The last few years have seen the arrival of post office trolleys left chained up on the streets when not in use. One resident asked us whether these had permission to clutter up conservation areas in particular. So we investigated, and the position is that the PO does not have permission to leave the trolleys on the streets or attach them to columns etc, they simply do this to make things simplier (possibly reducing vehicle movements?)
The PO have had apparently had some complaints/reports about the trolleys, but only very few, and then they have always removed and relocated them. We got officers to tell the PO about the one in Goldhurst Terrace that was an eyesore, and the PO arranged for its immediate removal.
We're sure residents wouldn't want to complain about these without good reason, but if there is a problem with the siting of a trolley, people should just contact their area delivery office and ask that the trolleys be moved.
Contact details for the Hampstead Office are 020 7301 2560 or martin.symes@royalmail.com.
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
TfL reviewing the 82 and 113 routes in Swiss Cottage
TFL are doing a Bus Service Review Programme and among the routes they are initially focusing on there are two in our patch - the 82 and the 113. If anyone has any comments(positive or negative) on these routes, get in touch with Roger Freeman.
LOCOG consulting on planning application for Olympics media transport hub in Bloomsbury
LOCOG consulting on media transport hub in Bloomsbury, needs Camden planning consent, see their email to councillors below.
London 2012 – Media Transport Hub, Russell Square
There are now less than two years to go to the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. During the Games Camden’s local economy will benefit as it will be the home of the international non-broadcast media, with its hotels and student housing accommodating approximately 5,600 of the world’s press.
Bloomsbury was selected as one of the locations for the media because of the concentration of high quality accommodation facilities available and its many surrounding cultural attractions. The central London location makes it highly commutable to all of the Olympic venues across London and the UK.
As part of our plans for the Games, London 2012 is seeking planning consent to locate a media transport hub in Bloomsbury on Russell Square which will connect the media to the Olympic venues. Many of the hotels that they will be staying in are walking distance from Russell Square, and once there they will board shuttle bus services to travel to the Olympic venues.
The facilities and structures that will be required to operate the transport hub will include fences, signage, canopies and tents. The hub will operate during the Olympic Games only. After the Olympic Games, all of the temporary structures and facilities will be removed.
In November we will undergo a period of pre-application consultation with the local community, stakeholders and businesses to discuss the proposals for using Russell Square for the media transport hub and to encourage feedback which will help us to shape our plans before we submit our planning application to the London Borough of Camden.
As part of this consultation activity, we will be hosting London 2012 drop-in sessions at De Morgan House, 58 Russell Square, London, WC1B 4HS on the following dates:
o Thursday 11 November, 4-8pm
o Friday 12 November, 12-4pm
o Saturday 13 November, 11am-3pm
Some of the roads in Bloomsbury, and some to the north and south of the area, will be part of the Olympic Route Network. This is a London-wide network of existing roads that the media, athletes and officials can use so that they can get to events on time, while also keeping London moving.
To facilitate the smooth traffic flow in the area, there will also be some temporary changes to the way in which the roads in and around Russell Square currently operate. Details of the proposed changes will be available at the drop-in session for comment.
Alternatively, should you require any further information, or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us directly by the following means:
Email: Government.Relations@london2012.com
Phone: 0203 2012 076
Mail: Government Relations, LOCOG, 23rd Floor, 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LN
Online: london2012.com/bloomsburyconsultation (website live from 29.10.10)
We will be sending out a letter to local residents and businesses about our plans with an invitation to our consultation sessions.
London 2012 – Media Transport Hub, Russell Square
There are now less than two years to go to the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. During the Games Camden’s local economy will benefit as it will be the home of the international non-broadcast media, with its hotels and student housing accommodating approximately 5,600 of the world’s press.
Bloomsbury was selected as one of the locations for the media because of the concentration of high quality accommodation facilities available and its many surrounding cultural attractions. The central London location makes it highly commutable to all of the Olympic venues across London and the UK.
