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Peckham and Nunhead April 2017

Happy springtime everyone!!

 Your community council

The meeting on March 20 was well attended, and the theme of The Peckham Economy seemed to generate some excellent material to take forward. The notes from the workshops will be available online as soon as possible...

Steve Kearns from TfL agreed to respond to the two Councillor questions addressed to him during the meeting, and he has now done so:-

Night Time Overground

There is an option in the contract for a Highbury & Islington to New Cross Gate service from December 2017 but not to Clapham Junction. We are waiting for a decision by the Mayor on whether he wants to take up the option so cannot confirm anything yet. It is more difficult to operate services on the East London Line towards Clapham as that would involve running on Network Rail infrastructure which is often closed for maintenance on Friday and Saturday nights because those are the nights that are least used by freight. It would also be necessary to gate off the whole of the rest of Clapham Junction station except Platform 2, which would be problematic. We have no plans at the moment to run night services to Clapham.

Extending Route 63 to Honor Oak Park

‎Doing this would add 3km to the route (there and back) and at a relatively high speed of 18 kph would add approximately 10 minutes to journey time. This would remove all the layover at Honor Oak and therefore would require an additional bus to operate at £250,000 pa.Currently approximately 200 people per day interchange onto route P12. In order for the scheme to be worthwhile we would need approximately 700 brand new passengers per day to use route 63 (not including any who switch from using route P12 to Brockley Rise). As there is no indication that this volume of new passengers would be realised, unfortunately we cannot proceed with this proposal at this time

We have now had two successful meetings in the new format, and would like to know your views on the changes. If you went to the most recent on 20 March, it would be most helpful if you could complete the online evaluation form at

https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/housing-community-services-department-community-engagement-team/copy-of-what-do-you-think-about-peckham-nunhead-co

We are now busy writing to the successful groups who have received funding from the Neighbourhoods Fund 2017-18, and will publish the awards on the web page in a little while.

The next meeting is likely to be on 27 June 2017, but you will receive an invite closer to the time.

The public question for Council Assembly will be presented at the Council Assembly meeting in July 2017

Question for Council Assembly

What more can the Council do invest in and promote jobs and training opportunities for local people and particularly local young people? In addition how can new and  affordable  business space be made more genuinely affordable and prioritised for local people?

Old Kent Road Area Action Plan consultation update

The council has published a summary of the key issues raised though the consultation undertaken on the draft Old Kent Road Area Action Plan between June and November 2016. You can find this under the "Consultation and next steps" section of this page here. We will be preparing a more thorough consultation report for publication alongside the next draft of the AAP later in 2017.

Also, importantly, if you have not confirmed that you want your contact details retained, this may well be the last e-newsletter you receive, as we cannot keep this information indefinitely, without your consent, and have to do a regular purge. If you find that you are not receiving anything about the Peckham and Nunhead community council over the next few weeks, it maybe that your details have been deleted. If this was not your intention, or if you know someone who would like to be added to the list, please let me know at gill.kelly@southwark.gov.uk

Theatre Delicatessen THE HEARING TRUMPET based on the novel by Leonora Carrington 4 - 29 April Dirty Market are taking over The Old Library in Burgess Park with a radical theatre adaptation of Surrealist Leonora Carrington’s novel The Hearing Trumpet. 92-year old Marian is deaf and lost in her memories. Dumped in a sinister care home, Marian finds herself amongst a band of rebellious elderly inmates. Together they take on the despotic rulers of the retirement home, survive the apocalypse and pit themselves against the patriarchal evils of the world. With live music and animation, ancient monsters and psychoanalysts, join Dirty Market on a weird and wonderful journey through The Old Library for a joyful celebration of outcasts and rebels. Special ticket offer for local residents - Ticket for a Fiver : SE5, SE15 & SE17 Residents. Limited availability - see full details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hearing-trumpet-presented-by-dirty-market-tickets-32413332149

Ukelele performance

Saturday/Tuesday - FREE - I'm so proud of the Learn To Uke Alumni Band! They performed at the Globe in December, and we may be playing at a festival or two in summer but before that come and see them in London for FREE either on Saturday 1 April at 2:45pm or on Tuesday 4 April at 19:30pm. The shows should be 2 x 30 minute sets with an intermission. We'd love to see you there. 

