Entries tagged with “activism” from Working For Walthamstow

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This week Progress, a national Labour think tank, published a pamphlet to which I contributed a short chapter on the role of public participation in public services and political parties. It sets out my belief that both need to work not just for people but with them if they are to be successful in achieving social change.I was asked to write this piece after speaking at an event with the Secretary of State Hazel Blears. There was disagreement on many aspects of the debate between members of the panel as well as the audience so I'm sure readers of this blog may also have different ideas about the relationship the public and government should have with each other - let me know what you think
You can download the pamphlet here.

I'm often out and about campaigning locally as well as speaking at national events. If you're in the area for any of these, do say hello as it would be great to get your views about what matters for Walthamstow

• 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 
• 24 November - Walthamstow and Lea Bridge Community Council, South Grove Primary School 7.30pm
• 25 November - Children and Young People's Services Meeting
  for local youth service providers, Forest YMCA, Forest Road 4-8pm
• 27 November - Voluntary Action Waltham Forest Meeting, The Alpha Centre 6pm
• 28 November - E17 Designers Market at the Asian Centre, Orford Road 7.30pm onwards
• 29 November 2008 Chairing a session at the Progress National Conference at the TUC Congress House
• Friday
  19 December 2008 Active Change Foundation Young Muslim Women's Discussion
  
  Forum, 7.15pm Lea Bridge
  
  
  Saturday 20 December 2008 Senior Asian Citizens Multi Faith Gathering Asian
  
  Centre, Orford Road 4pm onwards
• Saturday
  24 January 2009 Walthamstow youth group workshop, The Outset Centre, Grange
  
  Road E17
• Sunday 25
  January 2009 Street surgery in High Street Ward
• Tuesday
  27 January 2009 - addressing the Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into
  
  tackling knife crime.
  
  
  Saturday 31 January 2009- Hoe Street police team crime prevention community day
  
  from 11am onwards at the junction of Vestry Road and Church Path.
• Sunday 1 February 2009 - on the Eddie Nestor programme, BBC Radio London
  94.9fm 10pm- 11.30pm
•  Monday 2 February 2009 - South Walthamstow Branch meeting
  8pm the Lighthouse, Markhouse Road
•  Wednesday 4 February 2009 - Sybourn Primary School and
  Children's Centre, Governors Meeting 6.30pm
• Thursday 5 February 2009 - meeting the Co-operative
  Banking Society in Walthamstow
•  Saturday 7 February 2009 - dropping in to see volunteers
  training event at St Luke's Church, Greenleaf Road and then Essex Close Tenants
  
  and Residents Association Annual Lunch, Essex Close

• Monday 9 February 2009 The Walthamstow and Lea Bridge Community Council at Henry Maynard
  School, East Walthamstow Labour Party Branch meeting at 23 Orford Road and also
  popping into the Waltham Forest Friends of the Earth Birthday Celebrations at
  the Hornbeam Centre on Hoe Street

• Tuesday 10 February 2009 visiting St Mary's School on The Drive and then dropping into the
  Waltham Forest LETS Social at the Rose and Crown Pub from 8pm onwards

• Monday 16 February 2009 Waltham Forest Co-operative
  Party Annual General Meeting, Waltham Forest Town Hall, 8pm

• Saturday 28 February 2009 Progress Conference Labour
  2.0 Net Campaigning for the Next Generation East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB
• Sunday
  15 March 2009 helping out on the St Luke's Farmers Market Stall raising money
  
  for Worth Unlimited, Walthamstow Market
• Wednesday 22 April 2009 - Willowfield School for the ActionAid "send my friend to school" event
• Saturday 25 April 2009 - NCT (National Childbirth Trust) branch meeting at the
  Rose and Crown, Hoe Street and then Walthamstow Parents Forum meeting
  
  The Limes Children's Centre
• Wednesday 29 April 2009 meeting
  representatives of CREST Waltham Forest and the School Governors
  
  Briefing meeting, Kelmscott School 7pm
  
• Thursday 30 April 2009 Free Family Fun Day at Tumble in the Jungle, 245 Wood Street from 3.30pm
• Thursday 21 May 2009 - Attending the Annual General Meeting of Waltham Forest Council
• Friday 22 May 2009 - The Age of Stupid screening at the Asian Centre, Orford Road
• Saturday 23 May 2009 - Leading Walthamstow's Day of Action against the BNP in our Town Square
• Saturday 6 June 2009 - Village Pre-School Summer Fair, Church End Walthamstow
• Sunday 7 June 2009 - Thuso Garden Party, 37 Grosvenor Park Road
• Saturday 13 June 2009 - chairing a session at the Compass Conference for the Co-operative Party
  
• Saturday 20 June 2009 - Church Hill Nursery Re-opening Summer Fair, Lloyd Park Children's Centre BBQ and the Trencherfields Allotment Association Open Day.
• Saturday 18 July Attending the Priory Court Family Fun Day and the Elmsfield Road Street Party
  

