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February 2020 issue l www.harrow.gov.uk INSIDE n Yard times n State of the Arts n Corner kicks
Inside this issue
4-5 Celebrating a first for
disability services
9 10-11 Cllr Graham Henson
Leader of Harrow Council
Welcome to the first Harrow
People of the 2020s. A
momentous change in date is just
the thing to help us focus on the
future.
I earn m ore .
We all have ambitions, for
ourselves, our families and for
the places we care about. I’m
ambitious for Harrow and am
My Yard gives food clear that we want our part of the
u !
for thought
o
Arts Centre plans unveiled world to be doing much more
So cou ld y
to address the global climate
16-17
emergency.
How YouTube
made teen a Change will not come if we wait
for some other time. We have
champion already invested in dimmable
LED street lighting, solar panels,
electrical vehicle infrastructure
and a council vehicle fleet that
is 90% emissions free, and
Our free course is helping
improving bus routes and open
spaces.
19
Together we can all do our bit –
Costel learn to drive a forklift Up Your Street in
Roxeth Corner
wasting less, recycling more and
using public transport.
and boost his earning power
I also want Harrow to be a more
For advertising enquiries call Dory on 020 8424 1290 Harrow People is published
five times a year by Harrow
equal place. I’m proud that
Council. It is distributed we’ve been able to invest in
to every home in Harrow.
Editor Helen Mannion Comments, products and support to help those in Harrow
Design Sarah Kenning services published do not
necessarily carry the council’s most disadvantaged by the
Photography Lucy Baker endorsement. introduction of Universal Credit
www.harrow.gov.uk and rising demand on Adult
Social Care.
Tweet your views to @harrow_council or like our There is so much more we can
Facebook page www.facebook.com/lbharrow do. Here’s to a brighter future!
Harrow People 3
Adult Social Care Adult Social Care
W
e’re celebrating the
launch of a new joined-
up service for people of
all ages with learning disabilities.
It’s brought together the council
and the NHS, in a move that
we hope will significantly help
disabled people in our borough
and improve their quality of life.
“It’s about seeing the whole
person”, said Paul Hewitt, the
council’s Director of People
Services. “Traditionally, there’s
council services on one side and
health services on another, but
that’s not really how people work,
is it? What if you’re having a
crisis? That’s likely to affect your
”
whole life.
This new service
means having one
place to go and all
” the right people
around the table
all the time. We
can offer people
Under one roof
Altogether
Council
the help they need n Adults Learning
Disabilities Team
when they need it. n Children and Young
Adults with Disabilities
Service
now
“You have different agencies that n Educational Psychology
want to help, but are only able to n Children’s Sensory Team
look at part of the problem. Add n Special Educational
in the fact that the council and Needs Assessment and
health services are located in Review Service
different places miles apart and n Autism Spectrum
haven’t always been that good at Teachers
talking to one another. n Portage Home Visitors
people around the table all the “A joined up approach is the main Civic Centre. It has Your council tax helps to fund (for pre-school children
“It’s hard enough when you time. We can respond collectively obviously far better for the person specially adapted facilities our work supporting people with with Special Educational
don’t have a learning disability, to issues and offer people the with a disability - but it’s also and has been designed in disabilities. Needs)
but imagine trying to navigate help they need when they need it. better for the public purse, if early consultation with local people
the system when you have an intervention means resolving a with learning disabilities, like The total cost last year of those Total cost last year:
intellectual impairment, or a “It’s also a place that will support problem before it becomes more Brendan, shown centre in our council services based in the new £64.2million
reduced understanding of how people throughout their lifetime. serious and complex.” picture. He said, “I think what centre was £64.2million.
the world works. Again that’s about challenging they’re doing to get both services NHS
the way we traditionally work, so The specialist teams covering under one roof is good. They can l You can contact the new n Community Learning
“This new service means having we can provide better continuity disability, health and education all work together and support one service on 020 8901 2680 or by Disability team
one place to go and all the right from childhood to adulthood. are based in Civic 5 and 6 next to another.’’ email: ahadults@harrow.gov.uk
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WHAT’S
HAPPENING ... WEALDSTONE TOWN CENTRE
WITH...?
