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Issue 203 - January 2022 In this issue What’s On - P6 Noticeboard - P10 Garden Talk - P12 Food & Drink - P14 Financial Matters - P22 Councillors Column - P24 Dulwich Charity Lunch - P28 Dulwich Hamlet FC - P30 The Last Word - P32

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Welcome to SE22 This month I am going to ignore what is happening in the news and keep my fingers crossed that we were all able to meet up at Christmas.

By the time you are reading this, it will be all over and 2022 will be starting!

As usual I have rounded up all the great events taking place in and around Dulwich. The events pages start on page 6. January is usually a quiet month but we still have six pages of online and in person events happening in and around Dulwich. Please do check any event before turning up to make sure that they are still going ahead. I am sure there plenty of changes in the coming months.

James McAsh writes our Councillors Column on page 24 this month.

The council has announced its changes to the Dulwich Streetspace scheme, or “low traffic neighbourhood”.

Last month saw the return of the Dulwich Charity lunch which I organised to raise much-needed funds for Link Age Southwark.

Thankfully the lunch was very well attended and we raised a fantastic amount for the charity. Please do take a look on pages 28 & 29 to see how we got on.

The Last Word goes to Alice Yeates. Alice helps Type 2 Diabetics get their blood sugars down and their energy up. Find out more on page 32.

Until next time.

Angela Angela Burgess Head of All Things Community SE Magazines/Around Dulwich

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Contents

Welcome ..................................................................... 3 Events Calendar.......................................................... 4 What’s On.................................... 6, 8, 18, 19, 26 & 27 Noticeboard .............................................................. 10 Garden Talk .............................................................. 12 Food & Drink ............................................................ 14 Fitness Tips............................................................... 16

Education News........................................................ 20 Financial Matters...................................................... 22 Councillors Column.................................................. 24 Dulwich Charity Lunch Update.........................28 & 29 Dulwich Hamlet Football Club.................................. 30 The Last Word........................................................... 32 Index ........................................................................ 24

February Deadline - 14 January (please allow an extra two days if design is required) To advertise in SE22 please contact Angela Burgess on 020 8693 9040 or e-mail: angela@semagazines.co.uk for further information. You can download our rates from our website: www.semagazines.co.uk.

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Events Calendar - January 2022 Monday

31st

Tuesday

28th

Wednesday

29th

Thursday

30th

Friday

31st

Saturday

1st New Year’s Day parkrun, see p6.

Sunday

2nd Weekly Horniman Market see p6.

27th 3rd Bank Holiday

4th

5th

11th

12th

Words Aloud: A Reading Group, p18.

Life Drawing course at EDT see p18.

Dulwich WI, see p18.

17th

Life Drawing Classes, see p18.

Dulwich Park Runners see p19.

18th

Nutrition to Support Menopause, see p19.

Portraiture Classes, see p6.

19th

13th

25th

Words Aloud: A Reading Group, p18.

Life Drawing Classes, see p18.

Life Drawing course at EDT see p18.

Burn’s Night Whisky Tasting at EDT, see p26.

Building Selfesteem for Teenagers, see p26.

Dulwich Park Runners see p18.

26th

14th

BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8.

Small Business Huddle Online Meeting p8.

Dulwich Folk Dance Club, p8 The Arts Society Dulwich, p19.

20th

BNI Adventurers Online Words Aloud: A Meeting, see p8.

Reading Group, p18.

Small Business Huddle Life Drawing Online Meeting p8. course at EDT Life Drawing Classes, see p18.

Dulwich Folk see p18.

Dance Club, p8.

Portraiture The Best Business Dulwich Park Classes, see p6.

Growth Event in Runners see p19.

Dulwich! See p194.

24th

7th

8th

9th

parkrun, see p6.

Weekly Horniman Market see p6.

South London Dance School Double Bill p8.

Dulwich Folk Dance Club, p8.

Dulwich Park Runners see p19.

10th

6th

Holiday Drop Off at Dulwich College Sports Club, see p27.

On The Street BNI Adventurers Online Where you Live, Portraiture Meeting, see p8. p6.

Classes, see p6.

Small Business Huddle Honor Oak WI, Online Meeting p8. see p18.

27th

15th parkrun, see p6.

21st

22nd parkrun, see p6.

28th

BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8.

Portraiture Small Business Huddle Classes, see p6.

Online Meeting p8.

U3A Meeting, see p27. Kit Hawes, & Aaron Cooking with Supporting your Scissors - Smart Catlow, Caroline Dyslexic Learner, Business Stupnicka & Joe see p26.

Networking, see Wilkes, see p27.

Dulwich Folk p26.

Dance Club, p8.

16th Weekly Horniman Market see p6.

23rd Weekly Horniman Market see p6.

29th

30th

parkrun, see p6.

Weekly Horniman Market see p6.

