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PARTY SPIRITS NOT DAMPENED

Our Children's Party in the Park 2009 was a great success on Saturday July 11 despite a couple of showers. The sun even shone briefly. The brass band was marvellous, the cakes fantastic and all the other activities from the bouncy castle to Chris Nicholson the magician to face painting were enjoyed by lots of youngsters. The free goody bags and toys and games were snapped up. Some designed their own t-shirts while others enjoyed the FitKid activities and meeting the Canine Partners dog. And there was still lots more. Many thanks to all who helped set up, run things, supply products, and to take it all down afterwards. And to our supporters Murphy Group and the Benyon Estate as well as Typhoon CP for publicity. Special thanks to Kathryn Moore who led the organisation. If you have any comments, let us know.  

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Click here for lots of pictures from the party

YouTube video (5 mins)

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JULIA IN THE PAPER

Rev Julia Porter's new post as Dean of Hackney has been reported in the 

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VIETNAMESE EVENING 

About 40 people enjoyed Vietnamese snacks and a talk by one of the community leaders, Vu Khanh Thanh. Mr Vu mixed his natural modesty with a fascinating tale of how Hackney became home to so many asylum-seekers and their descendants, and thus came to have such a concentration of Vietnamese restaurants and, over time, other businesses including nail parlours.

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FOOD DEBATE AT ST PETER'S

BBC journalist George Alagiah launched a debate on food supply and food security at St Peter's Church on Friday June 5. Around 300 people packed the church for a lively discussion. A panel from local groups concerned with food joined George in the discussion and answered questions from the audience.

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ISLINGTON CASHES IN: Read the story about a new traffic measure that has caught lots of De Beauvoir people

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CONCERT TRIUMPH

Our Family Atlantica concert in St Peter's Church on April 24 was a triumph. The band, starring Luzmira Zerpa, played a variety of styles from lively latin to gentle guitar pieces.

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Got any nice pictures of De Beauvoir? We could publish them here.

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PLANNING

The Kingsland Conservation Area Advisory Committee, which has an official role to comment on planning applications and covers De Beauvoir, has its own website.  It publishes its comments on applications. Email them if you would like to get involved.

 
If you want to find details of a planning application, or see what has been proposed for your road, look at the Council's planning website. You can search by street or by individual application if you know the number. Then you can comment online on an application.

 
If you hear from the Council or some other way about an application in De Beauvoir, please let us know by email and we will spread the word.

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REMEMBER DE BEAVER, the area newsletter from the 1970s? There is a copy of the first edition here (big pdf file)

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HACKNEY DEVELOPMENT PLANS 

Hackney have produced an update to the Local Development Framework, which is to be the replacement for the Unitary Development Plan as the outline of planning rules for the borough. It is on their website.

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OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES

News from Meg Hillier MP (December 2009)
Local Hackney councillors have a blog at http://debeauvoircouncillors.blogspot.com/

They are:  (click to email)
Gülay Icoz
Robert Chapman
Christopher McShane
or reach all of them at DeBeauvoir@Hackney-Labour.org.uk or tel 020 8356 3350; mobile 07722 868937;  Councillors have agreed to make sure one of them deals with each message