by Julia Haythorn | Sep 8, 2025 | AGM, Greening, Our Neighbourhood, Public Space
AGM INVITATION
Thursday, 9th October, 6 pm at the Wellcome Centre, Howland Street.
All members are invited to attend The Fitzwest Neighbourhood Forum Annual General Meeting.
There is also the opportunity to attend via Zoom. Please contact us directly on info@fitzwest.org and we will send you the Zoom link.
A full agenda will follow shortly, but there will be the chance to discuss the plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street and also to hear more about funding opportunities and projects via the Community Infrastructure Levy.
GRAND UNVEILING OF THE HOLCROFT COURT ARTWORK
Tuesday 30th September, 4-8pm
A new artwork, commissioned to celebrate the lives and works of Thomas and Fanny Holcroft, and funded by the Community Infrastructure Levy will be unveiled at the Community Day at Holcroft Court, Carburton Street, W1W 5DF.
Everyone is welcome.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO WATER PLANTERS
The planters which were funded by the Community Infrastructure Levy and Tesco are still thriving, despite the hottest summer on record!
We do however need some more volunteers to help with watering on Gosfield Street and New Cavendish Street. The commitment is very small and any help – even just one day a week for 10 minutes or so – would be brilliant.
Please contact info@fitzwest.org if you are able to help.
by FitzWest admin | Jul 4, 2024 | AGM, CIL, Consultations, Environment, Greening, Our Neighbourhood
Thank you to everyone who attended our very successful AGM last Wednesday 26th June at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre on Howland Street – we appreciated you choosing to spend a gloriously hot evening with us rather than in the park! You can
read the full minutes of the meeting here.
As well as all the usual business of the AGM, we had several interesting presentations. These included an update from Jordan Scammell from the Soho Poly Theatre about their development plans and how the CIL funding has been spent.
You can have a look at the presentation here.
Lee Lyons from The Fitzrovia Partnership and Lucy Mitchell from the New West End Company discussed how they are dealing with issues of crime and anti-social behaviour in Fitzrovia. Councillor Patrick Lilley also shared some of the complex challenges the police are facing and how they are working to deal with it. Greening and outdoor space is always a very popular issue for our members and Mark Gazaleh told us about tree planting and plans for future greening in the area. You can look at this presentation here.
Consultation – chance to have your say
The Fitzrovia Partnership is co-designing a sustainability strategy and action plan for the area and has been engaging the community on its environmental, social and economic priorities to make Fitzrovia a better place to live, work and visit for all.
There was an exhibition and consultation about this at the AGM and residents and businesses gave their opinions. Join The Fitzrovia Partnership for its final sustainability strategy co-creation session on 10th July ay 12.30.
This session will include a wrap-up of insights gained during the recent sustainability drop-in sessions and survey, including feedback from local residents and businesses on how they would like to see better social and environmental value delivered in the area. The session will also provide an opportunity to provide final feedback on our Sustainability Strategy and Action Plan.
by FitzWest admin | Jun 24, 2024 | AGM, CIL
AGM – Wednesday 24th June 2024 at 6pm
All members are invited to attend The Fitzwest Neighbourhood Forum Annual General Meeting.
There is also the opportunity to attend via Zoom. Please contact us directly on info@fitzwest.org and we will send you the Zoom link.
Highlights include:
- discussions on security in Fitzrovia including issues around crime and anti-social behaviour
- updates on the Soho Poly Theatre (CIL project)
- all the usual business of the AGM
- chance to meet and socialise with your neighbours over a glass of wine
Full agenda available here
If anyone is interested in being more involved in Fitzrovia community issues, then please let us know as we are always looking for new members of the Executive.
New Cavendish Street Planters
After the successful installation of planters on New Cavendish Street, Hanson Street, Great Titchfield Street and Gosfield Street last year, it was time for a spruce up with some summer colour. We were lucky to have our team of green-fingered volunteers ready to help and the results are stunning. Our volunteers also share out the watering of all the planters. We will need some more help over the summer to keep the planters watered so if you would like to be involved please drop us an email on info@fitzwest.org or talk to one of the Executive at the AGM.
by FitzWest admin | Jun 3, 2024 | AGM, CIL
All members are invited to attend The Fitzwest Neighbourhood Forum Annual General Meeting.
Date: Wednesday 26th June 2024
Venue: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, 25 Howland Street London W1T 4JG
Time: 6pm
There is also the opportunity to attend via Zoom. Please contact us directly on info@fitzwest.org and we will send you the Zoom link.
Full details to follow shortly, but the meeting will include:
- discussions on security in Fitzrovia including issues around crime and anti-social behaviour
- updates on current and future CIL projects including the Soho Poly Theatre
- all the usual business of the AGM
If anyone is interested in being more involved in Fitzrovia community issues, then please let us know as we are always looking for new members of the Executive.
by FitzWest admin | May 30, 2023 | AGM, CIL, Consultations, Our Neighbourhood, Oxford Street
First of all, a big thank you to over 40 local residents and businesses and all the West End Ward councillors (Cllrs Toale, Fisher and Lilley) who attended our AGM on 18th May at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre on Howland Street. The high tech facilities meant we were also able to have people attend virtually.
As well as the usual AGM business, Cllr. Geoff Barraclough and some of the Westminster Council Oxford Street team presented initial plans to change the traffic flow at Oxford Circus. There were plenty of questions and comments and an undertaking by the Council that this would be fully consulted on before implementation. There was particular concern about suggestions of changes to traffic flow on Great Titchfield Street and the potential for increased traffic.
Our local police officer from the Safer Neighbourhood teams then gave a presentation about crime and anti social behaviour. This also generated lots of questions and gave residents a chance to chat afterwards.
Finally, there were some updates on projects that have received CIL funding. Donna Yay from Fitzrovia Community Centre explained how the works to improve the accessibility and floor covering would not have otherwise been possible. Gwilym Harbottle told us that the New Cavendish Planters will be installed this summer – and asked for volunteers to be on the planters committee – so if anyone is interested please get in touch with Gwilym at info@fitzwest.org
The AGM minutes are available here.
by FitzWest admin | May 10, 2023 | AGM, CIL, Our Neighbourhood, Oxford Street
We want to have as many people as possible so please share this with your neighbours and local businesses.
Find out about the changes to Oxford Circus traffic flow, hear about the exciting CIL funded projects, and meet your local police officers, part of the Safer Neighbourhood Team. They will update us on issues of local drug dealing and anti social behaviour.
Annual General Meeting on Thursday 18th May at 6pm at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, 25 Howland Street, W1T 4JG which will also feature:
We look forward to welcoming you and for you to have a chance to meet your neighbours over a glass of wine.
AGENDA
1. Welcome, Introductions and Apologies
2. Minutes of the last meeting. Available on Fitzwest website: https://www.fitzwest.org/
3. Election and re-election of Executive members. Any member can stand for election. Please let us know via email if would like to stand. Candidates should be prepared to say briefly why they should be elected. If you can’t attend please send a few lines about who you are and why you should be elected.
4. Amending the constitution. Proposal: to amend the constitution so as to reduce the AGM quorum from 20 to 10 and the Executive quorum from 6 to 5. These changes would require a 75% majority of those voting. 10% of members can always call a general meeting to reverse such a decision.
5. Presentation of accounts
6. Proposed changes to traffic flow at Oxford Circus – Oxford Street Team, Westminster Council
7. Dealing with anti-social behaviour and drug dealing in FitzWest – Safer Neighbourhood Team
8. Updates on current CIL projects
9. Any other business
