RSPCA - new dog chipping date in June
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 The RSPCA in West Norwood will be holding another session where local dog owners can get their dogs 'chipped'. This will take place on Sunday 7th June from 12noon until 4pm. Tessa is fully supporting this initiative by her local RSPCA branch. ‘Chipped’ dogs carry a tiny ID tag which makes them easier to identify and return them to their owners in the event that they become lost ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous news: Tessa Jowell is carrying out a survey in the West Norwood area of her constituency after a number of constituents have contacted her with concerns...
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Listening to and Learning from Local People
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 Tessa Jowell has continued her series of coffee mornings in her constituency where she invites local people to return surveys to let her know what they are most concerned about and to come to an event where people can speak to Tessa and raise their concerns. At the most recent event at Christ Church on Gipsy Hill Tessa supported people who felt that more facilities for young people were needed. Others mentioned that they would like to see a more visible police presence. Others raised the issue of Mp's allowances and Tessa reassured them that her own detailed claims and...
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Tessa Supports Dulwich and Herne Hill Trade Justice Group
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 Tessa Jowell recently chaired a meeting organised by the Dulwich and Herne Hill Trade Justice Group - an organisation drawn from a large number of local churches - as part of the Dulwich Festival. Tessa was joined by representatives from the World Development Movement and Traidcraft as well as candidates for the European elections. She took the opportunity to review progress since she led a delegation of the group in a meeting with the Development Secretary Douglas Alexander in the summer of 2008. Tessa offered to organise a further meeting with the Development Secretary so that local activists could again...
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Tessa Makes Representations on King's Emergency Department
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 Tessa Jowell has given her views in a consultation over the future of King's College Hospital Emergency Department. You can read her submission by clicking on the image to the right. Whilst welcoming many aspects of the plans for a multi-million pound investment, Tessa raised concerns over arrangements for dealing with mental-health patients in the Emergency Department. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Previously: Following a meeting today (February 27th) involving King's College Hospital, Southwark PCT, Lambeth PCT and the South London and Maudsley, the three south London parliamentary colleagues who attended the meeting: Tessa Jowell MP, Harriet Harman MP and Kate Hoey MP...
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Tessa Jowell Asks for Dulwich Hospital Site Rethink
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 Tessa Jowell has asked that plans for intermediate beds are clarified in her contribution to a consultation on the Dulwich Hospital site. You can read the full text of Tessa's representations by clicking on the image of her letter to the right: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previously: Tessa Jowell has urged local people to get involved in the consultation that has been launched by Southwark Primary Care Trust and Southwark Council over plans for the Dulwich Hospital Site. She has circulated a letter to local residents (click to view a copy of the text). Full details of the proposals can be...
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Tessa Backs Bright Future for Herne Hill Velodrome
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 Tessa Jowell has been working with British Cycling to try to secure a long term future and sustained investment in the Herne Hill Velodrome. Tessa said: 'I am pleased that discussions involving Southwark Council, the Dulwich Estate and British Cycling appear to be making real progress. (Tessa is pictured at the velodrome with former World Champion cyclist, Tony Doyle) 'I am determined to help secure a bright future for this much-loved and historic stadium which was one of the official venues when the Olympics were last staged in London. 'Spending a Saturday morning at the velodrome is a truly uplifting...
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Rapid Progress on New Brixton School Site
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 Tessa Jowell has welcomed the progress that has been made on delivering brand new state-of-the-art school buildings to serve the local community in Brixton and Herne Hill. The Evelyn Grace Academy, which opened in September 2008 in purpose-built temporary accommodation, will move onto its permanent site on Shakespeare Road next year. Tessa checks out the site of the new Evelyn Grace Academy on Shakespeare Road. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Previously: Tessa Visits New Lambeth School with Education Secretary Ed Balls As the new school year started Tessa Jowell MP visited Evelyn Grace - a...
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Tessa Backs Traders at Gipsy Hill Station
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 At a further meeting (see below for earlier report) in April with representatives from Southern Railways and Network Rail, Tessa pressed the case, with GLA Member Val Shawcross, for space for the current traders at Gipsy Hill Station to be incorporated into plans for the newly refurbished station. Tessa said: 'I think we made excellent progress and both rail companies now know, if they did not before, just how strongly the local communnity feels about securing the future of the cafe and the dry cleaner's at the station. 'Val and I will do everything in our power to support these...
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Tessa Backs Brixton Markets
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 Tessa Jowell has backed market traders and local residents to try to get Brixton's famous covered markets listed to help prevent their demolition. Tessa commented: 'Brixton's markets are intrinsic to the historic and architectural bones of the town and they hold the key to its past and its future. 'That's why I support their listing and that is why we cannot afford to let them go.'...
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Tessa out and about in Dulwich & West Norwood
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 Check out the Local Action in Pictures section for news of Tessa's latest campaigning stories from around the constituency:...
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Tessa Jowell Hails East London Line Breakthrough
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 Tessa Jowell has welcomed news that the East London Line Phase 2b extension will now go ahead. This will allow passengers to travel more easily from local stations at Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye to Clapham Junction in the west and to east London when the extended and refurbished East London Line is back in operation. Tessa Jowell is pictured at a meeting late last year with the Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon, when she pushed the case for go-ahead of the East London Line extension along with fellow south London MPs, Harriet Harman, Joan Ruddock and Martin...
