- Youth Community Council
- Flood Risk Strategy
- Surrey Quays Shopping Centre and SE16 printworks
- Any community announcements?
Minutes:
Youth Community Council
Several members of the Youth Community Council (YCC) gave a presentation to the meeting. They explained that the recent issues the YCC had discussed included:
- Redevelopment at Harmsworth Quays
- Fisher Athletic rebuilding St Pauls football pitch
- New accommodation and shops in the Surrey Docks area
Generally young people in the area were positive about the new developments taking shape.
One issue of concern was the negative stereotypes that existed about young people being untrustworthy / careless. Such stereotypes were insulting and had a negative impact on the lives of young people. An example was highlighted about school students not being allowed into stores at certain times of the day to buy food.
The YCC sought to use effective social media to engage more young people in the democratic process.
The Ship York Pub
The chair announced that several local residents had requested a big thank you to Dussell and Lorraine Charalambous, who were retiring after having run the pub since 1977. During that time they had done a lot of local charitable work. That included activities for Macmillan cancer support, helping out at the nearby old people’s home, paying for coach trips in the community and assisting numerous individuals on a range of things over many years. The community council wished them well for the future.
Charity Trustees
Southwark Council was looking for volunteers to become charity trustees on various charities operating in Southwark which provide financial assistance to residents in need, mainly pensioners. There were information packs available for anyone interested in applying.
Salter Statues campaign
Councillor Catherine Dale, explained that there had been a lengthy campaign following the theft of the Doctor Salter statue from near The Angel pub in 2011. On 30 November 2014 at 2pm, a new statue would be unveiled. The replacement would have the addition of his wife Ada along with their daughter Joyce and pet cat. Donations from a range of community groups, individuals and match funding from the council had raised the necessary funding, much of which had gone on security measures.
Surrey Quays Shopping Centre and SE16 printworks
Eleanor Wright, from British Land, explained that there were some forthcoming exhibitions and workshops taking place locally discussing the developments of the emerging master plan for the area.
Flood Risk Strategy
The consultation on the Local Flood Risk Strategy is now available to the public and will end on Friday 6 February 2015. Consultation documents can be found at the council's webpage, local libraries, newsletters of tenants and residents associations and friends of parks. Residents are encouraged to review the documents and provide feedback.
2014 Poppy Appeal
Gary Magold, poppy appeal coordinator, had advised the chair that the total raised so far in the area for 2014 was £11,203.44. That was a record amount for the area and a huge thank you goes out to all those who helped reach that sum.
NHS staff petition
Councillor Richard Livingstone, highlighted as part of the meeting theme of health and wellbeing, the concerns of staff at Guys and St Thomas’s hospital working in the pathology laboratories. The pathology jobs were being taken out of the NHS and privatised under a company named Viapath. Viapath was part of SERCO. A petition to help keep the pathology jobs in public hands was available to sign.
Raffle ticket
The chair encouraged residents to complete the feedback forms. At the end of the meeting one of the forms would be drawn at random and the lucky person would win a family ticket to Southwark’s Playhouse theatre.
The Friends of St James Churchyard
In January 2015, the Friends of St James Churchyard would be launched. It would bring together people from the church, the community and the parks department.
St James Road
Councillor Damian O’Brien explained that the road was currently a bit of a mess with some yellow lines drawn but not joined up. It was a safety issue for emergency vehicles and council officers were working on a solution.