The Brent Magazine issue 126 August and September 2012

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ISSUE NO.126 • FREE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN BRENT

PUBLISHED BY BRENT COUNCIL • AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2012

Young ambassadors interview James DeGale

Inside: Paralympic Torch relay route

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Contents 18 Features

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Welcome

Want to study? Join the club

to the thick of it!

Read about the latest club helping young people study

Apply for school the e-easy way Choosing a school is easier online

Your guide to the Paralympic Torch relay Join the borough welcoming the Paralympic Torch

Ward working works Fun projects taking place for young people this month

A taste of the Paralympics A selection of disability sporting events taking place in Brent

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Update Brent people All in a day’s work Secret history

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We are now slap bang in the middle of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

And what a time it's been – celebrations kicked off in Brent with 100,000 residents and spectators greeting the Flame in July.

With the Paralympic Torch Relay just around the corner we want to make sure it gets just as warm a welcome so turn to page 16 for your map of the route.

To give residents a flavour of the Paralympic events taking place we have pulled together information on all the Paralympic style sporting activities available for anyone with a disability over the Games period – take a look on page 20.

As the summer draws to an end, it does mean back to school for Brent's young people, to make sure you stay top of the class turn to page 11 to find out about a free local homework club.

But before we bid farewell to summer, make sure you join us for our Brent Celebrates a Golden Summer on 9 September, details inside.

Until next time, Orla Sedze, Editor, The Brent Magazine

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Olympic Flame blazes through Brent Nearly 100,000 people took to the streets to watch the Olympic Flame blaze through Brent on Wednesday 25 July.

Running in the borough were a number of local torchbearers including Inderjit Bhalla from Wembley who won gold at badminton at the British Transplant Games and Keith GussyYoung a volunteer for the Brent Schools Football Association.

Joining them on the day were a host of celebrities including local Olympic gold medalist James DeGale, 1966 England

Olympic medallist Nathan Robertson and Mayor of Brent Cllr Michael Adeyeye outside Wembley Arena

Olympic gold medallist and local resident James DeGale on Wembley High Road

Sacrilege – a touring inflatable Stonehenge

Dancers from ‘Physical Ballet’ a joint Brent Council and English National Ballet project

Brent school pupil in costume designed by local carnival arts company Mahogany

Young people join in the festivities at Brent Celebrates the Flame

Brent trends worldwide Brent Council was of national interest on social networking site Twitter when the Olympic Flame visited the borough. The borough trended worldwide using the hashtag #brenttorch making it the number one topic being tweeted worldwide for a whole hour, even beating #mountainlion – Apple’s new operating system.

Follow us on twitter @Brent_Council

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goalkeeper Gordon Banks, music producer Labrinth, badminton legend Nathan Robertson and singer Beverley Knight.

Afterwards, people flocked to the council’s Brent Celebrates the Flame party in King Edward VII park, where they enjoyed street theatre, performances by local dance troupes, a steel band and Sacrilege – a touring inflatable Stonehenge.

To watch a video of the day visit www.brent.gov.uk/london2012

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Bands take the stand for Olympic farewell

SAVE THE DA TE 9 SEPT

Say farewell to an historic Olympic and Paralympic summer in style when Brent Celebrates a Golden Summer on 9 September at Gladstone Park.

The free, fun, family event is part of a huge nationwide closing celebration, Bandstand Marathon, which will see bands take to the stage all across the UK for live music and performance. Visit www.brent.gov.uk/festivals

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WGLC consultation to be continued...

Brent Council and its development partner Galliford Try have extended the consultation period for the redevelopment of Willesden Green Library Centre (WGLC) to allow more time to consider the design of the new cultural centre.

Galliford Try has withdrawn its planning application submitted in May. A new application will be submitted later in the year.

The council and Galliford Try held an open day on 8 August to introduce the next stage of consultation. Information is still available at the Library Lab at WGLC. The aim is to work with local people to explore the future of the centre including what activities will take place in and around the building. See What’s On for the dates of consultation workshops in September.

A summer of cycling The borough has been awarded a framed Team GB cycling shirt to mark the success of Sky Ride Local in Brent.

Robert McLean, of British Cycling, is pictured here with Brent’s cycling champion and Leader of the Council, Cllr Muhammed Butt, after the organisation worked with the council and Sky to provide the guided bike rides.

Sign up now at www.goskyride.com/brent as the last ride is on Sunday 9 September.

