Clockhouse Newsletter December 08

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Weddings
Tributes
All your floral needs
Louisa Jane
Designer Florist
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Southern Decorators Supplies
30,000 wallpapers - next day delivery
18,000 paint colours and all your
decorating needs while you wait.
OPEN 6 days a week 8am-6pm (Sat 1pm)
129 Stafford Rd Wallington
Surrey SM6 9BN
5 Hillcrest Parade
The Mount Coulsdon
Tel\fax 020 8669 8235
Plants
Surrey
CR5 2PS
Balloons
020 8668 7367
OPEN ALL DAY TUESDAY-SATURDAY 11.00-10.00
6 Hillcrest Parade The Mount Coulsdon SY CR5 2PS
FREE LOCAL DELIVERY ON ALL ORDERS OVER £12.00
TELEPHONE ORDERS WELCOME
020 8763 8288
Clockhouse Convenience Store your local store
Hillcrest Parade The Mount 020 8668 1300
Beer Wines and Spirits
Groceries Vegetables (Fresh, Tinned and Frozen)
Ice Cream, Sweets and Chocolates
Newspapers Magazines Greetings Cards
OPEN 7.30 AM till 9.30 PM daily
Diary Date
Your Residents Association Committee
members invite you to join them on
Saturday 13th December
from
2.00 until 5.00 pm
for a short general meeting which will enable us to update you on relevant issues relating to the estate. We will also have short
presentations from one of our Councillors
Moira Butt and our local MP Tom Brake.
So please make a special effort to attend
and join us after for cheese, mulled wine,
non alcoholic drinks and mince pies etc, (and
raffle), in an informal setting in your newly
decorated Community Centre.
The Clockhouse Residents Association wish you;
A Very Merry Christmas
and A Happy New Year.
Gas, Electric, Mobile top ups
TV licence Bill payment & Cash Machine
PS. You can bring a bottle if you wish!!
Clockhouse Residents
Association
December 2008
Issue 18
Inside this issue:
Garden Waste 2
Safer
Neighbourhood Team
2
Balloon Race
and Funday
3
Snippets
3
SCOLA Gentle 3
Exercise
Halls Report
4
Halls A.G.M
Report
5
Scams
Councillors
Info Centre
6
Halls Adverts
7
Local Adverts
8
Halls Reports
Centre pages
New
Smart 4 Kids
Clockhouse News
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Garden Waste
Thanks to the rebellion by most of the residents in Sutton, the
free garden waste collection has been restored. A great victory
for the people and common sense has at last prevailed.
No more I have
filled my three
jute bags.
WE NEED YOU
TO CONTACT
THESE PEOPLE
TO MAKE
THINGS WORK
BETTER FOR
CLOCKHOUSE
The details are that the fortnightly collections re-commenced on
Monday 10 November until 19th December. The council will be
collecting 3 Jute bags or two plastic sacks from residents. The
new bags can be collected from the info centre, see page 6 for
opening times. You may not be aware of this as we no longer get
the Sutton Post delivered here as it is inconvenient for the delivery Manager!! We are aggrieved as we do not get our own
Council or MP’s views on local issues, and we have contributed 4
front page stories in the last year. Please write and make your
views known to;
Mr Ian Carter, Sutton & Epsom Post,
Trinity House 51 London Road, Reigate, Surrey. RH2 9PR.
Tel: 01737 732000
COULSDON
WEDS. - 7 PM
HILLCREST HALLS
FRYSTON AVENUE
THE MOUNT
CALL: LIZ
01737 354609
0844 897 8000
www.slimmingworld.com
ART GROUP
What do you do on
Wednesday Mornings?
Would you like to learn how to
mix paints and paint beautiful
pictures?
If so phone Doreen on
020 8660 1684
who runs
P.A.W.D ART
At Hillcrest Halls
42 Fryston Avenue
The Mount Coulsdon CR5 2 PT
Safer Neighbourhood Team
Whilst we are very appreciative of Sgt Pat Dolan and his teams
efforts, especially over the Halloween and Bonfire Night period,
(which was very quiet), we are concerned and need your help.
