Emergency helicopter service London’s Air Ambulance is a charity that provides an advanced trauma team to the critically injured in London, serving the ten million people who live, work and commute within the M25. www.londonsairambulance.co.uk Borough strategic plan Tower Hamlets is one of the highest economic and employment growth areas in the country. see below News News in brief Wellbeing Games MENTAL health and community health service users and carers from Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham are invited to come together at a sports day on Friday, May 15. The Wellbeing Games will take place at The Copperbox Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in Stratford. Participants will take part in team events and individual activities including competitive sports, exercise classes, supported gym programmes, swimming and health walks. Service users will also have a chance to improve their physical health by taking part in taster sessions such as yoga, boxing, Zumba, five-a-side football, badminton and chair-based exercise. Community organisations will hold information stalls at the event. Call Hannah Mellor on 7655 4023. Longer hours for Air Ambulance LONDON’S Air Ambulance, the helicopter emergency medical service for the capital, will fly longer hours this summer. The medical service, whose helipad is at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, will deliver its advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London every day until sunset, until September 2. For the first time in its history, the helicopter can be used until 9.15pm – previously it had to stop flying at 6.45pm each day. It is part of the charity’s strategy to extend its emergency service. Three additional pilots have been contracted to cover the extended daylight flying hours. YOUNGSTERS unleashed their creativity at an Easter bonnet-making workshop at the Children’s Playground in Mile End Park. More than 300 children took part in the workshop organised by the council in partnership with Mile End Children’s Centre. The event was part of a fortnight of free Easter events during the school break. For the more active in the group, there were smoothie bikes where you could whip up a delicious healthy shake after a few minutes of pedal power. To find out more about events taking place in parks call 7364 2253. Above: William, Leila and dad Dave. Left: Bia, aged 4 Council’s priorities for the year ahead BY SUSAN MULLIGAN TH E co u n c i l h a s agreed that regeneration, welfare support, tackling inequality and safeguarding children are priorities for its services in 2015/16. A strategic plan has been developed to support social and economic needs in the borough. The initiatives include: delivering a programme of new-build council housing; ensuring integrated support for the rollout of Universal Credit; implementing the borough’s digital inclusion strategy; developing opportunities for growth and sustainability in commercial areas; supporting children with special educational needs; improving the identification of, and response to, victims of child sexual exploitation; delivering the Whitechapel Vision and increasing the pace of regeneration in Poplar. The council will continue to concentrate on providing excellent education services, and will also foster enterprise and employment opportunities. The strategic plan includes a strong focus on community safety, with a commitment to tackling and preventing hate crime, reducing anti-social behaviour and better management of the night-time economy. There is action to create a greener environment, including improving parks and supporting local sustainable transport. Steve Halsey, the council’s head of paid service and director of communities, localities and culture, said: “Despite ongoing pressures to the public purse, we have developed a strategic plan that puts our residents first. It will build on the council’s achievements and help shape a Tower Hamlets in which everyone, regardless of their background and circumstances, has the aspiration and opportunity to achieve their full potential. “The plan also articulates our commitment to the ongoing improvement of our services and meeting our Best Value duty.” Visit www.towerhamlets. gov.uk/communityplan 20 – 26 APRIL 2015 N E W S F R O M TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 5
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