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www.islington.gov.uk Issue 8, 2002
Double winners
Liberal
Democrat
Election
Victory
Arsenal ladies AXA Premier
League winners 2001 – 2002
THE LIBERAL
DEMOCRATS have
been elected to
govern Islington
Council for the next
4 years. In the
election on May 2
they won 38 seats
and Labour won 10.
The average turnout
was 26.94%
compared to 35.7%
in 1998.
SEE your local
councillors on
pages 6 and 7 and
get more
information about
your new council.
Look inside for more about what’s happening in and around Islington…
sign of the times tomorrow’s world bloomin’ lovely aquaterra bins

Welcome
Welcome to Issue
8 of Islington
From Leisha Fullick, Chief Executive
of Islington Council
I am sorry to say that this is the last
time that I will be welcoming you to
Islington.
I feel that with a new four year term
ahead for the newly elected councillors
and after six enjoyable years as chief
executive of Islington Council, now is
the right time for someone else to take
the helm. It is also a good time for me
to pursue new directions in my career.
The borough of Islington is certainly a
different place from when I arrived.
Islington feels like a better place to live,
work, and do business.
The council too has been transformed
in the time I have been here. And there
is more change on the horizon. The old
committee system has been replaced
by a leader and executive. There will
also be four new area committees
which will meet locally to decide on
matters of local interest including
environmental issues, planning and
licensing applications. You can find
about more about these important
changes by looking at pages 6 and 7.
Thank you to everyone who has taken
the time to tell me what they think,
whether through letters or 'Your shout'.
I won't be losing contact with the
borough or the council. I am a long time
resident of Islington and look forward to
keeping in touch with what's going on
through future editions of Islington.
With my best wishes for the future.
Arsenal go ahead
High court decides
The two legal challenges to Islington Council's
December 2001 decision to approve the Arsenal's
proposals for a new stadium at Ashburton Grove and
redevelopment of the Highbury site have been
dismissed by the High Court.
The Islington Stadium Communities Alliance and
Lawsons had applied for permission for a judicial
review of the council's decision.
Mr Justice Sullivan dismissed their case on
19 April. Two individuals have been granted
legal aid to appeal against the decision.
Their appeal will be heard on 30 May at the
High Court.
Golden Jubilee update
Forty community groups and party organisers will benefit from
the £50,000 made available by Islington Council for Golden
Jubilee celebrations over the long weekend of
1 - 4 June 2002.
Bids were invited in March and considered by the Cripplegate
Foundation in April.
Anyone planning a street party should have contacted the
council's licensing team on 020 7527 3047.
Focus on the Fifties
Do YOU remember 1952
and 1953?
Top of the hit parade was 'She
Wore Red Feathers', 'From Here
to Eternity’ was on at the cinema
and Arsenal were league
champions in 1953 (ring any
bells?).
Islington memories
Islington Museum wants your
memories of Islington at this time,
in any way you can give them.
Write or make a tape and tell them
about the coronation, what you
ate, what your house looked like,
what you did in your spare time,
anything that was important to
you. Have you photos of street
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Please
parties we could borrow, or
photos of yourself in fifties
clothes? Have you got old clothes
or household objects from the
time, which you could lend or
donate to the Museum?
Fifties Nite Spectacular
Dress up and come along on
Wednesday 3 July, from 4pm
to 9pm. There will be a
display of fifties objects,
ranging from televisions to
Arsenal programmes,
photographs, magazines,
and pieces of work by
Islington children, inspired by
interviews with older people
who remember the period.
contact Alison or Val at the Museum, on
020 7527 3235. Write to Room G11, Town Hall,
Upper Street, N1 2UD, or drop in when the Museum
is open, from Wednesday to Saturday, 11am-5pm,
Sunday 2-4pm.
Your Shout
Below are some of the letters, e-mails and phone calls we received in response to the last issue
Dog mess @
Last night I did my usual after work run
around the streets of Highbury. Please dog
owners! Pick up after them! People
walking through the streets, pushing
prams, rollerblading, or jogging are
constantly have to dodge dog
mess…Places such as the States and
Australia have special rubbish bins in
public places, complete with plastic bags,
so that dog owners can pick up after their
dogs. The situation drives me (and I'm sure
many more Islington residents) nuts. If you
own a dog, clean up after it. And Islington
Council, how about a campaign and some
enforcement, so that dog owners are
forced to be a bit more responsible?
