Albert Square and St Stephen's Association

Twelfth Night in Albert Square – 26th June

11 June 2015 by paulmawdsley

The Albert Square Garden Trust have arranged a open air performance of Twelfth Night, performed by the Principal Theatre Company, on Friday 26th June at 7.30pm. As in previous years, the garden will be open from 6pm for picnics – please bring a rug or chairs to sit on. Tickets are just £10, or £6 for Students and OAPs, and accompanied children under 13 are FREE. Come along, and bring family and friends for what should be a fantastic evening.

You can get your tickets:

1. Online via this website: http://www.positickets.co.uk/

2. By sending a cheque payable to Albert Square Garden Trust, along with a SAE, to 27 Albert Square, London SW8 1DA

3. In person from WINKWORTH, 299 Kennington Road, SE11 4QE or MICHAEL’S SHOE REPAIRS, 45 South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1RH

COMPRESSED Winkworth Poster (Final Final).

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Trash or Treasure – Saturday 16th May

13 May 2015 by paulmawdsley

This Saturday, 16th May, the annual ASSA Trash or Treasure street sale takes place. Everyone living on the ASSA streets of Albert Square, Aldebert Terrace, Wilkinson Street and St Stephen’s Terrace is encouraged to set up a stall outside their house and sell unwanted items. It is a great way to declutter your house, meet neighbours, and to raise money, either for yourself or charity – the choice is yours. The sale runs from 10.30am to 1pm. Please help spread the word!

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Cycle Hangars – Love them? Hate them? OK but not in front of my house?

17 March 2015 by paulmawdsley

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We want to know!!

Lambeth is offering up to 2 cycle hangars for safe storage of bikes in Aldebert Terrace and one in the entrance road to Albert Square. Let us know your thoughts by signing Lambeth’s form.

To see where they propose to put the storage contact your ASSA member (see website) or call Peter on 020 7582 4483 or 07876 561252 to see the plan and sign before 27 March.

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Community Freshview Event – Saturday 7th March

4 March 2015 by paulmawdsley

We are having a spring Clean up on the morning of Saturday 7th March between 10.30 and 1 pm to weed, prune, clear up and generally make the neighbourhood ready for Spring.

We plan to plant 200 daffodil bulbs in the build outs as well as clear up the communal beds by the church and near the Clapham Road.

Lambeth Community Freshview have promised some help with loan of tools, some topsoil to refresh our communal beds and a skip to take away our rubbish.

Please do join if you can – the group will be working across the local streets (Albert Square, Aldebert Terrace, St Stephen’s Terrace and Wilkinson Street) so should be easy to find. Once we are finished, all the workers are invited for a light lunch of bread, cheese and salad, a glass of wine and chat to meet neighbours and learn about what is going on locally. This will be held in a local home.

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Invitation for grant applications from local charities

13 January 2015 by paulmawdsley

The Albert Square and St Stephen’s Association (ASSA), a residents’ association for the Albert Square conservation area in South Lambeth, is inviting local charities and organizations to submit bids for small grants which can be paid from the association’s funds.

Organizations considering making a bid are given the following guidance:

We invite bids for grants of up to a maximum of 500 pounds. The average size of grant paid in the past is around 300 pounds, and we do not anticipate any significant change in this policy.
Whilst ASSA do not insist that bidding organizations are active within the precise area covered by the association, we do ask that the grant will be used for the benefit of local people.
Bids should be made for a specific capital expenditure or project, rather than to meet the general running costs of an organization.
Organizations receiving a grant will be expected to send a short report once the grant has been spent.
ASSA will not make grants to sectarian or political organizations
Bids should be accompanied by a copy of the most recent set of accounts for the organization making the application.

To submit an application please write to the Chairman of ASSA, Peter Edwards (superedwards3@gmail.com) giving an brief outline of the organization making the bid, the purpose for which the grant will be used, and the amount requested. Bids should be submitted before 20th February 2015.

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Neighbourhood clean up – This Saturday 27th September, 10am to 1pm

25 September 2014 by paulmawdsley

We are holding an autumn neighbourhood clean-up (Community Freshview in Lambeth-speak). This is the chance to clear out your homes and gardens and tidy up the public green spaces for our neighbourhood. Do please join us out on the streets weeding, sweeping and giving the plants an end of season tidy up. We also need volunteers to help with the plants and shrubs outside the church.

As in previous years, we will finish with wine and cheese once the work is all done. Please do come along if you can.

ASSA clean up edit

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Art4Space – a new community arts centre opens this weekend

23 September 2014 by paulmawdsley

Art4Space, a new community art centre on Jeffreys Road, is opening this weekend, and have invited ASSA residents to join them for their launch party on Friday 26th September, or open studio on Saturday 27th September. Nina, their Business Development Manager, has passed on these details:

After 6 years of negotiations with the council and property developers, Art4Space are now in their new community arts centre and as such we would like to invite our community to the launch weekend. Friday will be more of a celebration with all our supporters and local community. Imogen Walker (local councillor) will be cutting the ribbon and Rosie Saunders from the BBC and channel 4 will be filming the event, there will also be drinks, food and entertainment. And Saturday will an open Studio for people and families to drop in and take a look at what we do. Everyone in our local community is welcome to join us in these celebrations.

Full details of the event are in the flyer below.