Strathcona staff will strike on Monday as Brent Labour Cabinet meet to...
Extract from Cabinet Agenda LINKFrom Brent National Education Union (NEU)Roe Green Strathcona School will be closed by strike action on Monday 9thSeptember. NEU members are on strike in an attempt to...
View ArticleA fascinating lady from history – with a local connection
Guest blog by Philip GrantAlmost everyone living in England 125 years ago would have heard of the Duchess of Sutherland. Anyone interested in social history, or who just likes a great story, should...
View ArticleBrent Green Party backs striking Strathcona School staff
Peter Murry, Trade Union Liasion Officer for Brent Green Party and the London Federation of Green Parties has issued the following statement about today's strike:Brent Green Party and London Federation...
View ArticleLabour Council votes to close top perfoming local authority school
Speaker after speaker, parents, teachers, other staff and supporters passionately made the case for Brent Labour Council not to close Strathcona School at tonight's meeting of the Labour Council's...
View ArticleNorthwick Park: How your community garden has grown!
I popped into Northwick Park Community Garden last sunny Sunday to see how it was progressing and was truly impressed. This great community project, using permaculture principles to produce an...
View ArticleCapitalism cannot solve the Climate Crisis - John McDonnell & others address...
John McDonnell MP Cllr Roxanne MashariMany thanks to Peter Murry of Brent Green Party who filmed the meeting for Brent FoE and Brent Trades CouncilFriends of the Earth is a non-party political campaign...
View Article'Change your body; change your mind; change your life' - Author event at...
By Kazuaki Obazaki; numbered limited edition shikishi card printFrom Preston Community Library GUEST AUTHOR EVENT AT PRESTON COMMUNITY LIBRARYTuesday 17 September 2019 at 7.30pmPlease join us for an...
View ArticleBrent to stand in solidarity with youth climate activists on September 20th -...
“This is not a single-generation job. It’s humanity’s job... Let’s all join together, with your neighbours, co-workers, friends, family and go out on to the streets to make your voices heard and make...
View ArticleDiscover Roe Green Walled Garden at free Open Day today & learn about...
The brilliant and hard working Barn Hill Conservation Group have their Open Day at their Roe Green Walled Garden today.Apart from running the garden the volunteers do invaluable conservation work in...
View Article'Wembley Park' deny that they intend to install facial recognition cameras...
'Wembley Park' Ltd (how did they manage to take over the name of our neighbourhood?), estate managers for the Quintain development have emphatically denied rumours that they intend to install facial...
View ArticleStrathcona closure decision called in for further scrutiny
The faces of parents, staff and pupils in my photograph above says it all about how they feel about the proposed closure of their much-loved school.Now there is a little chink of light as a group of...
View ArticleBrent Council nows faces further strikes as well as Call-in Scrutiny over Roe...
Encouraged by the support of Brent councillors who, as reported first here, have called-in the Cabinet's decision to close Strathcona School for further scrutiny, determined NEU members voted...
View ArticlePerforming for the Environment - Harlesden, Friday 27th September - workshops...
Brent-based voluntary organisation BTWSC is calling on local organisations, projects, and youths to get involved in The Environment & Performance Session event. This free community event, which...
View ArticleConsternation at threats to health provision in Brent voiced at Council meeting
Dawn Butler MP for Brent Central took the unusual step of addressing last night's Council meeting on the threat to cut the overnight hours of the Urgent Care Centre at Central Middlesex Hospital. A 24...
View ArticleClimate Strikers invite you to Green New Deal workshop September 26th Preston...
The youth climate strikers would like to invite you to attend a workshop about the Green New Deal on Thursday 26th September as part of their national week of climate action. The UK Student Climate...
View ArticleJoin the Global Climate Strike rally outside Brent Civic Centre tomorrow -...
Brent environmental activists, politicians and trade unionists will be joining Council staff demonstrating solidarity with the Global Climate Strike on Friday morning with a rally outside Brent Civic...
View ArticleBrent launches their participation in Global Climate Strike with rally at...
Brent launched its participation in the Global Climate Strike today with a rally outside Brent Civic cemtre addressed by school student Sean Bradley; Brent NEU co-secretary, Jenny Cooper,; Dawn Butler...
View ArticleLondon Global Climate Strike video: These young people means business - and...
The sheer verve and vitality of the children and young people at Saturday's Global Climate Strike demonstration was exhilarating. I've captured just a few moments here and included a few frames of...
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