Lorraine from Learn To Uke <lorraine@learntouke.co.uk>

Staged reading by Christopher Chen

Chaskis Theatre return to the Hill with the UK premiere of Passage – a play by Chinese-American playwright Christopher Chen, presented as a staged reading.
Passage is a fantasia on E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, recasting the novel as a minimalist contemporary fable on the clash of cultures. Passage replaces Britain and India with two imagined countries – one colonized, the other the colonizer – to serve as a meditation on perception and power.
Chaskis Theatre is a transcultural theatre company – collaborating with playwrights from across the Atlantic to share new stories, practices and cultural perspectives
BOOK: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/GHIEDI

Social work - is it for you?

The South East London Teaching Partnership (Southwark, Greenwich and Lewisham councils and Goldsmiths, University of London) has signed up to a national scheme run by the Department for Education, which pays all course fees and a bursary to successful candidates signing up to an intensive 14 month course. If you think this might be you, more details are available online.

Peckham Vision

PECKHAM VISION SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT IN THE NEW SOUTHWARK PLAN CONSULTATION The Council's plans for more redevelopment in Peckham town centre are now out for consultation. This is part of the New Southwark Plan (NSP).

The Plan covers the whole borough which is divided into 14 neighbourhoods. Peckham is one of these.

There are 4 development sites in Peckham in the NSP. These are:

* the Aylesham Centre,

* PeckhamPlex cinema/multi-storey car park,

* Choumert car park,

* Copeland/Blackpool Rd industrial site.

The details for these are on pages 207-219 in the NSP here:

http://goo.gl/LFokc4

There are also 'area visions' for each neighbourhood, see page 205 for Peckham.

Peckham Vision has arranged a tour on 1st April to enable local people to see the sites for themselves with brief explanations of the proposals, what is there now, and the issues to think about. The tour is planned to end with a community discussion in Peckham Vision Bussey studio in Copeland Park, and how to make comments on the New Southwark Plan. Deadline for comments is 28th April 2017.

More information can be found here:

http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Planning#2017

https://peckhamvision.wixsite.com/peckhammultistorey

You can call into Peckham Vision's community shop on Tuesdays 2-4pm or Saturdays 2-5pm for more information about the town centre. At those times, there is always someone to talk to about planning, and Peckham developments. The shop is in Holdrons Arcade, 135A Rye Lane, in between Khan's Bargain store and Sky City shopping arcade.

To keep in touch, you can follow the latest news on Peckham Vision's:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeckhamVision

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeckhamVision or sign up for news emails - info@peckhamvision.org

Sewing Classes - Try something new

Don't be weedy - become a volunteer

Unite to tackle disadvantage...

Southwark Giving is a place-based giving scheme for the borough of Southwark. It is currently being set-up to find new ways to address hidden, unmet and emerging local community needs. The needs of the borough have been independently researched and the findings form a report entitled A Tale of Two Southwarks. Southwark Giving will enable anyone to give time, skills and/or money in collaboration with others to help unite Southwark to tackle local disadvantage. For more information contact Andy Matheson in the Communities Division on x57648.