Forthcoming Events Further details where available can be found in the News and Events pages 6, 8, 18, 19, 26 & 27.

Please read as not all the events can fit on the calendar!

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What's On - January Saturdays 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 January: Parkruns in Dulwich Park and Peckham Rye Park

Tuesday 4 January: On the Street where you Live:

9am-10am. Free, weekly timed 5k run, jog or walk. Every Saturday at 9am promptly starting from Queen Mary’s Gate (Dulwich Park) and Colyton Road Entrance (Peckham Rye Park).

Register once and bring your printed barcode (can be used at any parkrun across the world).

First-timers briefing at 08.50. https://www.parkrun.org.uk/dulwich/ https://www.parkrun.org.uk/peckhamrye/

8pm - 9pm. The first Dulwich Society online talk for 2022 will be a detailed illustrated history of the development of Park Hall Road in West Dulwich. It features the long-lost Rosendale Hall, the Manor House and the Croxted Rd shops and will complement the “On the Street Where You Live”; series previously published in the Dulwich Society Journal. Bell House, 27 College Road, SE21 7BG. https://www.bellhouse.co.uk.

Sundays 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 January: The weekly Horniman Market

10am–3pm. The weekly Horniman Market is open to provide food items including fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, bread, cake, meat and street food. Alongside food stalls, you’ll find body care, clothing, jewellery, design and craft; most are locally produced, ethical and many use environmentally friendly materials, natural and organic ingredients. www.horniman.ac.uk.

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Wednesdays 5, 12, 19 & 26 January: Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group & School

2pm - 5pm. A hybrid session with 15 artists allowed into the studio and also cameras for artists attending through Zoom. Paint a clothed model with a focus on the portrait over two three-hour sessions. We give you a wide view and a closer portrait view so you can work out the framing for yourself. The model will at times be engaged in conversation to bring some animation to the face. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk 8

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What's On - January Thursdays 6, 13, 20 & 27 January: BNI Adventurers

(online meeting) 6.30am-8.30am. Are you looking to grow your business? We have kept £9.4million in the local economy this year alone. We’ve changed the way the world does business... now it is Dulwich’s turn. Please contact Hayley on 07843 989728 for more information.

Thursdays 6, 13, 20 & 27 January: Small Business Huddle

10am-11am on Zoom. Join our weekly warm and supportive online networking gathering. We meet to share our offerings, meet other business owners, connect on a regular basis, find collaborations and cheerlead each other. First Huddle free then only £5/month and includes a free Facebook Group. https://smallbusinesshuddle.co.uk.

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Thursdays 6, 13, 20 & 27 January: Dulwich Folk Dance Club (Country Dancing) The Christmas decorations will be down and you may even need cheering up! So come country (aka folk) dancing at St Barnabas Parish Hall, Dulwich Village from 8pm to 10 pm on Thursdays.

The hall is lovely, spacious, and airy so you won’t feel hemmed in. A fun evening awaits you.

Even if you’re an inexperienced dancer, there’s no need to hover on the side. You can join in immediately and get the full benefit of the event as all dances are first practised and then "called”.

And there are many people to partner you and show you how it's done, should you need it. To start the year off, we have Sue Hastings calling.

So you’ll be sure of having a good time, Make it an Epiphany to remember!

Covid-19: The Club abides by Government Guidelines. Please do not attend if you believe you may have covid-19 or if you have recently had a positive lateral flow test.

Thursday 13 January: For our second dance of the year, we have Michele Odell calling. And another good time is bound to be had. So, get out those dancing shoes and come along.

Thursday 20 January: We have the very experienced Joyce Wood calling. We expect beautiful music and lovely dances.

Thursday 27 January: Tonight, Jane Lowe will be guiding us through the dances and Jane has some very intriguing, imaginative dances.

St Barnabas Parish Hall, Gilkes Place, Dulwich Village SE21 7BT. John Blase: 020 8693 2873 johnhblase@aol.com Wendy Newall: 07821 089861 wendy.marsh@hotmail.com.

Sunday 9th January: South London Dance School Double Bill 2pm and 6pm. Act I - 'The Scarecrows' Wedding' and Act II - 'This is Me' The show running time (including interval) is expected to be approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes and the show will be suitable for children aged 3 years and above. For full details please go to: www.southlondondanceschool.co.uk 18

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Winter’s Star Performers Garden Talk with Janine Winlaw | Instagram @janinewinlaw Whether it’s attractive bark, shiny berries or a splash of colour, there are lots of plants to add winter interest to your garden….

Beautiful Bark Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ has brilliant white bark, which glows out in soft wintery light. It’s lovely as a multi-stem and fab underplanted with snowdrops and crocuses.

Prunus serrula is another winter showstopper with shiny mahogany bark striped with lenticels.

