good food & healthy living

News for locals keen on good food & healthy living!
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Incredible Edible Todmorden NATIONAL conference in Peckham.
Saturday 9th October 9pm-4pm
at John Donne school, Woods Road, Peckham, LONDON SE15 2SW
For anyone interested in health, food growing, community sustainability or related things;
links to the New Peckham Experiment project.
Further information and booking form from http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk see also below.
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Dulwich Vegan and Vegetarian Society just launched
for people in East Dulwich & nearby neighbourhoods interested in
environmental and animal welfare & meeting to eat vegetarian / vegan food.
Contact thomasmicklewright@hotmail.com see more info below.
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The MONTPELIER PUB has had a revival! - newly refurbished, independent.
43 Choumert Rd on the corner with Costa Street, in the heart of Bellenden:
* fine local ales, organic wines, happy meat & fish
* http://www.themontpelier.net - 0207 635 9483
see also info below.
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From Incredible Edible in Todmorden:
NATIONAL conference in Peckham.
Saturday 9th October 9am-4pm
John Donne school, Woods Road, Peckham, LONDON SE15 2SW

Come and hear an uplifting and inspiring story about a Northern town's growing success and what this could mean to us here in Peckham, in Todmorden''s own words - "the home of the world famous Peckham Experiment".
Further information and booking form from: http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk
Incredible Edible Todmorden aims to increase the amount of local food grown and eaten in the town. Businesses, schools, farmers and the community are all involved. Vegetables and fruit are springing up everywhere. Public flower beds are being transformed into community herb gardens and vegetable patches.
Listen to thought provoking speakers like Professor Tim Lang. Hear Pam, Mary, Nick and Paul and others talk about being sustainable the Incredible Edible way, and hear the story of IET.

They have been inspired like many people around the world by the Peckham Experiment from 1920s - 1950. Let us, in modern Peckham, honour our history and also be inspired.
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From the Dulwich Vegan and Vegetarian Society
The Society is just being set up for people who are interested in the environment and animal welfare. We will soon be meeting up for monthly social events, eating vegan and vegetarian food and discussing these issues and swapping recipes. We will also be holding a stall in East Dulwich to raise awareness about these issues and dish out some lovely free vegan food!
 
If you are interested in the environment or animal welfare (no need to be vegan or veggie) then please contact: Thomas Micklewright
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from the MONTPELIER NEWS LETTER
http://www.themontpelier.net - 0207 635 9483

The Montpelier pub on Choumert Rd has had a revival. It was recently taken over by four friends from South London who know a thing or two about running great pubs. They set the up The Roebuck & The Trinity in Borough 7 years & 3 years ago respectively and through blood sweat & tears have turned them into well loved busy pubs. They've now set their sights on making The Montpelier a truly fantastic local.
The Montpelier will still very much be an independent pub, being run by Neil Watson who's one of the owners. He says
" We had been looking for a pub in this area for a while as one of us lives on Amott Rd and we have many friends around here. We really love the community feel of the area and felt that every community needs a good local pub which it was lacking. When the Montpelier became available we jumped at the chance"

So what will The Montpelier offer? " We know that if we get all the basics right customers will want to come back. So great drinks, sourcing quality local ales, organic wines and decent lagers & ciders. Delicious traditional home cooked food using organic free-range meat, sustainable fresh fish from F.C.Sopers in Nunhead and plenty of vegetarian options. Also great service, with lovely staff who'll always give a smile and genuinely want you to have a great time. "

The Montpelier has had a great refurbishment with an eclectic mix of furniture and feels a lot more homely. The front garden has been done up too and is the best place to get the evening sun. They will be open earlier in the day soon serving brunch and light lunches and there is also a quiz night coming up.
So Neil and the guy's have done the hard work now it's your turn. Come down, try it out and make it your local.

