AGM - Minutes

Apologies for the delayed posting of our AGM minutes - but here they are. Letters have also gone out across the neighbourhood - so please feel free to get involved and send us your email address for updates:

Leswin Area Residents Association (LARA)
MINUTES

AGM
St Paul’s Hall, Amhurst Road, N16
7pm, September 2011


Present Jim Westwood (Chair), Guada Marengo (Treasurer), Fiona Fieber (Secretary), Andrea Jung, Anne Towndrow, Maureen Diffley, Helen Rawlinson, Jamie Elliott, Gavin Smith, Niall Weir
Apologies Chris Dennis


Election of Officers

Chair Andrea Jung
Secretary Fiona Fieber
Treasurer Guada Marengo

Heartfelt thanks were expressed to the out going chair, Jim Westwood, for all his hard work in setting up and leading LARA since 2009.
Congratulations to the newly elected Chair, Andrea.
Gavin Smith joined the committee as a member.


Agenda

Big Lunch
Fiona reported LARA’s second Big Lunch on Sunday 5th June 2011 had been a great success. Individual contributions had covered the costs. Agreed LARA will create some events to fundraise.
Big Lunch 2012 is on Sunday 3rd June.

20 mile an hour zone
Consultation – recommend keep on putting views to LBH re the consultation.
LBH Cycling Officer has acknowledged LARA’s views and comments.
The traffic lights at the Evering/Rectory junction are problematic, especially for children.
Suggested LARA teams up with Friends of Benthal School.
Involve Cllr Louisa Thomson.

Sainsburys
No news yet regarding planning permission.
Jamie outlined some of the issues and controversies re the process.
Proposal: LARA takes a position against the proposed development for Sainsburys on Wilmer Place.
Tell Stokey Local - Jamie

West Hackney Rec
Niall said Stage One of the application to Heritage Lottery Fund has gone through and provided some funding to support a consultation and development period.

AOB
Gary reported a spate of late night muggings around the Brooke/Bayston Road area.
Call for greater neighbour awareness and engagement.
Contact the Safer Neighbourhood Police Team.
Anne said she would take it to the next CAP meeting.





If you wish to add any comments or want to raise any issues within the LARA area, please write below - thank you!

Latest Newsletter delivered through your door.

Hopefully LARA residents received a letter through their door this weekend.

We are requesting residents to submit an email address or adresses for each household. We can then put you on our mailing list. We intend to send monthly updates on developments in the area, highlight points raised by other residents and publish any events happening in the local area.

You can play as little or as large a role as you like. We know and understand that everyone has busy lives, but we feel it is important for residents to at least know what is going on in the local area and this is where the monthly email update comes in. Please get in touch!

If you have not received the newsletter it reads as follows:

Dear Neighbour,

My name is Andrea and I am the new chairperson of LARA (Leswin Area Residents Association). The key aims of LARA are to foster a community spirit among the neighbours, to help make improvements to the area, to tackle traffic problems, planning issues and other local concerns. You may have come along to the ‘Big Lunch’ we organize each summer?

We want every resident in our neighborhood to know what we are doing to help improve the community we all live in. And we are keen that everyone who wants to, can get involved with LARA as much or as little as they wish.

To do this we really would like you to provide us with an email address so we can then update you monthly with current campaigns and events happening in the local area.

Also we would like you to get in contact with us if you need any local information, local business contacts or if you would like to voice concerns on any neighborhood issues.

Please reply to us via email to the following address. In the title just state LARA contact email. Please send email to lara.n16@googlemail.com Please note: your email will not be passed on to any third party.

If you are a local business and want to pass information on to us that could be a benefit to others in the neighborhood please do so.

Also if you would like to get involved with LARA and help build our community please let us know.We are working together as a committee (see below for members’ details) and would like more residents to get involved on the committee. We want to hear your views and we need your participation to help LARA succeed.

Apple Day, Shopping and Bread Making!

Local things to do this weekend:

Celebrate Apple Day at Stoke Newington Farmers' Market with apple bobbing, food film show, display of rare fruit varieties, bee experts and more.
Kids Welcome
10am - 2:30pm
Stoke Newington Farmers Market
St Paul's Church,
Stoke Newington High St,
N16 7UY
and yey...the market is here to stay!
Website

A new little shop has opened up just opposite on Evering Road - Committee of Taste.
Some great vintage finds and local top designers!
Website

And this sounds like fun.....
BREAD HEAD is a two day participatory bread making workshop / performance.
Sat 15th 12. 00 - 6. 00 and sun 16th 12. 00 - 8. 00pm.
Sat 15-Oct to Sun 16-Oct
Kids Welcome

Campbell Works
27 Belfast Road,
N16 6UN
020 8806 0817
Website

On Sunday Belfast Road will also be having their annual Street Sale, which is always a lively event!
Sunday 16th 1pm - 6pm

More events to be found here: LiveAtYourLocal.org.uk

Anything else going on in the area you'd like to shout about?  Just leave a comment below!
Enjoy your weekend!