As part of our plans for the Games, London 2012 is seeking planning consent to locate a media transport hub in Bloomsbury on Russell Square which will connect the media to the Olympic venues. Many of the hotels that they will be staying in are walking distance from Russell Square, and once there they will board shuttle bus services to travel to the Olympic venues.
The facilities and structures that will be required to operate the transport hub will include fences, signage, canopies and tents. The hub will operate during the Olympic Games only. After the Olympic Games, all of the temporary structures and facilities will be removed.
In November we will undergo a period of pre-application consultation with the local community, stakeholders and businesses to discuss the proposals for using Russell Square for the media transport hub and to encourage feedback which will help us to shape our plans before we submit our planning application to the London Borough of Camden.
As part of this consultation activity, we will be hosting London 2012 drop-in sessions at De Morgan House, 58 Russell Square, London, WC1B 4HS on the following dates:
o Thursday 11 November, 4-8pm
o Friday 12 November, 12-4pm
o Saturday 13 November, 11am-3pm
Some of the roads in Bloomsbury, and some to the north and south of the area, will be part of the Olympic Route Network. This is a London-wide network of existing roads that the media, athletes and officials can use so that they can get to events on time, while also keeping London moving.
To facilitate the smooth traffic flow in the area, there will also be some temporary changes to the way in which the roads in and around Russell Square currently operate. Details of the proposed changes will be available at the drop-in session for comment.
Alternatively, should you require any further information, or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us directly by the following means:
Email: Government.Relations@london2012.com
Phone: 0203 2012 076
Mail: Government Relations, LOCOG, 23rd Floor, 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LN
Online: london2012.com/bloomsburyconsultation (website live from 29.10.10)
We will be sending out a letter to local residents and businesses about our plans with an invitation to our consultation sessions.
Friday, 22 October 2010
Boris Johnson Question Time in Camden
Boris is coming to Camden and will be taking questions from the public at mayoral question time:
On 2nd November at 7pm there will be a Mayor's Question Time at the Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, WC1H 9AUM. It will be chaired by our Assembly Member, Cllr Brian Coleman. Matters to be discussed include policing and safety, transport and TfL, the environment and the 2012 Olympics. If you would like to attend, the details of how to request tickets are on the City Hall website
If you prefer you can enquire by telephone on 020 7983 4762.
On 2nd November at 7pm there will be a Mayor's Question Time at the Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, WC1H 9AUM. It will be chaired by our Assembly Member, Cllr Brian Coleman. Matters to be discussed include policing and safety, transport and TfL, the environment and the 2012 Olympics. If you would like to attend, the details of how to request tickets are on the City Hall website
If you prefer you can enquire by telephone on 020 7983 4762.
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Fall in robberies and burglaries in Swiss Cottage
Cllr Roger Freeman was at Tuesday's Swiss Cottage Safer Neighbourhood Panel.
There has been a significant decrease over the last twelve months of reported incidents of robbery, theft and burglary in Swiss Cottage ward; do remember it is important to report any such incidents to the Police so that at least accurate statistics can be maintained.
It was agreed that the Neighbourhood Team should continue to focus on Antisocial Behaviour-which includes pavement cycling; vehicle crime and residential burglary.
Interestingly, in view of the Big Society, there was a presentation by two JP's from Highbury Corner Magistrates Court(which covers Camden) who are of course volunteers and Special Constables were also discussed.
There has been a significant decrease over the last twelve months of reported incidents of robbery, theft and burglary in Swiss Cottage ward; do remember it is important to report any such incidents to the Police so that at least accurate statistics can be maintained.
It was agreed that the Neighbourhood Team should continue to focus on Antisocial Behaviour-which includes pavement cycling; vehicle crime and residential burglary.
Interestingly, in view of the Big Society, there was a presentation by two JP's from Highbury Corner Magistrates Court(which covers Camden) who are of course volunteers and Special Constables were also discussed.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Council spending and the cuts
The Leader of Camden Council Cllr Nasim Ali wrote to all councillors last week on how the council is working to tackle the huge budget challenges it - we - now face.