Funding for Athletics

New funding opportunity : Grants of up to £20,000 COMMUNITY ATHLETICS FUND  The Mayor of London, in partnership with England Athletics, has launched a new fund for organisations to deliver athletics-based activities in the capital to coincide with London’s hosting the IPC and IAAF World Athletics Championships this summer.  The Mayor is inviting organisations to apply for a share of £400,000 to run athletics sessions and community events to promote their activities. Organisations can apply for grants of up to £20,000.  The Community Athletics Fund, that is part of England Athletics’ Team Personal Best Programme,  provides the opportunity for local sports clubs, community groups and others (including local authorities and schools) to access funding to provide sport in the community, inspired by World Athletics Championships this summer. There are 3 levels of funding available: Small grants (up to £4,000); Large grants (up to £20,000); Disability-focused projects (up to £10,000). The aim of the Fund is to: Inspire organisations to run athletics activities to celebrate London’s hosting the World Athletics Championships Promote social integration and social cohesion through sport Increase the number of people in London taking part in athletics-based activities. Provide opportunities for people to sustain their participation in athletics in the future Applications open on 15th March 2017 and the deadline for their completion is 17th April. Successful projects are expected to run between June and October 2017. To register your interest and receive further information on the Fund, please check the GLA website:  https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/sports/community-sports-programmes/major-sporting-events  or send an email to communityathletics@rocketsciencelab.co.uk and we will add you to the mailing list.  To find out more about Team Personal Best, please visit http://www.teampersonalbest.org/

Get Into Retail with Princes Trust & GAP

Sacred Bodies exhibition

'Sacred Bodies' is part of the Public Art Programme 2017 in the Restored Anglican Chapel at Nunhead Cemetery which started with 'Doggies on Leads'  that began the programme in 2016. 'Sacred Bodies' is an exhibition of recent metal sculptures by Sara Burgess based around her 'Bodies' series. The sculptures explore our connection between the inevitable physicality or our earthly, human existence and our volition to overcome suffering. The public art is on show in the Restored Anglican Chapel viewed through the entrance gates from Monday 20th February to Saturday 23rd April 2017.

Southwark Food Buddies

Glengall Wharf Garden - Food Project

Weekly Events

Herb Tuesdays every tuesday 11-4 Bring something for a shared lunch at 1. Gardening for health and wellbeing. Contact Sue at herbtuesdays@gmail.com
Over 18's only

Grown in Peckham every thursday 11-4 Bring something for a shared lunch at 1. Food growing
Contact Ben growninpeckham@gmail.com
All welcome

Sundays 1 - 4
All welcome
Come and help maintain the site, odd jobs, gardening, tea, biscuits, chit chat and more.

Growfest 2017
With funding from United St Saviours, we are running a festival of community gardening aimed at inspiring and informing growers in Southwark, and an opportunity to network and meet others.

Local gardening  /other groups are welcome to have a stand to promote their project, run an activity, sell plants etc
If there is something else you'd like to run, let us know and we'll find space.

We will also need extra tables and canopies on the day, if you can loan.

To ensure a successful day, we need help with the following;

• General help on the day, setting up, taking down including erecting tents, last minute tidying etc.
• Running a carpentry  / construction workshop making simple planters.
• Help running the cake stall - selling tea and cakes and selling raffle tickets.
• Help with kids activities eg coordinating a treasure hunt, making seed bombs, bug hotels and bumble bee homes.
• Logging visitors feedback and taking photos and films of the day.

Contact Sue at burgessfoodproject@gmail.com if interested.

Peckhamplex

Peckhamplex's commitment to screening a diverse range of films is evident in the list of this week’s new openers!

For families we have Peppa Pig’s First Cinema Experience, Smurfs: The Lost Village, and Boss Baby. For the action-lovers it’s the eighth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise; whilst the comedy Going in Style teams Michael Cain, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin as three lifelong friends who plan to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

Director Asghar Farhadi received his second Best Foreign language Film Oscar for The Salesman, a sombre story of a shocking and mysterious event which shatters the wellbeing of a middle-class couple.  Lastly there’s the French-Belgian horror Raw so graphic and gory that cinemas in Los Angeles were handing out sick bags…you have been warned.

Trial and Error (12) - Tuesday 11th April 18.30

Continuing Peckhamplex’s support of local talent we have another Independent Filmmakers showcase.
Made by film student and Peckhamplex employee Tianna Banton, look out for an interview with Tianna in the next edition of the Peckham Peculiar.

