Tuesday 8th April 2014
Housing Working Group
7pm at 410 Kitabevi Bookhouse Cafe, 410 High Road
Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Community Planning Working Group
6.30pm at Kitabevi Bookhouse Cafe, 410 High Road
Thursday 24th April 2014
General Coordination Meeting
7pm at Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road
Tuesday 29th April 2014
Planning Policy Working Group
6.30pm at Kitabevi Bookhouse Cafe, 410 High Road
As logged on the Council’s planning page: http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=272550
The Our Tottenham network, involving 40 local organisations, fully supports the Wards Corner Community Coalition and its constructive and inspirational plans for the renewal and refurbishment of the historic and iconic Wards Corner, the vibrant and unique indoor Seven Sisters market, and the neighbouring area.
The implementation of the plan will ensure an end to the many years of neglect of the site, and an end to fears of evictions, demolition, displacement and loss.
It will excite those living, working or visiting the area, and inspire people throughout Tottenham, Haringey, London and beyond.
The Wards Corner Community Coalition should be applauded for their love of the site and area, for their care over their plans, for their engagement and involvement of those at the site and of the local communities, and for their determination to protect and improve it for the benefit of the people of Tottenham.
On Saturday 1st February the Our Tottenham Community Planning Conference was attended by over 95 people representing 42 local community groups & organisations, residents associations, traders groups, education institutions and London wide networks.
The conference, organised by local residents, brought this diverse range of groups together to discuss the creation of community plans in Tottenham and to share skills and knowledge.
Many success stories from around the borough were shared, including the restoration of Lordship Recreation Ground, the 30 year campaign to retain the green space at Bull Lane Playing Field, and the continuing struggle to implement a community-led plan at Wards Corner.
Breakout sessions discussed issues facing local groups including the on-going consultation on Haringey Council’s Area Action Plan, using the powers in the Localism Act to benefit the community, getting access to funding and developing relationships with the Council. Continue reading
Around 100 people from all corners of the community gathered to discuss their own grass-roots vision for the future of Tottenham on Saturday.
The Our Tottenham group’s community planning conference saw more than 95 people attend from 42 local community groups and organisations, residents’ associations, traders’ groups, education institutions and London-wide networks.
The group hopes to create its own plans for Tottenham’s development in response to the multi-million-pound schemes being drawn up by Tottenham Hotspur, Haringey Council, Transport for London, private developers and other interest groups under the banner Plan For Tottenham.
Workshops took place to discuss ideas and share skills and knowledge, leading to a final discussion to shape a vision of a community plan. Working groups were also set up develop ideas further, including those focusing on planning policy and the local economy.
Developing relations with Haringey Council, sourcing funding and using powers under the Localism Act were also hot topics.
“The sheer number of people and groups in attendance here today is yet another sign that people in Tottenham are tired of the council’s top-down approach to regeneration,” said an Our Tottenham spokesman. “The council’s Plan For Tottenham does not represent what local people need or want, and it is through the creation of community plans that we will show the council that they must change their approach.” Continue reading
2:00pm Sunday 2nd February 2014 http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/news/10981364.A_road_map_for_a_new_Tottenham/?ref=var_0
There was standing room only as people of all ages and races gathered to discuss their ideas for the future face of their community.
Around 100 people packed Tottenham Chances in Tottenham High Road yesterday for the ‘One Tottenham’ conference.
The full day event, organised by residents, was designed to allow members of the community to draw up an alternative to the “large-scale, profit-driven development” championed by Haringey Borough Council.
They seek to recreate a regeneration plan that includes community facilities, housing, support for small businesses and developing local community plans from a street to neighbourhood level.
Under banners proclaiming ‘Homes for People not Profit’ and ‘Street markets not Property Markets’ members of groups from inside and outside Haringey, from Kings Cross and Carpenters Estate to Wards Corner and Lordship Rec shared their ideas.
Sara Hall, who is part of the campaign to prevent the independent shops of Wards Corner being replaced by supermarkets, described how traders and residents worked to draw up their own plans for 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
Our Tottenham will host the event at Tottenham Chances, in High Road, Tottenham, on Saturday, February 1.
The conference has been organised by residents to bring together a wide range of community groups and organisations from across area.
Campaigners will focus on sharing experiences, skills and knowledge about creating community plans and will begin working towards a community plan for Tottenham.
In a statement, the group said: “Tottenham has so many successful groups already active in the area and the conference aims to harness this energy and enthusiasm to focus on developing viable community plans that serve to meet the needs of the people who live and work locally.”
The group’s charter calls for defence of community facilities, housing, support for small businesses and developing local community plans from a street to neighbourhood level.
The meeting will run from 11am to 4pm.
A conference organised by and for local residents…
11am – 4pm, at Tottenham Chances 399 Tottenham High Road, N17 6QN Please register now so that we can make adequate provisions for the numbers attending:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-tottenham-community-planning-conference-tickets-10104860911
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 Continue reading
Thursday 9th Jan 2014, 7pm at the Pueblito Paisa cafe at Wards Corner
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES:
Support our local, independent, family shops and enterprises
– Build stronger alliances between residents and traders, and between residents’ groups and the Tottenham Traders Partnership
– Lobby and champion for the needs of small businesses
– Do an audit of local small businesses, their goods and services, and their issues
A conference organised by and for local residents…
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. Continue reading