Park online – it’s secure and instant Brent’s motorists are being urged to renew their parking permits or pay their parking penalties at www.brent.gov.uk/ parking The website is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week

and is a secure and instant way of renewing a permit or paying a penalty without the queuing or waiting.

Home (almost) sweet home Families will start moving back in 2010 when the into their new homes this old flats were demolished month as the first phase, making way for 335 new of 62 new socially rented homes. The regeneration homes on the Barham Park of the estate should be Estate, are now complete. complete by 2016.

Residents were given Mr & Mrs O’Callaghan had an a sneak preview of their early look at their new home homes back in July and everyone should be moved in by the end of October.

Brent Council and partners Notting Hill Housing Trust and Countryside Properties embarked on the regeneration of the estate

Brent’s vital statistics increase Brent Council is thanking all the local people who took part in the 2011 Census.

The national population census is carried out every ten years and consists of a questionnaire, which every household in the country is obliged to complete.

The demographic information the census helps us plan the services we provide including health, education and housing.

The Office for National Statistics has reported that 88 per cent of residents completed a form, compared to 79 per cent in 2001.

Initial returns show that Brent’s popualation has reached 311,200 and that the number of people aged under 14 or over 65 has also increased.

Brent Council’s Assistant Director of Policy, Cathy Tyson, said: “I want to thank everyone who responded. Accurate census data is crucial in deciding what funding government provides and for the council to plan its services, so it was vital that as many people as possible took part.”

The results of this year’s census will be published at www.brent.gov.uk/census

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New classrooms for pupils New high-quality classrooms at two primary schools have opened, creating another 210 new school places for Stonebridge and Harlesden children. Brent Council invested £7.8 million on refurbishing and extending Brentfield and Newfield primary schools, to create extra places from reception to year six. The two projects are part of a programme of permanent and temporary school expansions.

The council and local schools are working closely together to address the challenge posed by the shortage of primary places in the borough.

Young people can have their say about the leisure services the council delivers to them.

Residents aged from 13-19 years old, or up to 24 years with special educational needs, could win a voucher worth up to £100 simply by taking a few minutes to complete a survey at www. brentyouth4leisure.com

The Mayor of Brent, Cllr Michael Adeyeye with Brentfield pupils planting a tree to mark the opening.

Milestone for Civic Centre

A topping out ceremony on the roof of the new Brent Civic Centre marked the construction project reaching its highest point.

When complete next year, the £85 million Civic Centre will be Brent Council’s base, provide outstanding community facilities and be the most environmentally-friendly public building in the UK.

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Brent Council’s Chief Executive Gareth Daniel said: “The Civic Centre represents a new beginning for the borough and symbolises Brent as a modern and forward thinking organisation. It will be a dynamic building and a hub for the community.”

The Civic Centre was designed by Hopkins Architects and is being built

by Skanska UK.

Planning the future of Wembley

Local people are being invited to have their say on Brent’s plans for Wembley over the next 15 years.

The Wembley Area Action Plan covers new homes, jobs, shopping and leisure facilities with infrastructure and services which both support regeneration and the needs of local people.

To comment, attend: • a meeting and exhibition, Brent Town Hall, 7pm Wednesday 12 September • a drop-in session, Coming Soon Club, 5-7 Wembley Hill Road (Wembley Triangle), 11am -7pm, Thursday 13 September • or visit www.brent.gov.uk/ldf or email ldf@brent.gov.uk by 8 October.

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Brent’s reading gold Brent libraries have won a Reading Agency gold award after encouraging more adults than any other library service in the UK to complete its Six Book Challenge.

Earlier this year 196 Brent participants completed six books in six months while an extra 590 residents took part reading one book or more. And newly found book worms can meet top Author Adele Parks at the official reopening of Kilburn Library on Saturday 15 September, from 10am to 4pm. The library in Salusbury Road, NW6, reopens on 10 September after refurbishment. All welcome.

Author Adele Parks (second from right) with residents who took up the Six Book Challenge

Running craze hits Brent

National Fraud Initiative

The global phenomenon of ‘parkrun’ has arrived at Gladstone Park in Dollis Hill.

Runners are meeting there every Saturday at 9am, for a free five km timed event, supported by Brent Council. Participants, volunteers and runners are all welcome.

The world-wide parkrun initiative encourages people to jog or run together irrespective of ability. Register at www.parkrun.org.uk or email gladstoneoffice@parkrun.com

The Audit Commission is an independent watchdog driving economy, efficiency and effectiveness in local public services to deliver better outcomes for everyone.

