Friday, January 24, 2003

ALG ARTS FUNDING CUTS. CAMPAIGN BEGINS

Arts groups across London have been quick to react to the severe cuts .A meetings has been convened for Wednesday to discuss how the ALG can be persuade the policy decision to substantially reduce the fundding to arts groups. The ALG grants committee award £27million pooled by all the London Boroughs. We are getting support from all political parties in Lambeth. The Labour group is largest on the grants committee and we are working actively for a reversal of the cuts.

HERNE HILL FORUM MEETING

130 people turned up at the Temple Bowling Club to hear Tessa Jowell. Graeme Geddes of the British Cycling Federation and David Whyte of the Forum Transport Group.
All Herne Hill Ward Councillors attended, Kirsty McHugh ,Peter O'Connell and Jim Dickson. Also Toby Eckersley and Michelle Pearce from Village Ward.
Clare Whelan Executive member for the Environment responded to many issues on behalf of the Lambeth Administration.
|Officers from the Community Involvemnt Team, Democratic services, Parks Department, and Transport were present from Lambeth, asl TFL and Southwark(Fusion)
( Bill Wright manager of the Velodrome. PC John Blackman HH wardand PC Alisar Gelatly Village Plus his Sargeant .

POLICE OPERATION LATEST.

Our three beat officers John Blackman, Conor and Darren are doing 12 hour shifts mostly out on patrol and working up to midnight. They are patrolling on foot and on bike on alternate days. on Wednesday Darren covered the whole ward from Brockwell to Ruskin Park in mufti and on his bike. This is just not achievable on foot.
There s a high profile in and around the station area.
Whilst we were all at the Forum meeting there was an incident at Pullens where Colin the Chef got a customer to leave who when outside becamse quite agressive to Colin, whereupon PC Conor appeared from around the Corner. On returning to the bar Colin addressed a crowded restaurant ,all very attentive by this stage."
"Is it just to typical when you want a bobby there is one on the corner"

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