Yes – feedback we receive from
residents shows that dog mess on the
streets is something that drives many
of Islington's residents mad. Dog waste
is currently cleared as part of the
regular street cleansing operation.
And, shortly we will be putting street
enforcement officers and more
anti-fouling signs on the streets.
People who let their dogs foul the
streets will in the future be liable to an
on the spot fine of £50. Dog owners
please remember there are dog bins in
all our parks and open spaces – we will
be extending these to the streets in
the future.
Handy e-mail addresses @
Your latest issue is helpful and informative.
Would it be possible to add e-mail details
to the handy numbers listed in your last
edition? It would save endless waits for
telephones to be answered and messages
to be passed on. Top of my wish list would
be better street lighting…
Thank you for your comments about
Islington. We have added e-mail
addresses to handy numbers in this
edition and will continue to do so in
forthcoming editions. The council's
new switchboard information database
– on 020 7527 2000 – contains more
than 5,000 pieces of useful information
and is helping the council's
switchboard staff answer your
questions more quickly and efficiently.
We are pleased to let you know that
older street lighting in the borough is
soon to be replaced. This initiative,
starting in October, will concentrate
initially on those areas with the highest
levels of road traffic accidents and
crime.
Planning permission @
My wife and I want to do some work to our
house. Can you tell me how to go about
getting information about what works
require planning permission?
You normally need planning permission
to build, extend or alter a building or
to change its use. Our service charter
sets out the timescales and procedures
for making planning applications.
You can contact planning control on
020 7527 2774.
User friendly parking @
I write in respect of your article regarding
user friendly parking. The article implies
that the discounts on residents parking for
small cars is in operation. This, having
checked with the office which issues
permits, is not the case. In point of fact
your officers were unaware of such a
scheme until I referred them to the article.
Is this a case of the right hand not
knowing what the left hand is doing?
The article in edition 7 about user
friendly parking states that 'drivers
with engines below 1400cc… will be
entitled to a discount of £20 on their
residents parking fees.’ These
initiatives were approved by the
council's environment committee at
the end of February. They are subject
to traffic management orders which
are currently being finalised.
And finally... thank you @
I urgently needed a copy of my birth
certificate today for the renewal of my
vocational driving licence (my own fault for
leaving it so late). The staff at the registrars
could not have been more helpful, in short
they were GREAT. I couldn't remember the
name of the hospital I was born in. The
normal rule is that you collect your copy in
two working days. In spite of this they
checked through about ten hospitals for
me, found me and let me collect the
certificate on the same day. Please convey
my heartfelt thanks to these lovely people,
they are some of the best that I have ever
come across...
Thank you, our staff were very happy
to help.
Your Views…
Do you think we are doing the
right things?
Is there anything you think we
have done well?
How could we improve our service
to you?
What do you want to see in this
newsletter?
We want to hear what you have to say.
So, if you want to make a comment
about any aspect or the services we
provide, please:
Phone: 020 7527 3416
E-mail: residents.news@islington.gov.uk
Write to: Leisha Fullick,
Chief Executive
Islington Council, Town Hall,
Upper Street, N1 2UD
Tell us what you think. After all, if you
don’t tell us something is wrong we can’t
do anything about it…
We look forward to your feedback.
Abandoned vehicles
Islington Council's street management
team removed over 300 abandoned
vehicles from streets and estates
during March 2002.
A recent swoop on the Bemerton
Estate – in partnership with the DVLA
and the police – clamped 18 vehicles
and removed one.
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Your complaints
Islington Council has recently updated
its approach to dealing with customers’
concerns and complaints.
The changes are designed to encourage staff
to sort out a customer’s problem when it is
first brought to their attention. This is good
customer care and also means that the
formal complaints procedure is properly used
as a last resort.
