Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour Roadshow

Hackney Homes, along with Hackney Council, the Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade have been holding roadshows across our borough on tackling anti-social behaviour.

The aims of the roadshows are to give advice on living safely and peacefully in our homes and how to report problems when things go wrong.

There is also be advice on micro-chipping and how to be a responsible dog owner.

The roadshow in DeBeauvoir takes place on Colville Estate near the Britannia Leisure Centre, N1 5PR, between 12-2pm on Monday 3rd October.

If you are unable to attend this event there is advice on the Hackney Homes website.

And of course you can always contact your team of Labour Councillors using the details on the left of this page.

Hope to see you there.

Decent Homes investment comes to Hobbs Place Estate!

The De Beauvoir Councillors are very pleased to be able to annouce that Hemsworth Court and Clinger Court on Hobbs Place Estate have been awarded Decent Homes funding.


This success comes after a long fight by Hackney Council and Councillors who have successfully convinced the government on this and therefore have successfully brought the funding to the Borough.

The work will cover the external parts of the estate's buildings, and will consist of items such as  new window and roof renewal or repairs, and with other external repair work that is deemed necessary as a result of the surveys. 


All affected residents on the estate will soon receive - if you haven't already - a letter from Lakehouse , the council's contractors, introducing themselves.  They and their surveyors will be carrying out inspections to the block to ascertain what works are required.  Should Lakehouse need to carry out an internal inspection, then they will contact you to arrange a convenient appointment.

The exact addresses being covered by this work are:

• 1-25, 26-37, 38-49 and 50-73 Hemsworth Court
• 1-48, 93-96 and 97-102 Clinger Court.

A resident drop in consultation event has been scheduled for early October 2011 and will be held at the Regan Way Community Hall.  The works are currently programmed to commence before the end of November.


All affected residents should by now have received a letter giving them more details. If you haven't received the letter or would like to know more please do get in contact with us at the above address.

UpRise festival in Dalston this Sunday

This Sunday sees UpRise festival return to the streets of London.  Local venues throughout Dalston will light up with live music, art, comedy, poetry and much more.


Gillett Square, Passing Clouds, Centreprise, Open the Gate, Dalston Roof Park, the Arcola Theatre, the Dalston Curve Garden, and the Vortex will open their doors to play host to the festival trail and celebrate the diversity of Hackney. This years theme is 'peace across the streets'.


If you're keen to come along, you can find more details here, or just come along between midday and 8pm

Oktoberfest in Shoreditch Park

This weekend sees the arrival of London Oktoberfest in Shoreditch Park with the opening night being this evening. As you will have seen if you have been to the Park this week, the tent for the event has already been put in place (see below)

After starting this evening, the event will then continue through this weekend and - after taking a break during next week - go through next weekend as well finishing on Sunday October 2nd.



From the plans we have seen, the nature of the event and the capacity of the tent, we anticipate that Oktoberfest will cause disturbance those in the local area and have made clear to the Council our objections to the event.


If the event does cause you disturbance please call Hackney Council's noise and environmental pollution team on 020 8356 4455. They are open at the following times (and will answer messages left at other points):

• Thursday: 8am - 2pm, 
• Friday morning 8am - 5am Saturday morning,
• Saturday: 9pm - 5am Sunday morning,
• Sunday: 6:30pm - 2am Mon morning. 

They have assured us that they will also be attending the park this evening and over the weekend in order to undertake noise readings and ensure that the event adheres to its licence.


You can find full details of the Noise and Environmental Pollution team here.


We would also be happy to here from any residents and raise your concerns with the Council. Please contact us with the details on the left of this blog.

2012 Paralympic Games - one year to go

Hackney recently marked the one-year countdown to next year’s Paralympic Games. A record number of 4,200 athletes from 150 countries are set to convene in London  between 29 August and 9 September 2012 and compete in 503 events in 21 sports.


To celebrate one year to go until the 2012 Paralympic Games in Hackney, disabled people and their carers will swim for free at pools across the borough, all year round. 


You can find more details here.

'We Love Hackney' weekend

The 'We love Hackney' weekend starts tomorrow and includes live music and performances, film, children's entertainment and the return of the Hackney One Carnival which was cancelled last month following the riots in Tottenham.


Across the weekend events are being held at a wide range of venues including Sutton House, the Hackney Empire, Hackney Museum and Central Library, and the Narrow Way. In addition, in Hackney Wick the Hackney Wicked festival returns for its second year.


Sunday sees the return of the Hackney One Carnival, which will bringing the borough's streets to life with spectacular costumes, energetic dance and uplifting music.


Now in its fourth year, the Council-run event brings together hundreds of performers from carnival and community groups across the borough.


The carnival parade begins at midday at Ridley Road Market, E8 and will make its way north up Kingsland Road and Stoke Newington High Street, before travelling along Church Street to Clissold Park.


You can see full details of what's on by clicking here.


Have a great weekend!

The transformation of St Peter's Crypt - what do you think?

Sitting on De Beauvoir Road at the heart of De Beauvoir Town St Peter's Church has been part of the local community since the area was first urbanised in the mid-nineteenth century.

To reaffirm its position at the heart of local life, St Peter's is currently undertaking a refurbishment of its crypt in order to make it a really useful community space used by a wide range of people from across the local area. The crypt is already used in a wider range of ways including as a nightshelter and a community cafe, and the Church would like to expand this further. Phase one of the refurbishment completed last year, and they are currently planning phase two of the work. 

The team are currently in discussions with a major donor who is keen to know more about what people think about the project and about what they would find useful.

In order to do this St Peter's have prepared a short online survey to gather suggestions about the sort of community activities and events you think are needed in De Beauvoir. It only takes a couple of minutes to complete, and can be found online here.

If you want to know more about the Crypt refurbishment project you can find more details here.