Creative Space at Peckham levels

An update on applications... Our membership applications have been open for just over a month, and the response so far has been amazing. We have already received over 150 applications, and this week we started meeting up with people to discuss their ideas. Applications have come in from sculptors, digital designers, craftspeople, illustrators, photographers, textiles workers, performers, carpenters, filmmakers, fashion designers and many more. It's exciting to see such a variety of people and skills ready to become part of the Peckham Levels community. Half of these applications have come from people who live in Peckham itself, and more than 80% are from Southwark residents. Membership Applications for studio and office spaces are open until the 30th of April. If you haven't applied yet visit our blog to find out more about the process and start your application.

Veolia tackle student waste issues

Seven university halls around the borough are taking part in a new trial which aims to substantially improve the amount of waste that students recycle across the borough.    Life as a new student can be daunting, having to start afresh in a new town, maybe a new country, getting up early for lectures, being bombarded with a heavy workload not to mention the cost of being a student. Therefore it’s not surprising that recycling may not be at the top of their priority list. This may go towards explaining that whilst Southwark remains the top inner London authority for recycling, student recycling is much lower than average.       With 10% of Southwark’s population being students, small improvements to their recycling behavior could have a huge impact on the boroughs recycling rate. As a result Veolia, the recycling and waste partner of Southwark Council, have begun a trial at seven University halls, which focuses on ensuring the service provided to each halls of residency is easy to use, accessible and working well. This trial also aims to engage with the students and change their current behavior when it comes to recycling, this involves recycling competitions and drop in sessions to help students understand what can be recycled.    Programme Manager and Coordinator of this project for Veolia, Ian McGeough said, ‘Southwark students make up over 10% of the borough’s population, by equipping them with the right recycling and sustainability knowledge Veolia can help them to positively impact on Southwark’s recycling rate.’ The trial will run until the end of the academic year and if successful will be rolled out to all university halls across the borough.

Focus Fitness

Focus Fitness UK have approached Southwark Works as they are delivering fully funded traineeship courses for young people between the age of 19-24.  The course content will be made up of;

·         Functional skills L2

·         Employability

·         Work Experience in a gym for 100 hours

·         Sports and fitness L1

·         First Aid

You must be unemployed or be working less than 16 hours per week.  Those who have gained level 3 and above will be unable to register for the course.  Enrolment starts on Wednesday 12th April with the class beginning on  Monday 24th April.  There will be a short and fairly easy Maths and English assessment.  They are looking to fill the class with between 15 -20 clients.  The course will last 6 weeks and on completion you will gain L1 in Sports Science.

Contact for info:

Solomon.boakye@focusfitnessuk.com

Seve.bello@focusfitnessuk.com

Afro Caribbean Parents Network

For those of you whom were able to attend the launch of "Our Voices, Our Children, Our Future" Report in November 2016 and for those were unable to, welcome! We are inviting you to our follow up event to the launch. SATURDAY 29th APRIL At this event we are hoping to encourage those who showed an interest in being a part of ACPN(African Caribbean Parent Network) how to do so. We will also be having guess speakers and resources for parents/carers and young people to take away with them. We are looking forward to this event being as inspiring as the first one and look forward very much to seeing you again. We are looking for committee members to join us to take the network to the next level. If you or someone you know, is interested please come to the event and have a talk with us. In time for the exam season, we’ll have ‘Be your best. Be prepared!’ workshops. Guest speakers will share their top tips for preparing for exams and getting those grades! There will be a chance to buy educational resources and speak to professionals, so save the date, bring a friend and post it on your profile If you are unable to attend yourself, please do share the newsletter with other parent/carers who may be interested; and if you are able to attend bring someone with you. Our event is open to both adults and young people.  Peckham Park Road Baptist Church, Peckham Park Road, SE15 6SX  Time: 3.00pm - 6.00pm

