Kate's coffee morning this Saturday

Our local MP Kate Hoey is holding a coffee morning this Saturday from 11am to 12:30pm, at Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, SE11 6DN.

All local residents are welcome to come along and say hello!

Dozens brave blizzards to enjoy community coffee morning

Despite the atrocious weather, dozens of local residents made it along to our community coffee morning today at St Anselm's Church Hall.

It was great chance for all three local councillors; Lorna, Mark and Steve; to catch up with some familiar and some new faces.

We were delighted to be joined by London Assembly Member Val Shawcross, who listened to residents' concerns about the Mayor of London's plans to close police stations and fire stations. Lots of people signed Lambeth's petition calling on the Mayor to restore 100 police officers to our borough.

Prince's ward community coffee morning

We're pleased to announce details of 2013 Prince's ward community coffee morning!

Saturday 23 March
11am - 12:30pm
St Anselm's Church Hall

Please come along to say hello to your local councillors, Lorna, Mark and Steve, and your London Assembly Member Val Shawcross.

Coffee morning this Saturday!

Our fourth annual Prince's ward community coffee morning takes place this Saturday!

Residents of Prince's ward are invited to a community coffee morning on Saturday 4 February, from 11am to 12:30pm, at St Anselm's Church Hall , Kennington Cross.

It will be a chance for residents to meet their neighbours and local councillors, and to discuss issues affecting the area. Assembly Member Val Shawcross, Kate Hoey MP, and Leader of Lambeth Council Steve Reed will also be attending.

We hope to see many residents there!

2012 Labour Calendar and Coffee Morning

Over the coming days volunteers will be delivering the 2012 Prince's Labour calendar. It has contact details for all your local Labour representatives.

Alongside you should receive an invitation to our annual coffee morning. This year it's being held on Saturday 4 February, at 11am at the usual venue of St Anselm's Church Hall. All residents are invited to enjoy a tea or coffee and a chat with their Labour representatives.

Councillors will be joined by Kate Hoey MP, London Assembly Member Val Shawcross, and Leader of the Council Steve Reed.

Calendars and coffee morning invitation being delivered

Labour's 2011 calendar is beginning to be delivered by volunteers across SE11, along with an invitation to our annual community coffee morning.

The calendar is a handy size for fridges and noticeboards, and contains contact details for all of your Labour representatives, along with other useful numbers.

The coffee morning will be held on Saturday 29 January, from 11am to 12:30pm, at St Anselm's Church Hall, Kennington Cross. All residents of Prince's ward are welcome. Councillors Lorna Campbell, Mark Harrison and Stephen Morgan will be joined by Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey, London Assembly Member Val Shawcross, and Leader of Lambeth Council Steve Reed.

(Unfortunately the calendar's designer has introduced an unfortunate typo - we are aware and it wasn't possible to get it changed!)

2011 Community Coffee Morning announced!

Local Labour councillors have announced the third annual SE11 Community Coffee Morning, after successful events in 2008 and 2009.

Residents of Prince's ward are invited to a community coffee morning on Saturday 29 January, from 11am to 12:30pm, at St Anselm's Church Hall , Kennington Cross.

It will be a chance for residents to meet their neighbours and local councillors, and to discuss issues affecting the area. Kate Hoey MP, London Assembly Member Val Shawcross, and Leader of Lambeth Council Steve Reed will also be attending. (If you have an issue you which you want to discuss privately, it might be better to attend one of our surgeries.)

We hope to see many residents there!

Coffee morning a big success

Saturday's councillors' coffee morning was a big success, with around 50 local residents popping by for a cup of tea and a chat.

Kate Hoey MP, Cllr Steve Morgan and Cllr Mark Harrison spoke to residents and took up dozens of pieces of casework.

Local Labour party members Roberta Hamilton and Miranda Townsend kindly helped out by serving drinks.

Labour activists remind residents about Saturday's coffee morning

Three volunteers from LGBT Labour helped Councillor Mark Harrison deliver 1000 leaflets and calendars to homes across the Vauxhall Gardens Estate today.

Richard, Roy, Charlotte and Mark were reminding residents about Saturday's coffee morning, being held at 11am at St Anselm's Church Hall, Kennington Cross.

Community coffee morning announced!

Following the success of 2009's Prince's ward coffee morning, the councillors are delighted to announce a coffee morning for January 2010.

Residents of Prince's ward are invited to a community coffee morning on Saturday 23 January, from 11am to 12:30pm, at St Anselm's Church Hall , Kennington Cross.

It will be a chance for residents to meet their neighbours and local councillors, and to discuss issues affecting the area. Kate Hoey MP will also be attending.

We hope to see many residents there!

