Festive Service Information from TfL & Avonmore Library

Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24 December ‑ A reduced weekday service will operate across the Tube network until 20:00. Last trains will be earlier than usual. Buses will run until just after midnight. 

Christmas Day, Wednesday 25 December ‑ There will be no service on the entire network. 

Boxing Day, Thursday 26 December ‑ A reduced service will operate on most of the network; there will be no service on London Overground. 

New Year’s Eve, Tuesday 31 December ‑ Free travel will be provided on most of our services from 23:45 until 04:30. From around 17:00 central London roads will close to prepare for celebrations so buses will gradually be withdrawn. 

New Year’s Day, Wednesday 1 January ‑ A reduced service will operate on most of the network. 

For full details, please click the links above or visit: tfl.gov.uk/festive

Avonmore Library is closed on the following days:
25 December 2013 Christmas Day 
26 December 2013 Boxing Day 
27 December 2013 
30 December 2013 
31 December 2013 New Year's Eve  
01 January 2014 New Year's Day

• Avonmore Library Page

Boris Bikes are Live and Close

Top behind the Three Kings & below Olympia Way

Today two Bike Stations, near to the Lytton Estate, went live as part of the south west expansion of the cycle hire scheme. One is just behind the Three Kings pub, on the Cromwell Road and the other at the top end of Olympia Way. Eventually 60 bike stations will open in Hammersmith & Fulham by next spring.

• Main TfL cycle page
• TfL on the Expansion
• Hammersmith Today report
• Barclays Cycle Hire on Twitter

Crisis at Christmas Centre - West London College

Crisis at Christmas are again providing a centre on campus at Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College. The charity for single homeless people are looking for volunteers to come and help out over the Christmas holiday period,  the centres are open from Monday 23rd to Sunday 29th of December. You will be helping in the offering of food, clothing, healthcare and a range of educational facilities to homeless people. If you have some spare time during the holiday and want to help out contact Crisis at the link below. You can also contact Streetlink, to tell them about a rough sleeper via the link, or download their app for your phone.

Map for Hammersmith Day Centre and homeless pick-up stops

Click for Advice

• Volunteer for Crisis at Christmas
• To Make a Donation 
• Crisis London Day Centres Maps download (PDF)

Some other links:

• Homeless UK Advice
• Homeless in London
• List of London Winter Shelters - 2013/14 (PDF)
• Streetlink - tell them about a rough sleeper

Bulb Planting in Marcus Garvey Park - Saturday 14th December

• www.facebook.com/MarcusGarveyParkCommunityGarden

Hidden Homes Delay

Grange rear elevation, with new flats 

The Hidden Homes team have informed LETRA that the planned start date for the two new infill flats at  the Grange, has now been put back until the new year, with a likely start of 13th January.
The works are to begin with the demolition of 11 external sheds, followed by the construction of 37 new sheds and lastly the two flats. The estimated completion date for the project is now the end of May 2014.

• H&F's Hidden Homes page

H&F Remembrance Sunday, 10th November

Click to donate

The two annual H&F Remembrance Sunday parades and services take place on the 10th November in Fulham and Shepherds Bush. 
Here are the info links for them:

• Your H&F page
• HammersmithLondon page
• Royal British Legion donate
• HAMMERSMITHToday details of times

A & E Closures

A&E

CLOSURES

Government back A&E closures at Charing Cross
& Hammersmith hospitals

• Hammersmith Hospital A&E will close

• Charing Cross A&E replaced by a Minor Injuries Unit with no ‘blue light’ service

• Charing Cross Hospital still threatened by demolition with 60% of the site earmarked for luxury flats

• 500 acute beds will be lost

• The UK's leading stroke unit will go

To keep up the fight join on:

• www.SaveOurHospitals.net      
• Email:- campaign@saveourhospitals.net     
• Twitter:- @savehfhospitals
• Andy Slaughter-  Hospital Closure Update
• Save Our Hospitals Petition - for a 'blue light' A&E at Charing X

Avonmore Library - Your Money & Welfare Reform

FREE EVENT 

ALL AGES WELCOME

Want to manage your money better?

