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An Idea Whose Time Has Come!The TELCO campaign for a Community Land Trust (CLT) on the Olympic Legacy
Park enters is entering its tenth year. TELCO has come a long way since then, when it was just an idea. On the
back of the success at St Clements Hospital, we stand poised to persuade those in power once and for all that 100
of the first 1000 homes to be built should be CLT homes.
Leaders across our boroughs have been working hard to make this a reality,
ahead of our Spring Assembly this year, where we hope to receive our final answer on the issue.
On the night, each of the ‘brick tickets’ that have been distributed within members institutions will be brought up
on the stage and used to help build a house, demonstrating our support for the campaign.
On the 24th April we will hear on the
progress of this campaign from the LLDC.
The TELCO Spring Assembly will be
taking place on 24th of April, 7pm to 9pm, Stratford Town Hall.
On Friday April 5th the East London Community Land Trust (ELCLT) hosted a visit by a
delegation from the London Legacy Development Company (LLDC) led by its Chief Executive Officer, Dennis Hone.
The site visit was organised as one of a number of agreed meetings
between TELCO and the LLDC in the run-up to the Spring Assembly.
The de l e ga t ion were ve r y impressed with the plans for St Clements and came away with a
strong understanding of how Land Trusts function. This will form part of their planning for proposed Land Trusts on the Olympic site.
Picture above - Dave Smith (Housing
Organiser), centre left with Dennis Hone (LLDC CEO), centre right.
Olympic Legacy Chief visits St Clements Community Land Trust
Faith & Public Action in Waltham Forrest -
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SPRING 2013
HACKNEY - REDBRIDGE - TOWER HAMLETS - NEWHAM - WALTHAM FOREST
NEWSLETTER
Young Leaders at the heart of change in East London -
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More Job Success for TELCO leaders -
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TELCO Leaders in Waltham Forest met on Tuesday 28th February, at the site of the former Waltham Oak Pub to run a house meeting and local action around building stronger relationships in the community.
Borough Co –Chairs Cliff D Souza (Our Lady and St George’s) accompanied by parishioner Paul Dowling and Sister Josephine Canny (Holy Family College) met with
Sheikh Ghulam Rabbani (Faizan E Islam) and other worshippers at Faizan E Islam and enjoyed food and fellowship as they shared their vision for East London.
Faizan E Islam bought the Waltham Oak building and applied for planning permission to use the space for a mosque and community centre for all. TELCO leaders were invited to
see the building and share ideas of how the community could benefit from the space. That same day, officers from the council came to view the building and coincidently
TELCO leaders who were on a tour were able to express their support for the application and their commitment to work together.
To be a part of the conversation in Waltham Forest please contact your Borough Organiser.
Faith and Public action in Waltham Forest
E13 Learning Community - At the Heart of Change in East London
Over the last 12 months young leaders from the E13 Learning Community joint School Council have been at the heart of making change in Plaistow.
Through a listening campaign, building relationships with local Councillors, Police and shop-keepers students have made significant changes in their neighbourhood. With the help of
Lyn Brown MP and Councillor Forhad Hussain, students have managed to win a major restructuring of roads around 3 schools to make the area safer.
Students have also been thinking creatively about the use of the Olympic stadium and have initiated a petition which
includes use of the stadium for schools and community groups. Students have also planned a Litter Pick Day with local Councillors. There is no stopping these young leaders!
Alif Academy students CitySafe Action
On Thur sday 14 th March , a t eam o f enthusiastic students
from Alif Academy, Forest Gate took part in a CitySafe action with McDonald’s Head
o f S e c u r i t y, P a u l Donlevy. The action took part in Stratford
Mall which was launched as a CitySafe Zone on June 9th 2012, and is part of a three-month pilot.
Before setting out to talk to shop-keepers and shoppers in the Mall, students confidently answered questions from Paul Donlevy about their involvement in CitySafe, and also met the Store Manager, Amjad.
Alif Academy is an independent Islamic primary school and one of the newest members of TELCO. Students
have been involved in CitySafe walks on Katherine Road and the trip to Stratford showed whats possible for their local area.
Students enjoyed the action and promised to go back to Stratford to hold a training workshop with the Police and shop-keepers.
TELCO leaders and organisers have continued to pursue with energy a range of employment and training
opportunities for its members across some of the key development hotspots in East London.
As an outcome of the Olympic Games
and its Legacy a number of strategic partners who are key to the delivery and development of the Queen
Elizabeth Park have been offering some of the first post-games opportunities to our young people.
Atkins Engineering, responsible for designing the Olympic stadium, has delivered its first successful cohort of
TELCO apprentices during Autumn 2012.
Seven young people joined the new
internship programme for a three month period and have an academic experience of studying technology, engineering and maths at college or
university.
Alongside the work experience TELCO has also helped to deliver
employability seminars to assist the interns with their wider pursuits in the job market.
