WebWatch N8

street party pics - July 2011

Where to? Now?

Severely disabled families "left high and dry"

- the closure of Whitehall Street Respite and Residential Home for adults with severe learning disabilities
Ham and High 17.2.11

Imagine a local authority telling families who send their children to state schools that they were all being closed and that they would instead be paid an allowance to go privately? It would not take a crystal ball to see that families with the most difficulties and the least personal resources would soon be high and dry.

Yet this is equivalent to what Haringey Council are expecting families suffering disabilities to do. Two days before Christmas it announced that, as a result of the fall in its government aid, it would withdraw its provisions for severely disabled residents. It will no longer provide its own buildings and staff to care for them.  Drop- ins and day centres for the elderly and the vulnerable will be closed, and in its own words   “the council will not be re-providing or funding these services”. All four of its residential care homes will be shut,  despite the fact that it cannot say where these residents are going to go, or how on earth they are going to afford the fees of the independent sector.

I went along to one of the “consultation” meetings last Thursday,  to Whitehall Street Respite and Residential Home for adults with severe learning disabilities. This is a modest 15-bed home for people with learning disabilities and is the only in- house one of its kind run by Haringey Council. It offers residential places for 11 people, and 4 respite beds which support 35 families.

The frightened and mostly elderly parents filled the lounge area and sat with arms round their adult children some of whom rocked back and forth, some agitated,  some perhaps  luckily oblivious to the news that this pleasant house which has been home for many years, was to be cruelly shut for ever. As Councillor Dilek Dogus - Lead Member for Adult Social Care - introduced herself to the meeting, it occurred to me that she had probably never been here before.

The council claims it will save itself £240,000 by closing Whitehall Street, saying that it will give people personal allowances instead to purchase care on the open market. The parents at the consultation event knew they were being duped. “If you close our home we will have nothing else” cried one, “this is the only break I have.” 
The personal allowances cannot meet the needs of many of these vulnerable people. Care on the open market is phenomenally expensive and these parents knew it. Many had tried to seek residential care in the past. And anyway many knew there was nothing out there. “We have been looking for over a year, there’s nothing”.  “They just keep putting their prices up,” said another.

The Head of Learning Disabilities claimed that other families might be found in the borough to care for their loved ones - and Haringey Council could pay them an allowance. Well there may be a few saints out there, but surely the odds are that if their own families couldn’t cope with their adult childrens’ complex needs then it was unlikely that strangers would. Yes there may be some who need the money, but that might not be the right reason - and the supervision and vetting would surely have to be phenomenal.

One mother told me that, after a lifetime’s  care, her child was now settled at Whitehall Street and  she had thought she would die in peace. She was now distressed beyond belief.

Who decided that Whitehall Street and all these residential homes and drop in centres should be the first places it should close, not the last?  Councillor Dilek Dogus  must have felt like the Grim Reaper by the end of the day. If she didn’t realise at the start of the consultation meetings she will have realised by their end – that the lives of these people, the most vulnerable in the borough, are condemned by her Council.  As someone said at an earlier consultation meeting, “why are you closing this? You wouldn’t do this to schoolchildren.  Yet these frail people are just as vulnerable as children.”

It is the Big Question of any society. Where is our line, beyond which we will not go? On Thursday we could see that Haringey Council had already crossed an unacceptable one.


Sue Hessel
Haringey Federation of Residents’ Associations (Vulnerable Groups)
14.2.11

______________________________

_________________
hfra_news mailing list
hfra_news@haringey.org.uk
http://mail.haringey.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hfra_news_haringey.org.uk

Enterprise dumped for Veolia by Haringey Council

•   Posted by Liz on January 31, 2011 at 3:06pm in Council Services & Policy

A frisson of excitement (or is it trepidation?) at the Community Volunteer news desk as we learn that council waste contractors, Enterprise, are to be replaced by Veolia beginning in mid-April.

The company was chosen from a final shortlist of two at a meeting of the council’s cabinet on Tuesday, January 25 and the contract between Haringey council and Veolia, who will deliver recycling, refuse, and street cleansing services for the next 14 years, is now being finalised. 

