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Waltham Forest Echo #18, September 2016 Your independent community newspaper September 2016 WALTHAM No. 18, Free www.walthamforestecho.co.uk facebook.com/WalthamForestEcho T @WFEcho FOREST ECHO E [email protected] Interview Feature Feature Event Column How the Waltham Forest As the Night Tube launches, How one local organisation A sewing and stitching In a new sports column, Citizen of the Year gave up the find out about those working is tackling borough-wide social enterprise celebrates Bobbie Makoni meets high life for his community in the small hours litter and fly-tipping its fifth anniversary Waltham Forest Gators P . 5 P . 7 P . 11 P . 12 P . 14 Schools expand but more space still needed As a new school year starts, Russell Hargrave looks at the challenges ahead for local education provision Advertisement s children return to declined to confirm how wide- their classrooms after spread this may be. the summer holiday, And this burden will not have local schools face the same impact on every part of Agrowing pressure to guarantee Waltham Forest. Primary schools Our credit union... enough room for pupils in the to the north of the borough in years ahead. Chingford are predicted to face The population of Waltham 'significant pressure' for space, Forest is expected to grow by while the council expects prima- another 18,000 people over the ries in both Leyton and Waltham- next five years and the council stow to have unfilled places. has claimed that meeting the ad- Some worried parents have ditional demand for school places drawn attention to 'black spots' is "very much high" on its agenda. where there are relatively few Waltham Forest Council's off- primary schools to accommodate icial projections up to 2020 con- new pupils, including Waltham- Local loans, savings firm that plans are in place to help stow Village and Bakers Arms schools cope with rising demand, on the boundary with Leyton. and banking especially for the next two years. Where some schools have recent- But they also show the scale of ly expanded to guarantee more the challenge, with greater pres- space, such as Walthamstow's sure on classroom space likely Mission Grove Primary School, to be spread unevenly across the they have ended up on two sep- borough's schools. arate sites. Documents produced by the One local mum, Alison Griffin, council's education scrutiny told the Echo that the picture committee reveal the extent to is further complicated by the which schools have already been impact of newly-established free squeezed. The number of primary schools and academies, which are school age children in Waltham run outside of local authority Forest increased by 23 percent control and can make planning between 2007 and 2015, while the for space even harder. number of secondary school age Her sons, aged eight and ten, children grew by nine percent. attend a local authority con- The same report shows that trolled school close to home. "I'm 61 so-called 'bulge classes' were lucky that I live somewhere where added to secondary schools over there are available state schools This will not affect new school much they can do." Advertisement this period, a system under which on the doorstep," she said. "But buildings but is likely to hit other Asked about future planning schools agree to accommodate this is a privileged position." education services. on school capacity, a Waltham an extra 30 pupils in a given year A further factor is the antici- In Alison's view: "My impres- Forest Council spokesperson told to ease pressure on admissions pated cuts to the council's edu- sion is that [the council] is doing the Echo: "We recognise that a elsewhere. cation budget, estimated by the the best it can to expand schools growing population means more See a selection of our Similar measures are anticipat- local National Union of Teach- and make sure that there is as school places are needed in the properties inside! ed at some primary schools after ers branch at 10.8 percent in real much state school provision avail- p. 8–9 and 15–16 2018/19, although the council has terms over the next four years. able as possible. There's only so continued on page 3 2 No. 18 SEPTEMBER 2016 WALTHAM FOREST ECHO COMMENT Why I voted 'leave' A Chingford resident explains why Brexit can be positive for Waltham Forest FELLOWSHIP IS LIFE ignores the reality that only nine to exacerbate any insecurity felt by Alka Sehgal Cuthbert SEPTEMBER 2016 – No. 18 of the 72 post-Brexit incidents re- by some, such as the August ar- There is a ported to the Institute for Race ticle's Dutch interviewee, while Waltham Forest Echo is an “ independent community newspaper. read the Echo's front page Relations involved a physical att- also exacerbating a climate of danger in over- We publish monthly and distribute article last month, Support ack of any kind. It also ignores political orthodoxy where many, 20,000 free copies of each