Have Your Say – just 2 weeks to go

January 26th, 2012

 

You have until the 3rd February to make your views known about the proposal for a Queen’s Park Community Council.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help improve Queen’s Park for everyone who lives here.

Campaigners, with the help of Queen’s Park Forum staff Ted and Fabian, are hosting an all day and evening drop-in information surgery for residents wanting to find out more. Come and see us over a cup of tea at Office 1, Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue w10 on Monday 30th January. We hope to have Somali, Bengali and Arabic speakers on hand to translate. Our aim is to help you have your say.

For those unable to make it to the information drop-in on the 30th, we provide a short note on the two key questions that most directly concern Queen’s Park residents right now. Dont delay, let Westminster Council know what you think: email cgr@westminster.gov.uk  

Alternatively the full consultation document can be found on Westminster’s website. But be warned – it is more than a little confusing.

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Annual Review 2010-2011

January 19th, 2012

Please see or download our 2010-2011 PDT-review-2010-2011.

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Happy new year for neighbourhoods

January 3rd, 2012


PDT and the Queens Park Forum start 2012 with the great news that Queens Park has been selected by the Department for Communities and Local Government to pilot an exciting new initiative that will open up  participation in the co-design of local public services focusing on families.

The QP project is one of ten ‘neighbourhood level’ projects that have been selected to develop small scale Community Budgets that will give residents a micro-local level say over the services they want and use. The local community will play a leading role, working with councils and professionals, to shape local services so they work in a user friendly and integrated setting.

Angela Singhate, Chair of the Queens Park Forum said, ‘This is a great opportunity for Queens Park and works alongside our petition to become a recognised Community Council.’  Neil Johnston CEO PDT said, ‘The Neighbourhood Budget pilot provides the people of Queens Park with a chance to re-think how services to families and the wider community can be made to work better. Working together with Westminster City Council and other public services we look forward to discovering new approaches co-designed by local people and professionals.’

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RIOTS – Independent Riots Communities and Victims Panel: Interim Report

December 19th, 2011

Front cover of interim report

The Independent Riots Communities and Victims Panel (IRCVP)  has been set up to examine and understand why the August 2011 riots took place.

5 Days in August Interim report

The interim report ’5 days in August’ has now been published. It sets out the expert panel’s  findings and immediate recommendations for action, following a national call for evidence made on 16 September 2011.

The final report will be presented to the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Official Opposition in March 2012.

In recognition of its regeneration expertise in deprived neighbourhoods, PDT recently presented its response to the 2011 riots to an  IRCVP interim forum including leading experts in social unrest. Jackie Rosenberg described PDT’s work with young people and the community at large. Evidence suggests that those areas engaged in a process of transformative regeneration, like North Westminster, reacted less violently to copy-cap and bystander looting than those areas still excluded from mainstream big society.

To read the interim report, please see www.5daysinaugust.co.uk

The Panel still wants to hear from as many people as possible - the most important part of its work is to listen to the people who have been affected by the riots and to make sure everyone has the chance to have their voices heard.

The interim report includes a response form for communities, victims and organisations to provide their views to us in the second phase of our activity You can also submit your views to panel members via the contact details on the contact the panel page and follow the work of the Panel on twitter - @riotspanel.

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