 

 

A406 North Circular to close for bridge removal

By STEPHEN MOORE Tottenham & Wood Green Journal -Tuesday, February 15, 2011 5:59 PM 

THE NORTH Circular road will close overnight around Bounds Green this weekend so a pedestrian bridge can be removed.

The work is part of the ongoing widening programme for the A406, and will see the road closed from midnight to 5am on Sunday, February 20, from the junction with Bounds Green Road to the junction with Green Lanes.

Workers will remove the central section of the footbridge to the east of Broomfield Road in preparation for the road widening and construction of a new pedestrian and cyclist’s route.

A temporary pedestrian crossing will be installed in the meantime between Moffat Road and Pymmes Close, controlled by lights.

This will be replaced with a permanent signal-controlled crossing at the end of the year.

All HGVs will be diverted via the A1, along the M25 and the A10 to avoid the work.

For more information, contact Transport for London (TfL) on 0800 066 5006 during office hours. The TfL community information centre is also open on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 2pm, at Skanska’s site offices at 84 Bowes Road, N13 4NP.

Free water saving devices from Thames Water

• Posted by Liz on February 17, 2011 at 10:53am in Community Information & News

Maybe everyone knows this but me, but just discovered by the power of Twitter, that Thames water offer free water saving devices

Free stuff from Thames water

Can't be bad!

Business promotion on 'Haringey on Line. ...in return for giving back to the community

• Posted by Hugh on February 16, 2011 at 4:15pm in About the Website

I've just updated HoL's business promotion policy with what's become an emerging practice over the past few months.

I'm keen to help local businesses, but no one wants a site that chock full of ads. So I want to make sure that where people are making a living from what they advertise, they're prepared to make a return to the community. This can be by donating money to help keep the site running - ANYONE CAN DO THAT OF COURSE :o) - or by giving back to the community in another way. Here's an extract from the full policy:

If you want to promote your business, by advertising, or running a feature, you're most welcome. This can be done either by paid advertising (which is used to run the site) or by giving your services or expertise to the community.

So far we've been doing this by suggesting that advertisers offer a free prize draw to members. We've had a free yoga course, free art class, free wine tasting course, a free Xmas tree and so on.

But if you've got special skills, why not bank those hours for the community? You might be a plumber who could offer your help to people in our Neighbourhoods Connect project, or an accountant who can help out a local voluntary group. You suggest it. If it helps out the community we're interested.

Latest CRP News

 

 

---

13 February 2011
Home Office pledges £18m to anti-knife crime programmes
Theresa May has announced a series of funding initiatives worth up to £18m to help reduce the incidents of knife crime. Read more here

---

12 February 2011
Government's anti-social disorder proposals - at a glance
The government is holding a consultation on scrapping Anti-social Behaviour Orders (Asbos) in England and Wales and replacing them with a new range of measures to combat anti-social behaviour. So what precisely will be considered? Read more here

---

11 February 2011
15 fines for urinating as part of city-centre clamp-down
PEOPLE who urinated on the streets of Chester have been caught out and punished in a crackdown. Seventeen people - including one woman - were given fines of £100 and obliged to pay costs by Chester magistrates after being caught on CCTV. Read more here

---

11 February 2011
Home Office to issue guidance on ID seizure by pubs
The Home Office is to issue guidance by the end of February on how pub and door staff can legally seize ID from under-age customers. Read more here

---

10 February 2011
Government to appoint commissioner to control spread of CCTV
The government has announced plans for a regulator and code for public authorities using CCTV and automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) cameras. Read more here

---

10 February 2011
Taxis to display ID numbers on their roofs?
Taxis in Oxford could have large numbers stuck on their roofs so they can be seen by police and CCTV operators. Police officers said taxis were occasionally used by criminals and large numbers on the roofs would make them easier to track down in a chase. Read more here

---

9 February 2011
Signs of progress in police service-sharing
Efforts to set up service-sharing between the UK's police forces have had little success so far. But there may be signs that more sharing is becoming increasingly practical Read more here

---

9 February 2011
Pubs to use 'civil recovery' to help cover security costs
Licensees are being offered a way to claim money from troublemakers who damage their property or attack their staff, under a scheme being led by National Pubwatch. Read more here