Eye eye, let’s be
having you
If the problem can’t be sorted out or the
customer makes it clear that they want to
make a formal complaint, then the new
procedure clearly sets out the stages involved
and how long they will take. It aims to be
clear and quick and as easy as possible for
customers to use.
The complaints leaflet is available in large
print, Braille and on audiotape. The council
also has a translation and interpreting service.
You can get copies of the new complaints
form from council offices, libraries, leisure
centres and voluntary organisations.
And of course we also want our customers to
tell us when we get it right. So please let
council staff know when you think they’ve
done a good job. It’s your views that matter.
Want to work with children?
Tomorrow's World
"EYES FOR ISLINGTON" – the council’s
community volunteer initiative aimed at
improving the environment – has already
136 new recruits. And we want more.
This project aims to help council officers
tackle the problems of fly tipping, dog
fouling, graffiti and vandalism through early
and precise reporting.
The volunteer "Eyes" will patrol the streets,
identify problems and report them via a
phone hotline. It is hoped to expand the
scheme to schools later this year.
There is a flexible time commitment for
volunteers – you can start by giving just
20 minutes per week.
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Could
you use your eyes
for Islington?
Please call Pat or Mia on
020 7527 2023.
Just deserts
A 6' 4'' motorist who kicked and punched a
5' 2'' Islington Council parking attendant in an
unprovoked attack was sentenced to 240
hours community service and ordered to pay
a £750 fine to his victim.
Michael Farrow, a forty year-old businessman
of Fairfield Close, North Finchley, N12, was
Sign of the times
A LARGE ILLEGAL advertising hoarding
was taken down recently from the corner of
Liverpool Road and Bromfield Street, N1.
The council's conservation group and
planning enforcement team act together to
remove up to 40 illegal hoardings each year
from conservation areas and busy routes like
Seven Sisters Road and Holloway Road.
Advertisers wanting to place hoardings in the
borough must make an advertisement
application to the planning department.
In the case of the Liverpool Road hoarding,
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Any
the removal provided an additional benefit –
as the wood was recycled for a community
building project.
resident concerned about the legality of a local hoarding
– or an advertiser wishing to make an application – should contact
Mike McGill on 020 7527 2150.
convicted of assaulting the 46 year old
woman in Duncan Street at the junction with
Duncan Terrace, N1 on 3 January 2001 when
she asked him to move his Jaguar from a
restricted street.
She had to be taken by ambulance to
University College Hospital in Euston and was
off work for several weeks as a result of her
injuries.
In sentencing, District Judge Dennis Lynch
said that this was a vicious and cowardly
attack that was inexcusable. He told Mr
Farrow: "You should be under no illusion that
you are exceedingly lucky."
The judge warned Mr Farrow that if he was
late or failed to turn up for his community
service, he would be brought back to court
and would be given a custodial sentence.
Islington Council's children’s information
service (CIS) wants to recruit more
childcare workers to the borough.
People out and about, catching a bus or
doing their weekly shop will see the
posters on lamp posts, in bus shelters
and inside buses with the message
‘Work with children in Islington’.
Since January a message aimed at
raising the number of childcare
workers has been on the back of till
receipts from Safeway’s on Holloway
Road and Sainsbury’s at the Angel.
The service has also launched a
comprehensive information pack.
This explains the types of childcare
work, what qualifications are needed,
how to get started and how to get a job.
Everyone is subject to police checks.
The CIS advertises vacancies via a
regular childcare jobs list and offers a
free job advertising service to all
nurseries, playgroups and play or youth
schemes.
Staff can also advise on childcare
arrangements and have information on
everything available for children and
young people in Islington.
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Anyone interested in working
in a nursery or playgroup with
pre-school aged children, or
becoming a childminder and
working from home, or
working with older children
in a play or youth scheme,
can call the CIS on
020 7527 5959.
Barbara
Scotland
from CIS
Kirsty Banks
11, Kasia
Banks 9 from
Canonbury
School
Amy Smith, Truda White, and Nathan Ranger
help Philippa open Islington’s first CLC
Philippa Forrester of TV’s Tomorrow’s World
opened Islington's first City Learning Centre
(CLC) at Highbury Grove school. The centre is
a state of the art building in the school
grounds and has 70 computers, a video
conference facility and a media editing suite.
