May 2009 Archives

I have today finally received this letter 090512 _ Open Letter.pdfregarding the UCKG's response to questions about their plans for the EMD. The McGuffins have also asked me to highlight their website and recent updates on developments which you can read here. Further to this letter the McGuffins have also stated their intention to update their website with details of the history of the planning application, how to join in the campaign for the EMD and future scenarios for the building. Please note at present my understanding is that the planning application will be submitted in late June 2009. However, this is yet to be formally confirmed. 

The vote for the European parliament is across the whole of London. There are eight seats in the European parliament to be won. These are allocated to parties according to the proportion of votes they receive overall. This means the BNP only need to gain eight per cent of all the votes cast in all of London to win a seat in the European parliament. If they do win, they will receive £250,000 of public money to put towards their campaigns of hatred and division. You can help stop this. Any vote cast here in Walthamstow for any other political party will make it harder for the BNP to get eight per cent of all the votes cast in London.

On Saturday 23 May we will be having a big day of action in Walthamstow with a stall in the Town Centre next to central library running from 11am to 3pm. If you can spare an hour to help hand out leaflets please do get in touch or sign up via the Facebook group. And even if you can't help on the day, you can also come to the stall to take away bundles of leaflets to be delivered to local community and voluntary groups. 

Want to see if you can vote in the European elections on June 4? You can check you're registered by calling the Electoral Services at Waltham Forest Town Hall on 020 8496 4562 / 020 8496 4433 / 020 8496 4223 between 9am and 5.30pm every weekday.

Thank you to everyone who came to our event this week at Tumble in the Jungle. Over 350 children, parents and carers came along to have fun and have their say on our local play areas and children's centres. You can see some photos from the day here.  I will post up on here the details of all the comments made both through our online survey and on the day as well as feeding them back to local and national Government. One idea raised by local parents that got strong support was the proposal smoking should be banned in children's play areas. I would be interested in what you think of this idea so let me know.