Welcome to VCRA 2012
VCRA Tweets
Vartry: @rmcondo where would we find contact details for Pete?
Vartry: @rmcondo Brilliant - thank you! Couldn't get more local :)
Vartry: A neighbour is looking for reliable handymen/women in the local area. Any suggestions? #N15 #N4 #Haringey
Vartry: @bridgerenewal thanks for the heads-up!
Vartry: @danhowe Glad they are looking into it, def not what you want to see in the street. Will make sure residents' assoc is aware #Vartry #N15
VCRA Windox Box Event 2012
Haringey Council - Dog Control Proposals
"Before formal consultation on Dog Control Orders starts in May we just want to know what you think about the kind of controls we are considering.
"Residents, Friends of Parks, Police and dog walkers have told us they are concerned about the growing number of dogs causing problems in public places. This might involve dog fouling, being out of control or being off lead and causing a nuisance."
Paignton Park Permaculture Project
Local residents are getting together this year to do some gardening in the park, mainly centred around the community terrace and woodland edge planting by Paignton Road.
We have a small amount of funding from Capital Growth, to start a forest food garden and plant herbs and vegetables in the new brick raised beds.
We have been in discussion with Haringey's parks department since last year to organise the partnership to give local people the chance to participate in gardening sessions, and are meeting with the London Wildlife trust to investigate the possibility of working together to improve the wildlife value of the park.
Come and join us if you're interested in food growing and sustainable gardening: no particular skills required!
These are some upcoming session dates: come along to a session or contact Rachel for more information on francesrachel@hotmail.com.
- 25 March: Vegetable seed planting / Soft fruit planting /
- 8 April: Herb planting / making willow hurdle edging
- 22 April: Bean and Pea supports
Zumba at the Triangle Centre
Join the party!
Dance to great music and get fit!
Bring a friend or have fun with new ones!
Hosted by Juliet
Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm & 7.10pm - 8.10pm
£5 per class - special introductory offer - book 6 classes for £25!
Haringey Civic Society - Latest Newsletter
Winter 2011 Newsletter with information about the new Hale Village Development (by the retail park at Tottenham Hale), as well as heritage buildings, events and a special riots report.
London Wildlife Trust (LWT) and VCRA (Vartry Communities Residents' Assocation) Making the Difference
Hello I live locally and I'm one of the London Wildlife Trust's (LWT) local Champions.
Being a Champion means doing things like promoting the work of LWT at residents meetings, raising awareness of the benefits and needs of wildlife in our local area through events and taking action, with others who live locally, to make our area more wildlife friendly.
I'm posting this to tell you about a meeting on 4 August between Andrew Topp from LWT, the Chair of the Residents Association Joel and 3 local residents, one of them me, at which we discussed what we could do together to support and increase wildlife in our local area.
We decided to apply for funding from Haringey's Making a Difference Fund to supply window boxes and plant troughs, compost and either spring bulbs or small plants depending on the season free of charge to local residents.
We want to do this because flowering plants make an area look attractive and colourful and would create welcoming spaces and sources of food for insects, which would then pollinate plants and fruit trees and provide food for birds and bats. Andrew from LWT has agreed to advise on the application, suggest native plants and bulbs and tell us about suppliers likely to offer a discount on the materials we will need.
We organised a Window Box Event on 12 November and hope to organise another one next spring.
We will keep you up to date with our progress of our work and our application. If you want to get involved, do contact the gardening group.