New media technology is already providing
many new careers and it will be even more
important in the future. Giving our youngsters
the chance to work in this field will put them in
a great position to take up job opportunities.
Rob Gill, Assistant Headteacher and CLC
manager said: "Highbury Grove School is
delighted to have Islington's first CLC in its
grounds. The centre will be able to link with
other Islington schools and is open to the
community, as well as local primary schools.
This means that it provides excellent
opportunities for Islington's young people.
They are able to learn leading edge
technology skills, how to do animation and
filming and how to use websites effectively
and efficiently, as well as use information and
communications technology as a learning
resource to improve their achievements in the
whole school curriculum."
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How your new council makes decisions
Meetings of the whole council happen 8 times
a year to decide on the budget, major policy
issues and plans. An executive of eight
councillors plus the leader of the council
make most of the other decisions. Each
executive councillor is responsible for an area
of council activity.
The executive also publishes a forward plan
listing all the key decisions to be taken in the
next four months. This will include details of
what the decision is about, when and who will
take the decision and who will be consulted.
The forward plan is available on the council
website under ‘Decision Calendar.’ Anyone
can find out what is going on and make their
views known.
Councillors can "call in" decisions to an
overview committee. This will take a second
look at decisions of the executive before they
are implemented, and may require them to
reconsider.
Three review committees have also been set
up to consider in depth different aspects of
the council's work and report back on their
findings. They are ‘performance, regeneration
and sustainability.’
Four area committees each made up of the
councillors in four wards in the borough will
meet locally to consider matters of local
interest including planning and licensing
applications. They will also work to promote
better relationships between the council and
the community.
Two other committees exist, one to deal with
strategic planning, licensing, electoral
registration and other corporate matters and
the other to oversee the standards of
behaviour of councillors.
These new arrangements replace the old
committee system, abolished by Act of
Parliament and were chosen following
extensive community consultation.
The new executive meets every three weeks
at the Town Hall, at 7.30pm unless otherwise
stated. The public are welcome to attend.
For details of dates and associated reports
and decisions of the executive and all other
meetings please look at the new 'Democracy
in Islington' pages on the council’s website
www.islington.gov.uk
For more information, please contact John
Lynch on 020 7527 3002.
Your councillor
As the person elected to represent you, your
councillor can help with a council or public
service.
They can take up your case themselves, or
point you in the right direction. They can also
as a community representative, put forward
proposals to improve the ward they represent
which may include bringing together different
community groups to develop a case for
change.
You can find out details of councillors' advice
surgeries by calling Janet Eacott on
020 7527 3114. Or you can log onto the
council website www.islington.gov.uk
Barnsbury Ward
Clerkenwell Ward
Hillrise Ward
St George's Ward
Bridget Fox
(Lib Dem)
Ian Powney
(Lib Dem)
Sylvia Wright
(Lib Dem)
George Allan
(Lib Dem)
Bruce Neave
(Lib Dem)
Marisha Ray
(Lib Dem)
Paul Fox
(Lib Dem)
Heather Johnson
(Lib Dem)
Sarah Teather
(Lib Dem)
Graham Baker
(Lib Dem)
Angela Brook
(Lib Dem)
Wally Burgess
(Lab)
Bunhill Ward
Finsbury Park Ward
Holloway Ward
St Peter's Ward
Joe Trotter
(Lib Dem)
Jyoti Vaja
(Lib Dem)
Rose Wooding
(Lib Dem)
Michael O'Sullivan
(Lab)
Barbara Sidnell
(Lab)
Lisa Spall
(Lab)
Margot Dunn
(Lib Dem)
Ed Featherstone
(Lib Dem)
Doreen Scott
(Lib Dem)
Steve Hitchins
(Lib Dem)
Mary Powell
(Lib Dem)
Keith Sharp
(Lib Dem)
Caledonian Ward
Highbury East Ward
Junction Ward
St Mary's Ward
Arnie Gibbons
(Lib Dem)
Carol Powell
(Lib Dem)
Dorrie Valery
(Lib Dem)
David Barnes
(Lib Dem)
Terry Stacy
(Lib Dem)
Laura Willoughby
(Lib Dem)
James Blanchard
(Lib Dem)
Euan Cameron
(Lib Dem)
Stefan Kasprzyk
(Lib Dem)
Joan Coupland
(Lib Dem)
Richard Heseltine
(Lib Dem)
James Kempton
(Lib Dem)
Canonbury Ward
Highbury West Ward
Mildmay Ward
Tollington Ward
Jonathan Dearth
(Lib Dem)
Barbara Smith
(Lib Dem)
Lucy Watt
(Lib Dem)
Mary Creagh
(Lab)
Richard Greening
(Lab)
Adrian Pulham
(Lab)
Anna Berent
(Lib Dem)
Meral Ece
(Lib Dem)
Graham Hay Smith
(Lib Dem)
Daniel Bonner
(Lab)
Derek Sawyer
(Lab)
Catherine West
(Lab)
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All aboard the IT bus
Improving Libraries
Look out for Islington's online bus helping to give everyone
in the borough access to the internet and IT.