Metropolitan Public Gardens Association

The MPGA is a long established Charity which over the years has played a vital role in the preservation and improvement of countless gardens, neglected sites and green open spaces across London. We provide modest grants to those who share with us a desire to improve the environment and thus the quality of life for the local community. Our work brings us into contact with a wide variety of groups, including local councils, schools, hospitals, hospices, museums, voluntary organizations and community groups. The MPGA gives modest grants and practical assistance to community gardens and green sites across London. Each case is considered on its merits.The MPGA enjoys working with London's wide and diverse communities. It has been involved in high profile initiatives, such as The British Library and the Inner Temple Garden, as well as in schemes in socially deprived areas like the Tate Library Gardens in Brixton and Spitalfields City Farm.. The MPGA has the experience and skills to help with a wide range of initiatives, whether it be refurbishing a small neglected churchyard or funding planting at Lambeth Palace. The Association often works in partnership with local authorities and community groups, helping to organise campaigns where key community sites are involved. It frequently gives advice in conjunction with applications for Lottery funding and other grants and has found that a small amount of funding often sets the ball rolling and kick starts other initiatives. If you want to find out more about the sort of schemes in which the MPGA has been involved, please look at the Projects page, where you can see some of the Association's recent efforts.The MPGA would welcome hearing from amenity groups in London looking for modest funding or help with a site or garden which has been neglected or where improvements are proposed. Our Grants Application Form can be downloaded below and should be be returned by email to our Grants Officer, to whom all enquiries should be directed.  grants@mpga.org.uk

Peckham Vision

HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE FUTURE OF THE PECKHAM CINEMA & MULTI STOREY CAR PARK

 You can use the letter here:https://peckhamvision.wixsite.com/peckhammultistorey 

* The Council’s New Southwark Plan (NSP) proposes ‘comprehensive redevelopment’ of the Cinema and Multi Storey Car Park (NSP56).

* The building would be demolished after 2022 and the end of the leases of Bold Tendencies, Frank's Café and Peckham Levels. 

* The Council says they would try to relocate the PeckhamPlex cinema, but its future would be uncertain. 

* The Planning Inspector said the Council should research long term uses, before taking the final decision. They haven't done this yet. 

* If you agree the building's potential needs full examination before the final decision, let the Council know before 5pm on 28th April 2017.

You can USE THE LETTER HERE:https://peckhamvision.wixsite.com/peckhammultistorey

More background to the planning issues on the cinema and multi storey car park site are here: Peckham Vision website: http://goo.gl/V2fuu8 

Please share this post on your networks, and encourage anyone with an interest in the future of the building and the town centre to send in their comments.

NEW SOUTHWARK PLAN (NSP) CONSULTATION 

The CINEMA & MULTI STOREY CAR PARK site (NSP56) is one of 4 Peckham sites in the Council’s draft New Southwark Plan (NSP). Nearly 40 of us went on our Peckham Vision walk last Saturday to visit these 4 large development sites. In spite of forecast rain showers, it was a lovely day to explore from a new angle Peckham town centre. See the map here and some photos of the walk:

https://www.facebook.com/PeckhamVision/posts/1407421989280660

The 4 sites are:

• NSP55 the Aylesham Centre, Bus Station & Petrol Station, • NSP56 PeckhamPlex cinema & multi-storey car park, • NSP57 CopelandRd/BlackpoolRd industrial site.

• NSP58 Choumert Grove car park 

Details for each of these are in this short extract from the Council’s draft NSP:

http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/images/2/27/NSP_AV%26SA_-_Peckham.pdf 

We encourage you to visit the sites, with a copy of the two or three pages from the extract on the site concerned, to prepare your own comments. This is especially so if you live in or near:

* Peckham High St, Clayton Rd, Moncrieff St, Hanover Park - affected by the Aylesham Development.