4th & 5th September events

Some events next weekend, first weekend in September:
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FRIENDS OF PECKHAM RYE PARK SUMMER FETE
SATURDAY 4th September 12 noon till 5pm.
Our own local annual Village Fete, run by residents for residents.
For details, scroll down.
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PECKHAM EXPERIMENT ARCHIVE FILM & CELEBRATION
SUNDAY 5th September, 8.00pm - 10.00pm,
The Pioneer Centre, St Mary's Rd, London, SE15 2EE.
A rare chance to see archive film & find out what this was all about,
and why it is still important today to Peckham and the world.
For more information scroll down.
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COUNCIL DEMOCRACY COMMISSION CONFERENCE
SATURDAY 4th September 1.30pm to 5.30pm.
St George's Cathedral Southwark, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7HY.
http://southwarkcouncil.createsend1.com/t/r/l/cdjthd/hyirxlid/r
For more information scroll down.
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FRIENDS OF PECKHAM RYE PARK SUMMER FETE
SATURDAY 4th September 12 noon till 5pm.
Fun Races for all the family - egg and spoon, sack races, 3 legged etc
Green gym, Face painting, Friends tea and cake marquee,
Crafts, Books, Plants, Vintage clothes, Charity and many more stalls,
Treasure map, Sparrow project,
Coconut shy, Punch and Judy,
Hog roast, PIMMS TENT, French Cider,
Doggie games
.....all at unbeatable prices!
Events:
1 pm - Children's fancy dress competition
2 pm - Fun Dog show

Organised by the residents for the residents of our local community!
Offers for help on the day to FOPRP@aol.com.
Contributions for the stalls books, plants or cakes stalls:
BOOK stall - call 0208 299 2680 for delivery or collection of books.
PLANTS - please leave outside 3 Elland Road, SE15. or call 079 684 16108.
CAKES - home-made cakes etc bring along on the day to the tea and cake marquee. Call 0770 446 3614
We welcome your support and let us all hope the SUN SHINES!!
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PECKHAM EXPERIMENT ARCHIVE FILM & CELEBRATION
SUNDAY 5th September, 8.00pm - 10.00pm,
The Pioneer Centre, St Mary's Rd, London, SE15 2EE
Special screening of archive film and reflections on the life of the Peckham Experiment.
This event launches the first Peckham Free Film Festival (www.freefilmfestivals.org).
a celebration of the life of the famous 1920s-1940s Peckham Experiment

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Pioneer Health Centre, you are warmly invited to a special screening of archive footage and reflections on the life of the Peckham Experiment:
Sunday 5th September, 8.00pm - 10.00pm,
The Pioneer Centre, London, SE15 2EE
8.00PM: Welcome, refreshment and reflections
8.20PM: Two films:
* The Story of the Peckham Health Centre: the 1947 film of the work of the centre
* Pool of Information: film documentary by film-maker Jini Rawlings including reflections from Centre members and staff
9.15PM: Refreshments and music from the era

Please bring a picnic blanket and join current residents of the Pioneer Centre and people from Peckham and beyond for a celebration of the work of the Peckham Experiment: the inspiration it has provided over time, and the potential of a New Peckham Experiment to meet a range of contemporary challenges.
RSVP: ruthpotts@gmail.com to say if you are coming.
The Pioneer Centre is two minutes walk from Queens Road Peckham rail station

BACKGROUND see also http://thephf.org
The Peckham Experiment: An experiment in the living structure of society

Between 1926 and 1950 experimental biologists George Scott-Williamson and Innes Hope Pearce developed what was to became known as the 'Peckham Experiment', a pioneering project that set out to make health 'more contagious than disease'. Built around principles of self-organisation, local empowerment, organic farming and a holistic focus on social connection as fundamental to health, the learning from the Peckham Experiment is as relevant today as it was then.
In a time of climate change, the imminent peak and decline of fossil fuels and with levels of inequality in the UK reaching record levels (with negative impacts for all of us), the need for creative, participatory thinking about whole community well-being has never been more necessary. As the Peckham Experiment showed, healthy, equitable, economically resilient and environmentally thriving communities can be cultivated if we work together to make them happen. 70 years after the purpose-built Pioneer Health Centre opened, the legacy of the Peckham Experiment echoes through community initiatives around Peckham and beyond.
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COUNCIL DEMOCRACY COMMISSION CONFERENCE
SATURDAY 4 September from 1.30 to 5.30pm.Amigo Hall, St George's Cathedral Southwark, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7HY.

