August 2007 Archives
- 1/2nd September - Walthamstow Festival, Cleveland Park Avenue, Forest Philharmonic Stall
- 5th September - keynote speaker at the National Council Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) national conference University of Warwick,
- 8th September - Speaker at the Fabian Democracy day, Royal College of Surgeons, Lincolns Inn Field, WC2A
- 10th September - Speaking at the TUC Conference, Brighton
- 13th-15th September - Annual Co-operative Party Conference, Westminster Centre Hall
- 19th September - Friends of Lea Bridge Library Committee Meeting, Leabridge Library
- 19th September - Waltham Forest Police Consultative Committee Community Safety Board Meeting, venue tbc
- 22nd September - Meet the members event, venue and details tbc
- 23rd September - Make Votes Count Fringe, Labour Party Conference with John Trickett MP and John Denham MP 8.30pm Trouville Hotel, Bournemouth
- 23th-26th September - Annual Labour Party Conference, Bournemouth
- 21st October - Forest Philharmonic concert, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, E17
- 27/28th October- Speaker, Battle of Ideas conference along with Sir Bernard Crick and David Aaronovitch, Royal College of Art, London - for more details follow this link
- 31st October, Royal Society of Arts Conference on Risk and Childhood, Royal Society of Arts, The Strand
27th November - Speaker Progress Event "Labour in Local Government: How Do We Rebuild Our Base?" With Hazel Blears MP, Sir Richard Leese (Leader, Manchester City Council) and Gerry Stoker, Committee Room 9, House of Commons - 8th December - Lea Bridge Library Free Festive Fun Day Lea Bridge Library, Lea Bridge Road E10. From 11am until 4pm all welcome
- 12th December - the launch of "Participation Nation: The Challenge of Reconnection" - a collection of essays I have edited. Speakers include Hazel Blears MP, Matthew Taylor the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts and Shaun Bayley, the Conservative Candidate for Hammersmith at the next election.
- 5th January 2008 - McGuffin's Walthamstow Film Festival, the Victoria Pub
- 28th January 2008 - Consultation on North London Waste Management plans, Queen's Road EduAction Centre 6.30pm
- 24th February 2008 - Tea and cake stall at Walthamstow Farmers Market for Worth Unlimited
- 25th February 2008 - National Council for Voluntary Organisations Advisory Council
- 1st March 2008 - Speaker at the Fabian Society Labour Party Spring Conference Fringe Event "The Child Poverty Challenge" with James Purnell MP and Kate Green (CPAG) Birmingham Novotel
- 10th March 2008 - Safer Neighbourhoods Team Meeting, Douglas Eyre Sports Centre Coppermill Lane, 7pm
- 12th March 2008 - Voluntary Action Waltham Forest and Better Neighbourhoods Initiative Childrens Conference Leyton Orient Football Club 10am - 5pm
- 17th March 2008 - Walthamstow and Lea Bridge Community Council, Southgrove Primary School
- 22nd March 2008 - Speaker at the Compass Youth and Party of European Socialists Conference, TUC, Russell Square
- 26th March 2008 - Walthamstow CLP Fundraising Dinner David Aaronovitch and Neal Lawson "Do Political Parties Matter Anymore?" Waltham Forest College 7pm
- 29th March 2008 - Churchill Nursery and Childrens Centre Fun Day 11.30am - 4.30pm
- 17 May 2008 Blackhorse Road Action Group Family Fun Day Douglas Eyre Sports Centre, Coppermill Lane 3pm onwards
- 18 May 2008 Friends of Lloyd Park Summer Fun Day, Lloyd Park 12pm - 4pm
- 22 May 2008 Forest Road and Essex Close Tenants Association Meeting Forest Road Community Hall 7pm
- 18 June 2008 Schools Forum Meeting, Queens Road Education Centre 6.30pm
- 28 June 2008 Churchill Nursery School Summer Fair, Woodbury Road 12pm - 3pm
- 13th July 2008 Walthamstow Village Residents Association Summer Garden Party Vestry House Museum 2.30pm
- 14th July 2008 Walthamstow and Lea Bridge Community Council Henry Maynard School 7.30pm
- 16th July 2008 - Speaker at a Cumberland Lodge Charitable conference "Trumpeting the Voluntary: Social Conscience and the Third Sector" on "Pricked Consciences: How to turn concern into action"
- 20 July 2008 Friends of Lea Bridge Library Summer Fun Day, Lea Bridge Library Gardens 1pm - 5pm
- 6th - 13th September 2008 E17 Art Trail
I believe communication needs to be two way. That's why I've been taking Urdu lessons so that I can talk about the priorities for Walthamstow with many of our local residents. I'm struck that like with German the verb goes at the end of the sentence. As I learn more verbs and phrases I wondered if this was an odd linguistic anomaly or occurs in other languages too.
I'm also learning a little Guajarati but at present my grammar isn't good enough to compare! I'm always looking for people to practise my language skills with locally so if you'd like to help me improve my Urdu please do get in touch.
At the Walthamstow Festival on the 2nd September 2007 I'm organising a stall to raise funds for the Forest Philharmonic. Founded in 1964, it is rated as one the country's leading community orchestras. It is a performance and training orchestra with members drawn from diverse backgrounds including music students, teachers, freelancers and amateurs. The group face a number of financial difficulties so the stall will raise funds to help ensure the Orchestra can keep playing in Walthamstow. The stall will be at the High Street end of Cleveland Park Avenue and is kindly being supported by the Cleveland Park Residents Association (http://www.clevelandpark.co.uk/) as well as local Labour party members. It will be next to the What's Cookin' music stage, which will showcase the best in
Hello - on this site you can learn more about me, why I'm standing for selection to be the Labour candidate for Walthamstow at the next election and discuss what our priorities for the constituency should be. You can also see some footage of me in action with local residents, as well as hear their views on what they think matters for Walthamstow.
But even though it's my picture on this website, my ability is only half the story. There's someone else vital in this process. The members of the local Labour party will get to decide what sort of fight we put up at the next general election as we seek to keep Walthamstow Labour. I hope that over the years I have demonstrated that I'm well placed to build on the hard work of Neil Gerrard and every member of our CLP in working with and for the people of Walthamstow. I'm a local candidate with a track record of success in making things happen in our area and a demonstrated commitment to our Party and its values. I'd love your views on this site and my campaigns so please do comment or get in touch!