Anyone can get onboard and 115 people have already signed up. The
youngest is 16, the oldest is 79. On the hi tech bus, you can use the
Internet, ask questions or just have a chat.
The bus is a totally self-contained computer classroom and will be
stopping at various sites including the Marquess and Market estates.
There are eight student workstations with Pentium III computers, a tutor
workstation, a scanner, data projector and colour printer.
Computers are linked to the internet by a satellite dish on the roof of the
bus. It has its own electrical generator, so it does not need to plug into
a ground location and is air-conditioned. The bus can even make its
own coffee!
The bus is especially targeted at areas of the borough where many
people do not have ready access to computers and the Internet.
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For more information about the bus timetable
please contact Mick Beanse on 020 7527 5936
Digital TV Trial
Community TV comes to Islington for the first time as
tenants in two council blocks are part of a three month trial
of a new digital TV service – Islington Local.
Starting in May, Dixon Clarke and Dover Court tenants have been able
to access Islington Local from their TV through a set top box provided
free of charge by the council.
Islington Local provides interactive information about council services.
Tenants are able to report abandoned cars or contact the council by
e-mail. Useful information and videos about local schools and other
organisations including the police and health service are also readily
available.
Tenants can also e-mail friends and family for free, surf websites in a
safe environment and play games online while sitting at home.
Highbury Grove and Elizabeth Garret Anderson schools are also taking
part in the trial.
If the trial is successful the council will look at expanding the service to
all 30,000 council homes and to businesses in the borough.
Claude Harper, one
of the first tenants
to sign up said: "I
got involved initially
out of curiosity. I
think it will be a
useful convenient
service getting
information right to
our fingertips.”
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For more information please
call 0800 073 0504 or e-mail
support@islingtonlocal.org.uk
Mrs Anne Colls
and Steven Robins
Pearline Williams gets the lowdown from Ellen Ryan
Have you logged on?
The council's web site,
www.islington.gov.uk,
has gone from strength
to strength since its
relaunch in July 2001.
The site now gets more
than 1,200 visits a day
– that's up from 400
people a day this time
last year.
But did you know that
• you can reserve library books online
• you can send us details of your club or society and we will
publish them online
• the site is busiest on Monday and quietest on Sunday
The council works on the website 5 days a week to make
sure it has all the information you need. Many residents ask
questions using the webteam e-mail address and this tells
them what information you want on the site.
What you asked?
During April, the council's webteam received the following:
• 27% were requests for information about Islington
• 23% were comments about the environment
• 15% were about job opportunities in Islington
• 15% were items of community news
Coming soon
You will be able to
• pay council tax and parking fines online
• get information about what's happening at your local
area committee
• use our online surveys to give your views on council
decisions that affect you
• view all the decisions (and associated reports) that the
council is making in the coming months so that you call
tell them what you think
Having a baby? Moving house? Retiring? Life Events, our
new way of navigating the website will give you a wealth of
information.