I thought it would be useful to publish the letter in full below. As you can see there will be dialogue with the community and community groups from November onwards. As opposition councillors, we will no doubt have some differences with what the new council administration is planning, but there can be little doubt that if there was still a Con/LD administration here. I really hope that the public consultation does produce some new thinking about where reductions really should or can be made, but what is certain is that the Council will have to produce a legal, balanced budget in March next year. Cllr Ali's letter follows below:
Council spending and the cuts: working together to meet the financial challenges ahead
As you are aware the council, like all parts of the public sector, is faced with meeting huge financial challenge. Over the next few years local authority funding is going to be reduced significantly and as an elected councillor I recognise that your local residents will want to talk to you about what’s happening in Camden.
The scale of what is to come locally has already been demonstrated by the announcement by government to significantly scale down the Building Schools for the Future programme. This has resulted in the loss of £167m of vital infrastructure works and we anticipate further significant fallout in government grant funding across the board.
To assist you in responding to tough questions, but also in representing the council when meeting the local community, I would like to keep you informed about the challenges we face. You can share this information with the community, tailored as you see appropriate.
While the implications for the council will not become clear until after the government’s comprehensive spending review is published in October 2010, we estimate that cuts in government spending will leave Camden with a budget gap of between £80 and £100 million over the next three years. In addition, we face a severe capital funding gap approaching £400 million over the next five years, forcing us to look much more radically at the assets the council owns.
We are working on a plan to protect Camden residents through this period, retaining its uniqueness as a place where people from all walks of life can live, work and visit. We want to support those in greatest need by developing core entitlements in housing, education, care and employment. We will deliver savings in a planned way over three years, 2011-14. Preparatory work started last autumn and to date Camden has identified town hall efficiencies of £30million.
This has been achieved by looking to automate more of the council’s administrative processes online, improving the way the council buys goods and services and reorganising management structures. You will also know that I have agreed with the Leader of Islington Council to explore the possibility of sharing a chief executive and a management team with the view of developing shared services to reduce costs for both boroughs.
But being more efficient will not plug the budget gap alone. In the coming months we will be setting out our proposals for service changes, and talking and listening to residents and community groups about how best to face the grim financial challenges together. We will need to rethink the services we deliver and this will mean changing the services we currently offer, listening to the concerns of residents, and asking whether services could be delivered differently, cheaper or regretfully sometimes even not at all.
We will be engaging with residents in three phases. First by raising awareness of the situation, which we started through a successful local strategic partnership seminar, and we have recently followed this up by putting clear council financial information on our website. The second phase, due to start in November, will be a dialogue with residents and other community groups about the way forward. Phase three will start in February 2011 and will build on the results of this dialogue with the community.
As a councillor you can play a key role in helping to support the council by both gathering and sharing information and getting important messages on the big financial challenges out to the wider community. The community needs to understand that we can’t change the financial situation and, like all parts of the public sector, we will have to radically change the way we do things. You will be aware we are setting up area action groups as a new way to help you engage with local residents and I am sure you will want to discuss the current financial challenges facing the council at these.
You may find it useful to familiarise yourself with the new pages on the website, so that you can refer people there when they want to find out more information about the council’s finances.
I will continue to keep you regularly informed about developments and support you to engage the community in this conversation, particularly after the comprehensive spending review.
I thought it would be useful to publish the letter in full below. As you can see there will be dialogue with the community and community groups from November onwards. As opposition councillors, we will no doubt have some differences with what the new council administration is planning, but there can be little doubt that if there was still a Con/LD administration here. I really hope that the public consultation does produce some new thinking about where reductions really should or can be made, but what is certain is that the Council will have to produce a legal, balanced budget in March next year. Cllr Ali's letter follows below:
Council spending and the cuts: working together to meet the financial challenges ahead
As you are aware the council, like all parts of the public sector, is faced with meeting huge financial challenge. Over the next few years local authority funding is going to be reduced significantly and as an elected councillor I recognise that your local residents will want to talk to you about what’s happening in Camden.