A conference getting to the heart of local democracy
Tell the Council how to improve Southwark's Council Assembly, your local parliament. They want you to tell them how you would like to get involved in the debates and decisions on issues such as housing, transport and schools.
You are invited to a community engagement conference
http://southwarkcouncil.createsend1.com/t/r/l/cdjthd/hyirxlid/r ,
hosted by Southwark's democracy commission
at Amigo Hall, St George's Cathedral Southwark, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7HY
on Saturday 4 September from 1.30 to 5.30pm.
There will be a keynote speaker and lots of opportunities to meet councillors, talk to other active citizens and for you to ask questions and give your views.

Southwark Council's democracy commission is aiming to bring the council closer to its residents, making it more accountable to them and more connected with their concerns. It was established in July this year and is made up of seven councillors.
For more details, to ask questions about the democracy commission or give your views
go to www.southwark.gov.uk/democracy
email democracy@southwark.gov.uk or
phone Julie Timbrell on 020 7525 0514.
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Memories campaign for the re-opening of Dulwich Leisure Centre Sept 2010

Have you ever used the Dulwich Baths in East Dulwich Road, opposite Goose Green? It was opened in 1891 so there will be people living in Peckham and nearby, or known to people living here, who have used it during the many years in the last century. If you have elderly neighbours do ask them if they have any memories of it. It is reopening, fully refurbished for this next century, in September. People with memories and stories of the pool are invited to speak to Julie Vindis asap.
See information below.
Her contact details are:
email: Julie.Vindis@southwark.gov.uk
phone: 07973 753014
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EMAIL FROM JULIE VINDIS, SOUTHWARK COUNCIL
In the run up to the re-opening of the Dulwich Leisure Centre in September I am putting together a 'Memories' campaign.

I am very keen to speak with anyone that has memories of using the Dulwich Baths since it opened on 25 June 1891.  For example:
a) Celebrations held at the baths - weddings, christenings or historical announcements
b) War time use of the baths
c) Use of the first and second class pools and washing facilities
c) Olympic training/ Guinness Book of Record attempts, swimming galas or something else perhaps covered by the media of its time?
I would be delighted to speak with people if they believe they are the longest user of the swimming baths, or have used it for a quirky reason other than swimming!

The reason for this request is that the best archive footage, photos, stories, people I can pool together (sorry about the pun!) I will be sharing with local TV, radio and the press in the run up to the re-opening and indeed well after. So please send me an email with your story and contact details and will be back to you within 24 hours or sooner. A picture says a 1000 words, so if you have a photo, old newspaper or even footage to support your story then that would be brilliant! You can contact me at: julie.vindis@southwark.gov.uk

I have to move rather quickly with this campaign and have all my editorials ready by early September, so please don't delay if you've got a story to share then send it over as soon as possible. Ask family and friends that used to live nearby, local residents, local historians - anyone with a smashing story to tell!
Best regards
Jules
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Julie Vindis, Stakeholder Communications Manager
Investing in Leisure Programme - Southwark Council
www.southwark.gov.uk/InvestingInLeisure
3C/D21 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2TZ
07973 753014

Sun 18 July The Big Lunch in a street near you!

Hi - this is relevant for you wherever you live

The Big Lunch is happening again for the second year – on SUNDAY 18th July. It is a national one- day get together with your neighbours. It can be anything from a simple lunch to a full-blown street party with DJs and lots of food and drink.

More information from: http://www.thebiglunch.com/what-is-the-big-lunch/index.php You just have to type in your own postcode, and it will show you where the nearest Big Lunch parties are to you.

The first year, in 2009, there was just one in the Bellenden area, in Bellenden Road. This year there are several more see here for the latest list: http://www.bellenden.net/biglunch See here for some pictures and reports from last year: http://www.bellenden.net/category/road/bellenden-big-lunch

There are also Big Lunches in other parts of Peckham, Nunhead, East Dulwich and Camberwell, and elsewhere in Southwark. If you work here but live somewhere else there will no doubt be some near you!

To find out more, to make contact or to sign up with any in your own area go to: http://www.thebiglunch.com/map/find-a-big-lunch.php and type in your postcode, and follow the links to send a message to the organiser.

And you can also just turn up, preferably with something to add to the party! They are great fun, and a fantastic revival of the street party.

http://www.bellenden.net/biglunch

leading walks training

Would you like to lead walks around the East Dulwich/Dulwich area?