---

8 February 2011
'White paper' shows how colleges can improve security
With term-time populations often running into the tens of thousands, university and college campuses face the same kind of crime challenges as any small town, such as burglary, mugging and violence. Read more here

---

7 February 2011
Police team up to reduce poaching in rural areas
Police in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire have joined forces to halt a rise in crime against farmers and landowners. Officers have been sharing information and resources and gathering intelligence in rural areas. Read more here

---

7 February 2011
After the glitches: how useful will the new national crime map be?
The Home Office's new crime map has settled down after its lame start on January 31st, it seems. And the problems weren't only techncial ones as householders up and down the country objected to being presented as denizens of crime-ridden Britain. Read more here

---

7 February 2011
Hi-tech bikelocks 'a huge success'
Bicycle locks which are activated by mobile phones have been hailed a huge success in tackling bicycle thefts at Portsmouth University Read more here

---

7 February 2011
Government announces review of CRB checks as councils get rapped
Councils in Kent and East Sussex have been accused of carrying out unjustified Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks for job applicants. Meanwhile the government has announced that it will review legal obligations to run Criminal Records Bureau checks. Read more here

---

5 February 2011
Police cadets deliver 'reassurance' through crime prevention surveys
Ninety-nine crime prevention surveys were completed by Hertsmere Volunteer Police Cadets at burglary hotspots in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, on a single day in December. They targeted vulnerable older residents, who said they felt 'very reassured' that the police and cadets were out preventing potential Christmas burglaries. Read more here

---

2 February 2011
New law makes parents responsible for kids' air guns
Parents who fail to keep air guns away from their children will be fined up to £1,000 under a new offence from next month. Read more here

---

2 February 2011
Recession encourages Britons onto the wagon
New figures from the Office of National Statistics indicate that Britons are buying less booze. The recession, it suggests, is the reason for the lower spending. Read more here

---

2 February 2011
Government to allow council 'snooping' for more serious offences
The long-awaited shake-up of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) will limit local authorities' use of communications data - with the exception of two important areas. Read more here

---

1 February 2011
Surrey Police threaten to withdraw support for ShopSafe scheme
Guildsafe, a crime prevention scheme in Guildford which links 50 shops in the town to a central CCTV system, could fold because Surrey Police have proposed withdrawing their support for a key role. Read more here

---

1 February 2011
Retailers 'very angry' as council sacks ShopSafe coordinator
Retailers in Newbury are 'angry' and 'disgusted' with their local council for withdrawing funding for the local ShopSafe scheme administrator. Read more here

Diversity in Apprenticeships Open Day - this Friday!

>



 

This message was sent by HAVCO on behalf of Get App'ed - Diversity in Apprenticeships

Whittington Charity Quiz night - poster

Poster for Quiz night

Councillor presents the Policing issues ..........

BUT I cannot get my head round the answer.  Is there going to be change or no change? Someone please enlighten me. chico Martin Newton ✆  to Martin

show details 3:04 PM (5 hours ago)

I thought you would appreciate an update on Policing in your local area following the meeting that Lynne and I had with the Acting Borough Commander, Chris Barclay on 28 January 2011.

We presented Commander Barclay with the results of the questionnaire on Safer Neighbourhood Policing which included the views (anonymously) on policing priorities from residents of Alexandra. Bounds Green, Crouch End, Forties Green, Highgate, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, Stroud Green and Woodside wards.

Commander Barclay assured us of the commitment to Neighbourhood Policing in Haringey and that named teams in wards would remain and that policing priorities would continue to be set by each local community through the ward panels. He also assured us that the safety concerns of local residents will be paramount in any decision on policing in the local area. The views from our survey will be included in the Metropolitan Police (MET) London-wide review and also fed back to individual ward teams for them to take note of any specific local issues.

However, some decisions are being taken by the MET across London and these will have an impact locally and are likely to result in Sergeants being responsible for two wards rather than one, and for some reduction in Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). However, it was hoped that some PCSOs would convert to being Police Constables.

In the case of Muswell Hill Police Station, Commander Barclay said that this will not close unless an alternative with front counter provision is in place in the local area.