Since 1996 the Audit Commission has run the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), a sophisticated data matching exercise which matches electronic data within and between participating bodies to prevent and detect fraud.

The most recent exercise (NFI 2010/11) identified £275 million of fraud and error across the United Kingdom (UK) from local government, central government, the NHS and a number of private sector pension bodies.

This year Brent Council will be required by the Audit Commission to provide data from the following systems:

Everybody needs ‘eggcellent’ neighbours Residents of a council care home welcomed some eggcellent mates to live at the bottom of their garden recently.

The new feathery residents, four chickens named Ginger, Martina, Rosa and Freda, of Tudor Gardens Care Home provide therapeutic benefits to the residents who care for them.

housing rents (council tenancies), housing benefits, payroll, blue badges, Freedom Passes, insurance claimants, licensing and resident parking permits.

This authority is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you have provided in applying for these services for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with law enforcement agencies and bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.

For further information, see Brent Council’s privacy statement www.brent.gov. uk/privacy

Village School reaches the top

The residents of Tudor Gardens welcome the new guests

The construction of the new Village School, in Kingsbury, has reached its highest point.

The £29 million project, led

by Brent Council, will provide the best care and education possible for pupils who have complex learning difficulties and disabilities. www.brent.gov.uk/ thevillageschool

Headteacher Kay Johnson lays last bit of concrete on roof

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Brent Fun Run and Walk A fun day out for runners, walkers, families and friends 1.5km walk - children 5-16 years old 5km walk/run - adults and 17 years+ £1-£2 to enter in advance

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For an entry form and more information contact Brent Council’s Sports and Parks Service.

Check out our FREE healthy walks programme and FREE 5K training sessions.

sportsservice@brent.gov.uk • www.brent.gov.uk/funrun 020 8937 3707

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Very nearly a runner in the 1976 Olympics Caroline Quist has a solid background in all things sporty, today she has combined her love of being active with her passion for engaging young people with disabilities in sport, to create; Rebound Therapy.

Growing up with an autistic brother at a time when his disability was not really recognised or catered for inspired Caroline, who teaches trampolining to create a class for kids with physical or learning disabilities.

“Everyone loves trampolining no matter how old you are.” explained Caroline from Willesden Green. “As well as the Rebound Therapy classes I always leave a few spaces for children with disabilities, such as Autism or Asperger’s, in my mainstream sessions, I think this works well for both sides, they each learn a lot from each other.

“The classes are a great way for the kids to keep fit, it has the feel good factor and

anyone can do it. They learn all the usual moves – tuck jumps, straddle, pike – and work together to choreograph routines.

“But the kids with disabilities really benefit, you can see the joy in their faces.

The children with learning difficulties such as autism are in a way trapped in their own bodies. Rebound Therapy lets them express themselves and they really engage with the coaches.

“One of our kids who has Angelman syndrome started off with very little physical movement and at 11 years of age had never spoken. After three or four weeks of classes we started to get him on his feet and after a few months he

amazingly said his first word ‘bounce’ – we are now trying to get him to say mum!”

The next drop in Rebound Therapy sessions are 31 August and 3 September at Willesden Sports Centre from 12am -1pm costing £2.50 per session.

Mainstream drop in sessions for children up to the age of 11, are from 9-10am and adult drop in sessions 10-11am, every Sunday and cost £3.10.

Adult drop in sessions are also available on Friday evenings 6.10-7.30pm and cost £4.30.

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ALPERTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Headteacher Mrs. M Rafee MA NPQH

OFSTED ‘OUTSTANDING’ May 2011 What OFSTED said: • “An outstanding school that is successfully raising the achievement of students from diverse cultural and social backgrounds.”

• Students’ outcomes, are “Outstanding, as a result of good teaching and a responsive curriculum.”

• Students’ attitudes to learning are “exemplary.”

• All students feel highly valued and very safe. They display respectful behaviour, high levels of maturity and good leadership qualities.

17 individual areas also received the ‘outstanding’ grade including: • Student outcomes • Student behaviour • Student attendance • Safety and safeguarding • Healthy lifestyles • Contribution to the community • Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development • Curriculum and care, guidance and support

Alperton Community School, Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JE Contact the school on 0208 902 2038 or at www.alperton.brent.sch.uk for a prospectus.

Open Evening – Wednesday 26 September 2012, 6.00 - 8.30 pm

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Want to study?

