Something for the whole community Cable Street Community Gardens was founded in the late 1970s as part of a Friends of the Earth initiative reclaiming derelict land. The gardeners come from all areas of the community. www.cablestreetcommunitygardens.co.uk A helping hand The Bromley by Bow Centre and the charity LandAid have created a broker to help young people find work. See below Property Youngsters aim for construction career Health workers may be forced out by rent hike It is best to sow crops in pots kept in a warm place The great outdoors Tips from Cable Street Community Gardens MARCH may be the busiest month for gardeners. At long last, the winter months are over and it is time to plant and sow and prepare for what we hope will be a long summer of bountiful crops and sunshine with just the right amount of rain – at night of course. Although we have enjoyed plenty of sun recently, it is still chilly in the evening. So it is best to sow crops such as runner beans, marrows, courgettes, cucumbers and sweet corn in pots kept in a warm place and brought into light as soon as they start to germinate. Fill a 15-20cm (6-8 inch) pot with compost to within 3cm (1 inch) of the rim. Place two or three seeds in each pot and cover with about 5cm (2 inches) of compost. Keep watered and bring into the light once the seedlings emerge. For marrows and cucumbers, you can re-pot to leave just one seedling in each pot. Peat pots can be a useful alternative. Place on a seed tray lined with capillary matting. The pots can then be planted directly into the ground or larger container as the roots will grow through. This saves risking disturbing delicate root structures when transplanting. Now is also the time to sow a meadow! If you have even a small patch of grass which you would like to transform into a mass of colour and scent which will attract butterflies, bees and all kinds of insects, cut the grass to ground level and rake thoroughly, exposing patches of bare soil. Gently fork over the ground before broadcasting meadow seed which has been mixed with sand to make sowing easier. Keep watered and mark the boundaries clearly to avoid over zealous mowing. Meadow seed is readily available on line or in garden centres. There are two kinds – one for annual flowers, which prefer a richer soil and which will need to be sown each year. The other is for perennial plants, which prefer poorer soil and which can take a little time to establish but which will come back year after year. Whatever you are doing, enjoy being outside again and getting back to the soil. new rates are still lower than rents in the area. “Whilst the landlord is under no obligation to offer discounted rents, it is clearly evident that the rents being charged are significantly lower than market rents,” the spokeswoman said. LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS LICENSING ACT 2003 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT London Tian Tian Yugang LTD has applied to London Borough of Tower Hamlets Licensing Authority for a Premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003 Premises: 166 Mile End Road, London E1 4LJ The licensable activities and timings are: Recorded Music 12 - 21.00 Supply of Alcohol 11 – 22.30 Monday to Sunday Anyone wishing to make representations regarding this application must give notice in writing to The Licensing Section, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG Website: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk Tel 020 7364 5008 Representations must be received no later than 17/4/2014 The application record and register may be viewed between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday during normal office hours at the above address. It is an offence under Section 158 of the licensing act 2003, knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence is up to level 5 on the standard scale (£5000) A COMMU NITY centre and property industry charity have launched a new partnership aimed at helping young people find oppor tunities in the construction industry. Over the next few years at least one quarter of the capital’s development is expected to take place in Tower Hamlets, potentially creating 8,000 jobs. The Bromley by Bow Centre and the charity LandAid have created a construction engagement broker to connect young people with employers and raise their awareness of career pathways available across the construction industry. The broker will bridge the gap b etween employer and local talent by working with the building sector, understanding their needs and helping young people into apprenticeships and training. The scheme will also work closely with the centre’s youth employment programme Capital Talent. Young people interested in career opportunities within building and construction should contact Aklak Ahmed on 8709 9703 or email Aklak.Ahmed@bbbc.org.uk (Right) Bromley by Bow Centre’s employment adviser Gemeela helps Ahshay to find out about construction BY JESSICA ODUBAYO HUNDREDS of health workers living in properties formerly owned by the Royal London Hospital Trust at reduced rent rates are concerned about the future after dramatic increases in their rent. Faced with financial problems, the trust sold Clare Alexander House in Walden Street, Whitechapel to a private landlord in January 2013. Last year, the rents went up by about 20 per cent and in February this year, tenants were notified their monthly rents would be going up from this July. One health worker said the trust charity charged her rent of £565 per month. It was increased to £675 in April last year and this July it is due to go up by about 37 per cent, to £900. The hospital workers contacted East End Life saying they would either have to find the extra money or seek alternative accommodation. “While we understand that commercially, this area is now coming up in value, we are hospital workers with low, often frozen salaries, for which such an increase means we won’t be able to pay for food or other necessities,” one said. The workers, who include porters, phlebotomists and administrators, said if they move out, they would have to seek affordable accommodation outside London, making it difficult to travel to work. “This also has other repercussions: a lot of people might not be able to afford the travel expenses to get into work every day and will have to seek alternative employment, causing a mass exodus from the local hospital,” a health worker said. The residents have formed a tenants’ council in order to discuss their concerns and make alternative suggestions to the new landlords. A spokeswoman for Strettons, the company managing the accommodation on behalf of the landlord Cross Property Investment, said the landlord has carried out a market rental evaluation and concludes the 24 – 30 MARCH 2014 N E W S F R O M TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 23
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