Whilst decorating the halls with money raised from our successful funday and a donation from o2, we were burgled and the
thieves stole all our paint and equipment. The Clockhouse Convenience Store was also broken in to, (the Fourth Time this year),
and general misbehaviour has increased around the Parade and
Halls again. This is since our camera has been removed. The reason being “we do not have enough reported crime’’. That does
not mean it doesn't happen, just that people are not reporting
incidents.
Let us know so
we can HELP.
Slimming World
Please report incidents to the local neighbourhood team or if
urgent 999 (new non– emergency number 0300 123 1212).
Your local Teams contact details are;
Carshalton South & Clockhouse : 020 8721 2490
carshaltonsouth.clockhouse.snt@met.police.uk
Hall Booking
Hillcrest Halls
Large hall – Small hall – Lounge –
Cleaner Required
Meeting Room
(Use of Car Park and Kitchen available)
Weekend Rate £15 per hour
(1 Hour @ £10 per hour setting up)
Security deposit required.
Over 21’s responsible for bookings only.
Contact Alison – Phone on 020 8763 2328
between 10 -12 am Monday and Friday - Email to
hillcresthalls@yahoo.co.uk
Or leave a message and we will get back to you as
soon as possible.
9 Hrs per week £6.50 per hour
(National Insurance payable)
9.00 - 11.00 AM - Mon Tue Thur Fri
8 - 9 AM - Saturday
Must be fit and active and capable
of cleaning to satisfy an OFSTED standard
Local Registered charity
Contact
Terry Haswell
020 8763 0851
Or
020 8763 2328
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Residents Christmas Information
Beware of scams especially around Christmas
It has been reported recently that due to the credit crunch that everybody is feeling,
con merchants are trying to get their Christmas presents from you.
We have had reports of bogus callers trying to buy and sell jewellery around the estate. Needless to say the jewellery bought from you, will be worth a lot more than
you will get, and the jewellery sold worth a lot less than you will pay.
There have also been loan sharks operating door to door to lend you money at very
high rates of interest. The advice is even if they look and sound reputable NEVER sign
up on the door on the day, always seek advice before accepting offers. NEVER handover anything in the way of security, Benefit books,Valuables etc.
Finally, if a firm called PDS (parcel delivery service) leave a card and say they have a
parcel for you, don’t phone their number, (0906 6611911) it’s a premium rate num-
Your Local Councillors Contact Details;
Cllr Moira BUTT
moira.butt@sutton.gov.uk
Cllr Tim CROWLEY timcrowley@blueyonder.co.uk
Cllr John KENNEDY john.kennedy@sutton.gov.uk
Tel: 020 8770 5035
Tel: 020 8395 7807
Tel: 020 8770 5102
You can write to them at;
London Borough of Sutton Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey. SM1 1EA
Ward Surgery at The Info Centre, Hillcrest Parade Clockhouse
Visit in person Last Saturday of each month 10 am to 12 noon
YOUR INFO CENTRE
Just a reminder that the local Info Centre at Hillcrest Parade is open
on Monday 9.00 to 12.00 , Thursday 2.00 to 5.00 and Saturday 9.00
to 12.00.
 020 8404 1984.
Should you need advice or to report a problem to Sutton Council or
Sutton Housing Partnership there will be someone to assist you in
getting through to the correct department.
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Funday Balloon Race and 2009
The Winning entry in our Balloon race, reached all the way to
Lincolnshire. The £25 prize will make a useful addition to his
Christmas presents. We will also be sending £10 off to the person
who returned the winning ticket.
We have decided to repeat the Funday next year and it will be
held on Saturday 18 July 2009. This will give everybody time to
arrange their diaries to attend and make it as successful as this
year which raised over £1.000 for the halls redecoration.
We would like to take this opportunity to ask for people to assist
with the preparation and running of the event and to make donations towards costs and prizes. We have already received £100
from Smith and Byford to get us started.
Please contact Terry on 020 8763 0851 or the Halls on 020 8763
2328 or Ron in the Info Centre or any member of the Halls or
Residents committees.