The East Dulwich Community Centre Association is holding a workshop on
Walk Leader Training - How to lead walks around the local area
Open to all ages, backgrounds

Tuesday 29th June 2010.
9.30am - 2pm
East Dulwich Community Centre,
46 Darrell Road, SE22 9NL

To reserve your place at this event Please RSVP by 15th June 2010 to
Kate@imaginehealth.org.uk

This event is supported by a community development grant from Southwark Council

Sat June 12th Raising awareness of Domestic Violence

Raising awareness of Domestic Violence
Christ Church, East Dulwich
Is holding a free event
For anyone interested in this issue.

Topics include:
What is domestic violence?
Dynamics of violence & abuse
Impact on victims/ survivors
Where can you go for help and advice?

SATURDAY 12th JUNE
11.00am - 1.00pm
Christ Church, Barry Road
(opposite Dulwich Library)
East Dulwich, SE22

for more information email
Kate@imaginehealth.org.uk

wellbeing & health & The Peckham Experiment

Have you heard of the Peckham Experiment? Do you have an interest in ideas about well-being and health, or about local economic, community and environmental sustainability, and the connections between the two? If so, and you are free on 22nd April during the afternoon, you may be interested in a seminar which offers a possibly unrepeatable opportunity for a quality free seminar on this topic, and in Peckham.
See below for some further information. You can also see more about the Peckham Experiment at http://www.thephf.org
Attendance at the seminar is free but places are limited. So if you are interested please let me know asap, and I can tell you more and give the booking details. email: info@peckhamvision.org
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The Peckham Experiment
This was a pioneering exploration into the nature of health, which ran in Peckham, south London from 1926 until 1950. Families came together in a purpose-built centre, the Pioneer Health Centre where they had opportunities to take up new interests and learn about health. The Experiment's founders, Dr George Scott Williamson and Dr Innes Pearse, believed that health was much more than the mere absence of disease. Instead, they saw health as something that is co-created by people through their relationships with each other and with their environment.
The building
The building which housed the experiment was specially designed and built for it in St Mary's Road, near Queen's Road station. The building is still there, and listed, though it is converted into housing. Pioneering work was carried out there, demonstrating what health and well being is really about. People, who have been inspired for decades by the project and what it confirmed, come from all over the globe to visit the building to connect with these ideas that we still need to get into wider understanding. It is a tremendous asset for Peckham and this seminar is a good opportunity to help to increase local understanding of it.
The Seminar
The aim of this afternoon seminar is to bring together local community groups, local public agencies and others interested in the Pioneer Health Centre, to discuss the relevance of the Peckham Experiment to local environment and wellbeing projects. It will provide participants with an opportunity to share ideas and to consider what principles might define a new Peckham Experiment in the twenty first century.
The seminar will feature speakers and presentations from a variety of organisations. A sandwich lunch will be provided on arrival from 12.30pm and the seminar will also show video material from last year’s exciting Peckham Experiment art exhibition, as well as original archive material.

Alzheimer's Disease Open Day 24 April booking needed

See below and attached for information about an Open Day at Denmark Hill on Alzheimer's Disease and Motor Neurone Disease on Saturday 24th April 2010 from 9.15am to 4.30pm. We are very fortunate to have centres of research like this on our doorstep, and this is an opportunity worth taking up. Tickets needed. See booking details below.
Enquiries to: Alison Sharpe email: alison.sharpe@kcl.ac.uk
Research Co-ordinator, Department of Old Age Psychiatry and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk and www.brc.iop.kcl.ac.uk
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OPEN DAY
at the Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park,Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Saturday 24th April 2010 from 9.15am to 4.30pm
* Want to know more about research into Alzheimer's Disease and Motor Neurone Disease?
* Meet the scientists and see their research at the Neurodegenerative Disease Research Open Day
A full and active day's programme, open to all, starts with a short introduction, followed by several guided visits to meet and talk to scientists in their research laboratories. The day concludes with a Questions and Answers session with a panel of experts. A free sandwich lunch and light refreshments will be provided.
Admission is free but restricted to named ticket holders only. To apply for a ticket, please complete the form below and return it by no later than Wednesday 24th March 2010 to:

Alison Sharpe, Institute of Psychiatry, Box PO70, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF (Tel: 020 7848 0550)
or email all the information to Alison.Sharpe@kcl.ac.uk including Ref: PRN

Please note that the Open Day is very popular and we cannot guarantee everyone a ticket. Tickets will be issued by lottery drawn after the closing date of Wednesday 24th March 2010. All applicants will be notified soon after the closing date.

