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News for Havering residents, 14 March 2018
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 This week Havering Council announced Wates Residential as its £1 billion joint venture partner for London’s biggest social housing regeneration project.
The project will see 12 Council estates regenerated to provide around 3,112 homes in the borough over the next 12 years replacing the Council's current stock of 856 homes. By doubling the amount of affordable housing on the estates, much-needed affordable homes will be available for borough residents.
95
per cent of Havering primary pupils are now attending schools in the borough that are rated as ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’. This is above the national average of 90 per cent. This recent increase is directly linked to James Oglethrope
Primary school and Langtons Infant both being awarded a ‘Good’ Ofsted
rating.
 The Havering Community Safety Partnership launched its survey on crime and disorder last month, to find out how residents feel about different types of crime across the borough.
The survey, which only takes around ten minutes to complete, will help to shape the work of the partnership which is made up of staff from Havering Council, the Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade, probation services, health services, and other organisations. It is open until this Friday 16 March.
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Havering
has again offered a high percentage of parents their first
preference of secondary school, ranking us as the second highest in London.
Cllr Robert Benham, Cabinet Member for Children and Learning, said: “I’m
very proud to say that Havering has out-performed nearly every other London
borough and has offered 79.7 per cent of pupils their first preference school,
over ten per cent higher than the London average, with just over 94 per cent
being offered one of their top three preferences. The Council continues to
deliver high standards by working closely with parents and schools, and has
delivered additional school places.”
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 Delegates from Denmark visited Havering earlier this month to learn from the Council’s award winning dementia services.
The delegation toured Havering with the Mayor, Cllr Linda Van den Hende, Cabinet Member Wendy Brice-Thompson and the Havering Dementia Alliance. They visited Romford Care Centre in Harold Hill and Saint Francis Hospice in Havering-atte-Bower to see how the borough has developed dementia friendly environments.
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Havering Adult College is holding a Get Creative
Festival to celebrate all things creative.
The nine-day festival runs from this Saturday
(17 March) to Sunday 25 March and will include free workshops, such as Arts &
Crafts, Family Learning, Fashion & Textiles, Floristry & Horticulture,
Food & Drink, Health & Wellbeing, and many more. Each workshop is FREE
to join.
 In January Citizens Advice in Romford relocated to the first floor of Romford Central Library in St.Edward's Way, next door to the Town Hall.
MP for Rainham and Dagenham, Jon Cruddas, (pictured, above centre) was a recent visitor meeting Citizens Advice Chief Officer Lesley Crisp and some of the 13 part-time, paid staff and around 70 volunteers and staff in their new offices.
Last year Citizens Advice Havering saw almost nine thousand clients with welfare benefits, housing, employment, debt and relationships as the top five issues addressed. They also run five Job Clubs at locations across the borough.
Local law firm Pinney Talfourd are holding two, free to attend, talks on Wills
and Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA).
You can listen to a short presentation about the different types of Will and LPA followed by some free tailored advice from one of their solicitors over a tea/coffee afterwards.
These talks are on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 April from 11am to 12.30pm at Pinney Talfourd's office, 54 Station Road, Upminster.
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) can sadly start at home via the child's
phone, tablet, computer or when they are out with friends.
In the lead up to National CSE day, we're
reminding all parents in the borough that they need to be having open and honest
conversations with their children about potential online dangers from viewing
inappropriate content, online grooming, dangers of sharing personal information
or photos. Help them to understand the dangers, know how to spot the signs and
what to do when something doesn’t feel right.
Romford Market will be celebrating Easter on Saturday 31 March with attractions between 10am and 4pm including the
real Easter Bunny out and about in the market, an Easter egg hunt,
and a traditional Punch
and Judy show – free for all the family.
Living in Havering has two pairs of tickets to give away to the British Invasion Show at Brookside
Theatre in Eastern Road, Romford at 8pm this Saturday 17 March. Relive the music of the sixties playing classics
by bands like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who and The Moody Blues.
Just email your name and address to living@havering.gov.uk by 12 noon this Friday 16 March and two entries will be drawn to each win a pair of tickets to the show. If you're not lucky enough to win tickets they are available for £19 per person.
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Mayor of Havering, Cllr Linda Van den Hende, helped mark International Women’s Day and 100 years of Suffrage by wearing
a replica of the suffragettes rosette for a photo call outside the Town Hall.
The event, on Thursday 8 March, celebrated the social, economic,
cultural and political achievements of women. This
year also marks the 100th anniversary of British women gaining the
right to vote.
Visitors and traders are now able to use Wi-Fi in Romford Market.
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.
It’s National Stop Smoking Day today (Wednesday 14 March).
The annual health awareness day is intended to help smokers quit, and Havering is
doing its bit.
Our Health Champions will be in Romford Market today, offering advice and information to smokers who want to kick the habit.
We provide a FREE specialist Stop Smoking Telephone Counselling
Service, open from 9am-8pm weekdays and 11am-4pm weekends. Just call the
helpline on 0300 123 1044 and speak to a trained advisor. The advisor will help
you set a quit date and arrange regular call backs to keep you on track.
You don't need to be a super hero to become a Havering
foster carer, everyday skills from knowing how to cook, read, or write could be
a huge benefit for a child living in care.
Children in care often say that the
best skills are patience, dependability, or communication. The Council supports all applicants with full
training, a dedicated social worker, and financial rewards of up to £428 per
week.
 Havering Council is holding a Houses in Multiple Occupation Landlord Event, next Thursday, 22 March from 6pm to 10pm at the Town Hall, Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BD.
The event is designed to provide landlords with up-to-date information on the Council’s Additional Licensing Scheme, planning issues and the support that the council can provide Landlords in relation to building control and how to find new tenants.
 The March edition of Living in Havering magazine will be dropping through the letterboxes of all homes and street-facing businesses this week.
It's packed with features looking at regeneration of 12 housing estates, work to keep our streets safe, a treasure trove of historic artefacts in Upminster, the results of the Havering Sports Council awards, and much more.
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