Peckham and Nunhead Newsletter September 2018
Southwark Council sent this bulletin at 30-08-2018 03:08 PM BST
Plastic ChinaThursday 06th September 2018Free (No ticket required - First come first served)8:00PM (Doors open 7.30pm) INDOOR: Veolia (UK) Ltd, Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility Officially selected for Sundance Film Festival, 2017 Plastic China will be Screened on Thursday 6 September, Recycling Discovery Centre 8pm, Doors 7.30pm PLASTIC CHINA – in brief: A portrait of poverty, ambition and hope set in a world of waste Plastic China Laughter of playing children echoes through vast rolling hills of plastic waste. This recycling plant is home to Pen and his daughter Yi Jie, who is desperate for an education, and boss Kun, determined to improve his family’s lot. Over time, one man moves closer to prosperity whilst the other stagnates in poverty. This poetic doc reveals the lives of those on the fringes of global capitalist realities, a far cry from the communist dream.
Good with children?
Peckham Heritage Event  Shakespeare on Sunday?
Have you got yours yet? Show your Southwark Presents card when booking to receive 10% off in-house productions at Cervantes Theatre and 10% off tickets at Blue Elephant Theatre. For more offers visit www.southwark.gov.uk/AccessToCulture Haven’t got a Southwark Presents card yet? Just pop into your local Southwark library and trade in your old library card. If you’re not a member, why not sign up today? Coplestone Community Cafe Looking for your views....
Southwark Council is asking residents for their views on a new intermediate rent and keyworker housing scheme
Under this proposal ‘Intermediate rent’ will mean that rent is discounted at around half of the private market rent amount for those on incomes below £60,000, and then discounted by a minimum of 20% for those earning between £60,000 - £90,000 per household.
The consultation asks who should be included as a priority for this new housing. Should this prioritise keyworkers so that teachers, health and social workers, firefighters and police officers can afford to stay in central London near where they work and where they are needed to provide vital services? The council is also proposing special priority for foster carers, carers, those leaving the armed forces and people who need housing following domestic abuse.
Councillor Stephanie Cryan, cabinet member for housing management and modernisation, said: “With the current housing crisis in London it is important that there is a supply of housing, of all tenures, that is truly affordable for our residents who are on low and medium incomes. Key workers in Southwark are finding it especially hard to rent in Southwark due to the increasing prices in the private sector. I hope that by opening up the discussion, we will be one step closer to forming a clear strategy to affordable private housing provision.”
The scheme in Southwark will be in line with the Mayor of London’s commitment to London Living Rent, which helps provide affordable housing for households on incomes under £60,000 per annum. This is just one of several solutions to providing intermediate homes for residents alongside shared ownership, community land trusts and co-operative housing models.
The council wants to hear from residents about their ideas and views on the future options for intermediate housing in Southwark. A report to cabinet with the final design, after the consultation finishes, will follow.
You can take part in the consultation via the online consultation hub
https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/ - Please search for “intermediate rent”
The consultation closes on the 11th October 2018
Youth Platform at Peckham Platform
Free creative workshops led by Youth Platform. Youth Platform take over in The Back Room in Holdrons Arcade for a weekend of creative drop-in workshops. From zines to pom poms, the young people will share with you their artistic skills. Check their Instagram account for workshop times @_youthplatform We have some exciting events coming up for Peckham Festival. Youth Platform have been working hard to put together a zine full of their work and will be celebrating the outcome across the weekend. It will also be a chance for new young people to sign up if they want to join us!
Here is the info: http://www.peckhamplatform.com/whats-on/events
The Back Room, Holdrons Arcade
Friday 14th Sep 6-8pm: Zine Launch
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th: Youth Platform will be running free creative workshops for the public
Women in Film SE15  Film at The Green Last chance Crowdfunding
Social media: Got an idea for a project that will improve your local area? Start a crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive before the 3rd of Sept and you could get a pledge of up to £50k from the @MayorofLondon to help make it happen. The deadline for projects to get involved is now only 6 weeks away! Upload your idea here: www.spacehive.com/movement/mayoroflondon #CrowdfundLDN, @Spacehive
Newsletter: Got an idea for a project that will improve your local area? The Mayor of London have launched their latest Crowdfund London round and the deadline for projects to get involved is now only 6 weeks away! There is a fund of £1 million allocated for projects in this round, which pledges of up to £50k per project available. We're eager to support as many projects from our borough as possible to get involved.
To get involved you must start your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive before the 3rd of September. To express interest in getting involved to www.spacehive.com/movement/mayoroflondon and create your project page. By creating a project page you’ll be able to get advice and support to help shape your campaign. You won’t need to finalise things straight away. It doesn’t matter whether your project is well formed or just an idea in the back of your mind - creating a page means we know that you are interested and can help.
Watch Out for Beat The Street...
Peckham Vision
Peckham Vision at the Peckham Festival
Peckham Vision will be opening its studio exhibition in the Peckham Festival on Saturday 15th September 12-2pm, followed by a tour starting at 2pm of the Central Rye Lane area. The tour will visit places where community action to save buildings from destruction and promoting reuses for them has had a visible effect in the vibrant town centre economy. This tour is part of Peckham Vision’s civic education about community involvement in planning. Places need to be booked through eventbrite: https://bit.ly/2vSQR32
Here is some news about September events which are closely linked to our Peckham Vision work, that we'd like you to know about. SATURDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 12-5pm - Peckham Rye Fete This is one of the best community events in the Peckham area, run by the Friends of Peckham Rye Park for the community. Lots of interesting things to see, and do and talk about. Come and visit our Peckham Vision stall as well and catch up with news of all the local developments already visible and ones still being planned. SUNDAY 9th SEPTEMBER FROM 12pm - Inter Faith Walk The first stop on this walk 12pm to 1pm is at the Old Mill Building 72 Copeland Road. This is home to the Communities Outreach Ministries, a Pentecostal church which has restored this important Victorian factory from dereliction over the last 10 years. Come and hear about their church and their work to restore the building, and the community campaign to save it from redevelopment as proposed in the New Southwark Plan. The walk is arranged by the Southwark Multi Faith Forum residents'
team, and continues to other Peckham places and beyond. To see more details of the walk and to show your interest in attending, go to:
http://bit.ly/2018InterfaithWalk SATURDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2-4pm - Central Rye Lane Walk in the Peckham Festival This will be a Peckham Vision tour of the Central Rye Lane sites and buildings that have been part of our community action since 2005. We will recall the long history of the buildings and the more recent history of the community work in saving them from demolition and publicising their potential for creative re-use. To register a place, please email info@peckhamvision.org Old Kent Road ExhibitionOld Kent Road development Hummy Mummies
Free Film Festival 2018
LinkAge Southwark  Back the BakerlooThe most exciting transport improvement in south east London is on the brink of coming to Southwark and Lewisham. We need your help to make it happen. The Mayor of London has committed to extending the Bakerloo line through Southwark and Lewisham. This will dramatically improve transport links, relieving the load on the bus and overground network, and making the wider area more accessible than it’s ever been before. But it's not just about travel - the extension will also deliver thousands of new homes and jobs. It will boost the local economy and bring huge benefits to residents and businesses. Click here to back the Bakerloo  Afrikans on Film Black History Month
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