All Discussions Tagged 'harringay' - Harringay online2024-03-29T05:29:38Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=harringay&feed=yes&xn_auth=no31% Cuts to Haringey's Library Services in the Pipeline - Call to Action!tag:harringayonline.com,2023-12-21:844301:Topic:15613882023-12-21T13:48:51.213ZLizhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Liz
<p><em>A message from Friends of Stroud Green And Harringay Library.</em></p>
<p><em>Please find time this festive season to respond and defend our library service</em></p>
<p><em>If you're not a member of the library, how about a new year's resolution to join your nearest branch? </em></p>
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<p class="p1">Dear Friends,</p>
<p class="p1">We wish we could be sending you tidings of good cheer at this time of year but your library is being targeted for cuts. Friends Of Reading…</p>
<p><em>A message from Friends of Stroud Green And Harringay Library.</em></p>
<p><em>Please find time this festive season to respond and defend our library service</em></p>
<p><em>If you're not a member of the library, how about a new year's resolution to join your nearest branch? </em></p>
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<p class="p1">Dear Friends,</p>
<p class="p1">We wish we could be sending you tidings of good cheer at this time of year but your library is being targeted for cuts. Friends Of Reading & Education (FORE) is the umbrella group of all the library friends groups in Haringey.</p>
<p class="p1">We discovered at a meeting on Dec 11 with Councillor <a href="https://www.minutes.haringey.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=13526" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emily Arkell</a> and council officers that in order to make savings to balance the budget, the council is planning to make 31% cuts to library services in two stages, over three years.</p>
<p class="p1">The library budget is currently down to £4.2M.</p>
<p class="p1">For the financial year 2024-2025, and to make a saving of over 16% (£705K), the council are planning to:</p>
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<li class="li1">end provision of hard copy magazines and newspapers, £30K</li>
<li class="li1">reduce the opening hours of the branch libraries, £675K</li>
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<p class="p1">In the second stage, for the financial years starting in 2025/2026 & 2026/2027 more cuts of another 15% (£676K). These future cuts will be baked-in to this year's budget. The rapid consultation closes <strong>Jan 15, 2024</strong> .</p>
<p class="p1">The Council are planning to change the way our libraries are currently used by making them <strong>self-service libraries with reduced standards of operation</strong>:</p>
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<li class="li1">users will have to swipe in</li>
<li class="li1">they will be using volunteers instead of professional librarians</li>
<li class="li1">premises will be monitored by CCTV</li>
<li class="li1">toilets will not be available in libraries without staff</li>
<li class="li1">other organisations will be making use of the library spaces</li>
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<p class="p1">The service that residents get now with £4.2M funding would be cut to the bone with a meagre £2.86M.</p>
<p class="p1">Library staff are essential to the quality of the library user experience and staff time is being slashed.</p>
<p class="p1">The council needs to act legally and balance its budget if it is to maintain control of its services. FORE is sympathetic to the fact that the council is in a bind. It is faced with government cuts, inflation, high demand for services, and cost-of-living support. The Council is not proposing to close any of the libraries.</p>
<p class="p1">However, FORE have taken the decision to continue working with the council as a critical friend and to oppose the planned changes because we consider that they are ill thought out and a false economy.</p>
<p class="p1">We feel strongly that these changes will hollow out the place of this library in our community and lead to terminal decline. It will discourage members of the community, such as the elderly, those with disabilities, or with young children from accessing library services safely and conveniently.</p>
<p class="p1">We understand that this is not the sort of news you wish to hear at this time of the year but we hope that as residents you will also support FORE in our opposition to these changes.</p>
<p class="p1">Please contact your local ward councillors to let them know your opposition to these changes.</p>
<p class="p1"><b>Stroud Green Ward Councillors:</b></p>
<p class="p1">e. Alexandra.Worrell@haringey.gov.uk</p>