issue emphasising to libraries, cafes, pubs, and other for International Commu- the findings of the British Social who have questions and criticisms places around Waltham Forest. nity, with some interest. Attitudes Survey, based on over about immigration and the EU, the negative I On the one hand it is nice to 3,000 in-depth interviews, that feel unable to speak openly for Publisher know that there is support for shows a steady decline in racial fear of being regarded as racists consequences David Floyd European Union (EU) citizens prejudice since the late 1980s. when they are not. Arguably, this of Brexit Editor already working in Britain to Holding a Stand Up to Racism conformist cultural climate can James Cracknell have their positions secured. My rally in Walthamstow, an area only contribute to the appeal of ” dad was a first-generation Indian where there has not been any the likes of UKIP. Art Direction immigrant who loved living in reported increase in racist inci- Waltham Forest may have vot- ferred to talk with committees Jonathan Duncan Highams Park (and Britain gener- dents, is likely to have two unin- ed to remain, but it is part of a based in Brussels, who share a Project Manager ally during the 1960s and 1970s). tended consequences. larger entity that clearly voted to view of politics as technocratic Anna Merryfield However, I am concerned that Firstly, it reinforces a rather leave. I voted to leave because, expertise rather than democrat- there is a danger in over-empha- ugly interpretation of the refer- like many others, I think deci- ic contestation. Contributors sising the negative consequenc- endum result which implies that sions about arrangements that Russell Hargrave es of Brexit, be they econom- those who voted to leave the EU affect people who live in Britain Alka Sehgal Cuthbert Daniela Muenzel ic doom or greater intolerance. are assumed to be either outright should be made in Britain. Poli- A meeting to discuss Brexit David Gardiner Reports of both have been great- racist, or too fearful or political- ticians should have to put argu- is being held on Friday 30th Adjoa Wiredu ly exaggerated. ly illiterate to avoid being swayed ments, which include the values September at 6:30pm in the Melanie Strickland To claim a rise in race hate by the likes of the UK Indepen- that underpin their interpreta- James Phillips County Arms, 420 Hale End Road, Catherine West crimes has been reported, as if dence Party (UKIP). tions of facts, to the public. Highams Park E4 9NW Debra Oakaby it were an incontrovertible fact, Secondly, such a rally is likely For too long most have pre- Bobbie Makoni Members Chris Lemin Darrel Hunneybell David Gardiner David Hamilton The Olympics have left Dexter Coles Gen Ford Jean Duggleby Manual Arroyo-Kalin their mark on the borough Melanie Strickland Michael Grimshaw Sarah Jones An introduction from James Cracknell, editor of Waltham Forest Echo The member organisations of WFWellComm CIC are: ello and welcome to sters from east London comes London 2012's local impact, in- Community Transport Waltham Forest, Social Spider CIC, HEET. issue 18 of Waltham four years after the Olympic cluding a huge rise in house prices. Forest Echo. At the Games were held, at least partly, With the number of homeown- WFWellComm CIC time of writing the in this borough. Looking around ers in the borough fast declining, Management Board: HRio 2016 Olympic Games have Waltham Forest today there are and now below 50 percent, house David Floyd (Social Spider CIC) just finished, with the British several noticable differences to price rises have a negative effect Tom Ruxton (HEET) team bringing home yet another how the area looked prior to on local people overall. I know Helen Tredoux (Community Transport WF) incredible haul of medals. London 2012. this only too well having lived As a lifelong sports fan, it is In Leyton, following controver- in Leyton prior to the Olympic easy for me to become engrossed sy over the temporary closure of Games, when I was forced to le- in the epic sporting contests green spaces during the Games ave the area because my landlord that the Olympics always bring. themselves, there is now a series decided to hike our rent by 20 But even if sport is not usually of fantastic new sports facilities percent. According to the latest Waltham Forest Echo your thing, I hope you can ap- paid for with Olympic money. housing data, Waltham Forest's Post: The Mill, 7 - 11 Coppermill Lane, preciate and share in the success The borough received nearly average property price has risen Walthamstow, London E17 7HA of two local athletes who won £80million from various public the fastest of any borough since Email: [email protected] medals at Rio 2016, as well as bodies, half of which was spent London 2012; you can read more Phone: 0208 521 7956 a former student of Sir George on building Lee Valley Hockey about this on Page 4.
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