Parrotia persica can be grown as a wonderfully sculptural multi-stemmed tree. On mature trees, the steely grey bark flakes off in patches giving interest and texture in winter.

Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple) is a small tree with chestnut bark that peels off to reveal cinnamon coloured wood beneath. Or for a brighter, redder bark, try Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku.’

Fabulous Flowers Clematis cirrhosa ‘Jingle Bells’ has creamy bell-like flowers and evergreen foliage from December. Or for a splash of pinky brown look out for Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens ‘Freckles’. Both ideally need a sheltered south-facing wall.

Cyclamen coum are delicate hardy cyclamen with tiny pink flowers and silvery leaves (December to March) that make a gorgeous carpet under deciduous shrubs and trees with ferns and snowdrops.

Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’ flowers as early as December – perfect for those too impatient to wait until spring for their daffs.

Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ is a shrub that makes a winter focal point with its delicate golden orange scented thread-like petals on bare stems from Dec and March. Great for bringing into the house for a scented flower display.

Winter flowering daphnes such as Daphne odora with its delicate clusters of pale pink flowers will give you a lift on a cold day. Edgeworthia, closely related to daphnes, has clusters of scented yellow flowers on bare stems in winter, for some serious wow factor!

Winter-scented viburnum such as V. bodnantense and closely related Viburnum farreri both have clusters of sweet-smelling flowers on bare stems.

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Stunning Stems Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ (Dogwood), with its brilliant coral stems in winter makes a wonderful display in a largish group. I also like Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ which has variegated leaves in summer. Intersperse with gleaming olive stemmed Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’ for more impact or underplant with crocus or bright evergreen grasses such as Carex ‘Evergold’. Prune at least some of the stems hard back each year as young stems produce the colour.

Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ (contorted hazel) has curling stems and catkins that make a lovely focal point in a winter garden.

Beguiling Berries Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’ has clusters of amazing purple/pink berries, which cling to bare branches - bringing a serious wow factor to the garden in winter.

Nandina domestica is an upright airy shrub with spectacular clusters of bright red berries in the winter against purplish leaves.

Ilex aquifolium ‘J.C.van Tol’ is an almost spineless self-fertile holly so has guaranteed bright red berries on dark into winter - or until the birds get at them!

Rosa rugosa roses such as Roseraie de l’Hay are tough useful roses with big red hips into winter.

Alternatively R. moyesiii has long orange hips and Rosa glauca is striking with purple grey foliage and red hips – all bringing jolly cheer in the gloomy winter months.

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Squash & Black Bean Casserole Recipes from Suzanne James | www.suzannejames.co.uk

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t this time of year when it can be so cold and dark outside one of my absolute favourite meals is a casserole. If you have made a commitment to eat less meat then you are going to love this recipe. Vegan (or vegetarian) casseroles are so easy to make and unlike the fatty, sodium-packed casseroles of the past, these whole-food, plantbased creations can be loaded with colourful fresh vegetables, healthy legumes and whole grains and gorgeous aromatic herbs and spices. Casseroles are a real winter staple in our household, I often make enough to last over 2 or 3 meals through the week.

Leftovers can also make a fantastic lunch, served with a jacket potato, and if like me, you have hungry boys who are less keen on a meat free diet it is easy to serve it with a meat accompaniment, like sausages or chicken & chorizo skewers.

Ingredients • 1 tablespoon of coconut oil • 1 medium red onion chopped • 1 red bell pepper diced • 1 green bell pepper diced • 3 cloves garlic minced • 2 spring onions chopped • 1 whole butternut squash, peeled and cut into ½” cubes (can use less according to taste) 1 can of black beans drained & rinsed • ½ teaspoon mixed herbs • 2 sprigs fresh thyme • 1 can coconut milk • 500ml vegetable stock • 2 handfuls of kale or spinach, chopped • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper • 1-2 teaspoons of chilli flakes (optional) • Salt & Pepper to taste

Method 1) Heat the oil in a large pot over a medium to high heat. Add the red onion and bell peppers and cook until soft (about 3 minutes). Stir in the garlic and spring onions and cook for 1 minute.

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herbs and thyme and stir well. Stir in the coconut milk, vegetable stock, cayenne pepper and chilli flakes (optional) and bring to the boil.

3) Season to taste with salt & pepper.

4) Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes.

5) Stir in the kale or spinach and cook for about 4 minutes.

6) Stir with brown rice and avocado. Enjoy!

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Focus on Performance Not Perfection Fitness tips with Leanne Spencer | www.bodyshotperformance.com

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’d like to tell you a little story. Some years ago, I went to a show on London’s South Bank called Circa. It’s an acrobatic show and these athletes were doing the most extraordinary things.

Balancing on one arm, doing jumps on stilts. I mean, incredible stuff.