* Moncrieff St, Cerise Rd and adjacent streets affected by the cinema & multi storey car park site.

* Consort Rd, Copeland Rd, Godman Rd, Sandlings Close, Atwell Estate affected by the Copeland/Blackpool Rd industrial site.

* Choumert Grove, Quantock Mews, Choumert Sq, Chadwick Rd, Blenheim Grove affected by Choumert Grove Car Park. 

We are developing some notes of the issues raised by each of the sites.

We will publish these via Peckham Vision Facebook page, and also if there is time by this email list. But to be sure you see the news, please follow

* https://www.facebook.com/PeckhamVision or* https://twitter.com/PeckhamVision 

SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS The deadline for comments to the Council on all 4 sites is 28th April 2017. The Council information on the whole NSP consultation is here: http://goo.gl/tjdViO. 

You can send in your comments on each of the sites all together or separately, in these ways: 

* For the cinema & multi storey site (NSP56) by using the electronic letter we have set up here:

https://peckhamvision.wixsite.com/peckhammultistorey

- You can delete the text there and copy and paste your own words in. We encourage you to do that if you have time. If you haven't the time and you wish to support the campaign to get a review of the future options for the site, you can just submit the electronic letter as it is.

* For all the sites you can email <planningpolicy@southwark.gov.uk> and give your views.

- Make sure you include the site name and NSP number, and your own name and postal address.

* Use the Council's webpage: http://goo.gl/tjdViO 

FURTHER INFORMATION:

* about the Aylesham/Morrisons redevelopment:

http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Aylesham/Morrison_site and JOIN DEVELOPER'S NEWS LIST, email: info@ayleshamcentrepeckham.co.uk 

What did you think of Healthwatch winter info?

Did you see the NHS Winter Communications?  Tell us your views...  Healthwatches in South East London (Southwark, Lambeth, Bromley, Bexley, Lewisham, Greenwich), on behalf of the Transforming Primary Care Programme, would like to receive your feedback about how effective last year’s winter communications campaign was.   The campaign was designed to raise awareness of the different ways for people to access health services as an alternative to A&E.  This is a short survey so the programme knows how to improve the winter campaign this year.  Please complete this short survey!  The survey will close on Friday 21 April.

Train to be a personal fitness coach

Let's make our towns and cities fit for walking

Living Streets

We want our towns and cities to be healthier, cleaner and less congested - by making walking safer, more pleasant and the easiest option for short journeys, we can make change happen.

With May's council and Metro-mayor elections looming, our #WalkingCities campaign is calling on all parties to make this a reality.

We want everyone to help us up the profile of walking. So whether you have two minutes spare to send a supportive tweet or a whole evening to attend a hustings event, please join us.

Ruth Billlingham
Living Streets

HOurBank Peckham

Sabrina leaving will mean Naomi will be running the HOurBank on 3 and a half days a week. She won't have time to do much unfortunately.
So now you will have to;

• Make your own exchanges happen
• Put in your own requests and offers to hOurworld (or find another member to help you do this)
• Contact each other yourselves and not rely on Naomi to do it. 
• So please help, by organising things for yourself.

A lot of you know each other now, so please ask each other for your contact details and don't leave it up to Naomi to do.

HOurworld is a great system to do this, if we use it. If you don't know how, then we have members who can show you.

Unfortunately there's no longer the money out there to pay someone to organise trips and events or to help members to exchange their skills with each other. You are going to have to do this yourselves now.

Naomi will continue to; do outreach, fund-raise, make the newsletter, introduce new members, monitor, evaluate, publicise, network and generally keep the HOurBank together. Let's make HOurBank work, together.

Coffee mornings

HOurBank monthly Coffee Morning 1st Tuesday of the month  11-12noon At Pecan, Peckham High Street

All Saints Cafe Free tea and cake plus chat & general support. Open Tues & Weds 9.30-11 am. Door by P13 bus stop. Please pop in, all welcome.

Does your child want to be a DJ?

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