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Lambeth wants to hear from you: Lambeth want to know where narrow pavements make it hard to keep socially distanced
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sparkybird
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Sadly it isn't possible to widen the pavements on some parts of Streatham High Road where it's been very busy. I'm shopping for a couple of people who are sheltering and they are really anxious about how they are going to manage when they get 'let out'. Of course I can continue to help them, but still, I understand their concerns
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Is June 1st too soon for schools to reopen?
Lambeth news Lambeth Parents group publish open letter to Lambeth Council opposing school reopening plans
Lambeth news Lambeth Parents group publish open letter to Lambeth Council opposing school reopening plans
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It's a difficult one. No one can be certain of how a return to school would affect things at the moment - but I know my 11 year old daughter is desperately missing her friends and all the interaction that goes with being at school. Turns out there's only so much fun you can have with your parents at that age ....
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Extinction Rebellion Lambeth response: Extinction Rebellion Lambeth statement on the response to the Covid-19 pandemic #NoGoingBack
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See Cllr Davie has put comment on end of this. Labour Group say they are going to support Teachers and Parents. Good that Labour group are doing this.
Government must not put our families and school staff at further risk - Lambeth Labour
Cllr Ed Davie is the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People and a councillor in Thornton ward. Lambeth’s education workers, including teachers, and families with school-aged children have responded brilliantly to this crisis. Children and their carers have had to take responsibility for...
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"Lambeth Labour have submitted a Motion to the next meeting of the Full Council calling for a number of measures to ensure safety and support children in the current circumstances and beyond. This motion will call on government to:
- Work with the trade union representatives of teachers and education workers to ensure that schools can return safely, including the need to meet the tests set out by the trade unions including the National Education Union that include clear scientific evidence, the need for a full rollout of the “test, trace and isolate” policy, enhanced school cleaning and quantifiable agreed standards on PPE and social distancing.
- A nationally funded recovery strategy that truly ‘levels up’ our most disadvantaged children in line with the Child Poverty Action Group’s proposals for extended schools, universal free school meals, higher child benefit and reform of universal credit, among other measures.
- Recognition that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic children often face additional barriers to fulfilling their potential. Assessments replacing exams must account for and correct bias and further research and investment into schemes like Raising the Game needs to take place.
CH1
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Who actually runs the schools then?See Cllr Davie has put comment on end of this. Labour Group say they are going to support Teachers and Parents. Good that Labour group are doing this.
Government must not put our families and school staff at further risk - Lambeth Labour
Cllr Ed Davie is the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People and a councillor in Thornton ward. Lambeth’s education workers, including teachers, and families with school-aged children have responded brilliantly to this crisis. Children and their carers have had to take responsibility for...
"Lambeth Labour have submitted a Motion to the next meeting of the Full Council calling for a number of measures to ensure safety and support children in the current circumstances and beyond. This motion will call on government to:
Families, schools and other experts must be properly consulted to ensure schools reopen safely. Government should be reaching out and looking to build consensus with the safety of children, parents, carers, and staff being put first."
- Work with the trade union representatives of teachers and education workers to ensure that schools can return safely, including the need to meet the tests set out by the trade unions including the National Education Union that include clear scientific evidence, the need for a full rollout of the “test, trace and isolate” policy, enhanced school cleaning and quantifiable agreed standards on PPE and social distancing.
- A nationally funded recovery strategy that truly ‘levels up’ our most disadvantaged children in line with the Child Poverty Action Group’s proposals for extended schools, universal free school meals, higher child benefit and reform of universal credit, among other measures.
- Recognition that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic children often face additional barriers to fulfilling their potential. Assessments replacing exams must account for and correct bias and further research and investment into schemes like Raising the Game needs to take place.
Presumably academies are run by their respective academies, and probably church schools are run by trustees with heavy church - RC or CofE- input.
I'm not up with events - but it seems to me around half the schools are probably directly controlled by the council and half by independent committees.
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Lambeth update
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Lambeth says it could lose £44 million this year if the Government breaks its funding promise
Lambeth Labour Group have sent out a press release regarding the current financial situation facing local government “due to the government breaking its promises for funding the response to c…
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The public transport situation is going into reverse.
For several weeks we have had free bus travel (which sounds like a good idea permanently)
Now we are promised fare rises, restrictions on Freedom Passes and encouraged to drive to work.
If this wasn't so depressing I would feel a touch of schizophrenia coming on.
For several weeks we have had free bus travel (which sounds like a good idea permanently)
Now we are promised fare rises, restrictions on Freedom Passes and encouraged to drive to work.
