New Shelter Surgery at Bermondsey
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TAKEnote Bermondsey Community Council Notes from the meeting held on Wednesday September 16 2009 Issue no. 31 At the Shortwave Cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square, London, SE1 3UN www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCommunity Your next Bermondsey community council meeting New Shelter surgery at is on Wednesday October 21 2009 from 7pm at the Harris Bermondsey CAB Academy, 55 Southwark Park Road, SE16 3TZ Justine Wharton, Housing Advisor at Shelter, informed the meeting about the new Shelter Surgery which is taking place at the Bermondsey Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), The meeting will have every Friday from 1pm - 4pm. Each week, there are four 45 minute appointments slots. a crime and community Shelter can offer advice on: tenancy problems, mortgage problems, rent arrears/ safety theme. problems, rent or mortgage possession, homelessness and housing options. The surgery offers confidential and impartial verbal advice, followed by a written confirmation of the advice. If necessary, ongoing casework can be agreed between the advisor and client. Items discussed included Anybody who lives in Southwark and is in need of housing advice can use the service, • New Shelter surgery at except landlords and residents who have a solicitor already. You do not need to be Bermondsey CAB entitled to legal aid to use the surgery or the helpline. Appointments at the Bermondsey CAB surgery can be booked two weeks in advance • Future of Bermondsey by calling the Administrator (Imogen) on 0344 515 2222. You will have to give your full More detailed follow-up contact details (name/tel no) and the basic details of your housing issue. Please note about issues raised at this that Shelter cannot advise residents who already have a solicitor dealing with their housing problem. Community Council will be available at next meeting. You may also want to call Shelter’s National Helpline on 0808 800 4444 (8am until 8pm and until 5pm weekends) or the London Public Advice Line on 0344 515 1540. Future of Bermondsey During the break residents gave feedback about why they I would improve the area by....... loved Bermondsey and about the improvements they would • keeping all our green parks and open spaces up to Grade F Green like to see made to the area. Here is some of what they said: Flag standards, and by bringing back park wardens in our major parks • putting in more street lighting and more lights on estates I love Bermondsey, because .... • cutting or preventing the vehicle rat running around Bermondsey • of the friendly people who help each other Wall East, Cherry Garden Street and Pottery Street; and so improving • of the river, the trees and the people the safety of pedestrians • I was born in Abbey Street in 1936 and have lived with the • emptying all dog poo bins in streets and parks more frequently best people who are neighbourly and helpful. I feel lucky • improving the Thames pathway between Fountain Green Square to live in Bermondsey and have never considered moving and Cherry Garden pier. The area is neglected and under utilised. It away from the area. should be a show piece area, given its unique position by the River. • of the excitement of new buildings and parks. It feels like • putting in more parking meters or ‘pay and park’ in ‘residents only’ the area has reinvented itself. bays • we went to our most memorable party down Bermondsey • increasing the level of visible policing Street. • putting in more disabled parking bays around all the streets and • it is being improved beyond recognition and it is an roads in Bermondsey exciting place to live. It is a unique location which deserves • having public facilities like toilets stalls to face the shops in the Blue better recognition. • improving public transport TAKEnote St James Churchyard Future of • First phase completed in July 2009; second phase, funded by S106 money, due to start later this year • Will include mosaics, new seating, refurbished paths and an ecology garden including a wet habitat area Bermondsey St James Square and Eyot Heights Cllr Nick Stanton gave an overview of recent and future • Due to be completed in November 2009 regeneration activity in the Bermondsey Community Council • The scheme will provide a total of 335 new homes over 50% area by presenting some of the major projects delivered in of which are affordable; and will include a new health facility the three wards: operated by the Primary Care Trust. Spa Road Shops Riverside • First phase due to start in late 2009; to be completed in 2011. Potters Fields Park: • The second phase to run from 2011 and to be complete by • located on the south bank of the River Thames between City 2013. Hall and Tower Bridge Bermondsey Spa Gardens • Reopened in April 2007 after a £3m refurbishment • Bermondsey Spa was refurbished in 2006; now has new The Shard landscaping, a children’s play area and a multi-use games area. • construction commenced in March 2009 • Winner of the coveted Green Flag Award in 2007 awarded for • due to be completed by May 2012 in time for London 2012 the best green spaces The Unicorn Theatre Artesian Building • UK’s flagship theatre for young people, located on the South • First major development to be completed in Bermondsey Spa; Bank overlooks Spa Gardens and provides 73 residential units and a • state-of-the-art building, designer was assisted by young people new health facility including a GP surgery from Tower Bridge Primary School Jamaica Road Piazza • The council invested in improving the square outside the entrance of Bermondsey tube station • Both natural and artificial lighting create a ‘curtain of light’ which has improved the area for pedestrians, increasing safety and promoting a ‘cafe culture’ in an area that was dark and gloomy at night. South Bermondsey The City of London Academy • Opened in 2005, it plays a key role in strengthening secondary education standards. Chambers Wharf • has helped the South Bermondsey Partnership in regenerating • New residential development, planned to be one of the the local neighbourhood. greenest new developments by the Thames with the creation of Paterson Park a public garden • Re-furbished in 2006, it was awarded a Green Flag in 2009. • Will open up the riverside for the first time in many years • The park was designed with local people including an art • Six new buildings containing 596 new homes, 189 of which will project by young people from the Longfield Estate. be affordable. The Blue Bermondsey Spa Regeneration Spa • A comprehensive consultation and business survey is already underway to improve the retail environment on the Blue. Salmon Youth Centre • Close on £1million has been allocated and the works will be • First phase completed in 2007; second phase due for completion completed by March 2011. later this year • The centre currently provides activities for 600 young people For more information – please contact Rebecca Durojaiye, each week. Tel: 020 7525 1768 or email: [email protected]. Your next Bermondsey community council meeting is on www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCommunity Wednesday October 21 2009 from 7pm at the Harris Academy, 55 Southwark Park Road, SE16 3TZ The meeting will have a crime and community safety theme. Everyone welcome! Come and have your say and meet councillors and officers for your area TakeNote and agendas available in other languages, Braille, tape or large print. Call 020 7525 7187 to order..