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BOOKING FORM
I would like to attend the Neurodegenerative Disease Research Open Day
on Saturday 24th April 2010
Name, address and contact details should be provided for each person who would like a ticket.
Title: First Name: Surname:
(CAPITALS PLEASE)
Address:
Postcode:
Tel: Mobile:  
Email:
Please return this slip no later than Wednesday 24th March 2010 Ref: PRN

 

Taste of Africa event Peckham 4pm 20 Feb 2010

See below for news of an interesting and important event in Peckham on Saturday 20th February 4pm - 7pm at the Copleston Centre, Copleston Road, SE15 4AN
midway between Danby Street and Avondale Rise
Please pass on to anyone you know from Africa, any traders in African goods, anyone interested in Africa, or interested in cooking!
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"Taste of Africa" events to help raise awareness of the Personal Food Imports campaign within the African community

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), as part of its Personal Food Imports Campaign, is encouraging members of the West African community to attend local "Taste of Africa" events. These events will be held at three prominent community centres in London. Members of the public will be able to find out more about the rules and regulations surrounding the campaign, whilst sampling West African food, supplied by local caterers.

It is illegal to bring meat and dairy products for personal use back into the UK from countries outside the EU and there are restrictions on bringing back fish, shellfish, honey, eggs and certain types of fruits and vegetables.

The event will take place on the 20th February at The Copleston Centre in Peckham, from 4pm to 7pm.
During the events, attendees will be given a presentation on the campaign. There will also be an opportunity to engage with Dr. Anna Vanderpuye, the campaign ambassador, and Defra representatives, to ask questions about the campaign and the current restrictions on food items.
The "Taste of Africa" events are open to all local residents. As many members of the African community travel abroad during the Easter holiday season, it is imperative they are made aware of the rules surrounding personal food imports.
If you are interested in attending any of these events, please contact Media Moguls on: 020 8902 5575 and ask for the Personal Food Imports team.
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Notes to editors
Seizures from people travelling to the UK from Western Africa (including Nigeria and Ghana)between April 2008 and March 2009 included:
·         806 seizures of meat products totalling 9,795kg
·         328 seizures of dairy products totalling 3,669kg and 4,469ltrs
·         1,588 seizures of fish products totalling 18,139kg

During the same period a large number of seizures from other regions were made, including:
·         1,154 seizures of meat products totalling 4,446kg from Eastern Europe
·         1,698 seizures of dairy products totalling 7,007kg and 846ltrs from Southern Asia
·         1,564 seizures of fish products totalling 13,173kg from Eastern Asia

·           The Personal Food Imports campaign is run by Defra with support from the UK Border Agency (UKBA), and the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

·           These events are part of a national campaign which incorporates a public information film, radio and print advertising across both ethnic minority and mainstream media. Posters and leaflets are available in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu.

·         The campaign includes significant community outreach activity with a team of trained staff who visit key locations across the country, including community supermarkets, places of worship and shopping centres to explain the campaign's key messages.

·         Until March 2010, the outreach team will visit over 50 locations around the country. Stops include: London, Birmingham, Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Wolverhampton.

·            Awareness raising campaigns are only one part of the action to prevent illegal imports. Enforcement activity continues at ports and airports and Defra continues to assess the risks of introduction of animal and plant disease. In 2008/09 there were in excess of 20,000 seizures of illegally imported animal products, with over 191,000kg being seized.

·         For further information on what food products can or cannot be brought back into the UK, call the Defra helpline on 08459 33 55 77 or visit www.direct.gov.uk/foodimports

·         Defra is responsible for policy issues relating to imports of products of animal origin, with Fera (Food and Environment Research Agency) responsible for plants and plant products.  Defra, UKBA and the FSA are together responsible for the delivery of illegal food imports policy.  All three departments are working hand-in-hand to ensure a consistent approach to the core policy messages.

