Thursday 26 November, from 7pm @ The Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, E8 1JH

Richard Docwra, Green Drinks supporter, wanted you to know about a new 44-page booklet just published on how to have a better Xmas – ‘one with less stress, debt and waste, and with more of the things that really matter to us about the festive period, including people, fun, relaxation, generosity, compassion and the opportunity to reflect’. It’s free to download from www.lifesquared.org.uk until Xmas. Haven’t read it myself but it’s coming up to that time of year so I thought it might appeal to someone.

Future Hackney Green Drinks dates are 28 January, 25 March, 27 May, 29 July & 30 September 2010 - the last Thursday of every other (odd) month.

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HACKNEY GREEN DRINKS

From 7pm on the last Thursday of every odd month, at  

The Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1JH

 It’s a friendly pub with food and a good selection of real ales from British microbreweries.

Phone 020 8986 8597 - http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/

Announcing: the first VCJ training workshop

Saturday 28th November - 10am - 6pm
Space Studios, Hackney, London - http://www.spacestudios.org.uk
Cost: Donation for the opening of the space

Places are limited - to apply, fill in the application form http://visionon.tv/training/application

Video Training for Social Change

Video Citizen Journalist Training in 2009-2010

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Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:52 PM
Subject: photomonth youth photography award


PHOTOMONTH YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD



Please find attached information about the Photomonth Youth Photography Award.



This is a great opportunity for young people between the ages of 11 and 19
years.



To find out more visit www.photomonth.org





alternative arts
Top Studio
Montefiore Centre
Hanbury Street
E1 5HZ

tel:  020 7375 0441
fax: 020 7375 0484

www.alternativearts.co.uk

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Subject: [WiLT] London's Health Inequalities Strategy Consultationquestionnaire



London's Health Inequalities Strategy Consultation questionnaire

This is the very first Health Inequality Strategy to be published for public
consultation by the London Mayor. It seeks to address the health inequalities
which prevent many Londoners from enjoying their life to the full and making the
most of what London has to offer.

The Mayor's vision is to diminish the health inequalities in the Capital by
identifying the priorities for reducing them alongside defining the roles of key
partners that can help with the strategy's implementation.

We would be grateful if you could take the time to tell us what you think about
the Mayor's proposed measures to tackle health inequalities.  We encourage you
to read the full version or the executive summary of the Health Inequalities
Strategy before completing this survey.

Many thanks,
Health Inequalities Team

To complete on line go to
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/questionnaire/health-inequalities-strategy/index.\
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See below and attached information for an upcoming film screening organised by East Bank West Bank Nature Resrve Group.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lorraine Tillett [ mailto:lorraine.tillett@...]
Sent: 15 October 2009 19:19

Subject: Invitation

Please join us for the attached event. In case you're not sure where the venue is, click here http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/Naturereserves/EastReservoirStokeNewington/WelcometoEastReservoirCommunityGarden/VisitEastReservoir/tabid/494/Default.aspx
It would be good if you can let us know if you can come along, so we have some idea of numbers.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there.
 EBWBNR group.

Hi all,
 
Please read the email from Diane Abbot below.
 
Her response is a direct result of the campaign we have been waging over the past few months.
 
Can all of you who are constituents of Diane Abbot please click on the link at the end of her message to give your response?
 
Can you circulate it further to any other people you know who are constituents and opposed to the sell-off of the GP-led health centres?
 
Bronwen

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    Choice in the NHS

    As the debate over healthcare rages in the US, here in the UK
    the NHS is undergoing major changes – many of themm looking
    worryingly like privatisation. There is a presumption from both
    the Labour Party and the Conservative Party that more “choice”
    gives patients a better service. As such the Government has
    introduced Alternative Providers of Medical Services (APMS),
    which allows Primary Care Trusts to contract out the services
    they provide to a variety of health care providers –“ including
    private companies. Another change is allowing patients to
    choose which GP they see instead of the current system where
    you must attend the surgery nearest your home.