Then come and listen to a talk by the

Citizens Advice Bureau on

MANAGING MONEY AND

WELFARE REFORM

 at

AVONMORE LIBRARY

on

THURSDAY 31st OCTOBER

At 1.30 p.m.

(The talk will end at 3.00 p.m.)

One of a series of

Monthly Managing Your Money Sessions

• H&F CAB website
• Citizens Advice Bureau
• Twitter
• Telephone 020 7385 1322
• Click for Map

I Love Earls Court Day, 26th October

• Save Earls Court website 
• www.facebook.com/SaveEarlsCourt

Grange Hidden Homes Consultation

Grange Hidden Homes Consultation 

Residents Hall 

Thursday 17th October 4 to 7pm

The Hidden Homes team are holding a final pre-construction consultation event in the Residents Hall this Thursday, 17th October from 4 to 7pm.
The scheme at the Grange will comprise of two new one bedroom apartments for Discount Market Sale (Affordable Housing) together with 37 new sheds and landscaping works
At the meeting you will be able to discuss with them the progress and learn details of when the scheme is due to start on site (estimated early November 2013) and the timetable for works (due for practical completion May 2014).
They will also advise you of the contractor details, method statements and site welfare facilities and how they intend to minimise disruption to residents on site during construction.
An update will also be given concerning site investigation works for damp and lift contract works taking place at the Grange.
We look forward to seeing you at the resident consultation.

• H&F's Hidden Homes page
• H&F's Discount Market Sale (Affordable Housing)
• 4 display boards from the previous consultation 
• Earlier LETRA post

Bulbs to Plant in Marcus Garvey Park

• www.facebook.com/MarcusGarveyParkCommunityGarden

Free Jobs Fair at QPR 11th October

Andy Slaughter MP’s Employment Skills Fair

Friday, 11 October
11am-2pm
Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club
Loftus Road Stadium
Main entrance, S Africa Road W12 7PJ

The current employment climate is tough for young people and there is a lot of competition for good jobs.  Having the right skills when applying is vital.

I am trying to help young people in Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush compete in the job market and as part of this I am inviting you to an event to help give you the confidence and skills to use in your job search.

Come and meet experts who can help you find a job and show you how to make the most of your skills when you apply. You can also practise your interviewing skills and get advice about your CV. 

Programme:
11.00   Arrive, refreshments, introduction from Andy Slaughter MP
11.30   Main presentation from Tina Rycroft of the Plus Team www.theplusteam.co.uk
12.30   Break for sandwiches
13.00   Small group sessions with advisors from Job Centre Plus and the National Careers Service.

This event is free and refreshments will be served.  If you would like to attend, or know of someone who would benefit from this event, please e-mail me at andy@andyslaughter.com to reserve a place. 

The event is aimed at 18 to 24 year olds, but older people can attend. 
Space is limited so it is very important that you register via e-mail. 
I look forward to seeing you on 11 October,
Andy Slaughter MP

• andy@andyslaughter.com
• Call his office on 020 7610 1950

Brook Green Day - Saturday 14th September

• Friends of Brook Green

Playday at Ravenscourt Park, Tuesday 30th July

All the fun of the fair comes to Ravenscourt Park as H&F Council team up with John Parnham Funfair for the annual Playday on Tuesday 30^th July, 

12 noon to 4pm. 

On the day there will be a number of free fairground rides, in addition to stalls, inflatables, a steel pan band and games for children to take part in. 

The fairground itself will be open at the park from today 23^rd July and operate until the 4^th August.