If you have any ideas about things you would like to see on
the website, please e-mail: webteam@islington.gov.uk
Two local libraries welcomed the
public back after a sparkling
refurbishment programme, part of
the drive to update and improve
Islington’s libraries
Archway now has a new
computer area including five
public internet PCs, paid for by
a grant from the Bill and Melissa
Gates Foundation. Windows
have replaced the old metal
shutters and a lick of paint has
brightened up the interior. You
can now relax in a comfortable,
modern seating area while
contemplating which book to
choose from a much improved
display. The children's library
has also benefited from the
refurbishment.
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW it may not be, but
the new garden at St John’s Day Centre is
just as colourful.
And people at the centre for adults with
physical disabilities are getting huge pleasure
from looking after the rejuvenated courtyard
garden, which was funded by the Morris
Charitable Trust, and specially designed and
planted by Sunnyside Community Gardens
therapy centre.
✆For more information,
please contact Dina Lazarus
on 020 7263 3537
Central is the council's most
used library. The changes have
created more public space and a
new computer area. The library
has also been redecorated,
recarpeted and reshelved to
present a cleaner, brighter
more welcoming
environment.
It’s bloomin’ lovely
Anyone who has items
which are overdue because
the libraries were closed for
refurbishment will not be
charged when they bring
them back to either of the
libraries.
Remember there is free
internet access at all of our
libraries.
“Everyone here really enjoys the garden,” says
centre manager Dina Lazarus. “It is a real sun
trap and tending the plants is a great way for
our users to develop their self confidence and
belief in their own independence.”
The council run centre in St John’s Way has
been open for over 25 years and offers
activities including personal support, courses
in computing, drama and creative writing, and
one-to-one exercise and gym instruction.
A number of key events have been
planned for Islington's second
education week, July 1-7, including
• a chance to check out the online IT bus –
see page 8
• free visits to the London Canal Museum
and Islington Narrow Boat Association
• Music on the Green - daily lunchtime
musical events by Islington pupils from
Islington Green School
• focus on Connexions' new HQ and facilities
for 13 to 19 year olds at the White Lion
Centre
• Dracula Spectacula - a major drama and
music performance by the Islington Youth
Theatre at the Lillian Baylis Theatre at
Sadler's Wells
• 50’s night – see page 2
A full programme of events will be available
shortly. Look out for the flyer and posters.
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For
more information,
please contact
Fotene Georgiou,
on 020 7527 5589
Truancy patrols
Getting kids back into school is the aim of a
series of truancy patrols during May. They
have been organised by Islington’s education
welfare service, together with the police.
Children will be returned to their schools and
there will be intensive follow up both with the
children and their parents.
Truancy patrols have been undertaken in
Islington for nearly five years. When young
people miss school they not only lose out on
their education, but they also place
themselves at risk from others and are also at
risk of being involved in crime.
The overriding objective is to ensure the pupils
of Islington achieve both personally and
academically though the support of their
schools and their parents.
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Telephone helpline
If you are a pupil, a parent or
anyone concerned about
anything to do with attendance,
please call 020 7727 5840.
All calls are followed up and
action taken where appropriate.
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Living inna city
Handy contacts
in this issue
Aquaterra
How do people in the borough spend their spare time and what would make
them more likely to go out and about in Islington?
020 7253 5365
www.aquaterra.org
Football in
Finsbury
Whether it's going to pubs, clubs and cinemas or visiting galleries, parks or friends
and family the council and its partners want to know. This information will be
invaluable in planning the development of leisure opportunities throughout the
borough.
Children’s Information Service
020 7527 5959
cis@islington.gov.uk
Council committees
Islington Council, Aquaterra Leisure
and Arsenal FC have teamed up to
bring you 'Gunners in Islington'.
These holiday courses and regular sessions
of football coaching are kicking off at
Finsbury Leisure Centre, Norman Street,
EC1.
To find out your likes and dislikes and help plan for what people actually want, a
survey has been sent to 6,000 randomly selected households. The closing date for
the survey is 5pm on Friday 31 May so please complete and return the survey in
the pre-paid envelope as soon as possible.
