In Focus - Green Street Issue 202 - Newham

August 2010
GREEN STREET
IN FOCUS
Covering Boleyn, Green Street
East and West
Even the rain could not dampen the
moods of the 1,600 festival-goers who
enjoyed the council organised day out
in the park, which is being revamped
as part of the council’s Environmental
Improvement Programme.
Highlights from the day included karate
demos and belly dancing performances,
while Asian Elvis got those knees
knocking and hips swinging!
Alongside these acts, punters got
to see the very best of local upcoming
talent perform live on stage for the first
time as part of the Green Street’s Got
Talent showcase.
Flexible festival-goers limbered up for
(second l-r) Cllrs Nirmal Chadha, Jo Corbett,
Sharaf Mahmood and Pearson Shillingford
and residents join in the festival fun
Green Street
Festival a hit
Hundreds partied on in Priory Park in Parr Road
recently as they celebrated the FREE Green
Street Summer Forum Festival – a day of actionpacked
fun for everyone.
yoga classes, which were packed to
capacity. And the London Ambulance
resuscitation workshops proved a hit
with youngsters, who got to test out
their new found skills on dummies.
Plants were selling like hot cakes
at the East Ham Allotments Society
stall and the Green Street East Safer
Neighbourhoods Team were competing
with youngsters in the computer games
room in Priory Centre.
Community lead councillor Sharaf
Mahmood, who was at the festival,
said: “It was a fantastic event. I was
especially impressed with the live
performances from Asian Elvis and from
the local young acts too. There were
also lots of activities which informed
residents about council services in a fun
interactive way.
“Even the weather didn’t dampen
people’s spirits!”
A big thanks goes out to all the
stallholders at Queens Market who
donated for free all the ingredients that
were used to cook halal Caribbean
food, rice and peas and other tasty
treats available on the day.
Turn to page three to see more
photos from the festival. Keep
reading In Focus for updates on the
completion of works in Priory Park.

Shining
Through Shining
Through Awards
Awards
Shining
Through
Awards
CELEBRATING NEWHAM’S CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
CELEBRATING NEWHAM’S CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE
CELEBRATING NEWHAM’S CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
SEaRcHinG
FoR ouR
SHininG
StaRS
Do you know a talented young
person aged between 11 and
19 who has done or achieved
something outstanding? We’re
looking for nominees for this
year’s Shining Through Awards
– annual accolades for our
young people – so get your
thinking caps on and help give
our amazing young people the
recognition they deserve.
This year there are ten
categories, including the
Community Award for young
groups that have helped improve
local life.
Anyone can nominate including
friends, neighbours, relatives. The
nominee must either work, live or
study in Newham. All shortlisted
nominees will be invited to
a swanky red carpet awards
ceremony.
Full details of all the awards,
including nomination form
and pointers on how to
make your submission
stand out, is available by
visiting www.newham.gov.uk/
shiningthroughawards
Strictly come dancing
Bust a groove to Bollywood beats at your
local community centre for only a £1 until
Thursday 9 September.
Learn to dance like a Bollywood star in
these new Bollywood dance classes that are
funded by Newham Council and run every
Thursday in Katherine Road Community
Centre.
Based on the popular hip shaking
moves that developed from Indian cinema,
Bollywood dance has become a bit of a
world-wide phenomenon.
Green Street East ward councillor Rohima
Rahman encourages everyone to try the new
classes and said: “Bollywood dance is a great
way to get fit while having fun and meeting
new people.”
Bollywood dance classes
Every Thursday until 9 September
12.30-1.30pm
Cost: £1
Katherine Road Community Centre
254 Katherine Road, E7
Call 020 8548 9825 for more information
CallinG all StorytellerS
and perFormerS
The University of East London (UEL) is looking for budding storytellers and
performers to share their favourite faith story to be showcased at a special
interfaith week event.
UEL is developing a project exploring your favourite faith stories and are
inviting community members and local faith organisations to contribute stories,
which will be presented at the UEL Docklands and Stratford campuses during
interfaith week from 21-27 November.
Free training will be provided to perform the story and performers will need
to be available to attend rehearsals. The deadline for submitting your story is
Thursday 30 September and you can submit up to five pieces.
Stories can be anything between 100 and 500 words and must be
accessible and easy to understand. All work must be original and unpublished.
For more information on guidelines for writing, or to submit your
story email shahida@uel.ac.uk or call Shahida Aslam on 020 8223 7099.