Sitting there in the audience close to the front row, I had a really clear view of the action. What stood out for me was that despite these people doing the most extraordinary things, their bodies varied quite a bit. Some were tall, some were short, some are incredibly cut. There was lots of muscular definition and others less so, but they were all incredibly strong.

All of them were able to do all the stunts and all the tricks. Literally carrying the bodyweight of another, perhaps larger athlete on their shoulders whilst they were standing on one leg.

Performance Over Perfection What stood out for me was what these guys valued was performance over perfection. None of them were striving to get cut abdominals or bulging quadricep muscles. They were only focused on whether they could perform those stunts safely and with some degree of longevity, twice a day, 10 times a week.

I wonder how much we, as agile business athletes, value performance over perfection? Are we chasing this notion of perfection and that we need to do everything, we need to appear a certain way, we need to perform a certain way? Or are we just focused on doing what we can achieve, for example, on delivering something that is good enough? On making ourselves happy and not worrying so much about external validation.

Seeking Internal Validation, Not External If we were able to make that mind shift into really focusing on performance, not perfection life could be significantly better for ourselves.

I invite you to look at that in your own life. If you like, take the Circa analogy, are you looking for a chiselled appearance or are you just focusing on where that body can take you? The journey it can take you on. The experiences you can have with it, 16 | SE22 - January 2022

the connection you can form. Or are you focused on maybe the aesthetics?

You can apply that to any aspect of life, to physical training, to your work, to the connection you have in your social environments, to the hobbies that you do. You can apply it to absolutely everything.

High-Achieving People and Burnout One thing I do know about high-achieving people, we do tend to get very caught up in this notion of perfectionism. And I think it can be a bit of a hiding to nothing and take you down that route to burnout.

One of the commonalities of people who have burnout is that they very often described themselves as perfectionists. Let’s call ourselves performance-ists, if you like, I’m focused on what we can do with our minds and our bodies and not so much what they look like.

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What's On - January Mondays 10, 17, 24 & 31 January: Words Aloud: A

Reading Group with a Difference

11am-12.30pm.

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Weekly discussions exploring stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers achieve their effects, led by author Lynn Knight. No pens, no paper, no prep, no pressure. FREE, but numbers are limited. To book a place or find out more contact lkreadingrlf@gmail.com Brought to you by the Royal Literary Fund Anerley Town Hall, 123a Anerley Road, Anerley, SE20 8AJ.

Monday 10 January: Dulwich WI Monthly Meeting

Tuesdays 11, 18 & 25 January: Tuesday Evening Life Drawing Zoom & Drop-in Session

7pm–8.30pm. This is an online drawing & painting session conducted via Zoom and in studio. Long pose life painting and drawing. A single pose held for three hours with 5-minute model breaks every 25 minutes. This class will be run by Freya Tate, a wonderful artist with a sharp eye and a playful line. The session will be life model focused but Freya will introduce chaotic elements to challenge you and move your drawing on to higher levels. The Dulwich Art Group & School. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk.

Tuesday 4 January: Honor Oak WI

7.30pm-9.30pm. We meet on the second Monday of each month at Fifty Seven, 57 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, SE22. https://dulwichwi.com

Mondays 10 JanuaryMonday 7 February: Life Drawing Course 7.30pm-9.30pm. 5 weeks. Suitable for beginners and intermediate adults. Upstairs at EDT, 1 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich SE22. Full details www.theartsfactory.london.

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We meet on the first Tuesday of each month, currently via Zoom, at 7:30pm. twitter.com/honoroakwi www.facebook.com/groups/honoroakwi/ Honoroak_WI Email: honoroakwi@gmail.com

What's On - January Tuesdays 11, 18 & 25 January: Social runs with DPR

7.30pm-8.30pm. Trevor Bailey Clubhouse, Dulwich Common, Dulwich, London, UK map directions. Join Dulwich Park Runners at their club runs at 7.30pm on Tuesday evenings. All standards welcome. See the website for more information or email: enquiries@dulwichparkrunners.com www.dulwichparkrunners.co.uk

Wednesday 12 January: Nutrition to Support Menopause

7pm - 8pm. Making the right food and lifestyle choices can support you through the menopause.

Find out which foods can help with hormone balance and bone health, and which foods could make symptoms worse. This fact-filled talk explains how the right food and lifestyle choices can support you through the menopause, and minimise menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, anxiety and joint pain.

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Thursday 13 January: Dido Elizabeth Belle and the Beginnings of Abolition

8pm - 9pm. The Arts Society Dulwich lecture at JAGS Sixth Form Centre off Green Dale, East Dulwich, SE22 8TX. Guests welcome, £10 at the door, no booking required. We will look at Dido's image and a variety of paintings by artists including Reynolds and Turner in the context of abolition, changing attitudes towards the slave trade and the first stirrings of anti-slavery in Britain. Speaker: Lesley Primo. https://www.theartssocietydulwich.org.uk.

