Sharpen up your skills Photography course for women launches see page 6 ISSUE 1056 20 – 26 APRIL 2015 Stepping out in Stepney Graham Barker’s walk of the month see pages 18 & 19 Election... all you need to know Candidate names and useful information for polling day see page 7 WWW.TOWERHAMLETS.GOV.UK NEWS FROM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY It’s win or bust for park lodge appeal Fundraisers have one week to hit £59,000 target... or lose the lot • 2-5 Years Guaranteed Rent •0% Commission 020 8983 4444 3 Months rent in advance paid!* * Terms & conditions apply milltec IT distributors LAPTOP EX-LEASE ONE YEARWARRANTY Only 90 MacBook Pro 13” & 15” PC EX-LEASE ONE YEARWARRANTY Only 90 LAPTOP New sealed pack and second users as well RETINA and None RETINA DISPLAY from £550 490 Bethnal Green, E2 0EA 07774 12 13 14 020 7791 1200 EX-LEASE ONE YEAR WARRANTY Only 130 VD 247 Bethnal Green, E2 6AB 020 7739 3959 07913 912 911 the ‘Spacehive’ funding scheme, if the full target is not raised, none of the money pledged so far can be collected. The money will go towards both renovating and extending the Lodge, part of which will be a new office for the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. The volunteer organisation manages the park, which is now a nature reserve having closed for burials in 1966. A year-round community café and events space are part of the redevelopment plans. Additionally, a lab will be built for science and conservation workshops aimed at children and adults. Cemetery Park manager Ken Greenway said: “Our park offers residents unrivalled access to nature and enjoyment of the natural world. “These funds would help us build a much-needed green hub for the park, where art, nature and traditional skills can be taught and celebrated. “As the only woodland in the borough, we want to create a hub for learning and training BY JAMES MARTIN A SPITALFIELDS community group needs to find £18,000 in just a week to reach an all-or-nothing fundraising target to renovate part of a nature reserve. Shuffle is seeking backers for its plan to redevelop the Lodge – a rundown former house in the grounds of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. With just over a week to go, the local group was a shade under £18,000 short of its fundraising target of £58,399. Because of the rules of around how you manage and care for biodiversity. “We need this space to enhance the health and wealth of tomorrow’s generation.” Mr Greenway, who has been with the Friends for 13 years, said the expansion would benefit the whole community. He added: “7,000 children from local schools already visit the park each year to learn about wildlife. “We also want businesses to use the park as a place to have meetings in affordable office space. “We would like to improve what we already offer. We want to run workshops and apprenticeships in traditional crafts – and to extend our forest school, to help children enjoy nature. “The extension would give somewhere for indoor classes and a place to get changed into wellies and waterproofs.” Continued on page 3 Shuffle Festival organisers Lizzy Daish and Kate MacTiernan in the Cemetery Park
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