• H&F information page
• John Parnham Funfairs
• Ravenscourt Park

Drop In Community Gardening Days at Marcus Garvey Park

• Facebook page
• ProjectDirt page
• Hammersmith Today page

Avonmore & Brook Green Crime Roadshow 10th July

The Avonmore & Brook Green Safer Neighbourhood team

The Avonmore & Brook Green Crime Roadshow will be held on Wednesday 10 July from 7pm, for a 7.15pm start at St Mary's Church Hall, 2 Edith Road  W14 (junction with Hammersmith Road).

This is a great opportunity to come and meet the Police Borough Commander, local neighbourhood Police officers, the Community Safety Unit and other council departments such as Housing officers and Neighbourhood Wardens who work in your ward, to have your say on policing, anti social behaviour, and crime.  It is also an ideal opportunity to receive crime prevention advice and learn more about what we do to reduce crime in your area.

Refreshments will be provided, the event is free, and is open to all residents of Avonmore & Brook Green ward. It is supported by the borough's Neighbourhood Watch Association, and is organised by the LBHF Community Safety Unit, in conjunction with the Mayor of London's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

For more information, or if you require any extra assistance to attend, please call the Community Safety Unit on 020 8753 2816.

We look forward to seeing you there!

• Avonmore & Brook Green Crime Roadshow
• Avonmore & Brook Green Safer Neighbourhood team
• LBHF Community Safety Unit
• H&F Neighbourhood Watch Association
• Mayor of London's Office for Policing and Crime

Fair at Marcus Garvey Park this Saturday

Avonmore School holds its annual fair in Marcus Garvey Park this Saturday, 29th June, Noon to 3pm. There will be stalls, face painting, a bouncy castle, BBQ's and games for everyone to enjoy.

Chelsea Stadium Moving Closer?

According to a report in the Mail Online Chelsea FC could be moving closer to the Lytton Estate. The discussions are still at a very early stage, but the stadium would be sited across the other side of the Cromwell Road on a 17 acre plot currently used as a Tfl railway depot, which is estimated to be worth £200 million.

• Online Mail Story 

Local TRA Community Fair 8th June

September start for building work at the Grange

H&F have informed LETRA that the work to build two new flats underneath the Grange is planned to start in September, with the work lasting until April 2014. Before that there will be open meeting held for residents to discuss the works with council representatives.

There is a full inspection of the sheds at the Grange taking place next week, will all residents that have not already done so, please call H&F on 020 8753 6384 or mail charles.wooldridge@lbhf.gov.uk before next Wednesday as they need access to each unit  (locks could be changed!).

Estate Shed Review

H&F are currently reviewing the allocation and ownership of all residents storage sheds on our estate. Please contact our Housing Officer Andy Stocker if you wish to keep or apply for a shed:

• Call Andy on 020 8753 6539
• Or email andy.stocker@lbhf.gov.uk

New Tall Neighbour

Good to see the works progressing on the Lewis Trust Estate  

and welcome to our new tall neighbour

Save Our Hospitals Demo

Pictures from Saturday's Save London's NHS demonstration

• Defend London's NHS report

Chelsea Europa Winners

WELL DONE CHELSEA 

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE WINNERS

Demonstration to defend London's NHS

DEFEND LONDON'S NHS
DEMONSTRATION
Saturday 18th May

Save Our Hospitals 

London demonstration this 

Saturday 18th May: meet at 12 noon Jubilee Gardens, 

Waterloo, Belvedere Rd, SE1

For more Save Our Hospitals site

March to Ealing Common

March and Rally
Saturday 27th April

Meet at Acton Park (Uxbridge Rd entrance) 12.30pm 

March to the Rally at 2pm on Ealing Common

The Hammersmith and Ealing Save our Hospitals campaigns are joining to march to Ealing Common this Saturday in protest at plans to close local A&E departments and downgrade our hospitals.

• Save our Hospitals page
• facebook like it!