Monday 17 January: Entrepreneurs Circle Local Meeting: Dulwich 6pm-8pm (registration from 5.30pm). A new type of Business Growth Meeting (with some networking) that's guaranteed to help your business grow. Our meetings always have a featured content session where we share a practical marketing tactic or strategy that you can use in your business to get more customers and make more sales! It's a DOUBLE WHAMMY! You'll get more customers IN the meetings through networking and referrals PLUS you'll also leave with actionable ideas to market your business once you get home too. Whether you're an existing EC member or this is your very first meeting, if you're a business owner from the Dulwich area, we'd love to have you join us at our September Meeting.

IMPORTANT: this event is exclusively for Members of Entrepreneurs Circle so you'll either need to sign up (for free) at the event, or at the link below: https://eclocal.co.uk/Dulwich/join/ Join your fellow Dulwich business owners for our Entrepreneurs Circle Local Meeting at The Clock House (Upstairs) 198a Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, London SE22 9QA. SE22 - January 2022 | 19

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Thinking Creatively Education News from Alleyn's | www.alleyns.org.uk Sarah Hoskins, teacher of Art and Design Technology at Alleyn’s Junior School, tells us why Art is not just fun but also important for your child’s development. hen you watch a child drawing or painting, you see their total absorption as they concentrate on creating something from nothing.

Using just one’s imagination and creativity to express a thought, a feeling or an idea is a wonderful process, and a skill we should nurture in our children.

Art fosters experimentation more than many other activities. It gives children the freedom and choice to create something that is unique to them and this can lead to a strong sense of ownership and pride. Creativity has been linked with wellbeing, and the more children explore their individual identity and develop their sense of self, the more content they will be.

The ability to think creatively also benefits your child in their academic studies and their future career. Art activities improve children’s fine motor skills, which in turn help develop their handwriting skills. In addition, drawing, painting and sculpting help develop visual-spatial processing skills, which are beneficial to both mathematics and reading.

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Getting Started Art is a fun activity and getting creative with your child is the perfect opportunity to spend quality time together. Remember: • Use as many different materials as possible. Junk modelling encourages your child to be resourceful and creative. You just need Sellotape, glue, and paint – along with whatever you find in your recycling bag.

• Try using their favourite picture or story as a creative impetus and use sites like Pinterest for other ideas.

• Let your child experiment – even if you think what they’re doing isn’t a great idea – some of their results will surprise you!

• Accept that being creative will be messy and put down a cloth or newspaper.

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the large ones) so that your child can appreciate artists and crafts people from different cultures and eras. Many galleries also offer lower-cost or free activities for families as well as creative stimuli on their websites (see the links below).

Helping The Process Your child doesn’t need to create a masterpiece!

The process and the skills they learn during the creative activity are more important than the result. Let them choose the direction that their artwork will take but ask them questions about their work as it progresses. If their work doesn’t go as they planned help them to problem, solve or take a new direction.

Remember that there are no wrong answers in art. In fact, making mistakes can be liberating and present new and exciting opportunities. If you build in regular time for your child to be creative at home, having fun with art could become an expressive outlet you both look forward to.

Useful Links • www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/families • www.tate.org.uk/kids • www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/learning/ Art Play and Let’s Make Some Great Art books, both by Marion Deuchars.

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Financial Matters

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Tax Return Reminder Don’t forget your SEISS!

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ith Christmas behind us, we begin our customary countdown to the 31st January self-assessment tax deadline, for the army of taxpayers who regard 31st January as a target date. On 4th January 2021 HMRC had only received 55% of the 12.1 million tax returns due for submission.

However, this year’s task is quite different for many of the taxpayers who received support last year. For those taxpayers who cannot remember yesterday let alone last year, the support last year was the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The support the government introduced to assist the self-employed through the COVID-19 pandemic. As a reminder the support is and was a taxable grant. In the words of Frank Sinatra, “..and now, the end is near.”

The first taxable grant, worth up to £7,500, was paid out in August 2020. That was followed by a second grant of up to £6,570 and a third grant, worth up to £7,500. Many self-employed individuals or business partners who met the SEISS’s eligibility criteria could have claimed the maximum of £21,570 in SEISS grants during 2020-21.

What’s that got to do with my tax return, you may wonder? Quite a lot, actually, as the three emergency support grants received via the SEISS between 6 April 2020 and 5 April 2021 are taxable.

The time has come for the reporting of all your taxable income from the 2020-21 tax year, by the self-assessment deadline for online tax returns, midnight on 31 January 2022. Hence our Frank Sinatra reference!

For many self-employed individuals, a large portion of their taxable income for 2020-21 will have come via the SEISS grants, as their businesses were forced to close due to lockdown restrictions, or they simply struggled to continue in business.

