
There will also be a bouncy castle for younger children along with other magical adventures.
The Kingdom of the Elves on Saturday 16 December will be followed by a Winter Wonderland Experience on Saturday 23 December featuring a giant polar bear, sleigh and snow globe.
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The owner of a bakery in Romford has been prosecuted by Havering Council for breaching food hygiene rules.
Mr Vipin Patel, owner of Evans Bakery, 96 Dagenham Road, Romford, pleaded guilty to six food safety offences.
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Working parents of 3 and 4 year olds can access free childcare for up to 30 hours a week
during term-time or 22 hours a week over a full calendar year. This provides a saving of around £5,000 a year on childcare costs.
A parent, and their partner if in a couple, must be working and earn on
average 16 hours a week at national minimum or national living wage but less
than £100,000 a year each. Families may still be eligible if they are on
maternity, paternity or adoption leave for another child, or unable to work
because they are disabled or have caring responsibilities.
To be
eligible from January 2018 parents must apply before Christmas. More information here.
UK Power
Networks is running a national campaign
called Be Winter Ready encouraging people to prepare in case they experience a power cut or gas
emergency.
Be winter ready by knowing your free emergency numbers: In a
power cut dial 105 or, for a gas emergency, dial 0800 111999.
Vulnerable households can
get extra support by signing up to the Priority Services Register.
Havering Council's parks team are currently recruiting apprentices to work in either Grounds Maintenance
or the Park Rangers team.
The
apprenticeships will be for 20 months. Rangers
apprentices will work alongside the Park Rangers and assist with the practical
management of the country parks and some urban parks.
Grounds
Maintenance apprentices will work in a number of different parks during their
training period in order to give them the opportunity to obtain the maximum
experience. Closing date for applications is 19 December.
As the year comes to an end, Havering Council is urging
residents to open their hearts and homes and foster a local child in their
community.
The Council needs new foster carers to support the 259 children
living in care. As the year comes to an end you could give the gift of
fostering and help a child this year.
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We’re bidding to become the London Borough of Culture in 2020.
There's a £1.1m prize to be won, and we need your help.
Retweet our tweets using the hashtag #BacktheBidHavering.
Citizens Advice Havering is on the move. The service at Victoria Road has now closed and they will reopen at
Central Library, St. Edward's Way in Romford at 9am on 2 January 2018.
 Bryant Avenue, near Gallows Corner, re-opened 8 December following extensive lobbying of TfL from Havering Council. The road had been closed for many months as part of the A127 Ardleigh Green Bridge works.
Parents and carers in Havering should apply now for their child’s 2018 Reception school place.
If your child
was born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014, you must apply online
for their Reception school place by 15 January.
 ....that Romford Market is open every day from now up to an including Christmas Eve so there is no public car parking in Market Place until after Christmas Eve. Other public car parks nearby include Como Street and Angel Way (pictured).
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