Brent childen's mental health - forum tomorrow

From Brent Clinical Commissioning Group

You are invited to the Health Partners Forum to input into the development of mental health services for children and adults in Brent.

Children Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Brent are presently undergoing a period of transformation as set out in the Local Transformation Plan.  The overall objective of the plan is to support improved mental health and wellbeing for children and young people in Brent. An important part of the plan is incorporating a new approach and thinking into CAMHS, which is known as the THRIVE model. 

http://www.implementingthrive.org/about-us/the-thrive-framework/

Involving residents and service users in this on-going work is an integral part of our continued commitment to developing CAMHS services.

At the Health Partners Forum we will:

·       Summarise plans for services for Brent to improve outcomes for children and young people

·       Update you on where we are with creating more joined up services

·       Summarise what we have heard from you during community engagement so far

·       Work with you to help shape the next phase of transforming services

Your attendance and participation at this event is therefore cordially requested as follows:

Date:       Wednesday 18^th October, 2017

Time:       6-8pm (registration of hot buffet from 5:15)

Venue:    The Sativis Patidar Centre, Forty Avenue, Wembley

Park, Middlesex, HA9 9PE

Please register at: http://bit.ly/2wAKzEx

Further information on the subject

Please visit the following links for further information on local plans for supporting and improving children and young people’s mental health in Brent:

http://brentccg.nhs.uk/en/publications/cat_view/1-publications/12-plans-and-strategies/451-camhs

SEND reform key document is here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398815/SEND_Code_of_Practice_January_2015.pdf

http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/documents/s56252/8a.%20Child%20and%20Adolescent%20Mental%20Health%20Services%20in%20Brent.pdf

Cricklewood Super Hub - 2 days left to object to dirt, dust and devastation

Timely reminder to object to the aggregate superhub by 18th October.

Noise, dust and traffic is not what we need in Cricklewood.

If you’ve already objected, have your neighbours and the rest of your household?

It’s a huge deal, don’t just assume others will object.
https://www.northwesttwo.org.uk/superhub-how-much-dust/

The effect on air quality and traffic on the A5 and surrounding roads will be horrendous, dangerous even, and it is going to impact our health and quality of life.

This kind of thing doesn't belong in a residential area, especially one with two schools.

You can email the case officer to object using he case reference below.
Chloe.Thomson@barnet.gov.uk 

Background information for submissions from Alison Hopkins via Facebook

PLANNING APPLICATION FOR RAIL FREIGHT FACILITY FOR THE TRANSFER OF AGGREGATES (London Borough of Barnet)

This Application is for the development of a permanent facility for transfer of aggregate and waste between freight trains and HGVs on a patch of Railway land close to the A5 and just within the North Circular Road.

Trains would serve the terminal (initially at least) from the north- most of the stone and sand coming from Derbyshire for distribution by road across London- and construction waste would come in by road and leave by train to Bedford.

Numbers of HGVs

450 per day equates to nearly 1 per minute

If in and out that’s approximately1 per minute in each direction (is this right?) all day every day, including morning and afternoon peaks.]

These heavily laden diesel engined HGVs will be travelling along the already congested A5, with frequent stopping and starting- effectively maximising their potential for airborne pollution.
The HGV stream travelling in the out-of-town direction wouldl reach the already congested access to the North Circular road after about 500m. The other HGV stream, travelling towards central London would, within 500m, arrive in at the already heavily congested intersection with Cricklewood Lane and Chichelle Road-Walm Lane.

Cricklewood is extraordinarily well served with bus services- some radial along the A5, some orbital. But these services are all subject to uncertain delay at peak times. The HGV stream would significantly disrupt these services throughout the day.

The residents of Railway Terrace- an attractive Victorian development of terraced cottages- which immediately adjoins the site- are, very reasonably, alarmed at the prospect of excessive noise, vibration, and pollution. But the wider communities of Cricklewood, North West London, and London generally should also be concerned about the airborne pollution generated by a continuous stream, throughout each day, of heavily laden HGVs onto the A5.

If London needs such a freight facility, then evidently it should be located with direct access to a major radial road with sufficient capacity to absorb the stream of HGVs without their continual stopping and starting and hence maximising pollution.