The scale of what is to come locally has already been demonstrated by the announcement by government to significantly scale down the Building Schools for the Future programme. This has resulted in the loss of £167m of vital infrastructure works and we anticipate further significant fallout in government grant funding across the board.
To assist you in responding to tough questions, but also in representing the council when meeting the local community, I would like to keep you informed about the challenges we face. You can share this information with the community, tailored as you see appropriate.
While the implications for the council will not become clear until after the government’s comprehensive spending review is published in October 2010, we estimate that cuts in government spending will leave Camden with a budget gap of between £80 and £100 million over the next three years. In addition, we face a severe capital funding gap approaching £400 million over the next five years, forcing us to look much more radically at the assets the council owns.
We are working on a plan to protect Camden residents through this period, retaining its uniqueness as a place where people from all walks of life can live, work and visit. We want to support those in greatest need by developing core entitlements in housing, education, care and employment. We will deliver savings in a planned way over three years, 2011-14. Preparatory work started last autumn and to date Camden has identified town hall efficiencies of £30million.
This has been achieved by looking to automate more of the council’s administrative processes online, improving the way the council buys goods and services and reorganising management structures. You will also know that I have agreed with the Leader of Islington Council to explore the possibility of sharing a chief executive and a management team with the view of developing shared services to reduce costs for both boroughs.
But being more efficient will not plug the budget gap alone. In the coming months we will be setting out our proposals for service changes, and talking and listening to residents and community groups about how best to face the grim financial challenges together. We will need to rethink the services we deliver and this will mean changing the services we currently offer, listening to the concerns of residents, and asking whether services could be delivered differently, cheaper or regretfully sometimes even not at all.
We will be engaging with residents in three phases. First by raising awareness of the situation, which we started through a successful local strategic partnership seminar, and we have recently followed this up by putting clear council financial information on our website. The second phase, due to start in November, will be a dialogue with residents and other community groups about the way forward. Phase three will start in February 2011 and will build on the results of this dialogue with the community.
As a councillor you can play a key role in helping to support the council by both gathering and sharing information and getting important messages on the big financial challenges out to the wider community. The community needs to understand that we can’t change the financial situation and, like all parts of the public sector, we will have to radically change the way we do things. You will be aware we are setting up area action groups as a new way to help you engage with local residents and I am sure you will want to discuss the current financial challenges facing the council at these.
You may find it useful to familiarise yourself with the new pages on the website, so that you can refer people there when they want to find out more information about the council’s finances.
I will continue to keep you regularly informed about developments and support you to engage the community in this conversation, particularly after the comprehensive spending review.
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Work starting on returning Regents Park former golf/tennis school site to parkland
Some very welcome news from Royal Parks, with work starting on returning this area of Regents Park to parkland. If Royal Parks can deliver this properly it will increase confidence in it from the many people who have concerns about the management approach taken in Regents Park. Here is Royal Parks official communication:
Site of former Golf and Tennis School to return to parkland
Following the award of planning consent, The Royal Parks is commencing works to return the derelict site of the former Golf and Tennis School to parkland, improving the park landscape, enriching its biodiversity value, and providing visitor access. This has been our long-standing aim for the site and will extend the natural qualities and character of the adjacent area.
We are adopting a sustainable approach to site regeneration. Elements of the current hard-standing will be broken up and combined with existing soil types to create a variety of growing conditions. This will enable the area to support a wide range of plants and wildlife, encouraging butterflies, bugs and hedgehogs.
The site will be colonised with naturally regenerating species-rich grassland and wild flowers (such as Oxide Daisy, Knapweed, Campion, Venuculas, Meadow buttercup), and complemented by the sowing of meadow flowers. A varied mowing regime will allow both shorter and longer grass areas to develop.
The southern third of the site will be enclosed and will be accessible to school and educational groups, including bird walks and tours. This area will include a new hedge along the southern and eastern boundary and new habitats for wildlife.
Works are due for completion in early 2011 and we apologise for any inconvenience caused during this time. The existing fencing will remain in place during the first growing season until autumn 2011 to allow the site to establish.