If this wasn't so depressing I would feel a touch of schizophrenia coming on.
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I think primary schools are run by Councils. Liverpool is not going to open schools.
Coronavirus: Unions and city mayor defy government’s call to reopen schools
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Tennis courts back open in Lambeth's parks
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Tennis courts reopened in Lambeth parks as coronavirus restrictions eased
As part of a national easing on COVID-19 restrictions, all tennis courts in Lambeth’s parks have now been reopened. All courts will be bookable, with bookings only available online.
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St John's Angell Town Primary School is a church school obviously.
There is also a St John the Divine Primary School in Vassall Ward somewhere.
In Herne Hill ward there is St Saviours Primary School in Herne Hill Road.
I'm sure there are plenty more like this. My understanding of how Angell Town worked was that the chair of the management committee is the vicar.
Obviously the funding must be largely from the council - and councillors and non-councillor party appointees seem to be management committee members.
There will also be management committee members who are Parochial Church Council members of St John;s Angell Town church.
So my question was really who has the final say? The person who had been vicar at Angell Town - Rev Canon Rosemarie Mallet - had a reputation as being a tough nut. But she was it would appear, a card carrying member of the Labour Party, so might have been totally in sync with the council at Lambeth Town Hall.
However Rev Canon Mallett was appointed Archdeacon of Croydon in the Autumn, so there is either a new Vicar at Angell Town, or a vacancy.
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I'm increasingly impressed with Bell Ribeiro-Addy's energy and commitment. She's a good MP. Anyone heard much from Florence Eshalomi or Helen Hayes?
No more BAME deaths – online public meeting with Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Mon 18th May 2020, 7pm
An online meeting is happening on Monday, 18th May, where speakers will demand that there is no return to unsafe workplaces, and that there is a public inquiry into the disproportionate impact on B…
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teuchter
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Why's it not possible?
sparkybird
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Because the road isn't wide enough for example the section from the Odeon to St Leonard's church is one lane each way, not even any bus lanes. And it also coincides with the narrowest pavements on the high street....
teuchter
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I think it could be narrowed if there was the will - even where it's currently only two lanes it's still quite a wide road.
For example the two images below are at the same scale. Streatham high road's narrow point is actually wider than Coldharbour Lane at the point I've shown it (by Loughborough Junction station) but not that Colharbour Lane is wide enough for 3 lanes at the approach to the junction. At that point on Coldharbour Lane, it is currently narrowed to two lanes going under the bridge, pavement extended each side.
So if anyone tells you Streatham High Road can't be narrowed - what they really mean is that they don't want the traffic to be restricted that much. It's a question of who out of pedestrians and motor traffic gets the priority - make the argument for pedestrians if you can.
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Bowie themed NHS tribute
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In photos: David Bowie themed celebration of NHS workers in Brixton, May 2020
Spotted in Atlantic Road, Brixton, yesterday is this Bowie-themed billboard celebrating NHS workers.
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Brixton tube update Coronavirus: Brixton tube station on list of stations to avoid during rush hours
sparkybird
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I'm not making an argument against adjustments, but I don't think you can really compare the A23 with cold habour lane.
teuchter
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You can, if the question is whether it can be narrowed and still easily accommodate two lanes of traffic.
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An original response! ‘Call of Corona’ video game created in Lambeth lockdown raises money for the W.H.O.
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I went around four parks today and they were all rammed, with loads of people gathering in big groups. One bloke even thought to start up a big, extra-smokey barbecue in Ruskin Park!
Elsewhere, a Brixton fast food vendor was absolutely jammed full of people inside, with no one making the slightest effort at social distancing. The risk to staff and other customers must have been unacceptably high. It's clearly not good to see this going on, but I'm curious what you lot would do. Would you report it?
Elsewhere, a Brixton fast food vendor was absolutely jammed full of people inside, with no one making the slightest effort at social distancing. The risk to staff and other customers must have been unacceptably high. It's clearly not good to see this going on, but I'm curious what you lot would do. Would you report it?
organicpanda
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as was said elsewhere, who do you report it to? (not that I think that's your style), people will always push to see where the limits are and this government has made them so ethereal that people will forget just what the end result will be. Being 'alert' means absolutely fuck all and gives people the freedom to do whatever they want, enabling the government to blame the people for not following advice, blame the scientists for giving the wrong advice. blame anyone but themselves. It's going to be a shitshow to end all shitshows when we have the second wave, winter flu and no deal Brexit
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