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Legal advice session 14 October 2015

Legal advice session for tenants of Kennington Park Estate 6.00 pm on Wednesday 14 October 2015 at Kennington Park Community Centre Would you like some legal advice about outstanding disrepair issues? An experienced solicitor will be present to explain some of the technicalities and to offer professional expertise and advice. Advice is also available from One Lambeth Advice at https://onelambethadvice.org.uk/  (and click here  for details of the free legal advice sessions at South Bank University)

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Oval Cricket Ground: Redevelopment of the Peter May Stand

Redevelopment of the Peter May stand in the cricket ground has just started and construction is scheduled for completion by the end of April/beginning of May 2016.  During the demolition and rebuilding work, the heavy construction vehicles servicing the site will arrive via Clayton Street.  Residents should be careful of construction traffic when crossing Clayton Street and Kennington Oval.  This traffic should not start before 0800 in the morning.  If residents notice heavy lorries arriving earlier that eight, please inform the TA. More info from here: http://www.kiaoval.com/new-peter-may-stand-to-be-built-this-winter/                                

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Welcome to the Blog!

Kennington Park Estate Tenants Association are always keen to keep everyone up to date with the latest happenings and info about the estate. As the new Deputy Chair of the Kennington Park Tenants Association, Steph will be keeping you up to date with the latest goings on and showing more ways in which you can get involved.

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Annual General Meeting: 23 September 2015

 Our Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday 23 September 2015 at 7pm in the Kennington Park Community Centre.  The agenda is here and the minutes of the 2014 AGM can be found here. The Annual report 2014-15 presented to and approved by the AGM can be found here. It details activities undertaken on behalf of residents, including: Representations to the Chair and Chief Executive of the Hyde Group on behalf of all Hyde Southbank Homes residents Service charge scrutiny and review Challenge to the inappropriate year on year extension of the contract for the CCTV monitoring service including the disproportionate service charge to KPE Negotiations with Hyde management with reference to the proposed redevelopment of the Community Centre site Engagement with the Council and Berkeley Homes on the plan for the redevelopment of the gas holder site Scrutiny of the new cleaning and grounds maintenance contract specification  

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Time for Exercise – Zumba Gold and Yoga Classes

Kennington Park Community Centre’s popular Exercise Class is back for the Autumn term on Tuesday 1 September – every Tuesday 11am to 12 pm in the Community Centre.     ******************************************   FREE Yoga Class & Social Hosted in partnership with Yoga Roots, the Hyde Plus Stockwell Community Centre team invite you to join us for a FREE yoga class and social.   Who:               This is an open access event for members of the Lambeth community. Our yoga instructor, Imalia is a Lambeth Community Centres volunteer. Imalia will deliver classes catering to the needs of all individuals despite their ability and fitness levels. This is a disability accessible class. Everyone is welcome to join in! What:             Yoga for all abilities followed by a social. When:            Weekly on Mondays from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Where:            Main Hall at the Stockwell Community Centre; 1 Studley Road, London SW46RA Cost:              …

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Kennington Park Flower Garden

 The Flower Garden in Kennington Park has been restored with the support of £500,000 funding, primarily from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Lambeth Council. It was formally reopened on 18 July, when a new sundial was unveiled by the MPs for Vauxhall and Bermondsey & Old Southwark, Kate Hoey and Neil Coyle.         The new sundial was made from Welsh slate by Sam Flintham, a student of historic stone carving at Kennington’s City and Guilds of London Art School.     The programme of events which will now be taking place in the Flower Garden is reproduced below – starting with Bat Walks on 22 August and 17 September (bat detecting at twilight!) and a guided walk through the garden on 5 September and 3 October.          

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Roadworks update from TFL

Oval Triangle road improvement works e-bulletin – 30 July 2015   “As you are aware, we are improving the junctions around Oval station to create segregated cycle lanes, enhance public spaces and improve pedestrian crossings as part of the Road Modernisation Plan. Main construction works started in March and are expected to finish in early 2016. I’m now writing with an update on recent progress and to give more information on upcoming work. Progress update Construction of the segregated cycle lanes continues along the A3 Kennington Park Road Magee Street resurfacing Vehicles can no longer turn left from the A202 Camberwell New Road at the junction with the A23 Brixton Road This change has applied from 20 July and is permanent We are also temporarily relocating pedestrian crossings; alternative crossings are clearly signposted whilst we carry out these works The installation of the new signals at Kennington Park Road at…

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Local Activities for Young People this Summer

There are lots of activities happening in Lambeth this summer (see below). In Kennington Park Community Centre – Friday Night Youth Club for ages 11-19. Starts 31 July, 6.30pm – 8.30pm. Free. Summer Uni for ages 11-19. Starts 3 August for 4 weeks. Mon, Wed, Fri. 10.30am to 12.30pm. Free. And nearby at Archibishops Tenisons School Summer Play Scheme for ages 5-11. 20 July to 14 August. £16 per day.

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Newsletter July 2015 – next TA meeting 15 July

Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ Association News JULY 2015 ******************************************* Join us at the next KPETA meeting at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 15 July 2015 at the Kennington Park Estate Community Centre Come at 6.30 pm for refreshments and chat. TA officers will be there to discuss individual problems/issues  The agenda for this meeting and the minutes of the last meeting are here   ******************************************* Are you experiencing damp, condensation or mould growth? If your flat is affected by damp, condensation and/or mould, do come to the TA meeting on 15 July and tell us about it.  We want to assess the extent of the problem so we can discuss possible remedies with our housing managers.  If you’re not attending the TA meeting, you can email your information about damp, condensation and mould to kpetamail@gmail.com. The TA is seeking technical advice and information in order to gain some understanding of the causes…

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Northern Line Extension Information Day 18 June

Kennington Park & Kennington Green Information Day – Thursday 18 June 2015 – Bishop House Children’s Centre, 5 Kennington Park Place – Entrance via Harmsworth Street   The Northern line extension (NLE) site set up has now commenced along the route and we would like to invite our neighbours in the Kennington community to visit our Information Day. This is an opportunity to find out more about the project in general and to talk to representatives from the Project Team. The Information Day will be held between 9:30 am and 6:00 pm in the Foyer of Bishop House Children’s Centre, 5 Kennington Park Place, London SE11 4AS (entrance via Harmsworth Street).         If you have any queries, please contact us at nle@tfl.gov.uk or call our 24/7 helpdesk on 0343 222 2424.

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