As a result of this success one of the TELCO interns, Jishan Ahmed, has been offered a position as an Assistant
Telecoms Engineer and will be completing a short period of work in the North of England. Congratulations
Jishan!
Atkins Global will be attending the TELCO Spring Assembly to announce further commitments to working in
partnership.
Job success for TELCO young people
Health is Wealth in Tower HamletsTELCO leaders met with the Director of Human Resources at Barts Trust on Tuesday 12th March to build a relationship with the largest local health employer in Tower Hamlets.
The Barts Trust is a merger of three
hospitals in East London; Royal London, Newham General and Whipps Cross and has plans for expansion of
i t s w o r k f o r c e i n j o b s a n d apprenticeships. They currently employ about 15,000 people.
Nurul Ullah (Darul Ummah; Tower Hamlets); Abdullah Tariq (Darul Ummah ); Bernadette Harris (St
Thomas of Canterbury; Redbridge) Sr Josephine Canny (Holy Family College; Waltham Forest) met with Director Michael Pantl in to discuss the
opportunity for local recruitment similar to the TELCO model used in the Olympics.
Barts Trust was positive regarding the proposals and mentioned that a
strategic aim of the hospital is to contribute to wealth generation in the
area. Research has found that local people who are in work, are likely to be healthier and have better wellbeing
and therefore in the long run need the health services less.
TELCO jobs team is putting a proposal
together on local based recruitment as we too believe health is wealth and would like to hear from our members
who want to be a part of this.
For those interested in being part
of the jobs team please email: [email protected]
Borough Meeting DatesSpring 2013:
Delegates Meetings Autumn 2013:
Accountability AssembliesSpring 2014:
Tower Hamlets: 8th May 2014
Newham: 12th May 2014
Hackney: 13th May 2014 Waltham Forest: 15th May 2014
Redbridge: 19th May 2014
Redbridge: 18th Nov 2013
Tower Hamlets: 19th Nov 2013
Newham: 21st Nov 2013Waltham Forest: 26th Nov 2013
Hackney: 28th Nov 2013
Dates - the road map to 2014
Tower Hamlets: 16th May 2013
Newham: 28th May 2013
Waltham Forest & Redbridge: 14th May 2013Hackney: 29th May
TELCO Students visit Schools Conference
TELCO is on twitter!
Follow @TELCOCitizens for the latest news and campaign updates.
OUR MEMBERSCatholic Association for Racial JusticeSt. Thomas More RC ChurchThe Urswick SchoolSt John at HackneySt Thomas' Church, Stamford HillNorth East Hackney Anglican GroupOur Lady's Convent High SchoolSt Michael and All Angels ChurchSt Joseph's HospiceCardinal Pole RC SchoolSkinners AcademySt Jude Catholic ChurchSt Dominic's Primary SchoolSt Mary's CoE ChurchSt James' ChurchStratford & Canning Town Methodists Eastside Young Leaders AcademyLandmark TrainingParish of Divine CompassionSt Antony's R C ChurchSt Antony’s Primary School St Bonaventure's & St Angela's 6th Form Unison - University of East LondonSt Margaret's R C ChurchWoodgrange Baptist ChurchSt Stephen's & St Nicholas' ParishShpresa ProgrammeLister Community SchoolPlaistow primary SchoolSouthern Road SchoolCurwen Primary SchoolSelwyn primary SchoolPortway Primary SchoolCleves Primary SchoolUpton Cross Primary SchoolCatholic Parish of the Royal DocksRCCG Trinity ChapelSt Francis RC Church - StratfordUrsuline Convent, Forest GateAnchor HouseUniversity of East LondonAlif AcademySt Thomas of CanterburyTrinity Catholic High SchoolCJSR - Brentwood DioceseThe Salvation Army - IlfordSt Cassimirs Lithuanian ChurchNew Testament Church of God - Mile EndOur Lady of The Assumption -RC Church Queen Mary University - Geography DepartmentEast London MosquePoplar Harca Housing AssociationSalvation Army Stepney St Mary's Cable StreetSt Paul's ShadwellStepney Green SchoolUnison - Tower HamletsJesuit Refugee ServicesCentral Foundation Girls School
YOUR ORGANISERS
Emmanuel Gatora Lead (Newham, Redbridge,
Waltham Forest)[email protected]
07956 998 909
Ruhana AliTower Hamlets
[email protected] 584 0611
Marcus DuranHackney
07904 246 644
Students from Cardinal Pole and Our Ladys in Hackney attended the London Citizens organised Schools Conference day at Kings College. The event
demonstrated some of the best work currently taking place across member schools in the capital.
On March 1st and 2nd TELCO hosted two-day training for 29 London Citizens leaders at St Josephs Hospice, Hackney.
The next two-day training is May 20th and 21st and six-day training is June 24th to 29th. Please contact your Borough Oganiser if your institution is keen to send
people.
Two-Day training hosted by TELCO
Dave SmithSenior Housing Organiser
07525 326 239
Callum Green Housing - Organiser
[email protected] 193 089