• Sunday 19 July attending the Waltham Forest Green Fair (1pm until 7pm in Lloyd and Aveling Park.)
• Monday 20 July meeting in parliament with DesBrowne MP and Neil Gerrard MP to discuss the current situation in Sri Lanka with representatives of our local Tamil community
• Sunday 26 July at the Waltham Forest Mela in Aveling Park and then conducting a street surgery in the Markhouse area
• Tuesday 28 July at the Walthamstow Asian Senior Citizens Annual Meeting in Harmony Hall
• Thursday 30 July visiting Queens Road Children's Centre and meeting with Walthamstow Citizens Advice Bureau
• Saturday 1^st August at the Solomon Music Project Show at Harmony Hall
• Thursday 6^th August Voluntary Action Waltham Forest Board Meeting at the Alpha Centre
• Saturday 8^th August attending the Friends of Lloyd Park Jazz Picnic and the Lea Bridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team Community Fun Day
  
• Sunday 23 August volunteering on the St Luke's Stall at the Farmers Market in Walthamstow Town Centre
• Saturday 29 August at the rescheduled Solomon Music Project Show at Harmony Hall
• Friday 4 September at the launch of the E17 Art Trail at Vestry House 6.30pm until 9pm
• Saturday 5 September attending the opening of 'Meet' at the Old Glass Factory on Hoe St
• Thursday 10 September at the Walthamstow Labour Party Monthly meeting 23 Orford Road 8pm
• Saturday 12 September taking part in Slet with the Scribble and Smudge team at Chestnuts Field behind the town hall
• Sunday 13 September at the E17 Designers Fair, the Guerilla craft tea and the McGuffins Day of Action regarding the EMD Cinema (3pm onwards at the Rose and Crown pub, Hoe St)
• Tuesday 15 September meeting with representatives from Olympic Legacy2020 and then participating in the 4Children Family Commission
• Friday 18 September at a Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning in Chapel End.
• Monday 21 September at the Waltham Forest Co-op Party Bi-Monthly meeting at Waltham Forest Town Hall
• Thursday 24 September at a Road to Copenhagen planning meeting
• Friday 25 September at the opening of the "Going to the Dogs" exhibition at Vestry House Museum
• Saturday 26 September, the Lloyd Park Children's Centre Open Day to find out more about their plans for an outdoor play area. Then,  the Senior Asian Citizens Pakistan Independence Day celebrations in Harmony Hall
• On Monday 28 September at the Labour Party Conference speaking on the Radio Five Live Victoria Derbyshire Programme at 12pm, then the Centre for Cities Discussion on the future of London at the Hotel Du Vin, and the Channel Four Fringe at the Grand Hotel.
• On Sunday 4 October at 2pm, at the Shakir Youth Trust Eid Milan Party at Walthamstow Asian Centre on Orford Road. Then the service for remembrance for Merlita Jo at St Mary's Church.
• Friday 9 October speaking at the World Mental Health Day event in Walthamstow Town Square
  

• On Saturday 10 October, at the Apple Day at Vestry House Museum.
  
• On Sunday 11 October, at the Help for Heroes event at the Warrant Officer Pub, Higham Hill.
• On Wednesday 14 October, the Frillseekers event at the Rose and Crown Pub.
  
• On Thursday 15 October, speaking at the Young Fabians seminar in Westminster on the future of the Labour movement in Britain.
• On Tuesday 3 November, attending the Walthamstow Village Residents Association Annual General Meeting at the Asian Centre in Orford Road.
• On Saturday 7 November, organising an anti-BNP Hope Not Hate stall in Walthamstow Town Centre.
• Sunday 8 November attending the Remembrance Sunday Service at Lloyd Park at 10am.
  Wednesday 11 November subject to work commitments attending the Waltham Forest Schools Forum at Waltham Forest Town Hall
  
• On Friday 13 November attending an event for Eid at Walthamstow's Delta Club offices organised by the British Pakistanis Foundation.
• Saturday 14 November visiting the Fairtrade Craft Fair at St Mary's Welcome Centre.
• Tuesday 24 November helping Neil Gerrard MP to host an evening showcasing the talent of Black and Ethnic Minority residents of Walthamstow as part of our "Together E17 is stronger" project.
  
• Thursday 26 November organising a open public meeting with Ed Miliband MP at Willowfield School. 
• Friday 27 November attending the E17 Designers Market at the Asian Centre on Orford Road.
• Saturday 5 December attending the Waltham Forest Senior Citizens Asian Group Multi Faith Social Event at The WFIA Hall on Grove Road.
• Sunday 6 December going to the William Morris Craft Fair
• Sunday 13 December attending the William Morris Hall event and the EMD cinema campaign Christmas Demo
• Monday 11 January speaking at the BAME Labour event on how to address the threat posed to community relations by the BNP along with Peter Hain, Keith Vaz and Neil Gerrard MP.
• Tuesday 12 January attending the Waltham Forest Senior Citizens Asian Group Qaed-e-Azams Belated Birthday and New Year's Day reception at Truro Road Community Centre.
• Saturday 16 January participating in a rally for the future of Walthamstow Dog track
• Wednesday 20 January attending the Walthamstow Women's Business Forum meeting at Walthamstow Central Library
• Sunday 31 January officiating at the Tamil Community referendum at Waltham Forest College. 
• Monday 1 February at the Walthamstow Green Drinks discussing how we can cut Walthamstow's carbon footprint
• Saturday 27 February attending the cultural evening at St Barnabas Church in Markhouse.
  
• Sunday 28 February attending the Walthamstow British Legion Veteran's Day event in Higham Hill.