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Tessa Seeks Views on Local Rail Services
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 Tessa Jowell is concerned that a new rail timetable commencing on 14 December will remove two trains per hour from the off-peak timetable on the service running to London Bridge through Gipsy Hill, West Norwood, Tulse Hill, North Dulwich and East Dulwich. She opposed these changes with Southern Rail and the Department for Transport. Surprisingly, a passenger representative group supported the changes and they will now go ahead. The new timetable means that that there will be four off-peak trains to and from London Bridge every hour instead of the six at present. The trains that are being removed are...
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Tessa Visits New It Suite and Garden at Elmwood School
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 Tessa Jowell was at Elmwood School on Friday where she visited the brand new IT suite that has recently been completed. She also opened the schools new, lottery funded, garden and was delighted to help some of the pupils as they planted some elephant garlic. Tessa Jowell commented: 'The beautiful new garden at Elmwood School will bring lasting pleasure to children, parents and staff. Everyone involved should be congratulated. 'It is a good example of the way that schools across Lambeth are using the same sort of spirit associated with the Olympics and turning it into visionary projects across...
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Tessa Praises Ebony Horse Club After Royal Visit
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 Tessa Jowell was delighted that Ebony Horse Club received the recognition they deserve with a visit by the Duchess of Cornwall in September. The club released a statement as follows: The Ebony Horse Club was delighted to welcome Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall on Thursday (11 September). After a tragic year during which the Horse Club lost youth worker Nathan Foster to gun crime, its Founder Ros Spearing (pictured right with Tessa) said: "The visit of Her Royal Highness is wonderful recognition of the achievements of the young riders and the hard work of so many people since...
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Tessa Leads Local Trade Justice Delegation
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 Tessa Jowell (pictured right) with a delegation of the Dulwich and Herne Hill Trade Justice Group at a meeting with Douglas Alexander, the Secretary of State for International Development. There is more information on this in the Dulwich Society's excellent newsletter (Autumn 2008). You can read the article here: Dulwich Society Newsletter Click on the image of text below to see the Press Release that was issued by the group after this meeting....
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Tessa Supports Whippersnappers Swimming Gala
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 Tessa Jowell helped to launch the first School Swimming Gala in forty years at the Brockwell Park Lido in July.
Organised by Whippersnappers - over 100 primary and secondary school pupils from Lambeth and Southwark took part in the Swimming Gala in the newly refurbished lido on Thursday July 3rd 2008.
The races were both competitive and fun, with serious ‘Olympic style’ races as well as opportunities to cross the water in pyjamas or inflatables. Whippersnapper entertainers were stilt walking, drumming, dancing and delivering workshops in martial arts, fitness, acrobatics and street dance. Local elders were also invited to join...
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Tessa Jowell Welcomes Decision on New East Dulwich School
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 Tessa Jowell has welcomed the grant of planning permission for a new seconday school for boys in East Dulwich. She said: "I welcome the granting of planning permission for the new East Dulwich boys' school on Wednesday. "Over many years of campaigning for this school, parents have told me how they desperately need a good local secondary school which their children can attend. "I do hope that, after all this time, for the sake of children who will attend the new school and the parents who have supported it over many years, there will be no more delays...
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UPDATE: Tessa Jowell welcomes decision on Herne Hill junction
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 Tessa Jowell has welcomed the granting of permission for works to improve the junction of Dulwich Road and Norwood Road in Herne Hill.
Her views (in full here) were available to members of the Planning Applications Committee together with her earlier observations, submitted as part of the consultation process - report here (Tessa's views are reproduced on page 17).
Summer 2007: Tessa Jowell has reaffirmed her support for plans to improve the busy road junction close to Herne Hill Railway Station.
She commented: "I applaud this excellent example of an initiative by local people who, caring for their community...
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Tessa backs Gipsy Road Post Office
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 LOCAL MP SUPPORTS 'FINANCIALLY VIABLE' POST OFFICE
Tessa Jowell is backing Mr Francis, the Sub Postmaster at the Gipsy Road Post Office in her constituency.
Tessa (pictured left with Mr Francis) supports the retention of the Post Office in Gipsy Road having discussed the matter in detail with the sub-postmaster as well as other local traders and residents. She comments:
"I feel that there is a strong case to keep this particular office open. This is based on the fact that it has a growing income through Post Office related trade which makes it, in my opinion, financially viable....
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Tessa Working With Dulwich Going Greener
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 Tessa Jowell recently hosted a meeting at Dulwich Library with Dulwich Going Greener to encourage local schools to incorporate sustainability into their teaching and into everyday decisions about their schools. This was a follow-up to a workshop she hosted with Dulwich Going Greener last autumn. Geoff Shearcroft from AOC Architects shared his experiences on how to make school buildings and grounds more sustainable. Ben Seymour and Kevin Williams from the new Sustainable Services Team in Southwark spoke about the services they offer to schools including support and information. They also provide support for schools running green events....
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