by Julia Haythorn | Apr 9, 2016 | Consultations, Our Neighbourhood, Public Space
The forum receives more complaints about rubbish than almost any other topic. In response to this we have set up a sub-group to focus of the problems of rubbish disposal, dumping and collections in our area.
We’ve devised a questionnaire and we would be very grateful if you could fill it in for us, giving us your views.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/190rmWoVZjnJ-8IuVYafRcta49kBJ-22QpS7v99ycEWE/viewform
If you have any further comments please feel free to add them in the comments box below, or if you are reading this on our home page use the quotation icon at the head of this article.
Thank you.
by Julia Haythorn | Feb 15, 2016 | Environment
Market Place could be a much greener oasis than it is today. Do we really need this wide delivery bay?
Now that our public consultation exercise is coming to an end we are delighted to report that we are in a position to start delivering one of the most popular aspects of our proposals ahead of time. Many of you supported the idea of greening small oases that would bring some welcome calm to our busy city as well as provide opportunity for pollution busting planting and locations for wildlife to flourish. In fact new green oases in the streetscape received the most votes when we asked what community Infrastructure money should be spent on.
Fitzrovia is one of the least green areas in Central London. The only public blade of grass in FitzWest is the new development at Pearson Square. That pocket handkerchief, delightful though it is, cannot hope to serve all our needs. It is our intention to recommend to Westminster City Council that more spaces like this are built as part of developments. But what about the concrete jungle we already inhabit?
Consider places like this above. It is the pavement on Great Titchfield Street, right outside the Regent’s Park Hilton. It’s the view that people living in the sheltered housing across the street view daily. Now we have some hope of doing something about such spaces (where development might not happen for years)
FitzWest Neighbourhood Forum is delighted to announce that we have been selected as one of the areas to receive Tesco’s BagsofHelp funding.
Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork to launch its Bags of Help initiative in hundreds of regions across England and Wales. FitzWest applied for a grant and we are the lucky recipients of a regional award. How large the funding is will depend on votes cast in our local Tesco.
The scheme will see three community groups and projects in each of these regions awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge. The public will now vote in store from 27 February until 6 March on who should receive the £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 awards. To learn more about the initiative please look at www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp
by Julia Haythorn | Feb 1, 2016 | Info
Credit Dmitry just.photo.lab@gmail.com
We’ve had a few complaints that the web version of our consultation is not as easy to follow as the exhibition itself. So we re-arranged the pages for you and hopefully, made it easier to follow and to comment. Click here to go to the exhibition pages
We had an amazing response at the exhibition, but we still need your comments if you didn’t have a chance to go. You can download the questionnaire and send it to us, or you can browse through the panels leaving, your thoughts on each page on the website.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. We hope to be able to show you very soon that we have listened and are responding to your ideas.
You can also email us at info@fitzwest.org
by Julia Haythorn | Jan 12, 2016 | Consultations, The Plan
Copyright FitzWest Map drawn by Lydia Bevan hand-drawnmaps.co.uk
Thank you to everyone who came to the exhibition. It was a great success and we were particularly pleased to see so many new faces. Go to the exhibition pages to see the panels and download a questionnaire in order to have your say. The consultation ends 16th February 2016.
We will shortly also publish a copy of the questionnaire about rubbish collection which was also available at the exhibition.
If you’d like to leave a quick message please use the comments at the base of this page.
by Julia Haythorn | Dec 30, 2015 | Consultations, The Plan
Happy New Year!
Map drawn by Lydia Bevan Hand Drawn Maps
Dear members and Friends of the Neighbourhood Forum,
As a New Year dawns, I thought I’d remind you all of the exhibition that we’ll be holding on 11th January. We are very grateful to the Getty Image Gallery, 46 Eastcastle Street for hosting us.
It will be open between 11.00am and 8.00pm. As well as exhibiting ideas and proposals, we will be unveiling the hand drawn map of the area by artist Lydia Bevan. (Detail above) Everyone who comes along will be able to take away with them a copy of the map, showing many of our houses, offices and landmarks.
Our vision is a vibrant, prosperous, creative and connected neighbourhood; where people from all sectors and communities enjoy wellbeing; where we can work collaboratively to ensure that our living and working needs are met.
If you value Fitzrovia as much as we do and if you live, run a business or work here, we welcome you to come along to the exhibition and help to shape the neighbourhood plan for the future.
As well as inviting Forum members, and anyone in the community, we are hoping to draw those people who might have other types of interests in the area – the press, politicians, developers and landowners. If you know anyone who you think we should add to the invitation list email info@fitzwest.org
Tea,coffee and biscuits served all day.
We look forward to seeing as many people as possible at the exhibition,
Wendy Shillam
Chairman of the Executive