·         UKBA is responsible for anti-smuggling controls on illegal animal products from non-EU countries at ports and airports in Great Britain.  It also has responsibility for detecting illegal food items sent through the post and for enforcing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). UKBA is not responsible for controlling movements of animal products from other EU Member States except where they have not been subject to Customs control elsewhere on arrival in the EU.

·         The FSA is responsible for public heath aspects of food imported into the UK.  The FSA has particular responsibility for policy issues for imports of fishery products, bivalve molluscs and food which is not of animal origin. The FSA has responsibilities for assisting and co-ordinating local enforcement activities of Local Authorities, both inland and at ports, in this aspect of their duties.

To obtain further information/images from the event please contact Media Moguls:
Leila Molaei                020 8902 5575               leila@mediamoguls.com.
Hasiba Rehman           0208 902 5575            hasiba@mediamoguls.com

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Dulwich Hospital Campaign

This will be of interest to all residents in and around Peckham as Dulwich Hospital is part of our local hospital services.
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Message from the "Keep Dulwich Hospital Campaign"
PUBLIC MEETING:
Tuesday 15th December 2009 at 6.30pm
Goldsmiths Room, Dulwich Hospital,
East Dulwich Grove, SE22
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HELP US to:
* fight to keep Dulwich Hospital as a fully functioning Local Community Hospital;
* engage wider support from the public;
* fill up our Petition to persuade the Government and others to support our Hospital;
* get yourselves, your neighbours and friends, to pledge support and ideas for the future of Dulwich Hospital;
* contribute written support and suggestions to our website;
* maintain the pressure on Government Ministers and local Health Bosses to Keep Dulwich Hospital.

DON'T let them destroy Dulwich Hospital JOIN the fight to KEEP it.

Jonathan Mitchell: Chair "Keep Dulwich Hospital Campaign"
phone: 07825 392303
email: Keep.Dulwich.Hospital@gmail.com
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SAVE OUR BEDS in Dulwich Hospital
Kings Hospital is overcrowded: patients on trolleys
Patients bussed to Lewisham not Dulwich for Treatment
Patients sent home too early after operations, only to return later as emergency cases
Patients in mixed wards
Elderly, dementia and mentally ill patients in the same wards as seriously ill patients

SAVE OUR LAND
Keep Dulwich Hospital on our land: in an area of high social need for Lambeth and Southwark. The Primary Care Trust is no longer involved in providing services.
NOW the PCT commissions others to provide our Health services, but they are likely to bypass local people and go to PRIVATE health services.
We do not want American-style Private Health Schemes here.

LOCAL PEOPLE NEED A LOCAL HOSPITAL
1. London as a Capital is short of beds;
2. Dulwich is near Kings Acute hospital, and can take the overflow patients;
3. Dulwich can provide Intermediate Care beds;
4. Dulwich can provide beds for ill people whose carers need respite from their work;
5. Dulwich Hospital has good transport links;
6. A skilled workforce for the Hospital lives locally to provide qualified staff.

800 beds in 1970; 90 beds in 2000; 12 beds in 2009; no plans for any beds in the future.

BUILD a HOSPITAL: BUILD UP the local COMMUNITY
SAVE OUR BEDS : KEEP DULWICH HOSPITAL

Sign the PETITION in Local Shops

The Peckham Experiment Symposium Sat 24th Oct

If you have ever wondered about the famous Peckham Experiment of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, here is your chance to find out.
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The Peckham Experiment exhibition runs in Camberwell, Peckham, East Dulwich to 7th November 2009. See http://www.spacestationsixtyfive.com for Programme for dates & venues. Information about the Peckham Experiment at the Pioneer Health Foundation website: http://www.thephf.org/
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And an Invitation to:
The Peckham Experiment Symposium
*Self-organising but with strict parameters*

Saturday 24th October 2009
Free; booking required; to book a place:
- email Tatjana Gretschmann camberwellspace@camberwell.arts.ac.uk
- Or phone- 020 7514 6302
Please book before 4.00pm Wednesday 21st October 2009
Lunch provided.

10.30-4.30pm Wilson Lecture Hall,
Camberwell College of Arts, Wilson Road, London SE5 8LU.

