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Campaigners will be going door to door and running information stalls throughout May explaining how a Community Council will work and why it is so important for our neighbourhood. For more information or to ask any questions please phone 020 8964 8024, email campaign4queenspark@gmail.com or drop in to Office 1 at the Beethoven Centre on Third Avenue.
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Paddington Development Trust held its 5th Biennial Community Conference last week exploring how to turn national policy on localism into practice on the ground. A mix of interested people including residents, community groups, officers, the CEO and Leader of Westminster City Council and government advisors packed PDT’s Stowe Centre to explore future working drawn from North Paddington’s lessons and experience of neighbourhood working over the last ten years. Feedback has been very positive, with most concluding that it was a thoroughly thought-provoking event. (For conference resources and write up see links below)
This VT was made by local photographer and lifetime chronicler of Paddington community action, Philip Wolmuth. It captures Paddington residents’ feelings about social action in neighbourhoods where they live.
Making Localism Work from Philip Wolmuth on Vimeo.
The conference highlighted:
Accountability – this was the term most referenced on flip-charts, and was clearly felt to be essential in any new ‘local’ model of delivery or engagement.
Support, Advice and Training – A recognition that local people will need support, advice and training in order to engage and involve themselves in co-designing services or in direct delivery.
Infrastructure, information and networking – A belief that this work needs infa-structure support to help ensure information sharing and networking.
Sustainability and Resources – A strong call for any new processes to have sustainability and for resources to be provided to ensure this can happen over the long-term. Support for increased volunteering but with paid staff alongside.
Click here for the discussion and debate notes of the conference. Also available are the agenda, biographies of the speakers and panelists, a background paper and speakers’ slides. You can also listen to an edited audio recording of Jonathan Carr-West and Angela Singhate.
Click here for information on our 2009 Community Conference.
44 people attended three workshops organised by Queen’s Park Forum’s Energise Queen’s Park Project. Attendees learned how to draught proof their windows and doors. The group was advised to look for other areas where heat is lost from their homes and to seal them up to prevent draughts getting in and heat bleeding out. Free materials will be provided to anyone who attended a workshop. For more information on Energy Awareness please contact Allison on 020 8964 8024 or email allison@pdt.org.uk
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