If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me or alternatively visit: www.royalparks.org.uk/regents
Lucy Skipper
Corporate Communications Manager
020 7298 2145
077911 50828
Site of former Golf and Tennis School to return to parkland
Following the award of planning consent, The Royal Parks is commencing works to return the derelict site of the former Golf and Tennis School to parkland, improving the park landscape, enriching its biodiversity value, and providing visitor access. This has been our long-standing aim for the site and will extend the natural qualities and character of the adjacent area.
We are adopting a sustainable approach to site regeneration. Elements of the current hard-standing will be broken up and combined with existing soil types to create a variety of growing conditions. This will enable the area to support a wide range of plants and wildlife, encouraging butterflies, bugs and hedgehogs.
The site will be colonised with naturally regenerating species-rich grassland and wild flowers (such as Oxide Daisy, Knapweed, Campion, Venuculas, Meadow buttercup), and complemented by the sowing of meadow flowers. A varied mowing regime will allow both shorter and longer grass areas to develop.
The southern third of the site will be enclosed and will be accessible to school and educational groups, including bird walks and tours. This area will include a new hedge along the southern and eastern boundary and new habitats for wildlife.
Works are due for completion in early 2011 and we apologise for any inconvenience caused during this time. The existing fencing will remain in place during the first growing season until autumn 2011 to allow the site to establish.
If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me or alternatively visit: www.royalparks.org.uk/regents
Lucy Skipper
Corporate Communications Manager
020 7298 2145
077911 50828
Friday, 15 October 2010
Swiss Cottage Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy Consultation Event
Quite a mouthful, but this process of updating the detailed statement on which the conservation area is based, for the first time since the mid 1990s, is important in making the conservation area work properly.
The consultation event with conservation officers in attendance will be held on Thursday 11th November 2010, at Swiss Cottage Library (3pm-7pm. Please do look in and have your say.
Formal consultation is due to run 25th October 2010 -6th December 2010.
The consultation event with conservation officers in attendance will be held on Thursday 11th November 2010, at Swiss Cottage Library (3pm-7pm. Please do look in and have your say.
Formal consultation is due to run 25th October 2010 -6th December 2010.
Legacy Club, Finchley Rd noise complaints
Roger Freeman writes:
We are aware from complaints that we have received that noise issues from the Legacy Club in Finchley Road continues to be an issue and in fact noise from clients leaving the Premises seems to be getting worse. If this is affecting you you should phone the Camden Weekend Noise Service which operates on Friday and Saturday Night between 10pm and 4am. The number is 0207 974 4444. It may well be that they cannot attend given that they are tied up elsewhere but it is important that they are aware of the problem.
We appreciate that your comments that much of the noise happens after 4am.
It is also important that you let Camden's licensing Enforcement Officers know about your experiences. Contact during normal business hours Darren Petford on 0207 974 1879 or John Newcombe on 0207 794 2521.
We also understand from local residents that there are fights; when this happens phone the Police Number 0300 123 1212. The Response Team will respond depending on their other demands but it is important that the calls and complaints are logged. Obviously all three of us Councillors are anxious to know about developments. A lot of telephone numbers we know but that is the way of the world.
We are aware from complaints that we have received that noise issues from the Legacy Club in Finchley Road continues to be an issue and in fact noise from clients leaving the Premises seems to be getting worse. If this is affecting you you should phone the Camden Weekend Noise Service which operates on Friday and Saturday Night between 10pm and 4am. The number is 0207 974 4444. It may well be that they cannot attend given that they are tied up elsewhere but it is important that they are aware of the problem.
We appreciate that your comments that much of the noise happens after 4am.
It is also important that you let Camden's licensing Enforcement Officers know about your experiences. Contact during normal business hours Darren Petford on 0207 974 1879 or John Newcombe on 0207 794 2521.
