news Tottenham Issue 1 June 2013 Active! Keeping you up-to-date with news and opportunities in your community every month

Towpath open

A refreshed towpath along the River in Tottenham is now open to walkers and cyclists. The 1.1km stretch of towpath, between Tottenham Lock at Ferry Lane and in Northumberland Park, has been rebuilt to encourage more local people and visitors to make use of the riverside and the 639 Lee Valley Regional Park. The 639 Enterprise Centre is now open if you need help starting your own business or finding work and training. Business mentors and advisors at the building can help entrepreneurs here you sign up for qualifications and training courses, as is outstanding, and I hope well as develop the skills you need to find jobs. that the guidance from dedicated advisors at 639 will also help our young people find the If you’ve got a business idea, you could get help writing jobs, work experience and training they need to secure a business plan, applying for funding, and making your lasting employment.” company a success. A community space next-door to the building – called The centre also has office space and hot-desk IT Tottenham’s Living Room – is also available for hire if facilities that you can use, and is already beginning to you are involved in a charity or community group. fill up with ambitious start-up businesses. Haringey Council worked with the Greater London Authority and charity London Youth Support Trust to i turn the building – damaged in the 2011 riots – into a For more information, pop into 639 Tottenham centre that would really help the community. High Road, call 020 8619 1070 or visit www.639centre.com Haringey Council Leader Claire Kober said: “The space and practical support for start-up businesses and

www.haringey.gov.uk Tottenham news Summer events

A programme of cultural, leisure and sporting events will take place in Tottenham this summer, High Road West with lots of opportunities to get involved.

We’ll also be announcing activities being organised by the Tottenham Traders Partnership to celebrate Independent Retailers Month.

Look out for the July issue of Tottenham News for more information.

Haringey Council wants to hear secure council tenants on the Tottenham what you think about proposals Love Lane Estate. to create a new buzzing public If you live or run a business space linking the new Spurs in the area, you should have stadium to a revamped White Active! received a newsletter inviting Hart Lane Station. you to drop-in events. You can Would you like to get involved in The green space could be find out more information by free and low-cost sports classes or surrounded with new homes, viewing the consultation booklet become a sports coach? businesses, and leisure facilities online or picking one up from From July you can get fit with free and like a cinema or bowling alley – the Coombes Croft library. low-cost classes and events taking making it a real meeting point for Fill in your feedback form or place in Tottenham leisure centres and the community. visit www.haringey.gov.uk/ parks, including Lordship Rec, as part highroadwest before June 21 of Tottenham Active. The council is consulting 2013. on three different options. If you’ve never tried exercise before, The most ambitious i or want to try a whole new sport, now For more information contact is your chance to get involved. There option could create 600 Sarah Lovell on 020 8489 2025 will also be opportunities to become a jobs, space for start-up [email protected] mentor to others in the community, to businesses and lots of help people get fitter and healthier. new green space – as or Chantelle Barker on 020 8489 8434 well as providing new, [email protected] i modern homes to all Look out for what’s happening near you from July, visit www.haringey.gov.uk/tottenhamactive Crossrail 2 email us at [email protected] Consultation on a second Crossrail or call 020 8489 5712 route has begun. Two options are being considered, and Haringey Council is supporting the ‘regional’ route proposal that could mean new stations About Tottenham News at Alexandra Palace, Seven Sisters, Turnpike Lane and This is the first edition of Tottenham News, the new . monthly newsletter from Haringey Council to keep you This would be a massive boost for the local area, creating the updated about what’s happening in your community, potential for hundreds of new job opportunities and much shorter including new opportunities and facilities. Tottenham journey times to central London and beyond. For example, the News will tell you about important changes and ways journey time between Tottenham Hale and Tottenham Court you can get involved in the regeneration of Tottenham. Road, in central London, could be cut from 27 minutes to only 16 minutes. i The consultation runs until August 2. Please go to To get in touch contact 020 8489 2997 www.crossrail2.co.uk to have your say and or email [email protected] take part in this important consultation.