Last night, I was invited to be a guest of honour at a wonderful awards ceremony celebrating the achievements of pupils from the Best Tutors supplementary school in Church Rd. Lord Nasir Ahmed of Rotherham (pictured above centre) was the chief guest of honour. Continue reading “Celebrating Our Best Tutors”
Today I attended a party at the Beaumont Estate Community Centre to say goodbye to North Leyton’s Sure Start and to learn more about plans for the new Children’s Centres due to take its place.
Over the past few years, North Leyton Sure Start, based in 803 High Road Leyton, has been an invaluable service for Leyton’s parents and the community as a whole Continue reading “Saying Goodbye to North Leyton Sure Start”
Tonight I attended, and gave a speech at, a brilliant end of term show put on by the kids from the Kreative Culture Klub (KCK).
The Kreative Culture Klub was the brain child of local poet and tireless community activist, Yvonne Bailey. Yvonne works unpaid to support these kids – many of them from deprived backgrounds – to celebrate their talent through song, dance and poetry Continue reading “Supporting Our Kreative Culture Klub”
Whilst out and about talking to my neighbours this morning, I was accosted by eight year old Brian, who wanted to know what I was doing with a pen and a clipboard marching up and down his road, asking people nosey questions. Continue reading “What do we want? More parks!”
Crime and anti-social behaviour are issues that worries many residents living in Leyton ward. To give local people a face-to-face opportunity to tell him their concerns, local MP Harry Cohen hosted a coffee morning at the Trinity Methodist Hall in Leyton High Rd, which was attended by PC Stuart Murray and PCSO Tracey Aroui from the Leytonstone Safer Neighbourhoods Team Continue reading “Introducing Your Safer Neighbourhood Team”