Monday 29th Update: 
- Shepherd's Bush Blog report on the march
- London24 report

- Andy Slaughter story

Black Velvet club - New Music Venue

Live music returns to our area of West Kensington with the soon to open Black Velvet. Sited above Sainsburys, the club intends to provide live bands with a top class, but intimate, showcase venue for their talents. 
Music lovers can expect to see up to 3 bands a night in plush surroundings, with a midnight licence. The venue opens this Thursday 2nd May and on Friday 3rd, they have Eric Van Burens Rumblin Train and J D Smith playing live.

Check out their What's On link to see other acts scheduled to play, they have the Black Olives and renowned rock critic/musician Charles Shaar Murray lined up for future dates.

• Black Velvet  webpage
• Twitter - give them a tweet
• facebook page
• Hammersmith Today

West Ken & Gibbs Green Handover Approved

Demolition of our neighbouring estates, West Kensington and Gibbs Green, moved closer after the Governments handover of  the land to the developer Capco. This, despite a petition signed by 1000 local residents and a letter, against the loss of their 761 homes, that they handed over last week to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. 

LETRA is concerned that residents of the estates are ignored, in favour of the plans and profits for the developer. 

Already the promises of new homes in the area and like for like seems to be slipping, plus it's doubtful if adult children will be rehoused. How many more will be broken before the project is finished?

• Good debate of the issue on W14
• Andy Slaughter's take on the transfer
• Hammersmith Today report
• West Ken & Gibbs Green - The People's Estate (their website)
• It's Our Earls Court - Area Action Group

Sunday in the Park

Marcus Garvey Park

This Sunday, 21st April in Marcus Garvey Park should be a good place to enjoy the Spring sunshine and if you have some spare time to help in a litter clean-up. From 10am to Noon, volunteers are welcome to join in the tidy up of the park, as part of the Hammersmith Community Gardens project to improve the flowerbeds and wildlife habitat. 

• March Marcus Garvey Workshop

Park Update: Tuesday 23rd April

Bags collected on Sunday

The clean-up went well on Sunday, with 7 volunteers collecting 12 bags of rubbish.

The next event for your diary is Saturday, 11th May from 10am to noon, which will involve the planting of sunflower seedlings in the park.   

Please join, if you can spare some time on that Saturday, to prepare the planting areas and plant the seedlings.

• facebook  Marcus Garvey Community Garden page

Bournemouth Trip Reminder

All Residents wanting to go on the day trip to  
Bournemouth on Saturday 20th July 2013
will need to return the request slip by the 30th April 2013.
We have to know the numbers of people wanting to go on the trip, so that a coach can be booked in time for the day.
Please hurry up and get your request slip in. 
You don’t want to miss this 
free trip for pensioners and residents with families.
You can either post your slip through the letterbox of the
Lytton Estate Community Hall, North End Crescent
Or send an email to Dawn - lyttontrip@gmail.com

• Bournemouth Tripadvisor
• Visit Bournemouth

A4 Hammersmith Tunnel Exhibition 30th April

The days of the A4 being a boundary road to our estate could be numbered if a group of local architects and H&F have their way. They are proposing that a tunnel could be built, to take the road from the Hogarth Roundabout to Earls Court, thus bypassing the Lytton Estate. Plans are still at an early stage, but for residents wanting to know more, there will be a exhibition in the Town Hall on Tuesday 30th April, at 6.30pm in the Mayor's Foyer.

• Chronicle story
• H&F page

Lytton’s Boris Hole

The TfL works to install a bike station power pillar in front of Samuel Richardson House have still not been finished. The job was supposed to be completed in 3 working days, yet 18 days later, residents young and old, are having to walk out into the road, just to access the building.
LETRA has contacted TfL several times and has been promised that the work will be finished shortly, but the workmen have not returned to close the hole and replace the pavement. 
These works were started without the promised consultation with residents, or before checking that the location was likely to receive approval, as there are a number of factors making a bike station unsuitable for the estate.
LETRA will contact TfL again, to try and have this unnecessary problem resolved.