    I am in no doubt that the NHS has been vastly improved over the
    last 12 years. I had my son in the Homerton Hospital in 1991.
    The doctors and nurses were lovely, but there was no doubt they
    were under pressure. Under a Labour government the buildings
    and the facilities at the Homerton have been improved out of
    all recognition. And it has an excellent record on issues like
    MRSA.  Nationally we now have 89,000 more nurses, 44,000 more
    doctors and 100 new hospitals. But I am deeply concerned by the
    current trend towards allowing private companies to make a
    profit from providing health services. Profit-making companies
    may well find ways to perform a service more cheaply but the
    money saved does not get pumped back into the NHS to further
    improve services. Instead it goes straight into the pockets of
    the shareholders. And it is important to ask how private
    companies do things for less money. Very often it involves
    cutting corners – with staff wages and pensions, witth
    substandard practice buildings or with the standard and variety
    of services.

    Currently two big healthcare centres are planned for Hackney
    (the new polyclinic health centres) but there is a chance they
    will be contracted out to private companies. I have written to
    the Department of Health explaining my concerns over these
    plans and will be meeting with the Hackney and City Primary
    Care Trust. In the meantime I would welcome constituents’ views
    on the matter. I have already received a number of letters
    against the plans to allow private companies to run the new
    healthcare centres, but does anyone think otherwise? The
    argument for using private companies says that introducing
    competition improves efficiency, does anyone agree?

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A group of members from London have organised a fundraising event for Keep Our NHS Public which is on Sunday 18 October at the New Players Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NG.
 
They need help with various activities on the day.
 
Can you contact Frances Hook on 020 8853 2567 or Shirley Murgraff on 07910 130 788 or 020 7249 5192 if you can help on the day?
 
Help is needed from 2 pm.
 
See leaflet attached about the benefit.
 
Even if you can't turn up early on the day to help, do come at 4 pm to see the show.
 
Bronwen Handyside

Extended Deadline for
Hackney Council Consultation
on Ridley Road Market

Saturday 10 October 10am – 4pm
Market Stall, Ridley Road Market
Information Event

Hackney Council have extended the deadline for public responses to their proposals for upgrading the environment on Ridley Road Market, until Friday 16 October 2009. They have allocated Ł1million to the improvements, which they plan to implement in the summer of 2010. A number of design options, including plans for a new market pitch lay-out, have now been developed for consultation with the public.

You will be able to to discuss the design ideas with Council staff at a stall on the Market on Saturday 10 October.

Printed copies of the design options for the Market Improvement Scheme are on display at the CLR James Library at 24-30 Dalston Lane and can also be viewed and commented on at http://www.hackney.gov.uk/text/ridleyroad.htm

For further information on the Ridley Road Improvement Scheme contact Ruth Davies at Ruth.Davies@...  or 020 8356 7741

Please feel free to forward a copy of your comments on the Council's proposals to info@...

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Hi all,

Profuse apologies for this - I sent you a version of the leaflet for the 14 October lobby of the Health Scrutiny Committee with the wrong day on it.

The lobby is on WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER.

I have now deleted all the wrong versions of the leaflet.

Please use the one attached to this email. Apologies if you have already sent the other one around - but at least this is a good way of reminding people when the date is.

Bronwen

Subject: Some positive news from Camden health campaigners

Date: Saturday, 26 September, 2009, 1:01 PM

Some positive news from Camden health campaigners

1. Tonight's meeting of Camden's Health Scrutiny Committee agreed to refer the issue of the lack of consultation over the proposed GP Led Health Centre in Euston to the Department of Health. The Scrutiny Committee will ask why NHS Camden say they do not have to consult because they are being directed to set up a new clinic by the DoH.

On the other hand then Minister of Health Ben Bradshaw wrote to the committee in March saying:  “We have made it clear that these developments (GP led health centres) will take place only where it is ascertained after local consultation with the public and with GPs and other healthcare professionals that they will improve patient care for local communities.”

