Contact your representatives Getting in touch with the mayor (left) and local councillors see pages 16 & 17 Make 2014 a healthy year Resolve to eat better, be more active and stop smoking! see page 7 Nothing goin’ onbuttheRent Win tickets to the Hackney Empire’s musical extravaganza see page 3 Get your skates on... Win family tickets to the Canary Wharf ice rink see page 2 ISSUE 991 6 – 12 JANUARY 2014 WWW.TOWERHAMLETS.GOV.UK NEWS FROM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY New Year Honours for borough’s best Free valuation: 020 7791 5333 www.city-fox.co.uk *Terms & Conditions Apply 190 Mile End Rd London E1 4LJ Sell your property in 30 days 105 LONDONPHONECOMPANY.COM BY JESSICA ODUBAYO A HEAD TEACHER, a university professor, the founders of an arts studio and a social worker spearheading support for troubled families are among people from the borough recognised in the New Year Honours list. Haydn Evans, head teacher at Sir John Cass Foundation & Redcoat Church of England Secondary School, Stepney received a CBE, for services to education. The school is rated as outstanding by education watchdogs Ofsted, which in its inspection report said: “The head teacher, together with his senior leadership team and governing body, have very successfully created an inclusive community where students of diverse cultures and backgrounds are equally valued and reach high levels of achievement.” Nikki Bradley, manager of the family interventions service at the council, has been awarded an MBE for services to children and families. Qualifying as a social worker in 1985, she has since worked in various London boroughs in child protection, mental health services, adoption services and as a children’s guardian. She joined Tower Hamlets in 2007 with responsibility for parenting services, subsequently establishing the borough’s Family Intervention Project (FIP), which won the Guardian Public Service Award in 2009. As a result of this success, Nikki became an adviser to central government on intensive family work and contributed to the development of the current Troubled Families initiative. Nikki said: “I was both shocked and delighted when I learned about my MBE. It is an honour to be recognised for doing the work that I love. “This will be my 30th year in social work and it is a privilege to be able to represent the profession in such a positive way. “My thanks to the people who nominated me and to Tower Hamlets for supporting that nomination. “I have to recognise and thank my current team and their phenomenal efforts every day to reach out to the most vulnerable families in our borough and beyond.” Jonathan Harvey and David Panton, who founded Acme Studios in 1972, have been appointed OBEs for services to the arts. Their Bow-based charity provides affordable studio space as well as residencies and awards for non-commercial fine artists. Jonathan and David, who lead the organisation as chief executive and director of property respectively, said in a statement: “This is a tribute to the extraordinary support and commitment we continue to receive from our board and staff and to those individuals and organisations with whom we have developed mutuallysupportive creative partnerships.” Continued on page 3 (Left) Nikki Bradley, manager of the council’s family interventions service, and Haydn Evans, head teacher at Sir John Cass Foundation & Redcoat Church of England Secondary School Places to go, things to do Find out what’s going on in the borough this month see get a life, inside Life in the greatoutdoors Book your place at ExCel’s all new adventure show see page 6 WWW.TOWERHAMLETS.GOV.UK ISSUE 991 6 - 12 JANUARY 2014 Fairytale endings... ...without the happily ever after – see page 5 ARTS | REVIEWS | EVENTS | TV
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