<p class="p1">e. George.Dunstall@haringey.gov.uk</p>
<p class="p1">e. Eldridge.Culverwell@haringey.gov.uk</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Harringay Councillors</strong></p>
<p>e. Anna.Abela@haringey.gov.uk</p>
<p>e. gina.adamou@haringey.gov.uk</p>
<p>e. zena.brabazon@haringey.gov.uk</p>
<p class="p1"><b>Cabinet Member for Culture, Communities & Leisure:</b></p>
<p class="p1">e. Emily.Arkell@haringey.gov.uk</p>
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<p class="p1">You can also comment on the Council's Budget proposals via:</p>
<p class="p4"><a href="https://haringeybudget2024.commonplace.is/en-GB/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://haringeybudget2024.commonplace.is/en-GB/</a></p>
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<p class="p4"></p> MISSING CAT!tag:harringayonline.com,2023-10-15:844301:Topic:15553502023-10-15T12:09:26.203ZSrishti Neogihttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SrishtiNeogi
<p><span><span class="Linkify">STILL MISSING! Our cat, Potato, has sadly gone missing from our house on Sydney Road. You may have seen the posters if you live on this end of the ladder. If you live on or near Sydney Road, please check your garden and sheds if you can. He is incredibly shy and timid so we suspect he has gotten lost and is too scared to come home. He is completely ginger, with ginger paws and green/yellow eyes. He is very food-responsive so you might be able to gain his trust…</span></span></p>
<p><span><span class="Linkify">STILL MISSING! Our cat, Potato, has sadly gone missing from our house on Sydney Road. You may have seen the posters if you live on this end of the ladder. If you live on or near Sydney Road, please check your garden and sheds if you can. He is incredibly shy and timid so we suspect he has gotten lost and is too scared to come home. He is completely ginger, with ginger paws and green/yellow eyes. He is very food-responsive so you might be able to gain his trust through treats. If you see him, please don't hesitate to contact us at</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span class="Linkify">Thank you in advance for any help you can provide and thank you to everyone who has messaged us so far. We are really grateful to live in such a caring community.</span></span></p> Sat 23 Sept 12pm Harringay Ladder Ride: Ducketts Common to Finsbury Parktag:harringayonline.com,2023-09-21:844301:Topic:15527222023-09-21T18:20:29.599ZHarringay Ladder Healthy Streetshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/HarringayLadderLivingStreets
<p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sat-23-sept-12pm-harringay-ladder-ride-ducketts-common-to-finsbury-park-tickets-692389183687?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12229273697?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="189"></img></a></p>
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<p>Join us on this short (2 mile) family-friendly community cycle ride from Ducketts Common Café via Harringay Ladder to Finsbury Park.…</p>
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<p>Join us on this short (2 mile) family-friendly community cycle ride from Ducketts Common Café via Harringay Ladder to Finsbury Park.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sat-23-sept-12pm-harringay-ladder-ride-ducketts-common-to-finsbury-park-tickets-692389183687?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register and more info here</a></p>
<p>This is a safely marshalled group walk and wheel and cycle ride for everyone, including families with children. We will set off from Ducketts Common Café, heading south via a number of rungs of Harringay Ladder and short stretches of Green Lanes and Wightman Road to Finsbury Park, ending at the cafe by the lake.<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tottenham+Haringey+Concrete+Skatepark/@51.5953716,-0.0860805,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x48761c03a32c08c7:0xc70acce50f574c9c!8m2!3d51.5953716!4d-0.0860805!16s%2Fg%2F11cp5q192q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a></p>
<p>We will proceed slowly and you are welcome to join on foot, scooter, balance bike, mobility scooter, wheelchair or cycle.</p>
<p>This event is organised by<span> </span><a href="http://www.haringeycyclists.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Haringey Cycling Campaign</a><span> </span>with<span> </span><a href="https://www.hlhs.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harringay Ladder Healthy Streets</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/get-involved/local-groups/haringey" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Haringey Living Streets</a>, to enable people of all ages to explore enjoyable ways of getting around Haringey.</p> Do you have any plants?tag:harringayonline.com,2022-06-07:844301:Topic:14933352022-06-07T16:29:18.343ZElizabethhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/ElizabethAdams
