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News for Havering residents, 31 July 2018
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 Our consultation will run from 1 August – 30 September 2018. Click on the button below at any time during that period to have your say.
 Fourteen parks in Havering are now recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme in what has been the best year ever for the borough.
This year has seen Langtons Gardens in Hornchurch join the elite list of parks awarded a Green Flag by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.
 Earlier this month nearly 70 lucky pupils were awarded with a new bike, helmet and Veggie Run water bottle from Havering Catering Services at a ceremony held in front of the Town Hall.
 Just days earlier Havering Council’s Catering Services Team were announced the winners of two top industry Awards for Excellence.
The Havering Education Service won the Education Catering Marketing Award, for the Veggie Run app concept and innovation, and the team at Broadford Primary School won the Primary School Catering Team of the Year.
The Lead Association for Catering in Education awards were presented at its conference and exhibition in Birmingham. Dennis Brewin, Catering Manager, said: “This is a great example of team work. Well done and thank you to everyone."
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 Havering Council has launched a Breastfeeding Welcome scheme and is encouraging cafés, restaurants and other local venues to register.
Cllr Jason Frost, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Care Services, said:
“This scheme is all about removing the stigma that some people associate with breastfeeding in public places. The more mums who breastfeed in public, the more normalised it will become - which can only be a good thing for the health of both mother and baby”.
To find Havering Breastfeeding Welcome venues, look for the logo displayed in the windows of cafés, libraries, children's centres and other public venues around the borough.
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 This August Bank Holiday Weekend, the 26 and 27 August, will see the celebration of 40 years of the Havering Show.
The Havering Show is the borough’s biggest free event. The main stage hosted by Time 107.5FM will feature music from the four decades the show has been running.
Sunday’s headliners are the international funk/disco band Heatwave. Headlining the main stage on Monday will be S Club Party, three of the members of the original S Club 7 who will be performing many of their hits from the noughties, including S Club Party, Bring It All Back and Don’t Stop Moving. They will be supported by Baby D who had a massive number one hit with Let Me Be Your Fantasy in 1994.
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Havering Council has been judged to be ‘Good’ by OFSTED in
their recent inspection of Children’s Services.
The ‘Cocoon’, the innovative care leavers hub, was described
as ‘highly impressive’. This one-stop shop for care leavers was launched in
October 2017 in Romford town centre.
Councillor Robert Benham, Cabinet Member for Children &
Education, said: “I’m proud Ofsted has been able to recognise the continued
hard work and dedication of our social care workforce to deliver purposeful
direct work with children and families. The ‘Good’ Ofsted rating also
reinforces the positive work undertaken by Havering Children’s Services to
co-produce new ways of working with young people.
“Being able to provide positive and effective support for
children in need and in care, helps to ensure their outcomes improve as they
transition to independence.”
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Apply now to become a Havering foster carer
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 This Saturday, 28 July, sees the first ever Romford Pride, and the Town Hall will be flying the rainbow flag all day. The event starts on South Street at 11am and the march begins at noon.
 Here's a date for your diary - or smartphone calendar: Sunday 12 August.
That's the date of the Park Life Summer Fair held in beautiful Raphael Park, Main Road, Gidea Park.
There will be craft stalls, children's rides, food and drink plus health and fitness activities provided by the YMCA. It all takes place at the bandstand between 10am and 6pm.
 Earlier this month Transport for London launched a public consultation on measures to reduce traffic and improve air quality in central London.
The new proposals would see the exemption from the Congestion Charge for private hire vehicles removed, and the introduction of a new Cleaner Vehicle Discount to replace the Ultra Low Emission Discount.
It's proposed that these changes would take effect from 8 April 2019.The consultation is open until Friday 28 September.
 This summer Havering Council and Cycle Confident are hosting BikeWise – a programme of free cycle training activities at four locations across the borough: myplace, Romford, Rainham Village Primary School, Ingrebourne EQT Visitors Centre, Hornchurch and Thames Chase, Upminster.
The programme runs until the end of August. Contact Cycle Confident on 0203 031 6730 or email contact@cycleconfident.com.
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You can have your say on the NHS’s community
urgent care services.
Havering Clinical Commissioning Group Community are asking the
public for their views on proposals to change, and improve the way these
services are accessed locally.
The urgent care services provide same day care
and advice for people with urgent, but not life threatening, physical and
mental health issues. They include GP out of hours services, GP access hubs and
local walk-in services.
You have until 5pm on 21 August to share your thoughts.
 Free family fun days are being held around the borough every Wednesday.
Activities include face painting, arts and crafts, a bouncy castle and the youth bus. For more details see page 34 of July's Living in Havering magazine.
The next event is on tomorrow (Wednesday 1 August) at Central Park, Harold Hill from 12noon - 3pm.
 As the heatwave continues, it's important to keep
cool. Follow advice from @NHSChoices.
 Volunteers joined council enforcement officers, community engagement officers, the Council's waste team, ward councillors & community police officers for a clean-up event at the Hilldene shopping area, Harold Hill last week.
 If you haven't seen a copy of Living in Havering magazine yet it's packed full of ideas for things to do in our borough this summer.
You can pick up a copy at any Havering library or the Town Hall in Main Road Romford, or read a copy online.
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