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Council nobbles
nuisances
Helen Crowley and her partner
Ronald Garwood will be evicted
from their three bedroom property
on the Margery Street Estate in
Clerkenwell by Islington Council.
The council was granted a possession
order for their property at the Mayor’s
and City County Court on Wednesday
30 July 2003 as a result of their
sustained anti-social behaviour towards
their neighbours.
In October 2002 Helen Crowley was
arrested for racially aggravated
harassment and received a 12 month
prison sentance after pleading guilty to
the offence at Snaresbrook Crown
Court on 20 July 2003.
His Honour Judge Marr-Johnson
commented that “Both the defendant
and her partner were guilty of nuisance
and annoyance by way of excessive
noise and in particular by way of a long
campaign of harassment against their
neighbour”.
PC Barry Leach the local community
contact officer said “This result proves
that the courts will not tolerate anti
social behaviour and residents willing to
work with the council and the police can
make a huge difference in these matters
when they come forward and give
evidence as this tenant has today.”
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Children’s parliament
summit
22 Children’s Parliament members
(aged between 7-14 years, 12 boys, 10
girls) put their heads together at
Cardfields environmental study centre
in Essex.
The trip was a mix of having fun and working
together to look at issues of concern and
putting together action points and key
messages to take back to Islington Council.
The information gathered will be given to all
council heads of service and it will be used to
shape some of the service planning for the
council’s young people’s service. The
Summer university success
Islington’s sixth summer university had
a wonderful array of activities
throughout the month of August, with
54 classes in IT, languages, maths and
computers, visual arts and performing
arts. They were attended by young
people aged 10 to 19 who live, study or
work in Islington.
This year there were more IT and football
workshops at the Red Zone, a first ever cookery
course hosted by Shillibeers restaurant, and
digital technology workshops run by Actiondog
Productions. Classes on offer included junior
summer uni drama, street dance, photography,
DJ skills, gospel singing, Shakespeare for kidz,
‘brain gym’, girls only football, canoeing and
water sports and GCSE subjects such as
maths, science, art and languages and much
much more.
“
The students and staff were friendly
and I have learnt a lot of new skills
Advanced photography student.
”
information will also be presented to the
Islington Children’s Fund board.
Main issues
The three main issues identified were crime,
bullying and education. The young people
used group discussions, video, drama and art
to look at the underlying issues as well as
coming up with some of the ideas of how
things could be improved.
Nine year old Jordan who really enjoyed the
weekend said: “The best thing about the
weekend was just being here.”
And Madeleine, aged ten who also had a
great time said: “I liked making friends and
getting up to mischief.”
For more information about
the Children’s Parliament
please ring Lesley Kellard ✆on 020 7833 1388
“
I enjoyed the film and art work and found
out so many black people invented things
Black history student.
For more information please call the hotline on 020 7527 5558 or
✆email summeruniversity@islington.gov.uk
”
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