Get information on welfare reform The council’s benefits service can provide information about housing benefit, council tax benefit and entitlement to free school meals. It has compiled a list of helpful agencies at… www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/welfarereform A range of services The council provides many services for residents and businesses. Go to the A-Z on the website at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk Council information Tower Hamlets forward planner TOWER Hamlets Council produces a forward plan every month detailing the key decisions it will take, together with the details of Meetings Tuesday, September 2 6.30pm: Licensing sub-committee Business includes applications for: new premises licence for Bundu Khan, 43 Commercial Street, E1; variation of premises licence for Best Kebab, 275 Commercial Road, E1; and premises licence for 129 Whitechapel High Street, E1. Also Gambling Act 2005 application for new premises licence for Paddy Power, 620 Roman Road, E3. For details call 7364 4120 or email simmi.yesmin@ towerhamlets.gov.uk 7.15pm: Overview & scrutiny committee For details call 7364 4333 or email angus.taylor@ towerhamlets.gov.uk Wednesday, September 3 5.30pm: Cabinet For details call 7364 4651 or email matthew.mannion@ towerhamlets.gov.uk Tower Hamlets online www.towerhamlets.gov.uk For information on council services, including: the author, and consultation undertaken. It can be found in Idea Stores, libraries, One Stop Shops and council offices or at www.tower hamlets. gov.uk/data/ your-council/data/forwardplan/ forward-plan.cfm Monday, September 8 7.30pm: Standards (advisory) committee For details call 7364 4333 or email angus.taylor@ towerhamlets.gov.uk Tuesday, September 9 5pm: Tower Hamlets Health & Wellbeing Board Call 7364 4877 or email zoe. folley@ towerhamlets.gov.uk 7pm: General purposes committee For details call democratic services on 7364 3237. Wednesday, September 10 7.30pm: Council Call 7364 4204 or email johns.williams@ towerhamlets.gov.uk Details are accurate at time of going to press. Agendas are available online a week before meetings, which are at the Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, Poplar, E14 2BG, except cabinet. report a missed rubbish collection make a doorstep recycling request report an abandoned vehicle bulk rubbish collections The Government is changing benefits Prepare and act now The Government is changing the benefits system as part of its plans for welfare reform. If you are claiming benefits, you may be affected. Households who are not in work or have less than 24 hours work per week will be affected most. The impact of these changes could be serious and some households may no longer be able to afford their current housing costs. Tower Hamlets Council and its partners are helping prepare residents for the Government changes. This includes support with: Getting information and advice Managing your money Finding work and training opportunities For more information about the changes visit the government website www.dwp.gov.uk or call their helpline on 0845 605 7064, or textphone 0845 608 8551. You can also call our benefits advice line on Planning E1 585-593 Commercial Road – complete felling and removal of five birch and four ash trees. 30-36 Turner Street, London – proposed roof extension to existing 1930/40s commercial and residential building within Myrdle Street conservation area, to provide single residential unit. Site between Varden Street and Ashfield Street (Whitechapel Estate) – request for scoping opinion as to information required for environmental impact assessment to be submitted in support of application for up to 500 (expected to be around 440) residential units across the site (including affordable) in buildings of varying height, with a maximum height of approximately 30 storeys above ground floor; various commercial uses; open space and landscaping; basement car parking; and associated upgrades to access and circulation routes and infrastructure. E1W SE junction of East Smithfield & Vaughan Way pavement, East Smithfield – prior notification of proposed upgrade to base station installation at Vaughan Way. E2 Monkswell House, McDougall House, Torrance House, Spicer House, Sanger House and Benn House, all in Turin Street – replacement of all windows with double glazed UPVC, design to broadly match existing fenestration. 5 Derbyshire Street – application for certificate of lawfulness re proposed roof extension with rear dormer. E14 Apartment 1324, 7 Baltimore Wharf – construction of glass room. 30 Narrow Street – remove and re-plant poplar trees, prune London plane to previous pruning points and thin willow by 25 per cent to allow light to pass through. This is not a definitive list of all current planning applications. For more details go to the council’s website at www.towerhamlets. gov.uk and click on Planning & Building. Businesses warned over VAT database letter con TRADING standards of £797 a year for at least four officers are warning of a years for the information to scam that could cost appear on a website hosted by businesses thousands of the company. pounds. The application for the The fraud centres on an database entry is addressed to official-looking letter from a companies, self-employed German company relating to people, institutions and public the “publication of companies authorities. and VAT registration numbers Although the letter looks in the UK corporate portal”. official, the information The letter suggests that requested does not have to be information must be provided provided. to the company and comes Trading standards officers with a form to be completed. advise anyone who receives a But the small print shows that letter from the company –TVV if the form is returned, the Tele Verzeichnis Verlag GmbH respondent will incur a charge – not to complete or return the form that accompanies it. For further information, call Tower Hamlets trading standards on 7463 5008. The council’s trading standards office advises on and enforces laws designed to protect consumers in the borough. The most important laws that trading standards and consumer are the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Credit Act 1974. The acts are a major force for the protection of the consumer and for ensuring fair trading. Training course by: Somali Education & Cultural Project FREE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING COURSE Job search IT ESOL Level 1 CV, cover letters support Interview skills, preparation One to one individual needs and requirements sessions Drug treatment providers Community Drug Team Substitute prescribing, key working, health screening & referral to residential treatment. 71 Johnson Street, E1. 7790 1344 www.lifeline.org.uk Nafas Support with a focus on Bangladeshi community. The Davenant Centre, 179-181 Whitechapel Road, E1 7377 0676. Harbour Recovery Centre In-patient detox for 18+ males. Riverside House, 4th Floor, 20 Garford Street, E14. 7538 9421 Young People’s Service Treatment for under-19s Unit 26, Skyline Village, Limeharbour, E14. 3069 7878 www.lifeline.org.uk Isis For women aged over 18 c/o Hopetown Hostel, 60 Old Montague Street, E1. 7426 0399 www.compass-uk.org Community Alcohol Team Unit 22, Skylines Village Limeharbour, E14. 0800 008 7200 www.rapt.org.uk Somali Substance Misuse Help, advice & referral for people with khat, alcohol or drug issues. Contact Idriis Elmi. Mind in Tower Hamlets & Newham, Open House 13 Whitethorn Street, E3. 7510 1081 services officers enforce 2008 and the Consumer To enrol please contact: Halima Hussain 316 Water Lily Business Centre 10 Cleveland Way, London E1 4UF T: 020 8001 9558 M: 0744 349 2875 6 months intensive training includes: The training is free for unemployed Tower Hamlets residents 18 NEWS FROM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 1 – 7 SEPTEMBER 2014
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