I happened to meet the Commander again on Thursday 3rd February and he thanked us for enabling residents to give individual comments as this had been really helpful in putting the case to the MET for our local police teams in Haringey.

I believe we have given the police a strong message that local policing matters to keep crime down in the local area, so once again, thank you for your views. Together with Lynne Featherstone MP and my Liberal Democrat colleagues in Haringey, I will continue fighting for the police to stay local. Safer Neighbourhood Teams are good for the local community and good for local safety. If there are any issues relating to policing, or any other matter that you would like Lynne Featherstone¹s or my help with, please don¹t hesitate to get in touch on lynne@lynnefeatherstone.org

Thanks again for taking the time to respond to the survey.


Kind regards,

Martin

Cllr Martin Newton
Liberal Democrat Fortis Green ward
Liberal Democrat Crime Spokesperson

Telemarketeers - the bane of your life?

(1) Three Little Words That Work! The three little words
are: "Hold On, Please..."

Saying this while putting down your phone and walking off
(instead of hanging up immediately) would make each
telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler
room sales would grind to a halt.

Then when you eventually hear the phone company's
"beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and
hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its
task.

These three little words will help eliminate telephone
soliciting.

(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one
on the other end?

This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes
phone calls and records the time of day when a person
answers the phone.

This technique is used to determine the best time of day for
a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.

What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no
one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on
the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible This
confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your
number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have
your name in their system any longer!!!

(3) Junk Mail Help:

When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill,
return these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending
companies throw their own junk mail away.

When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for
everything from credit cards to second mortgages and similar
type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.

Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes,
right? It costs them more than the regular 44 cents postage
"IF" and when they receive them back.

It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage
was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is
according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of
some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little
postage-paid return envelopes.

One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas.

Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American
Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get
anything else that day, then just send them their blank
application back!

If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name
isn't on anything you send them.

You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to
just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 44 cents.

The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a
lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need
to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get
lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it
twice!

Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are
saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits,
and that's why they need to increase postage costs again.
You get the idea!

Tax advantages of Gift Aid

What is Gift Aid?
Gift Aid is a scheme that allows charities and CASCs to claim back the basic rate tax already paid on donations by the donor and is currently worth 25p for every pound donated by UK taxpayers.

How do you calculate Gift Aid?
The calculation is: 

(donation) x 20 (basic rate of tax)
80 (100 – basic rate of tax)

How do charities claim Gift Aid?
UK, EU, Norwegian and Icelandic charities may be eligible for Gift Aid. Charities wishing to claim Gift Aid need to register with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for tax purposes. HMRC will send you the Charity Application Form to nominate a member of staff to make the claims and the claim forms. For further information read this page on registering and claiming Gift Aid.

What do donors have to do?
A donor has to make a declaration giving the charity permission to claim the tax back on their donations. This declaration can be made orally or in writing and can be backdated for donations made in the past 4 years and also any future donations. You can download our sample Gift Aid declaration form here.

Are all donations eligible?
For a donation to qualify for Gift Aid, the donor must be a UK taxpayer. They must pay at least enough Income or Capital Gains Tax in the year of the donation as your charity will reclaim on their donations from HM Revenue and Customs.

So, if a donor has given you £100 in a tax year, they must have paid at least £25 in tax that year to cover the amount your charity will reclaim in Gift Aid.

What is Transitional Relief?
Before the 2008 Budget, Gift Aid was worth 28p for every pound. However, this was changed to 25p per pound due to a lowering of the basic tax rate from 22% to 20% and left charities facing a considerable loss. To make sure that charities had time to adjust to the loss in revenue, the government introduced a temporary scheme called Transitional Relief, which made up for the short-fall, giving charities an extra 3p per pound on all Gift Aid claims. This will run until April 2011.

Example:

Donor gives £100
Charity claims basic rate tax on gross gift from HMRC (20% of £125) £25.00
Transitional relief £3.20
Total Charity receives £128.20

You do not need to claim for Transitional Relief. HMRC will automatically calculate this for you and add it to your Gift Aid payment.

What about Higher Rate taxpayers?
Gift Aid only applies to the basic rate of tax (20%). However, if a donor pays a higher rate of income tax, either at 40% or 50%, they can reclaim the difference between the basic rate of tax and the highest rate of tax they have paid after making a charitable donation.