All in a week's work for SE11 Labour

Last Saturday residents from the Ethelred and Whitgift estates met at Pory Hall for a coffee morning with councillors and Kate Hoey MP. It was a good chance for people to meet their neighbours and chat, discuss some of the problems both estates are facing, and an opportunity for Ethelred TMO board members to update councillors on efforts to get the Council to sort out the estate's CCTV and doors. There is some optimism that the new Lambeth Living Chief Executive is keen to sort the problem out, but there is a still disagreement about the service charge residents will be expected to pay.

On Monday the Vauxhall Gardens Estate Tenants and Residents Association met for the first time in a few months. Major works are underway across the estate, and there was concern that scaffolders are blocking streets and car parks, and that builders are not cleaning up after themselves properly. Mark Harrison offered Labour activists' assistance in taking round a petition against coaches parking on the streets around the estate at weekends, which has been causing a nuisance in the area for several years.

On Tuesday the Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall Forum held its quarterly public meeting at the Pedlars Acre Hall in Kennington. There was concern that pavements are being left in a poor state when street lighting is replaced. Complaints were raised against the lack of a review of the Kennington controlled parking sub zone, which Cllr Stephen Morgan promised to take up. There was an update on the Mayor of London's cycle hire scheme - Lambeth will be applying for planning permission for around 30 docking sites in the north of the Borough. John Kazantzis, Lambeth's Cabinet Member for Business, gave a overview of how Labour is trying to help small business in Lambeth through the recession. Finally, Stephen Morgan gave an update on plans for a craft school and museum on the Beaufoy Institute site in Black Prince Road, and plans for a community hub on the old Lilian Baylis School site. Both are progressing well, if slowly.

On the same evening Labour supporters joined members of the Portuguese community at the Casa Madeira restaurant on Albert Embankment for a fantastically-successful fundraising dinner. Leader of Lambeth Council Steve Reed, and London Assembly Member Val Shawcross both practised their Portuguese, to the pleasure and amusement of everybody there.

Ethelred coffee morning announced

Our next community coffee morning will be for residents of the Ethelred Estate, Whitgift Estate, and Ethelred Towers. Over the next couple of weeks people will be receiving invitations to this event, which will be held in Pory Hall, on Lambeth Walk.

The coffee morning will take place from 11am to 12:30pm, on Saturday 4 April. Pory Hall is on the first floor of Pory House, above the the ACA Enterprise shop. In the picture shown it is behind the murals. Many thanks to Ethelred TMO for allowing us the use of the hall.

Your councillors and Labour Action Team will be there, along with TMO Board members, and committee members from the Whitgift and Ethelred Towers boards. The police Safer Neighbourhoods Team have been invited.

Vauxhall Gardens coffee morning

Around 30 residents of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate attended Saturday's community coffee morning, held at the All Nations Centres on Tyers Terrace.

Issues raised with Cllr Lorna Campbell, Cllr Steve Morgan, and Kate Hoey MP included problems with council housing, dangerous dogs, and the state of Vauxhall Spring Gardens.

Two Community Support Officers from the local Safer Neighbourhoods Team also attended to speak to residents about their concerns about crime.

Vauxhall Gardens coffee morning announced

Residents of the Vauxhall Gardens area are being invited to attend a community coffee morning this Saturday (21 March).

The event will be an opportunity to chat informally to councillors and neighbours, discussing issues of importance to the area.

The coffee morning will be kindly hosted by the All Nations' Centre on Tyers Terrace (pictured). It will run from 11am - 12:30pm. Hope to see you there!

Community coffee morning a huge success!

The first community coffee morning organised by the Prince's Labour Action Team was a huge success, with over 50 residents passing by for a hot drink and a chat.

Kate Hoey MP, Councillor Lorna Campbell, and Councillor Steve Morgan spoke to residents about issues they were facing. Party members Mark Harrison and Martin Caldwell served teas and coffees, and Jack Hopkins welcomed people at the door.

There were representatives from areas across the ward, including Ethelred TMO, Vauxhall Gardens Estate Tenants' Association, Kennings Way, churches, community groups and businesses.

The event was kindly hosted at St Anselm's Church Hall at Kennington Cross.

Encouraged by the success of the coffee morning, Prince's Labour Action Team are now thinking ahead. Organiser Mark Harrison said 'We'd be keen to find out whether residents would appreciate more ward-wide events, or more focused area-based meetings, held in partnership with residents' associations'. Please let us know!

Left: SE11 residents chat over over coffee.

Right: Cllr Lorna Campbell and Kate Hoey MP discuss casework they collected from the coffee morning.

Community coffee morning announced

The Prince's Labour Action Team are delighted to announce a community coffee morning, open to all residents, which will take place on Saturday 17 January, from 11am to 12:30pm.

It will be a chance for residents to meet their neighbours and local councillors, and to discuss issues affecting the area.

It will be held at St Anselm's Church Hall, at Kennington Cross. St Anselm's is at the junction of Kennington Road and Kennington Lane, and the Church Hall is on the left hand side of the Church.

We hope to see many residents there.