... OUR TOP COP
newest street food destination and
... GREENHILL PLACE regular home to public events, the
arts and general fun times. There’s great news for anyone who lives in or safer junctions and traffic signals, better traffic
We’re creating a beautiful public
visits Wealdstone town centre. capacity and quicker bus journey times – and
square – could your businesses Local entrepreneurs specialising in we need your views and ideas to make sure the
help to make it Harrow’s tastiest food or drink and interested in this We’re proposing a new design for the High proposals for Wealdstone town centre are the
place to visit? great opportunity should contact Street area to make it a more pleasant place for very best they can be.
alka.maharjan@harrow.gov.uk for everyone to be and provide a boost to
The vision for this unloved corner details. You can also get in touch if the economy. See the proposals and give your views, search
of the town centre is to transform you are interested in hiring a stall “Harrow traffic consultations” – but hurry, you
it into Greenhill Place – Harrow’s or exhibition space. Improvements include new paving and lighting, have until Friday 21 February to have your say.
There’s a new inspector
in town. Ed Baildon took ... BUSINESS DEN
over as Borough Inspector
last month, following Tanya It’s the biggest night of the year panel of expert dragons. At stake is
Sprunks’ retirement. in Harrow’s business a year of mentoring support
calendar. And 2020’s to take their fledgling
Inspector Baildon says Business Den is ideas to the next
tackling crime and antisocial set to be another level.
behaviour is a priority. “I memorable
want to really look at what celebration of And your
the causes of the issues our borough’s business can
are and not just work at enterprising benefit too, with
dealing with the symptoms spirit. winning advice SATs Up to 70% rebate for
of these issues through available at our Working Tax Credit
enforcement,” he says. Join a who’s networking event. 11+
claimants
“Though rest assured my who of local
GCSE
team and I will not be slow business talent on To book your place,
in taking that route where 18 March and watch search for “Harrow English Fully qualified
necessary.” our four finalists pitch to a Business Den”. teachers
Maths
for our most vulnerable residents, and cuts admin CRB/DBS
... COUNCIL TAX SUPPORT costs – leaving us more money to protect the
Science checked
services you need. Reading Ofsted
Thousands of Harrow residents will be better off
thanks to plans to ease the Council Tax burden. We’re investing an extra £400,000 to help those Writing registered
worst affected by Government cuts and measures centre
Last year we consulted with residents on plans to are in place to make sure nobody eligible for
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Only in Harrow
MY YARD
L
ocal charity, My Yard, is
making a real difference
in South Harrow and
beyond. What started as an
initiative to share surplus
food, has mushroomed into a
powerful force for good that’s
empowering communities and
improving lives.
My Yard has been active on
the Grange Farm estate, where
its mission to tackle isolation
has seen it lead activities from
street art to tea dances.
Food remains central to what
it does – working with charity,
City Harvest, which takes
unused food from restaurants,
grocers and hotels and puts
Jamella and Leon; below, getting
FREE it in the hands of people who
NEXT DAY ready for the first Grange Farm Jam
DELIVERY TO can use it. For My Yard that’s
THIS AREA meant free community meals,
a tool”, My Yard’s founder, support, has taken the initiative
FR
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regular cooking fun for the
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food club, where residents
any street and there’ll be community centre.
pick up a bag of groceries for
people behind the curtains
a pound.
that are worth a lot, but aren’t Rachel believes their
involved in their community for work together can have a
“It’s about reaching out to
various reasons. I want to build transformative effect, “Many
people and using food as
activities for people to come people on the estate, through
out of their homes and be no fault of their own, have not
together.” had the stability they need –
things like this can help create
She’s been change in their future.”
particularly focusing
on Grange Farm l My Yard is entirely reliant
tenants who on donations and would like
have been to thank City Harvest, Young
placed there Harrow Foundation and
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Building a Better Harrow
The plan for the first floor of the new building
State of the Arts
Yoga and dance spaces
Proposed design for the new Arts Centre building CHRIS DYSON ARCHITECTS
L
ast year more than 11,000
classes and workshops Calling all
in dance, fitness, visual
arts, music, drama, literature,
education and training took place
artists
at Harrow Arts Centre. And we’re If you’re a local artist
looking to deliver even more with looking for affordable studio
our plans to transform several space get in touch to find
derelict buildings on the site. out about opportunities at
the Arts Centre.
Work has already started
bringing the three empty Email Alka.Maharjan@
buildings surrounding the Elliot harrow.gov.uk.
