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| New Board Members for Clapham Park |
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The Clapham Park Project Board would like to welcome two new Resident Board Members to CPP, Rev. George Briggs and Gordon Wedderburn. Both new Board Members attended their first meeting in March 2008 and said that they were pleased with the way the meeting had been conducted, they learned a lot from the evening and looked forwarded to working with the Board and staff at CPP in the future.
We are seeking two more residents to join the Clapham Park Project Board. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Denise Adolphe on 020 8678 5934 or dadolphe@claphampark.org.uk
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| CPP thanks former Chair |
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Oliver Higgins, Clapham Park resident and former Chair of the Clapham Park Project Board (until May 2005), has decided not to reapply for his post on the Board, after his term recently ended. We would like to thank Oliver for all his hard work in helping to establish the organisation and supporting us through the creation of the MasterPlan and Stock Transfer vote. We wish him well for the future. |
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| Neighbourhood Officer meets Sarah Brown |
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In April CPP Neighbourhood Officer, Patricia Poorman accompanied Cllr Diana Morris to meet Sarah Brown (the wife of the Prime Minister Gordon Brown). The meeting was organised for female Labour leaders in Streatham and was attended by 35 people. Patricia spoke to Mrs Brown about the work of the Clapham Park Project, particularly around activities for young people, as well as how the organisation works with local Councillors. Patricia was also able to share some of the work that CPP is doing to improve the local community, with Councillors and Labour leaders from across the Borough.
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| Young and Creative Exhibition and Awards Ceremony |
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320 people attended the Young and Creative 2008 art competition at a grand opening in March at the London Printworks Gallery in Brixton. Local actress Adjoa Andoh (Dr Who and Casualty) presented the prizes to the winners.
Images by Richard Atkins School (in the New Deal for Communities area) under 7s won a group prize for Grannies, a group of portraits depicting grannies, and a highly commended for a group of self portraits.
Over 500 entries were received from young people in schools and youth clubs across Lambeth and were judged by a panel of art world and museum professionals.
The event was partly funded by Clapham Park Project’s Young Arts Project, in conjunction with the Bettie Morton Gallery. |
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| Saturday School Update |
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The Saturday School is held every Saturday (during term time) from 10.00 to 1.00pm, at Clapham Park Project’s head office, 1-4 Brixton Hill Place, SW2 1HJ. There are now 24 children enrolled at the school aged from 8 to 16 years, 14 of whom are from the NDC area. The Saturday School is currently trying to recruit more residents from the NDC area, so please make sure you pass this information on to any interested residents. NDC residents pay £5 per child to attend the Saturday School. For more information about the Saturday School please contact us on 020 8678 5900. |
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| Looking for Acts for Clapham Park Festival |
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Our community radio station, Generation Radio (www.generationradio.co.uk) is putting together the stage entertainment for this year’s Clapham Park Festival, 12th July 2008, 12.00 to 5.00pm, Agnes Riley Gardens, Poynders Road SW4.
If you know of any local acts that are good enough to entertain the crowds, please ask them to contact Andrew Sayers and send either a demo of their work on CD, or an MP3 of themselves performing.
The deadline for submission of material is Thursday 24th April. Please contact Andrew on 020 8623 9421 or asayers@claphampark.org.uk |
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| Shop for Jobs works outside the NDC |
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Shop for Jobs is now able to provide information, advice and guidance outside the NDC area for the first time!
Through the Nextstep Project, Shop for Jobs provides one off advice and guidance appointments for people living, studying or working in Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth and Central London, aged 20+ and have qualifications below NVQ Level 2.
Clients will receive an in-depth guidance session with an experienced advisor and will receive an employability pack that includes information and tips on CVs, application forms, interview techniques and additional information to support clients into work. Clients will also receive an Employment Support Directory with a list of local providers that can help them depending on their needs.
For further information please contact the Shop for Jobs team on 020 8683 9910 or shopforjobs@claphampark.org.uk |
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| Danish Delegation Visits CPP |
Five visitors from Copenhagen’s Department of Job, Family and Integration, visited Clapham Park Project on Monday 3rd March. The visitors were interested in finding out about how CPP works with unemployed and underemployed residents, youth inclusion, literacy and health and well being, as well as going on a guided tour of the Clapham Park area. The delegation enjoyed their visit and Nadia Lademann, who organised the study trip, said: “Thank you very much. The meeting with Clapham Park was very inspirational, and the delegation is now looking at the possibility of implementing some of the things they learnt in our municipality.”
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| 10,000 Incidents Reported by Wardens |
In March 2008 the Neighbourhood Wardens reached an impressive landmark. They completed their 10,000th incident report. The Neighbourhood Wardens have been operating within the Clapham Park NDC area since the 17th February 2003, so this equates to, around 2,000 reports per year or around 165 reports per month. Congratulations to the
Wardens for their hard work over the last five years. For more information about the Wardens please contact Melinda Francis on 020 8678 5223 or mfrancis@claphampark.org.uk
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