Whilst this referral takes place, legal action against NHS Camden will be suspended, but they will be asked for guarantees that no moves will be taken to set up the clinic or sign contracts with Care UK in the mean time.

We need to take advantage that this breathing space gives us to step up the campaign. It shows that all the campaigning is worth while. (Click here for the BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8214225.stm)

2. Join the Demonstration in Brighton on Sunday at the Labour Party conference 12.30 Madeira Dri ve. Meet 10am at ticket machines at Victoria Station for the special train (Contact 07946 480 261 if you haven't got a ticket).

3.  Next Camden campaign meeting Tuesday 06 October 6.30pm Somers Town Community Centre Ossulston Street, NW1

4.  Care UK, the private company chosen by NHS Camden to run the new health centre, have been thrown off yet another residential care contract last week - this time in Islington.(See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8214225.stm )

5.  NHS Camden claimed tonight they will not tender Out of Hours services until after further consultation, (despite having asked for expressions of interest from private companies by the end of August). We need to hold the PCT to this!

6.  Health Minister Andy Burnham made a significant shift in a speech last week when he said the NHS was the preferred provider for health services, and postponed the deadline for putting community services out to tender. We need to hold the government to this! (See report below and http://www.hsj.co.uk/comment/leader/andy-burnham-speech-delivers-body-blow-to-nhs-competition-and-choice/5006602.article )

Unions force pre-election retreat from government in behind-the-scenes deal

With=2 0an election approaching the bargaining power of the unions is at its peak and they have capitalised by ringing a concession from the government in a crucial area of NHS privatisation – community health services.

In a sudden change of heart, ministers have told health unions that the NHS, not the private sector, should be seen as the “preferred provider” for PCT community services.

Community health care, such as district nursing, has become the front-line of the battle against privatisation with the Government earlier setting deadlines for PCTs to put services out to tender.

Those deadlines have now been scrapped, and in backroom talks at the TUC conference Andy Burnham, the health secretary, has assured unions that PCTs will regard the NHS as the preferred provider for those services. According to UNISON, he has also claimed that the government is not “ideologically wedded” to the private sector. UNITE are now pushing for clarification.on all market reform of the NHS.

Health unions, who along with the British Medical Association have strengthened their position by uniting once again under the banner of NHS Together, believe this is a significant change that staff and campaigners can use when pressuring pro-privatisation PCTs to not tender services in the first place. It is suggested that the burden of proof could be on PCTs to show that their own in-house services are not good enough before they can outsource20them.

The government no doubt hopes the partial retreat will head off an autumn of confrontation and pave the way for the unions to come into line for the election campaign. With manifestos being drafted policy is unusually fluid.

The NHS Support Federation believes that compared to the scale of the patchwork privatisation of the health service this is a small victory. It does not preclude PCTs from handing services over to the private sector if they want to. However it could at least slow the process in the coming nine months, but only if the unions’ efforts are backed up by local campaigning and vigilance

Hi all,
 
Please see notes of the last meeting.
 
The next stage in our campaign, following our presentation to the Primary Care Trust Board meeting on 11 September is our lobby of the Hackney Health Scrutiny meeting on 14 October.
 
The lobby will be from 6-7 pm on the Town Hall steps - we want to get a good turnout, with lots of banners and placards, to show the councillors on the Committee that Hackney's community is against the sell-off of GP surgeries to commercial healthcare companies.
 
See poster for the lobby attached to this email - can you circulate it as far and wide as you can, and also use the front page as a poster to put up on notice boards, lamp posts, in shops, libraries, community centres etc.
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Bronwen Handyside

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From: <AEdw892498@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:34 PM
Subject: Invite to private view of VIBRANT is on September 30th next Wed


Dear  friend,

You  are warmly invited to a private view of VIBRANT!
a solo  photographic exhibition

by Alix  Edwards
hosted  by Clapton Salvation Army

When: Wednesday  September 30th  6.00-8.30pm
Where: Community  Café
122-124  Lower Clapton Road,  London E5  OQR

Friends  and family welcome!