Has Barnet sought an independent and authoritative report on the potential consequences for pollution and road congestion of the proposals?

From the viewpoints of Airborne Pollution minimisation (in this heavily populated residential area of NW London in particular), reliability of Public Transport (numerous bus services will be adversely affected), and the principles set out in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy (endorsed by Barnet Council incidentally), the proposed development is abhorrent and should not go ahead

  The planning application reference number is 17/5761/EIA. The deadline for comments is Wednesday 18 October. LINK

Clean Air for Brent volunteers ready and willing to improve air quality in the borough

The volunteers

Update from Clean Air for Brent

New voluntary body, Clean Air for Brent (CAfB), formally launched at Willesden Library on the evening of Wednesday 11 October 2017. Fiona Mulaisho of Kensal Rise chaired an enthusiastic meeting of some 30 people who enrolled as members and elected a Steering Group to take the organisation forward. Priorities for action were identified.

Clean Air for Brent is a coalition of residents’ associations, community groups and individuals in Brent focused on raising awareness, changing behaviours and lobbying for better measures to tackle air pollution to improve public health outcomes.  

Tulip Siddiq MP had hoped to attend but was detained by Parliamentary duties. In a message to the meeting she said:

“I believe Sadiq Khan is saying the right things about air quality in London and it is high time local authority action plans’ ambition matched his own. Ultimately, however, it will be down to government to introduce the sweeping changes needed to make local air cleaner and within legal limits… I look forward to working closely with Clean Air for Brent in the coming months to advance their campaigning objectives.”

Cllr Ellie Southwood, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, explained that Brent’s Air Quality Action Plan will go to Council for approval in November but there are many initiatives already underway. Recently all Brent schools had been sent an anti-idling toolkit to promote efforts to reduce pollution from vehicles outside schools, including from school runs.  Clean Air for Brent is ready to support any actions the Council can take to clear the air we breathe.

Clean Air for Brent reported on a range of activities they have undertaken during their formation process. These included monitoring air pollution in local streets as part of a citizen science project across London, holding “The Air We Breathe” event in Brent Civic Centre in July, attended by 80 people, setting up a website and responding in depth to local, regional and national consultations.

A lively action planning session brought forward numerous ideas for priority actions for Clean Air for Brent which the Steering Group welcomed as guidance for its next steps. There are volunteering opportunities both for experts and those with little knowledge but with enthusiasm to tackle air pollution projects individually and together. 

As Cllr Ellie Southwood said: 

“We know there is an army of people out there who are really passionate about this and can help us make a difference.”

For Clean Air for Brent Fiona Mulaisho thanked people for attending and said :

“We are ready to go and looking for more volunteers.”

You can volunteer  via the contact page on the website  https://cleanairforbrent.wordpress.com/contact/ or by emailing the cafbrent@gmail.com .

The more people that can respond to the Mayor's London Environment Strategy consultation (or at least the air quality section) the more our voices will be heard.  It closes on 17th November and here is a link: https://www.london.gov.uk/WHAT-WE-DO/environment/environment-publications/draft-london-environment-strategy-have-your-say
 

Welcome progress on Climate Change at TUC Congress

Welcome progress on climate change was made at this year's TUC Congress. The latest Greener Jobs Alliance Newsletter for October 2017 LINK contains the following reports.
 

Unions want power sector back!

This year’s TUC Congress in Brighton unanimously agreed new, far reaching policies demanding the democratic control of energy and a modern low carbon industrial strategy. An ambitious motion from the Bakers’ Union brings the trade union movement much closer to the vision set out in Labour’s election manifesto. It also brought a dozen delegates to the rostrum, urging the TUC to campaign for the UK’s rigged energy system to return to democratic control, and to work with unions on a cross-sector industrial strategy to tackle ‘the irrefutable evidence that dangerous climate change is driving unprecedented changes to our environment’ 

Addressing TUC Congress: Sarah Woolley, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union

The TUC motion LINK proposed in a speech by Sarah Woolley from the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU – see picture), has five key demands for the TUC to:

•   Campaign to bring the UK’s rigged energy system under democratic control. 