This reclaim can either be kept by the donor or donated back to a single charity of their choice through their self assessment form.

How does it work?
The following examples show the full potential of gifts made to charity by a donor paying tax at each rate:

	Donation	Charity claims	Transitional relief	Total donation	Donor reclaims	Full potential
Basic rate taxpayer (20%)	£100	£25	£3.20	£128.20	-	£128.20
Higher rate taxpayer (40%)	£100	£25	£3.20	£128.20	£25.00	£160.25*
Higher rate taxpayer (50%)	£100	£25	£3.20	£128.20	£37.50	£176.27*

*Full potential with Gift Aid and Transitional Relief added if higher rate relief is donated to charity. This is the best case scenario and it is often not that simple, as the donor may have other transactions or reliefs to consider. However, this is an illustration showing how much further the initial donation could go with the extra relief claimed.

How is this done?
The donor can reclaim the tax on their self assessment tax return. The standard tax return form is called the SA100 and is available online or as a paper version. There is also a short version available called the SA200 which is available in paper format.

If they do not complete a self-assessment form, they can contact their local tax office and reclaim the donation using the P810 form.

To discuss Gift Aid further, please contact HAVCO's Funding Officer Carmen Gonzalez on 020 8880 4081, cg@havcoharingey.org.uk

END of the NHS?

The Health & Social Care Bill

PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday February 17th
8 – 10 at Muswell Hill Centre*

Nicolas Rea (House of Lords)
Nicolas has wide-ranging professional healthcare experience both at home & abroad.  He is also a retired GP.

Jonathon Tomlinson
Jonathon is a GP practising in Hackney.

Implications of the Bill as they affect us will be examined & discussed.

*Muswell Hill Centre, Hillfield Park, N10 3QJ   (to be found at the lower end of public car-park behind Marks & Spencer’s, Muswell Hill Broadway.

Stop Press - 29 Yr Old Arrested

Update regarding the incidents in the grounds of Alexandra Palace and Queens Wood:

On Friday 4 February a 29 year-old man of Hornsey was charged with the attempted murder and Grievous Bodily Harm with intent of a 67-year old man in Muswell Hill; attempted murder and Grievous Bodily Harm with intent of an 84-year-old man near Wood Vale; attempt to cause Grievous Bodily Harm with intent on a 37-year old man in N22 and attempt to cause GBH with intent on a 63-year old man near Wood Vale.

The man was remanded in custody to appear at court.

Muswell Hill Safer Neighbourhood Team
Muswell Hill Police Station
115 Fortis Green
London
N2 9HW
07760 170 127

Proposed cuts to the Parks Services : ACTIONED April 2011

1.   '50% reduction in Parks and Open spaces maintenance regimes' - £610,000 to be cut (including 19 posts)
2.   £70,000 'reduction in Parks supervisory and support staff'
3.   £71,000 cut (2 posts + 2 'voluntary redundancies') in the parks development team
4.   £208,000 cut and 'review of resourcing of Parkforce activities and related support and partnership funding particularly in relation to the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and Metropolitan Police managed activity',
5.  Commercial leisure provision in parks in partnership with private sector / third sector operators'
6.  'Review of Parks Management, to identify the future service options for the delivery of a Parks Management Services, including Grounds Maintenance management of Parks'    £90,000 cut leading to possible privatisation of parks management/staffing.
7.  Other cuts proposed for other departments will have an impact on green spaces and Friends Groups, eg the total scrapping of the Neighbourhood Management department. Reducing the very popular and effective 'Making A Difference' grants which Friends Groups and local residents associations have used to great affect in their areas, often as a substitute for underfunding for much-needed park improvements.