As usual, the maintenance of records of your income and expenses for the previous tax year will be helpful for completing your tax return. This includes records of any of the three SEISS grants received. If your unincorporated business was adversely affected by the pandemic and your annual trading profit was £50,000 or less, you

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would’ve been eligible to obtain the first three taxable grants via the SEISS in 2020-21.

These grants must be included in your selfemployment profit for 2020/21, and will be subject to income tax and Class 4 NICs. As a reminder, these grants also form part of the small-profit threshold for Class 2 NICs. On this year’s self-assessment tax return, there is a separate box within the ‘other tax adjustments’ section for disclosing the amount of SEISS received. Don’t forget if you understate your SEISS received, HMRC will remind you from their internal records. Therefore it is advisable not to let your amnesia affect you when reporting your SEISS. If you claimed the maximum amount (£21,570) of the three SEISS grants in 2020-21, this will be added to any other taxable income before you are assessed for income tax on the excess above the £12,500 personal allowance.

As a reminder if you claimed any SEISS in 2020-21, you should have maintained records of your claim and grant received. Therefore, the reporting of SEISS received in your tax return is not a laborious or time consuming task. Taxpayers and business operators are required to retain records of any income from sales or receipts from business expenses incurred.

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Councillor James.McAsh | James.McAsh@southwark.gov.uk | he council has announced its changes to the Dulwich Streetspace scheme, or “low traffic neighbourhood”. Let’s look at what they are and where they came from. You’ll remember that the Streetspace scheme was introduced in summer 2020, under new government guidance for the covid-19 pandemic.

Its goals, and of those like it across the country, were to increase active travel (that is, walking and cycling), to improve road safety, and to make our air cleaner. Normally, the council would consult first on schemes like these, but the government regulations made this impossible. Instead, the measures would be subject to a review within 18 months.

This was the Dulwich Review. It had two components. The first was an analysis of the data: traffic counts, length of bus journeys, the number of people walking and cycling. The second was a consultation: asking local residents about their concerns.

When the data was released this autumn, they told a positive story*. Cycling in the area has rocketed by 66%. As for traffic, the council’s monitoring recorded 10% fewer motor vehicles in June 2021 than in June 2019. Of course, covid plays a part in this but the difference is much greater in Dulwich than in other areas without similar schemes. Moreover, as traffic levels return to pre-covid levels elsewhere, the improvements in Dulwich continue to grow: September 2021 had 12% fewer motor vehicles than September 2019.

That said, the data also identified problems. In particular, we know that traffic on the eastern stretch of East Dulwich Grove has worsened.

The consultation told us that people have concerns and that they want changes. With the data showing that the scheme was having such a positive effect, we could not simply rip it out entirely. In fact, the government has made it clear that if councils do this without evidence that the schemes are not working then they will lose future funding**. So instead, we set about making changes that keep the best bits of the scheme while addressing the problems.

Disabled groups and emergency care workers said they needed exemptions to go through the cameras – so the council has granted these. Many residents complained about poor

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signage and lack of notice, so I personally pushed for the signage to be improved and for a “grace period” for any future changes, so unaware residents receive a gentle warning not a nasty fine.

Finally, residents and businesses made it clear that key streets like East Dulwich Grove have too much congestion during the timed closures. In response, we have cut the times in half to just the two and a half hours around school start and end times, to protect travelling children. We expect this will reduce congestion.

These changes will all come into effect in January 2022. Over the past few months, I’ve been knocking on doors and I’ve spoken to hundreds of residents. I am confident that these changes will make a difference and most residents seem to agree. But traffic movements are unpredictable so I have secured a promise for a further review in 12 months’ time.

In the meantime, please let me know what you think or if there is anything we can do for you in the local area. .................................................................................................................

* Dulwich Review data available at https://bit.ly/DulwichReviewData ** A letter to councils from the Department for Transport https://bit.ly/DfTLetter

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Applications for 5+ and 6+ entry in September 2022 close on 4 February at midday.

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What's On - January Monday 24 January: Building Self-esteem for Teenagers

Wednesday 26 January: Cooking with Scissors – Smart Business Networking 6.45pm-8pm. An opportunity for local business professionals to meet, make new contacts and gain new business. The last Wednesday of every month. Free Admission. To find out more or register please go to our website: https://cookingwithscissors.co.uk/ The Lordship Pub, 211 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 8HA

7pm-8pm. While most young people lack confidence at some point for those with low self-esteem this can stop them from engaging in activities and have an impact on their sense of self. This can be especially difficult for those already experiencing extra challenges for example Dyslexia or ADHD. In this session, we will explore self-esteem and how young people can be impacted. Learn strategies you can use right away to start developing teenagers' confidence and self-worth. We will share further resources to utilise after the session. Building self-esteem and confidence is like any muscle it needs to be developed and used to get stronger. This session is aimed at parents/caregivers & those working with young people, although young people are also welcome to join. Bell House, 27 College Road, London, SE21 7BG. https://www.bellhouse.co.uk.