The Symposium will explore some of the themes of The Peckham Experiment exhibitions and projects, curated by Rachael House and Jo David. The Peckham Experiment exhibition is inspired by the original radical wellbeing and health study of the same name, which ran from 1926-1950. The first part of the exhibition is showing at Camberwell Space at Camberwell College of Art. The second part is at Space Station Sixty-Five. The symposium will become part of The Peckham Experiment publication, to be launched after the exhibition.

Morning session will be chaired by Ben Perry and includes-
Registration from 10.30am.
Lisa Curtice from the Pioneer Health Foundation http://www.thephf.org/
Sue Hill from The Peckham Society http://www.peckhamsociety.org.uk
Ken Taylor of M2 www.quay2c.com,
Eileen Conn from Peckham Vision http://www.peckhamvision.org
Jini Rawlings film A Pool of Information,
discussion and questions from the floor.

Lunch - a vegetarian sandwich lunch will be provided,
and there will be information about local community and arts organisations.
 
Afternoon session includes-
Kit Poulson performance We're too lazy for the future, artists' panel including Gayle Chong Kwan, Nicholas Cobb, Dean Kenning, Annie Whiles and Jo David, discussion and questions from the floor and a closing session from Gayle Chong Kwan.
 
The symposium will finish at Camberwell Space with a glass of wine or juice and an opportunity to see part one of The Peckham Experiment exhibition.
 
We look forward to meeting you.

Space Station Sixty-Five
65 North Cross Road, London SE22 9ET
020 8299 5036
www.spacestationsixtyfive.cominfo@spacestationsixtyfive.com

Future of NHS Southwark

Below is an email from Southwark Primary Care Trust about the future of primary health and social care facilities in the borough.

The consultation document, and on-line survey are at www.southwarkpct.nhs.uk Pages 23 & 24 give the proposals for our area in Dulwich and Peckham, including the future of the Dulwich Hospital site. Paper copies are available from keri.lewis@southwarkpct.nhs.uk

They will be taking comments until 17 April. This gives enough time for local residents to get the document, alert their local groups and/or neighbours to discuss it, and develop some views to get into the consultation.

For further information contact the Patient & Public Involvement Team
phone: 020 3299 6444
email: keri.lewis@southwarkpct.nhs.uk.
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EMAIL FROM SOUTHWARK PRIMARY CARE TRUST

NHS Southwark is just now embarking on a consultation process, up to April 2009, for our primary and community care strategy, which includes the model for the Dulwich Health and Social Care Centre. As this involves a proposal to develop the new centre on the Dulwich Hospital site, we are particularly keen to hear from local residents.

PDF copies of the Consultation document and the accompanying survey can also be found on www.southwarkpct.nhs.uk The attachments are too large to email, but if anyone would like copies emailed or posted to them please get in touch (details at end). We want to involve a wide range of local people to give us their views and experiences, so if you are able to support us by passing these details onto your friends, neighbours, colleagues or service users, we would very much appreciate it. Paper copies are being delivered from Wednesday, and if you work within a local
organisation and would like extra copies, please let me know.

How can people give feedback?
By POST: The survey can be printed out and when completed posted (no stamp required) to Transforming Southwark's NHS, FREEPOST, Milton Hall, 244 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4BQ
ONLINE: An on-line survey can be found at www.southwarkpct.nhs.uk

Other methods of consultation
This consultation is being delivered by a consultancy called Vision TwentyOne, who can be contacted on 0845 230 0139. As well as the attached written survey, they will be conducting one-to-one interviews, telephone surveys and focus groups locally, and are particularly keen to get in touch with groups that are seldom heard. If you have any ideas how they may be able to speak with groups of people from different ethnic communities, disabled residents, people with mental health concerns or anyone else who may have difficulty giving their views then please do contact Vision TwentyOne.

If you would like to be on our direct mailing list - or if you have any other queries - please get in touch with our Patient & Public Involvement Team on 020 3299 6444 or email keri.lewis@southwarkpct.nhs.uk.

Many thanks,
Keri Lewis
Patient & Public Involvement Facilitator
Southwark Primary Care Trust
Dulwich Community Hospital
East Dulwich Grove
London SE22 8PT
Tel 020 3299 6444
keri.lewis@southwarkpct.nhs.uk