Lambeth Council Watch - news and updates about the 'co-operative' council

[Rushy]

It saves about £110K in overtime / year across a number of parks.

 

[technical]

We’ll have to wait and see how much it costs in terms of inevitable abuse of the park’s infrastructure.

Plus the hall is nearing completion of refurbishment. Going to have to get decent security on that

 

[Rushy]

We’ll have to wait and see how much it costs in terms of inevitable abuse of the park’s infrastructure.

Plus the hall is nearing completion of refurbishment. Going to have to get decent security on that

Well quite - they have said that open parks will have night wardens which strikes me as significantly more expensive than having someone lock the gates.

I suspect the new Brockwell Hall conference centre is actually the main reason behind keeping it open as they will be operating until late anyway.

 

[BusLanes]

Is there any more info on this? Do you know the reasoning?

Saves £120k per year across the borough

 

[BusLanes]

I agree that it just doesn't make sense to me that this saves Lambeth any money for Brockwell alone but if we also consider policing costs as well.

The park sits within Herne Hill Ward for some reason so this may mean their local policing team needs to take responsibility as well.

I was at a SNT/ward police community meeting when we all were told by a resident and the police didn't look happy at all.

 

[friendofdorothy]

Lambeth have confirmed they're trialling not locking gates of some more parks, like Brockwell Park, from next month

They already do this in borough of Croydon

 

[nagapie]

Seems a very small saving. I hope it's not affecting the park wardens' wages too much.

 

[Tropi]

Why they haven't called a councillor by-election yet?! For the Gym Dick place?

 

[GarveyLives]

Who runs this dreadful show?!

Yet again:

A single mother fleeing domestic violence says she has been left in danger by a Southern Housing and Lambeth Council, which have both failed to permanently rehouse her ...

Domestic violence survivor ‘at risk’ from housing association and council’s failure to rehouse her

 

[Eric Jarvis]

Yet again:

A single mother fleeing domestic violence says she has been left in danger by a Southern Housing and Lambeth Council, which have both failed to permanently rehouse her ...

Domestic violence survivor ‘at risk’ from housing association and council’s failure to rehouse her

Sadly this is typical. Not just with Lambeth, many local authorities refuse to take their legal safeguarding obligations around domestic and familial abuse seriously. It's disgusting. However Lambeth currently seem to be particularly bad.