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If
you want to make your views known you can write or phone
Pavlos Mastiki, Shweta Otiv, or Mark Picksley, Room G11, Islington
Town Hall, Upper Street N1 2UD. Phone 0800 953 0135
020 7527 3002
www.islington.gov.uk
Digital TV
0800 073 0504
support@.islingtonlocal.org.uk
Education week
020 7527 5589
Islington's new football development
manager Michael MacNeill says "This is the
first of a number of courses we are rolling
out across the borough to increase football
opportunities for young people in Islington".
Air freshener
photene.georgiou@islington.gov.uk
Eyes for Islington
020 7527 2023
Football in Finsbury
Boys, 7 – 12 year olds course on
Wednesday & Thursday 5 & 6th June
10am – 4pm. Price £10,
£8 Izz Cards or £6 for Izz Card concessions.
Special exhaust filters are being fitted to the borough’s dust carts. This will help
to reduce air pollution.
The gadgets - similar to a catalytic converter - trap the solid particles called "particulates"
produced as a by-product of combustion in diesel engined vehicles.
020 7253 2346
www.aquaterra.org
Golden Jubilee
020 7527 3047
Girls 7 - 12 year olds course on
Friday 7th June 10am - 4pm. Price £5, £4
Izz Cards or £3 for Izz Card concessions.
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To
book a place visit
the centre or call
020 7253 2346.
STOP PRESS
ISLINGTON RESIDENTS ARE
THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY
to be able to book and pay for
local sports facilities entirely
over the internet.
Aquaterra Leisure, the charity who manage
Islington's seven leisure centres, have
introduced cutting edge technology to their
website to accept credit card payments
and bookings from people who do not have
Izz cards.
Finsbury Leisure Centre is already online,
with the other centres joining before the end of
May. Activities covered are football, squash,
badminton, tennis and the public laundry facilities.
Dave Hooke, website manager says
"There will be huge benefits to all customers as
queueing times should fall. Internet bookers will be
able to view all the free slots for an activity on the
same page and this will remove the need for the
sometimes lengthy telephone conversations with
reception staff."
This initiative will be particularly welcome in Islington as the air quality suffers because of traffic
volume on roads like the A1 running through the borough.
New Bins
18 CAST IRON LITTER BINS are a welcome
addition to Upper Street and Islington Green.
The bins weigh 20 stone each and are
painted in smart black paint with gold trim.
The paint has been treated to make it
unchippable.
Refuse Collection
terrie.lane@islington.gov.uk
Illegal advertising
020 7527 2150
michael.mcgill@islington.gov.uk
Islington Local
0800 073 0504
support@islingtonlocal.org.uk
Islington museum
020 7527 3235
alison.lister@islington.gov.uk
IT bus
020 7527 5936
mick.deanse@islington.gov.uk
Planning permission
020 7527 2774
St John’s Day Centre
For popular booking periods, personal and
telephone bookers get a 15 minute head start to
ensure that residents who are not yet online are not
left out.
Islington was the first local authority in the country
to have a comprehensive website for its leisure
centres (1996) and the first to offer online booking
to members (2000).
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Visit
the website
www.aquaterra.org or
phone 020 7253 5365
for more information.
Normal collection day
Revised collection day
Monday 3 June 2002 Wednesday 5 June 2002
Tuesday 4 June 2002 Thursday 6 June 2002
Wednesday 5 June 2002 Friday 7 June 2002
Thursday 6 June 2002 Saturday 8 June 2002
Friday 7 June 2002 Monday 10 June 2002
Monday 10 June 2002 Tuesday 11 June 2002
Tuesday 11 June 2002 Wednesday 12 June 2002
Wednesday 12 June 2002 Thursday 13 June 2002
Thursday 13 June 2002 Friday 14 June 2002
Friday 14 June 2002 Saturday 15 June 2002
Normal collection services resume on Monday 17 June 2002
020 7263 3537
Switchboard Information Service
020 7527 2000
Truancy helpline
020 7727 5840
Webteam
webteam@islington.gov.uk
Your views
020 7527 3416
residents.news@islington.gov.uk
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