r.s.v.p.  alixphotographic@...

http://aedw892498.etsy.com/

For  a map and directions:  www.salvationarmy.org.uk/clapton
Tel: 020 8985  3092
Opening  times:
Mon  12pm-2pm, Tues/Wed/Thurs 9.15am-3pm,
Fri     10am-2pm
The  building has disabled and baby changing facilities and is wheelchair
accessible

This  exhibition is part of photomonth and runs from 1st  October–December
1st

Kind regards,
Alix
Alix Edwards
documentary, portrait & macro  photography
commissions undertaken
October solo exhibition:http://_www.salvationarmy.org.uk/clapton_
http://www.198.org.uk/

recent exhibitions:solo:
http://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/template.php?ID=191
http://www.198.org.uk/


Coming next......  VIBRANT! banish the blues
October 1st -  November 31st at the COMMUNITY CAFE, E5
Private view Wednesday 30th September  6.00-8.30pm
Mon:12pm-3pm, Tues,Wed,Thurs:9.15am-3pm  Fri:10am-2pm
Venue: 122-124 Lower Clapton Road, London E5  OQR
http://_www.salvationarmy.org.uk/clapton_ (http://www.198.org.uk/)   Tel:
020 8985 3902
BR:Hackney Central/Hackney Downs/Clapton  Bus:38,55,48,254,253,106,425,488
This exhibition is part of 'photomonth'  sponsored by Alternative Arts
This venue is accessible to wheelchair  users and has disabled and baby
changing facilities.

COMING SOON...........SOLO EXHIBITION 'the survivor's guide to  Domestic
Violence in London' Nov 09

Thursday 24 September, from 7pm @ The Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, E8 1JH

Hope you can make it to the next Hackney Green Drinks, on your own or with friends. Green Drinks is an informal regular meet-up for anyone interested in environmental and sustainability issues. There's no agenda or other formality - just chatting, debating, networking and generally connecting. New people are always very welcome.

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Future Hackney Green Drinks dates are 26 November 2009 and then 28 January, 25 March, 27 May, 29 July & 30 September 2010 - the last Thursday of every other (odd) month.

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HACKNEY GREEN DRINKS

From 7pm on the last Thursday of every odd month, at  

The Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1JH

 It’s a friendly pub with food and a good selection of real ales from British microbreweries.

Phone 020 8986 8597 - http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/

WE WANT YOUR OLYMPIC MEMORIES!

Did you cry for Paula in Athens? Jump for joy for our rowers in Sydney? Who was
your favourite, Olga or Nadia? Were you watching Munich in `72? Do you know what
a Fosbury Flop is? And who can forget Usain Bolt's record-breaking 100 metres?

You may have watched the Olympics over the years from your sofa or even a
stadium seat. Your memories may be cloudy or crystal clear. Whatever you
remember, we invite YOU to share it on film.

COME AND TAKE PART in the `Memory Marathon' and pass the baton on!

On Saturday November 7th 2009, artist Simon Pope will be filmed walking a 26
mile route around the five Olympic host boroughs. Over 100 people will accompany
him along short sections of the route, sharing their standout personal memories
of the Olympics.

COULD YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW , BE ONE OF THEM?

You don't have to be a sports person or anyone special to take part. We are open
to ALL types of stories – personal or professional, trivial or profound. All we
ask is that you live or work in one of the five boroughs; Greenwich & Lower Lea
Valley, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest.

Do something different: have a go!

Its your chance to be part of a unique experience, meet new people, share your
stories and star in a film!

ITS EASY TO GET INVOLVED

Just send us an email by September 25th 2009, marked `Pass Me the Baton!' with
your name and phone number to Mel & Anna, the Participation Co-ordinators at: 
passthebaton@...

Or send a text (with your name), saying, `Pass Me the Baton!' to: 07957 433 234.

We'll then call or email you.

`Memory Marathon' is conceived and produced by Film and Video Umbrella,
commissioned by the Olympic Delivery Authority and funded by the London
Development Agency and Arts Council England.