Jack Norman
got lucky
These snippets may be of interest!!
Age Concern run a ‘by appointment’ Chiropody Clinic, cost
£16 per visit. If we can get sufficient numbers we will see if we
can possibly get sessions held at Clockhouse. Let Ron in the Info
Centre, or Terry (halls) know if you are interested.
Watch out for more details, as Sutton Festival of Age will take
place in March 2009 and we are trying to see if we can get something arranged for Clockhouse Residents.
SCOLA Gentle Exercise classes for older residents
SCOLA have been running Gentle Exercise Classes at the Hillcrest Halls
since the beginning of the Autumn Term and they have been very successful
and well received. The exercises are adapted for all including chair
based ,Tie Chi, finger exercises for manual dexterity and a variety of others.
The new term starts in January and new members are welcome. Contact :
Alison on 020 8763 2328 or email to
hillcresthalls@yahoo.co.uk.
£18 per term
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Insert on behalf of
Clockhouse Community Association
Hillcrest Halls
Working with the Residents Association for a better Community
Before the
redecoration of the
halls. A lot of years
of dirt and grime
needed to be
removed and the
halls upgraded for
users.
The work
Hillcrest Halls Redecoration with monies
raised from the Funday and donated by o2.
I am pleased to thank on behalf of
the Hillcrest Halls Committee all
the volunteers who made the halls
redecoration such a success.
Their were to few of us to do so
much and most of us were
older ,with just a spattering of
young ones, who seemed to have a
bit more energy to match our skill.
I was not so pleased with the burglars who smashed in a window and
stole all our paint and equipment
on the second day.
Are you looking for good quality childcare
with greater flexibility
Prices start from £5.50 per Child*
The work was done
by local volunteers
and LB SUTTON
Chief Executive
Task Force who all
worked very hard
for a day, two
days, 1 week, 2
weeks, a month
for some.
Thanks to all who helped and those
who helped at home to allow them
to spend so much time at the halls.
The New
Out of School Club
@Hillcrest Halls
42 Fryston Ave, The Mount Coulsdon CR5 2PT
A c tiv itie s in c lu d e : H o m e w o r k
C lu b , V a r ie t y o f A r t s a n d C r a f ts ,
C o m p u te r G a m e s e tc
H e a lt h y S n a c k s , C o m p e t itiv e
R a te s , C le a n a n d s a fe
e n v ir o n m e n t
A friendly and warm club for 4 – 11 year olds.
Breakfast Club opens 7:30am to 8:30am
After School club opens 3pm to 6:30pm
Holiday Club opens 7:30am to 6:30pm
Drop-off and Collection from surrounding.schools.
*Price quoted is for one child in the breakfast club
Ofsted Registered
Call us on 07941 973 731/ 07941 124 560
Clockhouse Community Association Annual General Meeting
The Meeting was well attended and a lively audience was given some superb presentations about the halls future .
Andy Wilson CEO of Sutton Centre for Voluntary Services (SCVS) outlines the hard
work that lay ahead for the committee during the transition and crucially where help
could be obtained .
Ade Debary, Head of Construction and Property Services London Borough of Sutton
Assad Naeem,, Asset Management Services London Borough of Sutton and William
Hogan-O'Neill :The HOCA Practice (Architect), outlined the redevelopment process
and what may happen. A rebuild or a lease rollover and rebuild a long time ahead if
the current economic conditions are to unfavourable.
Terry Haswell Chair
Clockhouse Community Association
A new committee was elected to take us forward and a presentation of a life membership was made by Cllr Moira Butt to Alf Higgs who retired as Treasurer.
London borough
Of Sutton Exec
Task Force
The new committee are as follows Terry Haswell Chair , Sheila Stace Secretary, Ian
Johnston ,Treasurer , Russel Skinner , Cllr Moira Butt, Alf Higgs, Sue Cramer, Doreen
Richardson, Liz Barnett, LBS Appointee's Cllr John Kennedy, Derek Yeo and Paul
Wingrove .