Hall – the Studio Theatre (most
recently a café), the Boiler New Building studios, three rooms available for l Come along to our public
House and the Workshop – Derelict buildings will be brought back into use The second phase of work hire and a public space. meeting at Harrow Arts Centre
back to life with arts, dance, planned for the Arts Centre will on 24 February, 6.30pm-8pm
drama and fitness in designs by groups can hire thanks to funding classroom; the Boiler House will replace the run down Portakabins Chris Dyson Architects have been to hear more from the team
architects DK-CM. secured from the GLA’s Good become a large multi-purpose that many of the classes and appointed to progress designs undertaking Phase Two,
Growth Fund. room for activities including activities take place in. for Phase Two, with a planning see the designs for the new
The buildings, due for completion dance, music, drama, fitness, art application expected in Summer building, public space and
in the autumn, will be spaces The Studio Theatre will deliver and yoga; and the Workshop will The new building will deliver a 2020 and the new building Phase One and ask any
that new and existing community a dance room, office and become four artists’ studios. multi-use space with eight artists’ delivered by the end of 2021. questions.
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How it works How it works
YOU
Want your garden waste
collected for a great price
and aren’t already one of our Don’t miss the deadline – you have Now sit back and enjoy your garden!
customers? until 27 February to sign up. Do We’ll confirm your first collection
it online at harrow.gov.uk/ nearer the time and send you
Pay by your all-important bin
gardenwaste
Direct Debit sticker.
and save £5.
It’s easy being green Choose from:
April 2020 to March 2021,
£70 with Direct Debit
Our Garden Waste service is back harrow.gov.uk/gardenwaste to get your
April 2020 to October 2020,
for 2020. discount. £40 with Direct Debit
It’s a bit different this year – we’ve All those leaves and grass cuttings
simplified it and we’ve also dropped go on quite a journey and help out in
the price by a fiver. Sign up at some unexpected ways. Here’s how...
By
paying
to have
your garden
waste
collected,
you’re helping
to keep vital
services
running -
like our The waste is then put in giant
children’s composting bins where it is broken
down by heat, turning it into high Your garden waste is We’ll collect your brown bin
centres.
quality fertiliser. taken away by West every two weeks, on your
London Composting – we usual bin day.
don’t send waste to landfill
– who sort and shred it.
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Don’t let food
CUCKOO CASE CLOSED
Rogues’ gallery
go to waste... Council officers and police shut down a drug den
after a wave of anti-social behaviour. Neighbours
on the Apple Grove Estate were fed up with the
constant stench of drugs, rubbish dumped in
Buy what you need, store food
communal areas, and people coming and going at
all hours.
properly, eat what you buy, and use Several men moved into the flat and took it over
your kitchen food caddy to recycle
from its rightful occupant – a type of exploitation
known as cuckooing – even kicking him out of his
We’re always on the lookout for bad own bedroom to sleep on the sofa.
behaviour and ways to make Harrow
...it’s good for
Now anyone else found at the property can be
safer and better. Here are some of the arrested after a three-month closure order was
rogues we recently brought to justice... granted at Willesden Magistrates Court.
UP IN SMOKES!
the planet... A Harrow shopkeeper with a very bad habit has to
cough up thousands of pounds after being found
with dodgy cigarettes – again.
Food waste can be used to A Brent and Harrow Trading Standards inspection
unearthed dozens of packets of illegal foreign
create renewable energy cigarettes at D&D Ro Ltd in Edgware. Company
director Iulian Duta claimed a customer had asked
him to flog the fake tobacco to help him support his
family and admitted breaking the law.
...and good for
It’s not the first time Duta has been caught for If you know of a business selling illegal tobacco,
similar offences. He was ordered to pay a total of please report them to Trading Standards via Citizens
£4,536 at Willesden Magistrates Court. Advice Consumer Helpline on 03454 04 05 06.
your pocket!
FLY-TIPPERS BUSTED
We’ve stepped up enforcement in our fly-
tipping hot spots, starting off in Wealdstone.
You may have noticed crime scene tape
Recycling saves the council
and witness appeal boards go up in the last
month – 31 people and businesses who have
money, meaning we can spend
blighted the neighbourhood have been found
and fined with £100 fixed penalty notices.
more on things like street The good news is we’ve seen an
lighting and filling potholes
improvement, but we’re not going to stop
there! We’re now targeting all corners of
the borough including South Harrow and
Edgware. There is no excuse for fly-tipping – if
you see it, report it to us online.
Search ‘Harrow recycling guide’ online Harrow People 15
Up Your Street Roxeth Corner
n Terry (pictured with Charlie, Diane, Luca, Harry
We brushed up on an historic area and Alfie) leads the Y Team of the Roxeth and
in our borough and dropped by on Harrow Company of the Church Lads’ and Church
Girls’ Brigade – one of the few organisations to
three institutions that are Roxeth be given Freedom of the Borough. “We’re an
through and through. organisation with Christian values that’s open to
people of all faiths and none.” As well as having fun,
the brigade learn life skills – “One former member
contacted me recently from New Zealand to say
n Harrow’s branch they’d saved someone from drowning thanks to
of the British Legion what they learnt here!”
has been on Northolt The Brigade’s been part of our borough for 125
Road since 1920. years. Here’s their sprightly Edwardian gym squad.