Tuesday 25 January: Burn's Night Whisky Tasting 7.30pm-9pm.

We run whisky tastings in South East London and are very excited to have our first ever event coming to East Dulwich in January, at your amazing East Dulwich Tavern.

We will be tasting 5 premium whiskies (priced £35-£70 a bottle) as we go on a journey around Scotland, via our glasses. In honour of the "Son of Scotland", Robert Burns, we'll raise these drams to celebrate this infamous Scottish celebration.

Further details and tickets can be found via www.eventbrite.co.uk. East Dulwich Tavern, 1 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 8EW. 26 | SE22 - January 2022

Thursday 27 January: Supporting your Dyslexic Learner: Learning Styles

10am-12pm. Tina will help you understand how you can best support your dyslexic child at home and at school. Children with dyslexia may learn differently from you. This course has been designed to help you understand how you can best support a child at home and at school.

We will cover how to recognise different learning profiles, multisensory learning, age-appropriate reading matter and tools, note taking, mind mapping, making numeracy more visual and how to gather evidence that a child needs help and support. There will be six sessions on Thursday mornings 10.00am to 12.00pm.

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What's On - January Thursday 27 January: How to Read English Country Churches

Holiday Drop Off multi-sports camps at Dulwich College Sports Club

2pm-4pm. A talk by the Rev Dr Nicholas Henderson. More details to follow. Dulwich u3a Open Meetings are from 2pm till 4pm unless otherwise stated. During 'normal' times, most of our open meetings take place at Herne Hill Baptist Church, Half Moon Lane, SE24 9HU (unless a different venue is stated). Please check if this meeting is on Zoom first. https://u3asites.org.uk/dulwich/events.

Friday 28 January: Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow, Caroline Stupnicka, Joe Wilkes

7pm - 11pm. Kit Hawes and Aaron Catlow are two brilliant musicians who draw on many influences to create unique arrangements of traditional songs and tunes, as well as their own compositions. Expect to have a musical journey through Europe and beyond, with dazzling playing combined with musicality and showmanship. "Dexterity, energy and passion" - R2 Magazine Caroline Stupnicka is a powerful singer and has twice been a winner of Islington's Trad2Mad competition.

Joe Wilkes was long associated with The Spitz venue in East London, where he played with many well known artists including Bert Jansch, Beth Orton and Davy Graham. “Wilkes is a major talent” - Rock ‘n’ Reel Magazine Please see our website for up-to-date information on the Covid precautions we are taking at all our events. http://thegooseisout.com.

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Your children will have a blast in covid compliant bubbles at HDO's fantastic multi-sports camps!

Children from age 5+ can take part in a whole range of incredible sports and games to keep them happy, safe and active during the holidays.

See www.holidaydropoff.com for more details.

Bubble 3: 4-7 January 2022 (4 days) Dulwich College Sports Club, Pond Cottages, Dulwich, SE21 7LE

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Fundraising

The Dulwich Charity Lunch This year the Dulwich Charity Lunch raised a fabulous £2,415 for Link Age Southwark

The lunch, now in its 20th year, is held every December (except last year!) and is a fantastic way for local business men and women to meet up and get in to the festive spirit. We were back at The Lordship for the second time. They kindly closed the pub for the event. 54 local business men and women got together and had a great Christmas party. The organisers enjoyed great support from local businesses who donated prizes for the raffle and came along and enjoyed the day. Watch this space for the next one!

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Dulwich Charity Lunch 2021

A big thank you to: AA Graphics, Alice Godfrey Nutrition, Alice Yeates Nutrition, Boogie Bumps, Duo Dance, Dulwich Books, Dulwich Reflexology, The Clipper, Destress Digital, Dulwich Street Art, East Dulwich Community Centre, Franklins, Glazer Delmar, Harvey & Wheeler, Healthy Habits, Hello Social, The Illusioneer, Jo Partridge, The Little Clipper, The Lordship Pub, Portrayed Photography, Rigby & Mac, Romeo Jones, SE Magazines, Small Business Huddle, Sunsky Properties, Suzanne James Catering, Therapy, Tidylicious, Toni Horton, the ED Women’s Institute, Vic Craven, Vits & Kicks and Yoga with Michele.

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he long trudge through Christmas into new year is an often arduous and fruitless time for Dulwich Hamlet, commonly leaving the Pink and Blues staring down the barrel of a lowly league position with the whiff of relegation cordite wafting around Champion Hill’s nostrils. But this year it seems the Covid might have had the serendipitous effect of removing any such olfactory unpleasantness as the pride of East Dulwich find themselves looking up at the stars of promotion from anything but the gutter. Longstanding Hamlet heroic helmsman Gavin Rose has forged and tempered this season's squad into a hardened and steely razor-edged blade of an outfit that would leave a Middle Earth elf pondering long and hard what aspect of the blacksmith’s art they had neglected during their apprenticeship.

