It’s here! The social event of the year for ‘ladder’ residents. Sunday 13th July, 12 – 4pm. We are located between Falkland & Fairfax Rds.
There is seriously fantastic entertainment lined up, with four bands, saxaphonist Shiek Thompson, a comedian, salsa, storytelling and face painting for the kids.
Pop along with food to share and drink.
Looking forward to seeing you all there. :)
The AGM went well. We have Ruth Edwards as Secretary, Deborah Peacock as Treasurer & Matt Burge as Chair.
There’s £246 in the bank, which is available for this year’s Ladder Summer Party if necessary. Adam has booked a story teller who costs £70 per example.
The re-development plans are costed at £236,000 by charity Groundwork. The works will have to be phased as we get funding. There was a separate meeting with the council & Groundwork last Friday. There’s a reasonable chance that the council will contribute a sizeable amount to this project. The rest will have to come from several outside funders.
If anyone is interested in getting involved with fund raising please contact us via the ‘About’ page. 
Hi all
The next (and last) meeting for organising this year’s Ladder Summer Party is on Wed July 2nd @ 8pm, in the Salisbury.
See you there. Musicians especially welcome!
The children of North & South Harringay Primary schools are busy trying to come up with a name for the open space. I know that they are very excited about it.
All entries have to be in by Monday 23rd to the respective head teachers. They are then meeting with their chair of governors and the Community Development Officer to decide the winner.
I’ll announce the name here as soon I have it.
The Friends of Falkland Fairfax Open Space (FFFOS) is having it’s AGM this coming Tuesday June 17th. It starts at 7:30pm and will be held downstairs at the Falkland Centre, North Harringay Primary. The Falkland Centre is accessible from a gate on Frobisher Rd, by Harringay Passage.
Agenda
1. Elect positions of Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
If you are interested in any of above positions please email me and I’ll put your name down for the meeting. I’ll need to know by Monday June 16th.
2. Accounts
3. Funding update for Groundwork plans
4. Events including the Summer Party Sunday 13th July
5. AOB
I hope you can attend. The meeting should wrap up by 9pm.
Social drink afterwards …. possibly!
The Ladder Summer Party will held at the open space on Sunday July 13th. Please put this into your diaries. It was a lot of fun last year.
This year we are involving all the roads in the ladder.
If you would like to get involved please let myself or Adam know.
Or you can join the Party in the Park group at Harringay online.
There is a meeting at The Salisbury at 8pm on Wednesday 21st May to discuss how we want to spend the money we have left in the budget. Please come along!
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The above design layout has been provided by the environment charity, Groundwork who have been working with the Open Space Working Group. The design is for consultation so if you have any thoughts regarding the above please do leave your thoughts by clicking on the ‘Comments‘ below.
There will be other opportunities to put forward your ideas/views; bulb planting at the space this Saturday 9:30-11:30am and at North Harringay Primary. Other consultation events tba.
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Matt
Friends Falkland Fairfax Open Space
An Autumn event will take place at the Open Space on Sunday October 7th, 10am – 1pm.
There will be;
* face painting
* bulb planting
* a bike mechanic (bring your bike along)
* football
Please bring food along to share.
At a Working Group meeting Monday 10th October the environmental charity Groundwork presented their findings on the current condition of the Falkland/Fairfax Open Space and put forward suggestions for improvement. Generally speaking play equipment unsurprisingly tops the list. There is also landscaping and keeping community space for street parties etc. Lots of good ideas came out of the meeting.
The Working Group is made up of councillors, council officers and community representatives. A community consultation will begin later this year so that people can feed in their thoughts, wishes and ideas for improving the open space. This consultation will finish March 2008. From there the hard work of funding will begin!
Photo: Haringey Mayor Sheik Thompson enjoyed the afternoon playing his saxophone, to the pleasant surprise of residents!
It has taken a while to get these photos up because my digital camera had to be sent away for repair.
A very good day was had by all. Thank you to the council for providing some last minute funding and to Adam and others for making the day a success.
Photo: future rock stars!
Photo: yes, even a yurt was provided by a local family!
PS. Picnic tables have now been provided in the open space by the council for our still to arrive summer.
