Hornby Art Club All ages & families welcome – Wednesday 17 February 11-2.30: Free Hornby Art Club visit for KPE children & families to meet artist in residence Evelyn O’Connor (just for us!) at Beaconsfield Gallery & visit the new Newport Street Gallery. Refreshments provided. Meet Hornby House 11am. Links below: Beaconsfield http://beaconsfield.ltd.uk/projects/evelyn-oconnor-alchemy/ Newport Street Gallery http://www.newportstreetgallery.com/
“This time it is the estates that replaced those Victorian streets that are being destroyed. It turns out that, if some of these estates are as bad as myth has it, others were thoughtfully and beautifully designed, whose problems, if any, are often due to their being poorly looked after by the local authorities who own them.” http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/31/council-estates-if-they-arent-broken-lambeth-council-central-hill-estate-social-housing-affordable?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Central Hill is a housing estate in Upper Norwood (Lambeth Council) that has been getting growing coverage in the media, and from groups such as Architects for Social Housing. The controversy surrounding the estate seems, at times, completely at odds to the apparent reality of the estate itself. https://architectsforsocialhousing.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/central-hill-community/ https://architectsforsocialhousing.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/in-defence-of-central-hill/
I have a fundamental problem with the term “sink estate”. I think it is derogatory, unnecessary and undermining. But people insist on still using it. Despite this flaw, I think this article is quite an interesting read: http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/feb/03/demolish-sink-estates-homes-david-cameron-bratislava?CMP=share_btn_tw
The Architects’ Journal is something I read every week, so it’s heartening to see some more opinion about the Governments’ plans: http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/opinion/park-the-housing-bills-implications-are-devastating/10001344.fullarticle (link available to subscribers) A taster from the article: “Like others, we’re replacing housing that was built in the 80s – only 30 years ago. This housing hasn’t suddenly failed; it was never good enough. Small, inaccessible, not energy efficient and poorly built – many of these were ‘starter homes’ – a quick vote-winning fix with little regard for quality of life or longevity. Here we go again. “
To tenants and leaseholders of Kennington Park Estate You are invited to attend a Meeting of the Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ Association To be held at 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm on Wednesday 17 February 2016 at the Kennington Park Estate Community Centre All tenants and leaseholders are members of the Association and welcome to attend meetings 6.30 pm – Oval Ward councillor and Housing Officer available to consult for advice plus refreshments Prompt start of meeting at 7.00 pm A G E N D A Welcome and Introductions Apologies for absence Minutes of the last meeting of the Association held on 18 November 2015 here: For approval Matters arising from the minutes of the last meeting Housing management and estate management issues. (Reports and queries from tenants and leaseholders for the attention of HSH management) Briefing on new cleaning and grounds maintenance contract: Tony O’Connell (Hyde Estate Services Contracts…
As some of you may know, I am an architect and my love of Kennington Park Estate is with both my fellow residents and the lovely architecture itself. The architecture profession is very slowly beginning to become more vocal about the issues facing housing estates, and the Housing Bill. Here is one of my new favourite articles on the subject from around the web: http://www.architecturefoundation.org.uk/the-month-in-architecture-condemnation-for-the-housing-bill More to follow over the next few days…
Many thanks for Kerry for letting my know about a new art shop: QueArts, 220 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4DA. Can’t wait to check it out!
The Tenants Association has successfully negotiated a pilot scheme to test a new system of issuing visitors’ parking permits in the Alverstone/Lockwood/Blades courtyard. You will be able to buy up to five weeks’ worth of tickets (ie. 10) which you can use on any one day up until the end of 2016. This means you can have one handy for those unannounced visits by relatives or maintenance engineers, particularly at weekends. The pilot will run from 15 February to 15 April. Let us know if you think it’s working or if you want to suggest changes. Here is Hyde’s letter about it: To All Residents Alverstone House, Blades House, Lockwood House Dear residents, Re: Visitor Parking Permit Pilot for Alverstone, Blades and Lockwood House. We are writing to inform you that we are working with the Kennington Park Estate Tenants and Residents Association to pilot a new scheme for visitor’s parking permits for Alverstone,…
GETTING ONLINE FREE WORKSHOPS – Social Media for Beginners at the Stockwell Community Centre Looking to learn a new skill in the new year? We will shortly be running workshops in social media basics at the Stockwell Community Centre. Workshops will run from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. The following introductory courses will be delivered by our volunteer social media experts Helen and Sergio; Tuesday 16th February – Introduction Tuesday 23rd February – Facebook for Beginners Tuesday 1st March – Twitter for Beginners Tuesday 8th March – LinkedIn for Beginners Part 1 Tuesday 15th – LinkedIn for Beginners Part 2 (Anyone interested in the LinkedIn workshops must be able to commit to attending both parts and should bring their CV along with them for the 1st workshop!) There will be light refreshments provided at the session, and those who attend 3 separate sessions will receive a Love2Shop voucher! In addition all attendees will receive a certificate. Residents can book a place…
