Working for Hoe Street

Taking Back The Streets

Mark Rusling — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:43:25 +0000

The Council has been working alongside Walthamstow Women to take back the streets from sexual harassment. Our ward Safer Neighbourhood Team have declared sexual harassment to be one of the police’s priorities in Hoe Street. Together we will beat this scourge in our borough.

Refugees Welcome meeting – 23 March

Mark Rusling — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:36:05 +0000

Refugees Welcome In Waltham Forest is the local branch of Citizens UK’s Refugees Welcome Campaign (#RefugeesWelcome for the tweeters!). Its main aims are to prepare a community welcome plan for the successful resettlement of refugees in our borough and to press for better treatment of those seeking sanctuary in our country. You can find more information here.

Their next meeting will be on Wednesday 23rd March from 6.30m to 8pm at Sir George Monoux Sixth Form College, 190 Chingford Road, E17 5AA. If you would like to attend, please email refugeeswelcomeWF@hotmail.com.

Hoe Street Ward Forum – Monday 7th March

Mark Rusling — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:32:11 +0000

Our next Community Ward Forum is being held on Monday 7th March, 7-8.30pm, at Walthamstow School for Girls, Church Hill. It is open to all Hoe Street residents – do come along.

In March, we will be discussing the future of Whipps Cross Hospital and the European refugee crisis, alongside the regular updates from our local police and environmental officers. There will also be an opportunity for a discussion of any other issues affecting residents.

We look forward to seeing you in March.

We support the London National Park City

Mark Rusling — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:39:04 +0000

We have signed Hoe Street up to support the movement to make London the world’s first National Park City. The organisers are looking for every ward in the city to pledge their support. On behalf of Hoe Street, we were delighted to do so!

Village to represent London in Britain In Bloom

Mark Rusling — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:22:07 +0000

Walthamstow Village has gained another accolade. The Village in Bloom will represent London as a finalist in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom competition next year.

The Village has been entered in the Urban Community section and will be judged in July and August 2016.

This is entirely down to the fantastic work of the volunteers on the committee – massive congratulations from us. We will be happy to help out next year, including with funding from our Community Ward Forum.

Migrants’ Action Group events – 18 and 28 Nov

Mark Rusling — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:51:11 +0000

The Walthamstow Migrants’ Action group are holding an evening of migration-themed short films. ‘Borderlands’ will take place on Wednesday 18th November at 7.30pm in the Back Room at The Chequers, 145 High Street, Walthamstow. The Group have told us:

Four beautiful, fascinating and, at time, harrowing films reveal the difficult choices and journeys that people are making in search of safety and a better life:

Jungle Life - focusing on Calais’ largest make-shift migrant camp
Shipwreck - a depiction of the tragedy of migrant death
We Walk Together - a Syrian family’s journey to Europe
Syrian refugees: the dangerous sea journey to Europe – a refugee story

The films will be followed by a Q&A session with Dave Young, director of ‘Jungle Life’. The organisers are asking for £5 or donations – all revenues go to WMAG Migrant Support Centre.

The MAG are also holding a Ceilidh, with caller, on Saturday 28th November, 7.30-10.30pm. It is taking place at St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Road, E17 8JZ. Tickets are £8 or £5 for children over 12. The night will also feature local band The Stowicks.

To reserve your place, call Tommy Anderson on 07486 047978. All money will go to the WF Migrant Action Group and the Pensioners Christmas Party.

Registering people to vote

Mark Rusling — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 08:00:47 +0000

The government has decided that they will reduce the number of MPs in Westminster, which may mean that Walthamstow loses its MP. At the same time, they have moved to a system of individual voter registration, which has meant that many Walthamstow residents have dropped off the register. This means they won’t be counted when the boundaries are re-drawn and they won’t be able to vote in the London Mayoral election next year, or the referendum on the EU.

We are doing our bit to combat that by carrying out a voter registration drive in the ward this Saturday. We are meeting at the Labour Party offices on Orford Road at 11am and 2pm. Do come and join us. We will provide all materials – all we need is your time!

Christmas events in Hoe Street

Mark Rusling — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:55:15 +0000

Two lovely Christmas events are taking place in Hoe Street next month. The Walthamstow Village Residents Association are holding their annual Christmas Carols on the Village Square. It is taking place on 15th December at 7.30pm. We were delighted to fund this event through our Community Ward Forum.

The Waltham Forest Community Hub (formerly the Asian Centre) is holding a Christmas lunch for 100 older people in the ward. It will take place on 21st December, 12pm-4pm. In a twist to the usual lunches, entertainment will be provided by the members of the Youth Club which meets at the centre twice a week (and which we fund through our Community Ward Forum).

If you or a friend or relative would like to go to the lunch, get in touch with us and we will pass your details on to the organisers.

Be a snow angel!

Mark Rusling — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:36:09 +0000

Every year, the Council teams up with residents associations and community groups to form teams of snow angels. These winged warriors are provided with grit, high-vis jackets and shovels by the Council and agree to help to clear snow from streets and neighbours’ drives over the winter. It is particularly aimed at ensuring that elderly and vulnerable residents are not trapped indoors by the weather.

It has been a great success in recent years and so far, 72 Hoe Street residents have signed up to be snow angels. If you would like to join them, drop us an email with your address and phone number and we will arrange for the materials to be dropped off at your home.

Update on Community Ward Forum projects

Mark Rusling — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:31:03 +0000

Every year we have a pot of money to spend on residents’ and community projects. Every year it is over-subscribed! This year we seem to have made it stretch quite a way. Here is an update on projects we have funded in 2015:

Paying for several older people from the ward to attend the Christmas Lunch at Walthamstow Assembly Hall.
Arranging for an older people’s summer outing to Southend for some residents of our sheltered housing.
A variety of environmental and social projects for the East of Market Quarter Residents Association.
Significant funding for the wonderful Village Festival in September.
Supporting the youth club at the Asian Centre, which we have done for a number of years.
Funding the start-up costs for a new residents’ association.
A project for tackling street harassment on Hoe Street.
An environmental project for Folkestone Road.
A youth project for community champions.
The Christmas carols organised by the Walthamstow Village Residents Association.
Support for the work of the WF Dyslexia Association in Hoe Street ward.

They are all great ideas and will make Hoe Street ward that little bit better. We will have another pot of funding from April 2016, so do get in touch if you would like to apply for that.