IT’S OUR TOTTENHAM – Creating our own Community Plans for local sites, facilities and neighbourhoods, and for Tottenham as a whole.

Saturday 1st February 11am – 4pm

at Tottenham Chances, 399 Tottenham High Road, N17 6QN

Tottenham is a great place with a rich social and architectural history, made up of vibrant, diverse and talented communities. We want to ensure this continues!

We must challenge policies and practices that do not benefit the people of Tottenham. The Council, backed by property developers and big business, are promoting their ‘Plan for Tottenham’ – mainly large-scale, profit-driven development, increased rents, more unaffordable housing, and the loss of some independent local shops and community facilities. Its not all bad but, unless challenged, this will seriously affect our lives and our communities, and rising rents will force many local people out of the area.

Together we are very powerful and can make our own plans. How do we do this? Thousands of Tottenham residents have campaigned and worked hard for years to improve their local areas and facilities. The conference will showcase and learn from some of the many inspirational examples of community-led regeneration of estates, parks, local facilities, and neighbourhoods.

In every neighbourhood throughout Tottenham we should support or create new community groups and campaigns which take action to: Defend community facilities and services; Stand up for decent & affordable housing for all; Support small businesses; Promote quality design and respect for heritage; Improve the street environment and green spaces; Support youth voices, services and facilities; Empower local communities.

COME AND JOIN IN THE CONFERENCE!

• HEAR about inspirational and successful examples of community-led regeneration around Tottenham and London
• DISCUSS what people can do in local neighbourhoods to develop their own community plans to improve their areas – and Tottenham as a whole

AGENDA

11.00am   Registration. Then general introduction and background.
11.45am   Successful Community Plans: Some inspiring examples from around Tottenham and London
12.30pm   Workshops: What could be done throughout Tottenham?
1.30pm     Workshops: How can local people create our own plans? The principles, practicalities, tactics and strategies
2.30pm     Report-backs and proposals from the workshops
2.50pm     Moving forward together: How do we start to develop an alternative Community Plan for Tottenham as a whole?

ORGANISE IT TOGETHER

We invite reps and members of Tottenham’s community groups to come and help plan the conference together.
Open meetings every Wednesday, 7.30pm – for details contact: ourtottenham@gmail.com

AFFILIATE TO THE NETWORK

The Our Tottenham network includes: Bull Lane Playing Fields Campaign / Weir Hall Action Group, Chestnuts Community Centre, Clyde Area Residents Association, Day-Mer, Defend Haringey Health Services, Find Your Voice, Friends of Lordship Rec, Growing-In-Haringey network, Haringey Alliance for Public Services, Haringey Defend Council Housing, Haringey Federation of Residents Associations, Haringey Friends of Parks Forum, Haringey Green Party, Haringey Housing Action Group, Haringey Needs St Ann’s Hospital, Haringey Private Tenants Action Group, Haringey Solidarity Group, Haringey Trades Union Council, Living Under One Sun, Lord Morrison Hall / Afro International, North London Community House, Peoples World Carnival Band, Selby Centre, The Banc, Tottenham and Wood Green Friends of the Earth, Tottenham Chances, Tottenham Civic Society, Tottenham Community Choir, Tottenham Community Sports Centre, Tottenham Concerned Residents Committee, Tottenham Rights, Tower Gardens Residents Group, University and College Union at CONEL, Wards Corner Community Coalition, 1000 Mothers’ March Organising Group

CONTACTS

Information: www.ourtottenham.org.uk
Twitter: @Our_Tottenham
Updates: Send a blank email to ourtottenham_news-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
Contact the Our Tottenham Organising Group: ourtottenham@gmail.com
Conference Flyer: http://ourtottenham.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/our-tottenham-feb-1st-20143.pdf

OUR Voices • OUR Neighbourhoods • OUR Communities