Welcome to the second TASK email newsletter. Interest in, and media coverage of what we are doing continues to behigh and here is our fortnightly headline round up of what is going on.
Seven Kings Station
Two new security officers are now in place every day at Seven Kings station from 2pm until 2am after a lot of chasing from TASK supporters who had pointed out a number of no-shows over a number of days. Our hope is that this service is now properly set up and will produce greater comfort for people travelling home after dark.
The Joker returns?
Two notices have recently appeared on the window of the Joker pub. One is an application for a liquor licence - until 3am on Friday and Saturday nights. The other is for planning permission to demolish the building and to construct a brand new building offering a range of different sized apartments and three ground level retail units. If you have a view on its future use, then make your comments direct to the Public Protection offices and/or Planning Departments respectively.
Swimming to nowhere
Last week's Ilford Recorder carried a worrying article on the probable closure of Ilford Pool by the end of the year. TASK are demanding specific assurances on guaranteed funding for a new pool and a clear timeline for its development, recognising that if Ilford Pool closes, we lose a key leisure service and the whole of the borough will be reliant on one pool at Fullwell Cross, with the potential for hideous overcrowding.
Car/lorry park site
We are now in touch with Swan Housing, the purchasers of the car/lorrypark site. We have explained our interest in securing an outstanding building and new community services as promised in the planning brief, and are assured that Swan genuinely want to involve local residents and traders in their planning. We will report back on what was discussed in future news letters.
Website
Its now up and running! Thanks to Ali and his brother for getting us started. Click on www.task7.co.uk to find out more.
Supporters meeting
We are currently sourcing a date for our first open supporters meeting, and will be announcing it by the end of the week. We apologise for the delay and really look forward to meeting as many of you as possible.
Door to door leaflets
We are going live with door to door leafleting from Sunday February 10th. If you can help deliver for an hour or so, that would be muchappreciated. Meet outside 55 Cameron Road at 2pm. Please let us know ifyou can come by emailing Chris at chrisconnelley@ntlworld.com so we can gauge how much ground we can cover and how many leaflets we need.
Downshall School campaign on road safety
Governors at Downshall School on Aldborough Road South are concerned about the safety of their pupils getting to, and coming home from,school and will be speaking in support of calming measures, maybe including a zebra crossing, at area committee 7 on Tuesday 29 Januaryand at area 5 committee on Monday 4 February. If you have kids at the school, or if you care about road safety in this busy location, please turn up and support them.
That's it, folks! We will be back with our third newsletter w/b 11 February, launching our Library petition and updating you on a threat to mature trees between Aldborough Road South and Durban Road . Keep letting us know what is happening where you are.
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Al Green - How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
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