Residents public meeting on 19th June

 

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120 Blythswood Road Ilford IG3 8SG               12^th June 2023

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Dear Residents

Residents’ Public Meeting 8pm Monday 19th June 2023

Methodist Church Hall Percy Road IG3 8UA

Research show local civic engagement provides better governance. I quote

“Civic participation affects not just individuals, but entire societies. Neighbourhoods with higher levels of civic participation have a greater sense of community, lower levels of crime, and citizens who are healthier and happier.” (1)

Active resident associations, a key means to boost civic participation, are usually associated with wealthy areas. However, with so much high rise development planned it seems reasonable to try and set up a local resident association designed to lobby the Council to promote civic engagement.

On 6^th June, I was banned from asking this question at a council health meeting due to take place on 7^th June.

“Will anyone on this committee agree with me that your terms of reference should include the population of Redbridge each month along with key waiting time statistics for hip, knee and other key health information alongside the same statistics for all other London boroughs.”

Reforming our council to allow greater public participation to allow reasonable questions would be good for our area and I hope you will be able to make the meeting.

 

Homebase update

I had a meeting with Fairview management and residents on 6^th June. Fairview management said the Council has not sent any inspectors to monitor dust at the site and they defended the use of single staircase for their high-rise buildings. The safety of single staircases is in dispute and I have written more on this on twitter.

 

A new wing for King George Hospital public meeting 8pm Ilford Town Hall 17^th July 2023

We need a new wing with in-patient beds in order to cope with the expanding East London population. The 4 hour A&E wait times at King George and Queeens are already among the worst in England.

Regards

 

 

Andy Walker

 

(1) https://granicus.com/blog/psychology-of-citizenship-and-civic-engagement/