•   Back a mass programme of homes insulation 


•   Demand rights for workplace environmental reps 


•   Demand that Just Transition in integral to industrial strategy 


•   Consult with unions on a cross-sector industrial strategy focused on our internationally agreed carbon emission reduction targets. 
Sarah Woolley argued that the breakdown of the planet’s climate is a core issue for her union, with its global impacts on food production and distribution. Agriculture and food manufacture, processing and transport accounted for a tenth of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, hurricanes were devastating the Caribbean, while floods in India had caused massive damage to its infrastructure. And the UK’s rigged energy market would not deliver secure, low carbon and affordable energy for all. ‘We need an industrial strategy to confront the realities of climate change. All sectors need their just transition strategies,’ Sarah argued. 
See the full text of the TUC motion on page 7 


Best ever green fringe at TUC?

At one of the best attended green fringe meetings at this year’s TUC, Suzanne Jeffrey, chair of the Campaign Against Climate Change, announced that her organisation was planning a national conference on Climate and Jobs - another world is possible on 10 March 2018 (note date in your diary!). She said the new TUC commitments provided an opportunity for progressive new policies for the labour movement. 

CACC speakers: Chris Baugh, Sarah Woolley, Suzanne Jeffrey, Diana Holland 
 

The Campaign Against Climate Change meeting was backed by the Greener Jobs Alliance. Here’s how union leaders spoke of the need to tackle climate change:

•   Sarah Woolley, BFAWU regional secretary: ‘We need to know much more about the impacts of climate change and explain it to our members. We need to be at the forefront, getting our members trained as environmental reps in the workplace.’ Tackling fuel poverty and bringing energy back into our ownership were two key priorities. 


•   Diana Holland, Unite’s Assistant General Secretary: ‘Jobs and a safe climate...We have to deal with both...we have to make those words Just Transition really mean something for union members.’ We cannot protect transport workers’ jobs without acknowledging the impacts of transport on the environment. For example, Unite is tackling diesel emissions as a workplace health and safety issue through its Diesel Emissions Exposure register LINK  ‘Because we work in so-called environmentally damaging industries, doesn’t mean we aren’t in the game,’ she said. The union is taking various steps to raise awareness among union members and engaging them in consultations with employers. 


•   Chris Baugh, Assistant General Secretary PCS: 
‘We have come a long way in the past year, by focussing on the core issues of just transition and energy democracy.’ In PCS, in Lancashire, PCS members are challenging claims that fracking will create a jobs bonanza, when there are abundant opportunities in other sectors. And at Heathrow, a PCS study on jobs in aviation LINK  has helped inform the debate on the real economic benefits of expanding aviation capacity. 


•   Graham Petersen said the online environmental education courses provided by the Greener Jobs Alliance, including a new unit on air quality, was filling a gap in mainstream trade union education programmes. 


•   Sean Sweeney from Trade Unions for Energy Democracy said that there’s a growing community of unions pushing for public ownership and control of energy as a means of controlling climate breakdown LINK 

Planning Committee raises issues on Colin Road, Dennis Jackson Centre and Queensbury redevelopment proposals

The Planning Committee heard three pre-application presentations at their meeting on October 9th and the Minutes of the meeting have been published.  All three have featured onWembley Matters. LINK

