A great meeting today between parents from Tenda Road, Bishop’s House nurseries
and the local union representative.

I was surprised at how many local councilors are Unison members.

Some people don’t get it!
I said to the manager – either you move them, or I will get someone to have them moved!

That was just a few months ago.
Now, here it is again.

I’ll get in touch with the people who keep the pavement clear.

Thanks to Southwark Notes

The parents from Tenda Road nursery were out collecting signatures.
We’ve got hundreds of signatures, we need 2,500 to force Labour to debate.
The response from shoppers in the Blue was fantastic!

Neena and John at the Blue

The statement begins:
You may have recently heard suggestions that the Childrens Centres at South Bermondsey and Bishop House will close.
This is untrue and the statement below clarifies that.
It then goes on to say:
From September 2012 there will be no new enrolments for childcare (only),
at South Bermondsey Children’s Centre or Bishop’s House Children’s Centre.
and concludes:
All other services ….

…will continue as normal.

Read it for yourself here.

Predictably The Tenda Road nursery delegation created quite a stir.
The parents spoke briefly, and we discussed the closure for some time.
Labour obviously don’t have a clue about what really matters to local people.
The sooner they reverse the decision, the easier, and cheaper it will be for all of us.

All nine of the local councillors voted to save the nurseries,
and everyone in the audience voted to save it too
(including the secretary of the local Labour party).

This is from Southwark News March 31st 2011

Perhaps ‘Nurseries’ are not ‘Child Centres’.
Labour has chosen to shut our nurseries,
less than a year ago they were sending out press releases saying “children’s services are safe“

We are still waiting for a statement from the Southwark Council’s ruling Labour group.

The
‘Save Tenda Road and Bishop’s House Nurseries’
Facebook group is up & running
click here

Why impose a mansion tax?

maybe just update the council tax scheme by adding bands I, J, K, L & M……?

The charges are based on 1991 values,
many homes have doubled in value since then.

I don’t know of any properties worth less than £40,000 (band A) on the market today!

Expect to see us out and about this weekend in South Bermondsey.