Your local police teams are holding regular ward-based drop-in meetings and all are welcome to attend. Notice of these meetings is published on the met police website (your area section), some with more notice than others. Published information as of today (5 February) is as follows:
Drop-in surgery
Lambeth Council has published the Norwood Co-operative Local Investment Plan (CLIP), which covers Gipsy Hill, Knight’s Hill and Thurlow Park wards. You can read the full report here.
Jason Prentis of Veolia has done a number of great projects to improve Norwood. Most of the street planters are his work and he has organised clear up campaigns. His new plan is to create a community garden at the junction of Knight’s Hill and Chapel Road to turn it from an unloved illegal dumping ground into something we can all enjoy and be proud of. The Garden has been designed by local resident Tessa Parikian -
Over the last year there has been a lot of activity regarding the Knollys Goods Yard, the triangular shaped land surrounded by railway tracks that is off Knollys Road and owned by Network Rail.
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The Healthy London Partnership is a collaboration of London’s health and care system to support the delivery of better health in London. Two patient representatives are sought to sit on the London Choosing Wisely Steering Group.
The Palace Cinema Campaign announced last week that Everyman plan to “restore a four-screen cinema to Crystal Palace, bringing films to audiences on the big screen on a regular basis for the first time in fifty years.”
The Campaign will provide a further update once more is known. The original catalyst for the campaign back in June 2009 was the sale of the Gala Bingo Hall, 25 Church Road (the former 1920's art deco Rialto cinema), to Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC).
Time on your hands?
Looking for new interests?
You are guaranteed a warm welcome from the following groups operating in the Norwood area:
Norwood Pensioners
Activites: Flower arranging, Tai Chi, Chair Based Exercise and Line Dancing
Meet on Tuesdays (10am - 3pm) at The Old Library, Knights Hill, West Norwood,SE27 9JX
For more information contact: Elsie Gardener on 01883 622902
U3A Norwood
The Annual General Meeting on 30 November agreed that the Lambethans Society would close. Alternative arrangements are set out below.
Summer Walks series: Several societies and friends groups provide the walks, with shared publicity organised by the Lambeth Local History Forum. A printed list of walks will be available at Lambeth libraries or from the amenity societies listed below by April.
Proposals for two three-day festivals in Brockwell Park this year with up to 40,000 people a day, with protracted set-up and build down times have generated an unprecedented wave of protest from local communities and park groups.
Field Day and LoveBox have both submitted plans for three day ticketed festivals in the park, Field Day in early June, LoveBox in July and back-to-back with the Lambeth Country Show. This would add up to eight major event days in the park at a time when the park is at its busiest and families who do not go away during the summer holidays need it most.