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You have most probably received a leaflet through the post announcing the
Heathrow Airport Consultation
and inviting you to have a say on a future Heathrow. It’s fairly comprehensive, but for more information visit the website
aec.heathrowconsultation.com – and note that on
Tuesday 2 July
from 2pm–8pm there’s a consultation event where you’ll be able to talk to a range of experts and view all of the consultation documents at
Wandsworth Civic Suite, Wandsworth High St, London SW18 2PU

Information about what will be available at the Civic Suite can be found at
aec.heathrowconsultation.com/events/wandsworth/

We encourage you to do as they say, and have your say.

Starting Monday May 20th 2019, the Parks and Events Police are authorised to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for breaches of the bylaws applying to local Parks and Commons. People who misbehave and commit anti-social behaviour in est open spaces face being handed on-the-spot fines.

The council is introducing changes to the way irresponsible and unreasonable behaviour (including the bye law prohibiting the mending of chairs!) is dealt with. This change is designed to free up the borough’s parks police officers to carry out additional patrols.

The Society was consulted about this proposal and agreed and welcomed the change.  

The Society’s meeting for the Wandsworth Arts Fringe on 9 May saw some 60 people learning to sing together – in the way that Singing with Friends bring together people living with dementia. Anyone passing in the street outside would assume that we were at a choir rehearsal complete with a glorious descant! The meeting stared with an uplifting presentation on the way the music  engages dementia sufferers.

Tuesday night this week saw well over 100 people in St Anne’s Church, Wandsworth, at hustings organised jointly by the Wandsworth Society and Putney Society. Representatives from six parties (ChangeUK, Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and UKIP) took to the platform for a 4 minute speech, followed by 10 minutes of questions.

The event was chaired by Jonathan Callaway of the Putney Society and organised by David Kirk of the Wandsworth Society. Considerable effort was made to secure the speakers at very short notice and our only regret was the absence of a speaker from the newly formed Brexit Party.