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Dear All, could you please note the following:
1. The next meeting of the campaign will be Thursday September 24^th at the usual venue- The MOTH club, Valette street, Hackney at 7pm.   All welcome.
2. Tomorrow- Saturday 19^th there will be a stall from 11 – 1pm in the Narrow way Hackney about opposite McDonalds. However if there is competition or too much noise ect from the buses, we will be a couple of minits away at the entry to Tesco’s just past the rail bridge.
 It will be very good if you can help out even for half an hour as we still need to collect as many signatures on our petition as possible. Please contact Nick on : 07896 303 207 if you can help.
 
3. A Reminder: The Hackney Health Scrutiny Committee is meeting on Wednesday October 14. We are planning a lobby on the Town Hall steps at 6pm. Please mark this in your diary and try to get as many there as possible. We should have some flyers for this at our meeting on Thursday above.
 
4. Jonathon has done a very useful piece on Tendering –
Have a look at the blog : http://abetternhs.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/tendering-what-a-waste-of-time-and-money/
 
Many thanks,
Nick Bailey

Apparently the link included in the original press release from London Councils doesn't work.

Have found this on their web site which seems to work:

Londoners have until midnight on Sunday 18 October to cast their vote at :

Landmark London 2012 Opens in a new window

Londoners are invited to vote

Landmark London

Londoners are invited to vote for the landmark in their borough that they would most like to see featured in a celebratory set of London 2012 ‘Landmark London’ pin badges.

The ‘Landmark London’ vote is run in partnership with London Councils and supported by the 33 London local authorities who have compiled a short list of the capital’s best-loved landmarks. 

Londoners have until midnight on Sunday 18 October to cast their vote at :

Landmark London 2012 Opens in a new window

Landmarks up for the vote range from visitor attractions, theatres and museums to windmills, clock towers and bridges. Some nominations may be less well-known around the world but all are equally well-loved on the local London scene. Each landmark put forward has a special resonance with the area it is located in and lends itself well to being re-created into a metal pin form alongside the London 2012 logo.

Nominations include;

• Hampton Court Palace, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• Ealing Studios, London Borough of Ealing
• LondonEye , London Borough of Lambeth
• St Pancras Station, London Borough of Camden
• Hackney Empire , London Borough of Hackney
• Lewisham Clock Tower, London Borough of Lewisham

Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee said: "Pin badges are a popular part of the heritage of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement with each Organising Committee producing a range of these collectors items that appeal to different people. Inviting Londoners to create the ‘Landmark London’ set is one of many ways people will be able to get involved in the London 2012 merchandise programme."

Merrick Cockell, Chair of London Councils said: "London 2012 is an opportunity to showcase the whole of our great city, and these pin badges are a wonderful way for Londoners to help us do that. This is their chance to tell the rest of the world what makes their borough great - from monuments to theatres, town halls or palaces."

Honav, the official London 2012 Games pin licensee, has pledged to create 2,012 individual pins to commemorate the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and to celebrate London and the UK. The 'Landmark London' set will comprise 33 individual pins to commemorate a landmark from each London borough.

The results of the 'Landmark London' vote will be announced as part of the celebrations for 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 Olympic Games at the end of October 2009. The pin badge set is expected to go on sale next year.

Read more about the 2012 Olympics...

London Councils 14/09/09

Londoners are invited to vote

Landmark London

• Hampton Court Palace, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• Ealing Studios, London Borough of Ealing
• LondonEye , London Borough of Lambeth
• St Pancras Station, London Borough of Camden
• Hackney Empire , London Borough of Hackney
• Lewisham Clock Tower, London Borough of Lewisham

“The Art of Plant Evolution” An exhibition of contemporary botanical etchings.
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s publication of “The Origin of the Species”.

OPENING  Sat. 19th Sept. from 2 pm to Sat. 3rd Oct. - 10am to 5pm.

At the HOTHOUSE, 274 Richmond Road E8 3QW.