We also understand from local residents that there are fights; when this happens phone the Police Number 0300 123 1212. The Response Team will respond depending on their other demands but it is important that the calls and complaints are logged. Obviously all three of us Councillors are anxious to know about developments. A lot of telephone numbers we know but that is the way of the world.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Safer Neighbourhoods panel meeting to hear from local Magistrates on sentencing policy
Roger Freeman writes:
The Public Meeting of the Safer Neighbourhood Panel next Tuesday 19 October at 7pm at the Crossfield Centre opposite The Arches in Fairhazel Gardens will be featuring what should be an interesting presentation from two JP's from Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on court workings and sentencing policy. Your ward Councillors will be there.
Andrew Marshall adds a couple of other bits of news:
We are aware of the problems caused by pidgeon feeders on the Finchley Rd. We've got some new no-feeding signs put up in the plot of land outside the Hifi shop which we hope will help a bit. It's not an easy issue but we have impressed on council streets officers the need to keep trying to tackle this.
Separately, I'm delighted that Roger Freeman was elected as Vice-Chairman of the Development Control Committee tonight. This follows Cllr Dave Horan's sad death and Cllr Tom Neumark taking over as chairman. It's unusual for an oppposition councillor to be a vice-chairman of the DC Committee, but this reflects a sensible pragmatism by the majority Labour group and is a good solution that makes use of Roger's experience in chairing the committee in an efficient and fair manner.
The Public Meeting of the Safer Neighbourhood Panel next Tuesday 19 October at 7pm at the Crossfield Centre opposite The Arches in Fairhazel Gardens will be featuring what should be an interesting presentation from two JP's from Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on court workings and sentencing policy. Your ward Councillors will be there.
Andrew Marshall adds a couple of other bits of news:
We are aware of the problems caused by pidgeon feeders on the Finchley Rd. We've got some new no-feeding signs put up in the plot of land outside the Hifi shop which we hope will help a bit. It's not an easy issue but we have impressed on council streets officers the need to keep trying to tackle this.
Separately, I'm delighted that Roger Freeman was elected as Vice-Chairman of the Development Control Committee tonight. This follows Cllr Dave Horan's sad death and Cllr Tom Neumark taking over as chairman. It's unusual for an oppposition councillor to be a vice-chairman of the DC Committee, but this reflects a sensible pragmatism by the majority Labour group and is a good solution that makes use of Roger's experience in chairing the committee in an efficient and fair manner.
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Alexandra Road resurfacing 22-23 October
Good news we think - the carriageway of Alexandra Rd between Hilgrove and Loudoun is being improved by Camden’s contractor VolkerHighways.
Weather permitting, these works are scheduled to commence on 22nd October 2010 and are expected to be completed by 23rd October 2010. They will be carried out between the hours of 8.00 am and 6.00 pm. The Council's engineering team emphasise that although there will some inconvenience, every effort will be made to keep this to an absolute minimum.
It may be necessary to suspend certain areas of parking, so residents are advised to keep a look out for all suspension notices - please check regularly during this period.
Residents should contact Tekeste Yeshitila on 020 7974 6861 if there are any queries or problems.
The Aberdare resurfacing in the spring was carried out without big problems, so fingers crossed here. We are also still seeking clarity on the 2011-12 carriageway and pavement programme in Swiss Cottage ward.
Weather permitting, these works are scheduled to commence on 22nd October 2010 and are expected to be completed by 23rd October 2010. They will be carried out between the hours of 8.00 am and 6.00 pm. The Council's engineering team emphasise that although there will some inconvenience, every effort will be made to keep this to an absolute minimum.
It may be necessary to suspend certain areas of parking, so residents are advised to keep a look out for all suspension notices - please check regularly during this period.
Residents should contact Tekeste Yeshitila on 020 7974 6861 if there are any queries or problems.
The Aberdare resurfacing in the spring was carried out without big problems, so fingers crossed here. We are also still seeking clarity on the 2011-12 carriageway and pavement programme in Swiss Cottage ward.
Monday, 4 October 2010
High Speed 2 Route Change - sounds promising but detail needed
The Evening Standard is running this leak on a change to proposed High Speed 2 route going into Euston so that the tunnel is both deeper and is moved further north so that it misses most of Primrose Hill.