Are the proposed cuts to green spaces viable or acceptable?

www.haringeyfriendsofparks.org.uk

Property Sales within 500m of Park Avenue South [Nov-Dec}

Flat 2, 30 Priory Road £243,000 London, N8 7EX 15th December 2010 91 Priory Road £1,000,000 London, N8 8LY 26th November 2010 59 Nightingale Lane £339,950 London, N8 7RA 26th November 2010

Haringey Skill Share

Energy & Transport + Haringey's Annual Seed Swap
Sunday 6th February 2011, 1-5pm
at Tottenham Chances, 339 High Road N17 6QN - FREE entry / drop in at any time

Local residents from Sustottenham and Sustainable Haringey present... Community action for sustainability!
www.sustottenham.wikispaces.comwww.sustainableharingey.org.ukhttp://haringeyskillshare.wikispaces.com
 
Sustainable Transport (1-5pm)

• Magnificent Revolution will be bringing their pop-up pedal-powered cinema (programme of short films to be announced)
• Chris Barker of Living Streets will be conducting a street audit of Tottenham High Road (2pm)
• There will be free cycle training taster sessions (weather permitting)
• Dr Bike will check your bike over and carry out any minor repairs
• We will be giving away free puncture repair kits, bike bells, cycle water bottles, and local cycle maps
• Streetcar will be on hand to explain how car clubs work in Haringey

Sustainable Energy (1-5pm)

• Transition Belsize and Muswell Hill Sustainability Group will be giving a presentation on how to run a DIY "draught-busting" project
• En10ergy will be telling us about their bulk buying project and how to run a community renewable-energy project
• Thomas Donkor will be explaining solar photovoltaics and how to benefit from the feed-in tariff
• We hope to have a free solar photovoltaics installer explaining how you can benefit from free solar energy if you can't front up the loan yourself but have a south facing roof
• More info : http://haringeyskillshare.wikispaces.com/Transport+%26+Energy

Seed Swap (2-4pm)

• Bring seeds to swap – veg, herbs, fruit, flowers. Advice for new gardeners. Seed Swap Days aim to encourage seed-saving and growing from seed, especially of traditional and local varieties.
• Swap gardening ideas and stories too!

Other

• A council officer will give an update and discussion on carbon reduction plans to help avoid dangerous climate change (4-5pm)
• Back2Earth Community Cafe will be providing hot food (from 1pm)
• And there will be fair trade tea and coffee, information stall and Transition Books at cost prices

 
Please note that this programme may be subject to change.

If you like the sound of all this, and support 'green' ideas and activities, please sign up for general updates from www.sustainableharingey.org.uk

Local Vintage Market

Time: February 12, 2011 from 10am to 5pm
Location: St Mary's Parish Hall,
Street: Cranley Gardens / Park Road
City/Town: Crouch End / Hornsey
Website or Map: http://http:www/northlondonvi…
Phone: 0779 307 2966
Event Type: festivals/fairs
Posted By: ali winstanley

Event Description

New for 2011! The North London Vintage Market will bring over 20 stalls of handpicked vintage delights to the Hornsey area, starting on February 12th 2011 from 10-5pm.

Vintage homeware and collectables, mid century ceramics and furniture, clothing, jewellery, books and much more will all be on offer!

Many dealers from Spitalfields' prestigious Antique and Vintage Market will also be trading there - an excellent chance to stay local yet pick up some beautiful and unique goods!

Mosaic Art creation

Time: February 8, 2011 from 11:30am to 1:30pm
Location: Stroud Green Library
Street: Quernmore Road
Phone: 020 8489 8776
Event Type: craft
Posted By: Liz

Mosaic art making - with found pieces of treasure dug up from the garden - bring yourself and any old broken pieces of china - to create a new mosaic to be displayed for the Knowing thru Growing Project

8th, 15th, 22nd February 11.30 - 1.30

An Open Book - Libraries Day of Action

• Posted by Liz on January 26, 2011 at 2:52pm in Books and Art

Haringey Libraries are organising a series of special events for National Library Day – in celebration of libraries. All events take place on Saturday 5th February.

Hornsey Library   2pm Justin Somper

Hornsey Library will be participating in World Book Night, which is a nationwide event-  
“The inaugural World Book Night will take place on Saturday, 5 March 2011, two days after World Book Day.
With the full support of the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Independent Publishers Guild, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day and the BBC,one million books will be given away by an army of passionate readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland – and you could be one of them!”  (http://www.worldbooknight.org/)

Muswell Hill   2 pm Enid Richemont and Fiona Dunbar

Highgate Library   2pm Graham Marks

Freedom of Information more so

BBC - Freedom of Information