	Land at 370 High Road, London, NW10 2EA and 54-68 Dudden Hill Lane, London, NW10 1DG PDF 431 KB Minutes: The Committee received a briefing on a pre-application scheme for a mixed use development consisting of 224 residential units, a supermarket, nursery, gym, café, workshops and amenity space. Peter Mahoney and Nick Francis (R55) presented the scheme and answered members questions. Members then went into a session during which they examined the proposal and raised the following issues for further consideration prior to submission of a planning application. The main issues raised at the meeting were: Issue 1 – Locally Significant Industrial Site ·         Concern about loss of existing shopping parade and jobs. Issue 2 – Affordable Housing and Workspace ·         Advocate 25% family housing. ·         Ensure no ‘poor doors’ for affordable housing provision. ·         Questioned reduction from initial proposal in terms of level of affordable housing provision from 65% to 50%. ·         Queried tenure split not following policy. Issue 3 – A1 retail use in out of town location ·         Concerns about large servicing vehicles and impact on residential amenity. Issue 4 – Scale, massing, height and impact on daylight/sunlight ·         Concern raised about the amount of development on the site. ·         Potential for public space to attract ant-social behaviour. ·         Difficult to provide detailed comments without full information (i.e. daylight sunlight report) for analysis. Issue 5 – Public Realm ·         No further comments. Other Comments ·         Question whether adequate servicing and parking provided. ·         Assurance pre-application consultation carried out. ·         There should be an extra pedestrian crossing and traffic calming (particularly in view of proposed nursery). ·         Should be crossings at both ends of development. ·         Not clear on need for pedestrian route through development as other quicker alternative routes. ·         Question how parking for LIDL shop would be managed.
3.	Wembley Youth Centre and former Dennis Jackson Centre, London Road, Wembley, HA9 7EU PDF 4 MB Minutes: The Committee received a briefing on a pre-application scheme which proposed thedemolition of existing community centre and erection of three buildings ranging in height from 3- to 6-storeys containing 150 residential units (including private, temporary and NAIL tenure housing), including a replacement community centre. Stephen Martin and Charlotte Pollard (PRP Architects) presented the scheme and answered members questions. Members then went into a session during which they examined the proposal and raised the following issues for further consideration prior to submission of a planning application. The main issues raised at the meeting were: Issue 1 – Principle of development ·         Full detail of community centre would be required. ·         Queried rationale behind loss of open space. Issue 2 – Housing, tenure mix, including Affordable Housing ·         Council own development should be 100% affordable housing. Issue 3 – Design, height and massing of development within its local context. Queried rationale behind building heights. Issue 4 – Impact on amenity of neighbouring properties ·         Need clarification on daylight/sunlight. Issue 5 – Quality of residential accommodation ·         Concern over stacking of units. ·         Concern as to whether sufficient amenity space is being provided. ·         A compromise on quality for temporary accommodation should not be accepted (temporary can be for a fairly long period). E.g. Lack of windows to kitchens not considered acceptable. ·         Queried whether space would be provided in the NAIL accommodation for visitors to stay. ·         Provision should be made in NAIL accommodation to store mobility vehicles. Issue 6 – Transport ·         Need to consider ‘no right turn’ to London Rd from Wembley High Rd. ·         Over provision of cycle parking? ·         Concern over additional activity on London Road, particularly on event days. Other Comments ·         Detailed construction plan required to include routes for vehicles, hours operation etc to ensure impact on residents minimised.  ·         Queried level of community engagement.
(4.	110 Walm Lane, London, NW2 4RS PDF 410 KB  (Queensbury pub) Minutes: The Committee received a briefing on a pre-application for a scheme for the replacement of existing building (containing a public house and former members club) with a mixed use development comprising a public house and function room (A4) and 48 residential flats (C3).. Luke Raistrick, Nick Mokasis and John Losi (Martin Robeson Planning Practice) presented the scheme and answered members questions. Members then went into a session during which they examined the proposal and raised the following issues for further consideration prior to submission of a planning application. The main issues raised at the meeting were: Issue 1 – Principle ·         Need to ensure that the community space is not just finished to ‘shell and core’ standard. Issue 2 – Design, Heritage and Impact on Conservation Area ·         Concern regarding massing and density. ·         Concern regarding modern design. ·         Concern over loss of existing building- consider façade retention? ·         Queried how it can be demonstrated that the building will be of high quality. ·         Queried depth of frontage. ·         Restrictions should be placed on use of balconies to avoid clutter. Issue 3 – Scale, massing, height and impact on daylight/sunlight ·         Would require confirmation that complies with Council’s standards. Issue 4 – Public Realm ·         No further comments.  Issue 5 – Affordable Housing ·         Require up to date financial modelling.  Issue 6 – Standard of Accommodation ·         Noise mitigation needed in view of proximity to railway line. Other Comments ·         Queried response to consultation. ·         Comments have not suggested that the proposed building is exceptional. ·         Queried licencing for existing pub and if there is a special arrangement. ·         Noted the servicing bay – need to consider bus stop opposite.  ·         Blenheim Gardens Residents should be added to the consultation list