11th April -

 finally after 27 days the hole is filled in and the pavement reinstated. 

Have Your Say - London Fire Brigade Public Meeting

The London Fire Brigade is holding a public meeting this Thursday to discuss the cuts to the service in H&F. It is to be held at Hammersmith Town Hall, in the Assembly Hall, 7pm to 9pm, 31 March.

Londons Fire Authority is proposing to close 12 stations, axe 18 fire engines and make 520 fire officers redundant. 
This meeting is part of the Fire Brigades consultation, on the Draft Fifth London Safety Plan, where H&F residents can have their views heard. 
The Brigades prompt response to last year's fire at The Grange saved lives at risk and the building from far greater damage, so any changes to the service will be a serious concern.

Last years fire at The Grange

• Andy Slaughter
• Chronicle story
• London Fire Brigade on facebook
• FAQ about the Cuts
• Draft Fifth London Safety Plan

Upcoming Events for the Save Our Hospitals Campaign

Other chances to get involved:-

• the Lewisham campaign is to lobby the Houses of Parliament (St Stephen's Gate),Tuesday 26th March, 12 Noon; about section 75, which if unrepealed could lead to the wholesale privatisation of NHS
• Saturday stall on King St. - 12 to 2pm
• Stall at Furnival Gardens, 31 March, 2pm on Boat Race Day
• Save Our Hospitals website
• Join the campaign

Support our Hospitals Tomorrow!

Please Come to the Meeting of the Full Council tomorrow at Hammersmith Town Hall

MEET
6pm Tuesday 19th March

for an
ORDERLY and CIVILISED PROTEST

then at 7pm
move into council chamber for the meeting 

• Full Save Our Hospitals newsletter
• Letter sent to Councillors for the Extraordinary Meeting

Open Meeting 21st March 7.30pm

• All residents - to Register for the day trip please Email: lyttonhall@gmail.com 
• or mail the trips organiser Dawn at lyttontrip@gmail.com 

          with contact details (email & Tel. number)

Proposed Bike Stations near the Lytton Estate

The proposed TfL Bike Stations

Transport for London have updated LETRA about the proposed Bike Stations to be installed near the Lytton Estate. As reported in  the last post, the station on the estate itself has been shelved, but 3 remain, although they state, "this is not inclusive of all planning applications but is indicative of what TfL expects the network to be." 

The site at the top end of Olympia Way is the most likely, with another on Genwdr Road and the third beside the lay-by on the West Cromwell Road, behind the Three Kings pub.

Lytton's Boris Bike Station - the Work Starts or does it !

In a surprise development this morning, contractors started work outside Samuel Richardson House, on a TfL Bike Station for the Lytton Estate. Workmen lifted the paving slabs in front of the block, dug down to the electrical cables and installed a power point box for the station. After stating earlier this year, that they could not go ahead with a docking station in this location, "as it's unregistered land", the work was unexpected, especially as there has not been a consultation meeting with residents on the estate. 

As of now, LETRA  has been unable to reach the TfL Project Officer organising the scheme and on contacting H&F today, was informed that they had not been anticipating the start of works or had an agreement for the Lytton bike station been signed off.

H&F have promised to get back to LETRA with more information as soon as possible. We have also invited TfL to attend our Open Meeting next week, to discuss the project. 

Update: Monday, 18th :

After contacting TfL, LETRA has been informed that due to the 'unregistered land' issue, the Bike Station on the Lytton Estate is unlikely to go ahead anytime soon, although the location is still under consideration. We have requested for the work in front of Samuel Richardson House to be finished and the pavement returned to its previous state, after this unnecessary job; there is still a large fenced off hole obstructing the pathway, that residents have to walk in the road to avoid. 

LETRA has also asked for full update from TfL, of other Bike Stations in the near vicinity of our Estate, we will let you know when/if they reply.

• Bike Station home page
• Cycle hire map (pdf)