<p>Hello</p>
<p>I am running the plant stall at South Harringay School's summer fair on the 9th of July. I would really appreciate any plant donations that you may have, either for the garden or house plants. So if you have an excess of seedlings, something that needs dividing or even some spare seeds that you are unlikely to plant then please get in touch by sending me a friend request so I can arrange collection.</p>
<p>We had a spectacular stall last time we had a fair in 2019 (see picture)…</p>
<p>Hello</p>
<p>I am running the plant stall at South Harringay School's summer fair on the 9th of July. I would really appreciate any plant donations that you may have, either for the garden or house plants. So if you have an excess of seedlings, something that needs dividing or even some spare seeds that you are unlikely to plant then please get in touch by sending me a friend request so I can arrange collection.</p>
<p>We had a spectacular stall last time we had a fair in 2019 (see picture) and we would love to get close to this again. So if you can't donate remember you can always come along and buy! All money raised goes back to our school.</p>
<p>12noon to 4pm </p>
<p>Saturday 9 July </p>
<p>South Harringay School Playground, Mattison Road.</p>
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<p>Thank you!</p>
<p></p> Harringay Ladder Healthy Streets (HLHS) online meeting with Cllr Mike Hakatatag:harringayonline.com,2021-10-06:844301:Topic:14560182021-10-06T19:00:47.547ZHarringay Ladder Healthy Streetshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/HarringayLadderLivingStreets
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<p>In this meeting we will host a Q&A with<span> </span><strong>Cllr Mike Hakata</strong>, Deputy of the Council and Lead Member for Environment, Transport and Climate Change.</p>
<p>We expect to discuss the forthcoming Ladder consultation, his thoughts on reducing through traffic, improving active travel and public transport, as well as the latest on consultations in the borough.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/october-meeting-with-cllr-mike-hakata-tickets-186583926547" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register for the meeting</a></strong></span></p>
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<p>Other things to note:</p>
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<li>If you would like to submit a question for Cllr Hakata in advance, please do so<span> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-5hqqy5iqlAxdxWJOV4N7AMUdvYf3l8trCAA5Rg2ZJaVKlA/viewform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://gmail.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1967c801359614733ea1a58ac&id=a059a83ad1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sign up to the HLLS newsletter</a>.</li>
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</div> Free Outdoor Wheelchair Stairlifttag:harringayonline.com,2021-07-05:844301:Topic:14363972021-07-05T10:13:51.901ZEddie Barneshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/EddieBarnes
<p>Fully operational step-lift came with the house but we don't have a use for it. <br/> <br/> It is fully operational and we would love for someone who thinks they could use it to come and collect it.<br/> <br/> We could get it disconnected by a qualified electrician, and remove it from the steps as well; just would like someone to come and collect it (it will be quite heavy).<br/> <br/> Location: N22, right on Lordship Lane</p>
<p>Fully operational step-lift came with the house but we don't have a use for it. <br/> <br/> It is fully operational and we would love for someone who thinks they could use it to come and collect it.<br/> <br/> We could get it disconnected by a qualified electrician, and remove it from the steps as well; just would like someone to come and collect it (it will be quite heavy).<br/> <br/> Location: N22, right on Lordship Lane</p> Speaking Stonestag:harringayonline.com,2020-03-14:844301:Topic:12241992020-03-14T11:39:42.571ZMartin Malcolmhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/MartinMalcolm
<p>Speaking Stones is a new audio trail giving a voice to the statues, carvings and wall-paintings in and around Harringay.</p>
<p>Do you fancy writing a short speech for a sculpture? A bit of bombast for a bronze? A mini monologue for a marble? Then come along to the free Speaking Stones writing workshops at Stroud Green Library in April (see What's On for details). Just ask at the library to book your place.</p>
