BEST Residents meeting

We have a residents meeting on the 5/2/19 at 7:00 PM at Advice4Renters 36-38 Willesden Ln, London NW6 7ST,

Agenda

We will be discussing the formation of a Neighbourhood Watch

Update on Paddington Old Cemetery

 

AGM

Hello happy campers. The Brent 11 Streets AGM is coming up… In fact it’s tomorrow evening. At the Advice for Renters 36 -38 Willesden Lane NW6 7ST @7pm.
Do please come along. We are looking forward to seeing you all there. If you have thoughts or ideas about what we need to discuss, it’s still not toooo late to add stuff on the AOB.

New MP’s constituency office

Our new Member of Parliament for Hampstead and Kilburn, Tulip Siddiq, will run regular surgeries at her constituency office, 288 Kilburn High Road, on the first Friday of every month from 4:00pm to 5:30pm – no need for constituents to book an appointment.

At other times in the week, the office is open from 10:30am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday.

The landline for the office is 0203 441 7676 but you should prefer to contact our MP by email: tulip@tulipsiddiq.com

Kilburn Calling

A blog that speaks out about the issues and concerns of people who live in the Kilburn area of the London Borough of Brent.

Councillor Duffy started blogging. And it’s very, very interesting.

http://kilburncalls.blogspot.co.uk

Brent Cycle Strategy

The strategy aims to achieve the following vision for cycling in Brent:

• To make Brent a borough where everyone can cycle safely, in comfort and with confidence.

• Enable people of all ages and abilities from every section of Brent’s diverse society to see cycling as a good option for everyday travel. 

 

The strategy has been drafted based on feedback last year from residents who were asked what they thought were the most important factors to make Brent a great borough to cycle in.

Brent Council is keen to get more people cycling in the borough. The results and comments from the consultation will help Brent Council agree a final strategy that will address how it can improve cycling in the borough and make cycling an attractive and accessible option for everyone.

Read the draft strategy and fill in the consultation here:

http://brent-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/ens/htdel/cycle_strategy2015

Paper feedback forms are available from local libraries and sports centres from Wed 17 June. There are also a number of face-to-face consultation events across the borough [full list below]

The results from the consultation will be taken into consideration to agree a final Cycle Strategy to be approved by Cabinet in December 2015.

There are a number of consultation events across the borough. Residents and stakeholders are invited to come along to gain a better understanding of the Draft Strategy and ask officers questions in person:

Kingsbury Station –  Monday 15th July 4pm -7pm

Vale Farm Sports Centre – Wednesday 24th June 4pm – 7pm

Gladstone Park – Saturday 4th July 1pm – 4pm

Brent Civic Centre/Arena Square – Wednesday 8th July 11am – 3pm

Please also check out our summer of cycling activities on our new web-pagewww.brent.gov.uk/cycling

#BinsofBrent

#BinsofBrent is our hashtag.

For those of you who don’t know what a hashtag is, it’s basically a key-word on the Internet, more specifically on Twitter. Just let’s imagine it’s a banner, our banner for that fight.

If you are tired of the way Brent Council deals with our bins too, please drop us a line : info@elevenstreets.org.uk

BEST Big Lunch 2015

General Election Fun Fact

Did you know?

The founder of the Monster Raving Loony Party (3,528 votes counted across the UK so far in the 2015 General Election) was founded by David Edward Sutch aka Screaming Lord Sutch.
Lord Sutch grew up in Charteris Road in the 40’s and early 50’s!

The Ugly Tree Pits… No, that’s not a movie coming soon.

Tree Pit makeover (Pimp our pavements)

You may have noticed the sad condition of many of the tree pits in the BEST area. Many are in a dangerous condition, see picture below.

BEST is promoting the improvement of the “tree pits”.

We want to assist concerned residents to give their “local” tree pit a transformational make over.

The picture below shows what can be achieved.

Martin Harvey, a local gardener, will be on hand at the “Big Lunch” event on the 25th of May to demonstrate the ways you can turn your tree pit into a mini urban garden.

He can advise you how to prevent the pavement slabs collapsing, how to build a boarder and what to plant.

BEST intends to bulk purchase soil and wooden edging to kick start the greening or our streets*.

For inspirational ideas visit:

http://www.pimpyourpavement.com/tag/tree-pits/

For information on how to qualify for your free* make over kit email: info@elevenstreets.org.uk

* funds are limited

 

Tonight is movie night @ Charteris Sports Center – 7:30pm #BluesBrothers

Grab some food, a few drinks and a blanket and join us @ Charteris SC !