Emblematic of this excellence was a coruscant contest against Britain’s most senior portmanteau club and fellow high-flyers Ebbsfleet Unite; who, after looking sharp in the first half, were blunted, sheathed and put to the sword by a belligerent Hamlet in front of a giddy rabble at a ram-packed and rocking Champion Hill. Having trailed 2-1 at the

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break, the Sons of Edgar Kail stiffened the sinews, summoned up the blood, and laid siege to the Kentish men’s crumbling defences, before leaving the field muddy but victorious at 5-2. Heady stuff.

The game is certainly afoot.

Now in normal times you might have been able to waft into Champion Hill at 2:55pm, with your mates, your dogs, or your kids, perhaps a couple of scoops to the wind. But not now. Because Hamlet home games sell out quickly these days, with most buying their tickets early via the magic of computer technology. So get yourself down to the Hamlet website at www.pitchero.com/clubs/ dulwichhamlet/ where you will find details of all upcoming men’s and women’s team games and the means to buy your tickets online well in advance.

And as ever if you fancy getting yourself some smart Hamlet gear or then click on the Supporters Trust online shop at www.dhst.org.uk or visit the mega-container club shop on match day.

These are indeed heady days and Dulwich Hamlet have never in their history been higher in the league. Can it continue? There’s only one way to find out. We’ll see you down at Champion Hill.

CwS | Smart Business Networking meets on the last Wednesday of every month.

Now back in person at The Lordship Pub, 211 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich SE22 8HA Find out how to register for FREE at: www.cookingwithscissors.com | e-mail: sbn@ cookingwithscissors.com Next Meeting: Wednesday 26 January 2022 - 6.45pm

Take a look at our new website which covers the areas in and around Dulwich including Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park.

Up to date events, more stories and news. www.arounddulwich.com | twitter.com/AroundDulwich

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We offer means-tested bursaries worth up to 100% of fees, as well as a range of scholarships. To learn more about life at Alleyn’s, please visit our website.

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The Last Word – Alice Yeates Do you know your neighbours?

Yes, loads of them, the pandemic made this even better. We had outside drinks with neighbours after “Clap for Carers” every Thursday evening during the pandemic and there was a street party in the summer as well.

The most famous person you’ve met?

I used to babysit for Pippa Funnell, the equestrian eventer, when she was about 5 or 6!

Do you belong to any groups?

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i I’m Alice and I help Type 2 Diabetics get their blood sugars down and their energy up. I am a Nutritional Therapist and love helping people to have more energy to do the things they love. I turned my recovery and my nursing training into my own business in 2017 and I love what I do. In 2011 I found myself unable to do any of the things that I loved, I couldn’t even walk to the park, which is 5 minutes from my home, I didn’t have the energy. I love helping diabetics feel better both about their diabetes and themselves and I also love helping people with fatigue and post viral issues get their energy back and start to feel themselves again.

So many groups have not been running lately. Before the pandemic I went regularly to Self Employed Club at Space at 61 in Cheltenham Road, SE15. I went to Cooking with Scissors at the Lordship last week for the first time in about 10 years and I’m trying out the Entrepreneurs Circle at The Clockhouse at the moment.

What is your favourite place to eat?

I love Spinach on Lordship Lane, I frequently go there with a girlfriend for brunch at the weekend and their salads during the week are just delicious.

Coffee or tea? Where?

Not a tea or coffee drinker so I would choose a turmeric latte at Norris and Knight on Forest Hill Road or Kanella on Lordship Lane.

The best meal I’ve had

I’ve lived in South London all my adult life and moved to East Dulwich in 1999.

The Begging Bowl in Bellenden Road. I could eulogise about most their dishes, the sea bass, the curried cauliflower, and the banana fritters are the ones that spring to mind. Time we paid a visit, it’s been a while.

What brought you here?

My perfect holiday

We were living in Clapham at the time and found it was getting less friendly and local. I loved the local feel of East Dulwich and being near so much green space was something very important to us.

The other thing of course was that we found an amazing family house that was within our price range. Enough said.

Warm sun, sea and good food with lots of things to do, swimming, golf, walking and nice restaurants.

We spent loads of family holidays in North Cornwall and when the weather is good that’s perfect for me. The other place I love is the East Neuk of Fife where my aunt was brought up. We had 2 weeks of glorious sunshine there in September, I swam in the sea every day!

How long have you lived in the area?

The one thing you couldn’t do without?

Healthy food - since being ill 10 years ago good food has become vital to keep me healthy and energetic.

I must add in here that Brockwell Lido comes a close second - I swim there most days all year round and I just love it.

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