Green Street festival
in a snapshot
(from page 1)
Green Street’s Got Talent
Doug Guttridge from the East Ham Allotments
Society sells plants at the festival
Youngsters pick up some life skills in the
London Ambulance resuscitation workshops
Asian Elvis works
the crowd
QueenS market baCk in
newham CounCil’S handS
The management of Queens Market is back in the hands of
Newham Council following the end of an agreement with St
Modwen Properties.
The council will now be working directly with market traders
and shopkeepers to continue to develop a sustainable future
for the market.
In March 2006, the council entered into a development
and management agreement with the property management
company to redevelop Queens Market. This included
providing a new market, a council front office and 350
residential units.
This agreement was conditional on obtaining planning
permission, site assembly and a number of other matters
within three years. Unfortunately, St Modwen Properties did
not meet these conditions.
Boleyn ward councillor Pearson Shillingford said: “The
council remains committed to Queens Market and has
recently opened it up for Sunday trading. A number of building
improvements have also been made to the market as well as
an innovative scheme to move towards zero waste. We look
forward to working closely with traders and the community to
ensure a prosperous future for the market.”
•If your group has an activity to promote please contact us on: 020 3373 2684 or email infocus@newham.gov.uk•

SpotliGht on...
Newham’s YouNg maYor
are you passionate about
newham? Do you want to
make a difference? can you
represent?
If you answered yes to any of the
above questions then you should
stand for Young Mayor of Newham
and make your and other young
people’s voices heard.
Go down in history and become
the fourth democratically elected
Young Mayor this November. To
become a candidate you need to be
aged between 11 and 17, and live,
work or study in Newham. You’ll also
need 30 signatures of support from
other young people (see pg 14 of the
Newham Mag for more details).
Last year more than 7,000 of you
voted and we expect a turnout this
time to be higher than ever.
The primary election takes place
from Monday 27 September to Friday
5 October when the candidates will be
shortlisted to a group of 15.
Then on Wednesday 3 and
Thursday 4 November you can vote
for your favourite candidate via a
paper ballot at participating schools,
colleges and Connexions shops.
Results will be announced on the
evening of Thursday 4 November
when the Young Mayor of Newham
2010 will be declared.
Current Young Mayor Kaycee de
Belen said: “Being Young Mayor
has given me the opportunity to
make some really positive changes
in the community. If you’re a young
person that cares about the future
of Newham, get involved by either
standing as a candidate or voting in
this year’s election.”
to find out more visit
www.newham.gov.uk/youngmayor
call 020 3373 8555 or email
youngmayor@newham.gov.uk
MEET YOUR LOCAL COUNCILLOR
WHAT’S ON
GREEN STREET
Bollywood dance classes
Every Thursday until 9 September
12.30-1.30pm
Cost: £1
Katherine Road Community Centre
254 Katherine Road, E7
Call 020 8548 9825 for more
information
Under the Stars – four nights
of FREE music concerts
Thursday 26-Sunday 29 August
7-10.30pm
Central Park
High Street South
East Ham, E6
For even more things to do
check out the What’s On in
Newham calendar, where
you’ll find listings for more
than 6,000 events:
www.newham.com
If your group has an activity
to promote please contact
us on: 020 3373 2684 or email
infocus@newham.gov.uk
Councillors out and about: If you would like a councillor to visit your community organisation, school, place of worship, meeting or
event please call 020 3373 1267 or email shabana.qadir@newham.gov.uk. To email your local councillor write
firstname.lastname@newham.gov.uk
Jo Corbett Riaz Ahmed Mirza Pearson Shillingford Nirmal Chadha Sharaf Mahmood Rohima Rahman Mukesh Patel Rustam Talati Harvinder Singh Virdee
Boleyn Green Street East
Green Street West
Jo Corbett
Second Saturday of
the month
10.30 - 11.30am
Priory Park Centre,
106 Parr Road, E6
Riaz Ahmed Mirza
Fourth Saturday of
the month (except
bank holidays)
(l-r) Young Mayor Kaycee de Belen
and Deputy Young Mayor Aadilah
Ismail at last year’s elections
10 - 11am
Priory Park Centre,
106 Parr Road, E6
Pearson
Shillingford
Third Friday of the
month
6 - 7pm
Priory Park Centre,
106 Parr Road, E6
Nirmal Kaur Chadha
Second Saturday of the
month, 10.30am - 12pm
Katherine Road
Community Centre,
254 Katherine Road, E7
Fourth Saturday of the
month, 10.30am - 12pm
St Edmund’s Parish Church
464 Katherine Road, E7
Sharaf Mahmood
First and third Saturday of
the month, 10am - 12pm
Katherine Road
Community Centre,
254 Katherine Road, E7
Second and Fourth
Saturday of the month,
10am - 12pm
William Davies Primary
School, Stafford Road, E7
Rohima Rahman
Second Friday of the month
10am - 12pm Katherine
Road Community Centre
Third Friday of the month
10am - 12pm
Katherine Road
Community Centre,
254 Katherine Road, E7
First, second and
third Friday
6 – 7pm
Elmhurst Primary
School
Upton Park Road, E7
Fourth Friday
6 – 7pm
Upton Centre
Claude Road, E13
Need to talk to Mayor Sir Robin Wales? Being an elected mayor, Sir Robin is directly accountable to you. Look out for Question Time
times and dates in the Newham Mag, visit www.newham.gov.uk/mayor or call 020 3373 0437.