<p>The Speaking Stones audio trail will be recorded by professional actors and it…</p>
<p>Speaking Stones is a new audio trail giving a voice to the statues, carvings and wall-paintings in and around Harringay.</p>
<p>Do you fancy writing a short speech for a sculpture? A bit of bombast for a bronze? A mini monologue for a marble? Then come along to the free Speaking Stones writing workshops at Stroud Green Library in April (see What's On for details). Just ask at the library to book your place.</p>
<p>The Speaking Stones audio trail will be recorded by professional actors and it will feature specially commissioned music from local composers. Help us give a voice to the art on your street.</p>
<p>We're on twitter too <a href="https://twitter.com/stonesspeaking?lang=en-gb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@StonesSpeaking</a> and we'd love to see any local artworks you spot on the street. Feel free to share your images here or @ us with the hashtag #SpeakingStones.</p>
<p>Speaking Stones is supported by The Mayor of London's Culture Seeds.</p>
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<p></p> FREE - Wardrobetag:harringayonline.com,2020-01-26:844301:Topic:12148532020-01-26T09:30:25.482ZYousef Hatemhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/YousefHatem
<p>Hi</p>
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<p>We have a wardrobe - perfect condition and would fit comfortably in a small bedroom - picture attached. It is surplus to requirements at our house but very happy for it to go to a good home.</p>
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<p>Collection from our flat on Wightman Road, N8.</p>
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<p>Send a message on Harringay Online if you are interested!</p>
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<p>Yousef</p>
<p>Hi</p>
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<p>We have a wardrobe - perfect condition and would fit comfortably in a small bedroom - picture attached. It is surplus to requirements at our house but very happy for it to go to a good home.</p>
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<p>Collection from our flat on Wightman Road, N8.</p>
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<p>Send a message on Harringay Online if you are interested!</p>
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<p>Yousef</p> FOR SALE - large clothes rail; holds a shed load of clothestag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-11:844301:Topic:11975252019-10-11T14:25:04.307ZLaurahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Laura
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3656978744?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3656978744?profile=RESIZE_710x"></img></a></p>
<p>Dimensions</p>
<p>Length - 6 foot</p>
<p>Height - 5 foot (just over five foot actually, about 5.1)</p>
<p>Depth/width - 21 inches (castor to castor)</p>
<p>It breaks down into four pieces and could be carried like this.</p>
<p>Collection middle of the Ladder, Wightman Road end</p>
<p>£30…</p>
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<p>Dimensions</p>
<p>Length - 6 foot</p>
<p>Height - 5 foot (just over five foot actually, about 5.1)</p>
<p>Depth/width - 21 inches (castor to castor)</p>
<p>It breaks down into four pieces and could be carried like this.</p>
<p>Collection middle of the Ladder, Wightman Road end</p>
<p>£30 ONO</p>
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<p></p> Creators wanted for a creative residency at Stroud Green and Harringay Librarytag:harringayonline.com,2019-03-07:844301:Topic:11535342019-03-07T16:01:32.839ZLizhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Liz
<p>If you are a creator (author, film and video, installation, media arts, music and sound, painting, performance, photography, research, theatre, visual arts) and have an idea for a residency project at exhibition at the library, contact Etsuko.</p>
<p>Email: Etsuko.edwards@haringey.gov.uk or drop into the <a href="https://www.haringey.gov.uk/libraries-sport-and-leisure/libraries/stroud-green-and-harringay-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">library</a> to speak to her</p>
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<p>If you are a creator (author, film and video, installation, media arts, music and sound, painting, performance, photography, research, theatre, visual arts) and have an idea for a residency project at exhibition at the library, contact Etsuko.</p>
<p>Email: Etsuko.edwards@haringey.gov.uk or drop into the <a href="https://www.haringey.gov.uk/libraries-sport-and-leisure/libraries/stroud-green-and-harringay-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">library</a> to speak to her</p>
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