I've been at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham and it seems that this leak is well sourced and a statement is coming in the next few days.
As a result the meeting that High Speed Two management were having with local councillors and residents groups tomorrow has been cancelled and will be rearranged for the first week of November.
This sounds like good news, but we should remember that if the Euston route - which will be consulted on next spring we understand - does go ahead, several hundred people in the Euston area will lose their homes (though of course with compensation and rehousing).
So we want to get the detail of the new route before saying too much more.
I've been at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham and it seems that this leak is well sourced and a statement is coming in the next few days.
As a result the meeting that High Speed Two management were having with local councillors and residents groups tomorrow has been cancelled and will be rearranged for the first week of November.
This sounds like good news, but we should remember that if the Euston route - which will be consulted on next spring we understand - does go ahead, several hundred people in the Euston area will lose their homes (though of course with compensation and rehousing).
So we want to get the detail of the new route before saying too much more.
Friday, 1 October 2010
More free swimming for under 16s and over 60s in Camden
Camden is continuing the good work we (the previous Conservative-LibDem administration) put in place on free swimming:
A new programme of free swimming offers for children under 16-years-old and adults aged over 60 are on offer in Camden.
Camden Council is announcing free swimming lessons for under-16s and will continue to fund free swimming sessions for under-16s and over 60s.
Despite the original free swimming initiative ending across the country (on 31 July), the Council is continuing the programme until 31 March 2011.
The offers include free swimming sessions for Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) member’s who are over-60, between 9am and 12pm, Monday to Friday.
For GLL member’s who are under-16, Camden pools are offering:
· Free swimming until 10am, Monday to Saturday during school holidays;
· Free swimming until 10am, on Saturdays only, during school term times;
· Swimming for £1 during all public swimming sessions;
· Free swimming lessons during school holidays.
If you are under-16 and interested in free swimming lessons, please email: freeswim@gll.org
To enjoy free and reduced-priced swimming sessions, residents must be GLL members. To find out more and for pricing information, please visit:
http://www.gll.org/borough/camden.asp
Notes:
· Under-five-year-olds can continue to access free swimming sessions during all public sessions, Monday to Saturday.
· Free swimming for over-60s (9am to 12pm, Monday to Friday) was available in Camden before the government’s free swimming initiative. The Council reinstated the offer following its popularity with this group.
· Kentish Town Sports Centre opened to the public on 26 July and boasts the five-lane Willes pool, 25-metre Grafton and learner pool, in addition to a gym and dance studio.
A new programme of free swimming offers for children under 16-years-old and adults aged over 60 are on offer in Camden.
Camden Council is announcing free swimming lessons for under-16s and will continue to fund free swimming sessions for under-16s and over 60s.
Despite the original free swimming initiative ending across the country (on 31 July), the Council is continuing the programme until 31 March 2011.
The offers include free swimming sessions for Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) member’s who are over-60, between 9am and 12pm, Monday to Friday.
For GLL member’s who are under-16, Camden pools are offering:
· Free swimming until 10am, Monday to Saturday during school holidays;
· Free swimming until 10am, on Saturdays only, during school term times;
· Swimming for £1 during all public swimming sessions;
· Free swimming lessons during school holidays.
If you are under-16 and interested in free swimming lessons, please email: freeswim@gll.org
To enjoy free and reduced-priced swimming sessions, residents must be GLL members. To find out more and for pricing information, please visit:
http://www.gll.org/borough/camden.asp
Notes:
· Under-five-year-olds can continue to access free swimming sessions during all public sessions, Monday to Saturday.
· Free swimming for over-60s (9am to 12pm, Monday to Friday) was available in Camden before the government’s free swimming initiative. The Council reinstated the offer following its popularity with this group.
· Kentish Town Sports Centre opened to the public on 26 July and boasts the five-lane Willes pool, 25-metre Grafton and learner pool, in addition to a gym and dance studio.
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