The club offers darts,
pool, bingo, live sport,
cheap drinks and a
warm welcome – “You
don’t have to have
served in the armed
forces to join the
club”, Vice Chairman
Stephen Armin, told
us. “Everyone’s
welcome.” Find
out more at
rblharrowclub.
co.uk COURTESY OF R&H CLCGB ARCHIVES
n Spyros and his wife Nikki have been
n Roxeth Corner in 1904 COURTESY OF WYNDHAM & CO. OF ACTON running Milley Hair Lounge on Roxeth
corner since 1971. “We’re here to give
people what they want and make them
feel good”, said Spyros. “I love what I
do - it’s a beautiful atmosphere here and
everyone is like a friend.”
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St Dominic’s ON and desserts served on dainty
Sixth Form College
vintage crockery. Advance booking
required by 18 March.
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HARROW ARTS
Celebrating 40 years
opening days
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t Dominic’s is a Roman Catholic Sixth Form college 20 – 21 February | 1pm-4pm |£50 prize!
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Making n Create your own Battle of Britain
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Harrow People 23WHAT’S Do you have an
event to promote in
Harrow? Email us at
ON Mother Day crafts
14 March | 2.15pm-3pm |
Stanmore Library | Ages 3 to 11
COMMUNITY EVENTS communications@
harrow.gov.uk
19 March | 2.15pm | Roxeth LGBT+ AND MENTAL WALKING FOOTBALL
Library | Under 5s HEALTH Every Friday | 12pm-1pm |
20 March | 11.30am-12pm | 20 February | 9.30am-1pm | Cedars Youth & Community
Kenton Library | Under 5s Harrow Civic Centre Centre, HA3 6QH children who have challenging
n Let your little one’s enjoy n This event focuses on n Walking Football is a sociable behaviour or issues with
Peggy the Fairy/Elf Workshop
making their own personal card the impact of stigma and and fun activity for anyone sleeping or fussy eating. To
20 February | 10.30am-12pm | £7
for Mother’s Day. discrimination on the mental looking to be a little more active. book, call 020 8736 6222.
n Children can design and make health of LGBT+ people, but is The game is £2 per person.
their own little elf or fairy friend from open to all. Come along and find All ages and abilities welcome
wooden clothes pegs, textiles and
HARROW LEISURE GRAFFITI ART
out what support is available. For more information, email 18 February | 3.30pm-5.30pm |
wool. For ages 5 to 8. CENTRE Free workshops delivered by reception@cedarsycc.org
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Every Thursday evening starting SESSIONS development with these non-
27 February | 7pm-9pm | £75 (6 8 February | 1pm-3pm, 4-7pm, HARROW CHORAL SOCIETY 17 February | 10.30am-12pm |
10pm – 3am* traditional art lessons. Suitable
sessions) CONCERT Hillview Children’s Centre, HA2 for ages 8 and up. To book, call
19 and 20 February | 4pm-7pm, 28 March | 7.30pm | Harrow Arts 0LW
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One man at the forefront of the
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is Nicholas Li, who runs a table
tennis academy in Harrow.
build their confidence as it is a Nicholas is keen to stress table
“Table tennis is a unique sport! very good social sport.” tennis isn’t just for kids and
It is easy to play but hard to would love to see more adults
master”, Nicholas says. “It’s a Nicholas was named Young come along to the sessions.
great workout, physically and Coach of The Year by Table “We will have the right class for
mentally.” Tennis England in 2014, when you, no matter what your level,”
he was just starting out teaching he says.
Part of the game’s appeal in young people. Since then he
the long winter months is that it has trained students who have Now is the perfect time to try
can be played indoors. “More gone on to represent Harrow in it out – Nicholas is running
importantly, it is a sport that can local and national tournaments free taster sessions for
be played at any level with any such as the National Cadet and weekend classes at Whitefriars
abilities,” Nicholas says. Junior League. School and the Kalanu Youth
Community Centre.
“We have worked with local “I love teaching aspiring athletes
charity, MIND and participants and I want to see them take table l Visit nltta.co.uk to find
were able to relieve stress and tennis to the next level,” he says. out more.
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