Vote for Shoreditch Park

Local Councillors and residents are asking for your support in their campaign to see Shoreditch Park renewed and improved for everyone.

As part of these plans Shoreditch Park has been included in the Mayor of London's 'You Vote We Make Over' Competition.

Hackney is competing against other parks across London. Shoreditch Park is a fantastic improving oasis and we believe that continuing its rejuvenation would greatly benefit De Beauvoir, Shoreditch and beyond.

People from across the local community - young and old -use the park everday and we want to secure its future. This extra investiment would give the park a tremendous boost and contribute towards an exciting programme investment including:

Improvements to the adventure playground;
A new beach volleyball court;
A healthy eating café;
Areas of wildflower meadow;
A grass amphitheatre

Vote for Shoreditch Park before 30th January by going to:

http://www.london.gov.uk/parksvote/vote/?park=shoreditch

Safer De Beauvoir

Councillors joined Sgt Shaju Bhaskaran's De Beauvoir Police Team as they reassured residents on Colville Estate they're here to make sure the De Beauvoir community is safe.

Our dedicated local police team walked the entire estate, checking stairwells, roofs and garages, seeing where security might be improved.

Other members of our local team are: PC Steve Cahill, PC Adam Rowe, PCSO Jenice Gunning, PCSO Paul Hartley, PCSO Shybu Sasidharan and PCSO Mo Gani.

You can contact our own local team on 020 7161 9236 or 07879 435146 (if it's an emergency call 999).

[pictured: Sgt Shaju Bhaskaran checks out the roofs on Colville Estate]

De Beauvoir police close crack den

Officers from De Beauvoir Safer Neighbourhoods Team have worked in partnership with Operation Crackdown and Hackney Homes (Hackney Council's partner for housing) to secure a closure order on a crack house on Balls Pond Road.

Officers raided the address and found a substantial amount of drug paraphernalia. Four kitchen knives were also recovered at the property under a mattress in the bedroom.

In court, Hackney police were able to show that there were drugs at the address via the large amount of equipment found during execution of the warrant. Police also proved that the property has links to issues with drug dealing on Balls Pond Road.

The occupant has now been evicted and the basement flat has now been boarded up and closure orders posted up. Residents in the area thanked officers for closing down this venue.

Festive Quiz at the Wellington

De Beauvoir hosted Hackney Labour's Christmas quiz in the Wellington pub in Culford Road.

There was another big turnout of old and new members with seven formidable teams competing to win this year's competition.

After five hotly contested rounds, the Beermats scraped through to win the title.