Join the club Pssst… have you heard of the latest club for kids to hang out at after school – a place that their parents totally approve of?

From spelling to sums, homework clubs in Brent libraries are offering children one-to-one support and a great place to study and learn after school.

Homework clubs are taking place after school in Brent’s libraries. The clubs, which are run on different days, are for children in Brent aged 8 to 14 years old and are there to support schoolchildren with their homework and school studies outside the classroom.

Qualified teacher and homework club tutor, Padma Jain, oversees each club and is on hand to help the children with their work. The fact the clubs are held in libraries means they are wellresourced with reference books and national curriculum books up to key stage five, study spaces, computers, free internet and free print outs.

The club equips a child with the study skills to be able to complete their homework effectively and independently.

The clubs are free and require no advanced booking – children and parents are welcome to turn up at a library homework club on the day it’s held. Participants must have a library membership card and be attending a Brent school.

“The homework clubs are brilliant,” says Leroy Vassell whose daughter Leshael attends the homework clubs at Ealing Road and Brent Town Hall Library. “Leshael gets a lot of support for her maths homework from the teacher and advice about other subjects such as English.

The tutor at the clubs is excellent and happy to work one-to-one with Leshael on any homework she has.”

Children can ask for support or help with any area of their learning whether that is English such as spelling, reading or grammar; maths, science or geography. An important part of the club is the reading help with one-toone supportive reading sessions for children who are learning to read.

Parents are also encouraged to take part in helping a child to learn.

The reading club is overseen by specially trained volunteers as well as Padma to help children improve their reading skills.

“The clubs are very convenient because they are all held just after school. The children get along and are happy to work together,” added Leroy.

For more information see www.brent.gov.uk/libraries or call each library, contact details on page 31.

Homework clubs term-time table Mon: Town Hall Library 3.30-5.30pm Tues: Kilburn Library 3.30-5.30pm (from 10 September 2012) Weds: Kingsbury Library Plus 3.30-5.30pm Thurs: Willesden Green Library Centre 3.30-5.30pm Fri:

Harlesden Library Plus 3.30-5:30pm

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Ealing Road Library 10.30am-12.30pm

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School kids teach dangerous drivers a lesson As the new school year kicks off we are turning up the heat on parents and carers who ignore traffic rules during the school run, only this time round we’re using the pupils to catch dangerous drivers, red-handed, right outside their school gates.

Yes, we’ve teamed up with Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) to deliver our Schools’ Safer Roads scheme — working together with Brent’s traffic enforcement officers and local Police Community Support Officers to improve road safety.

Our first operation took place outside John Keble R.C. Primary School in Harlesden. Over three days in June our young JRSO’s handed out information leaflets highlighting the most common school run driving offences – parking on the zig-zag lines, using mobile phones and not wearing seatbelts – to unsuspecting adults during drop off and pick up times.

Thankfully very few motorists did break the rules but those who did were issued with on-the-spot penalties from Brent traffic enforcement officers and given a verbal warning from Brent Community Support police officers too.

After the amazing success of that particular operation, we’ve decided to go one better this academic year by holding similar joint events – in partnership with Brent Police and JRSOs again – on a regular basis, outside every primary school

in the borough, so reckless drivers better watch out!

Brent’s school road safety drive is just one part of a much wider, on-going traffic campaign that’s been happening in the borough since 2010.

Thanks, in part to funding and resources from Transport for London (TfL) and the Department of Transport, we have been lucky enough to run several highly effective initiatives, including ‘Belt up,’ which promoted the wearing of seatbelts and ‘Don’t block the box’, a warning for drivers not to stop on boxed junctions.

We’ve recently launched our latest batch of road safety information material which included ‘Chance Takers are Accident Makers’ (pictured), a booklet for pupils, outlining the dangers they could face from drivers on their way to school.

You can find out more about Brent’s Safer Roads scheme at www.brent.gov.uk/bsr Oh, and dangerous drivers should watch out for those JRSO’s and traffic enforcers too, they’re coming to a street near you soon!

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Your child’s school place 2013 e admissions

If your child lives in Brent and will be starting primary school in September 2013 or transferring to secondary school, you must apply to Brent Council for a school place even if the school you wish to apply for is outside the borough.

Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk from 1 September 2012.

For Reception You must apply by 15 January 2013 to have the best chance of getting the school you prefer. Applications received after this date will not be considered until after 17 April 2013.

Primary school places in September 2013 are available for children born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009.

For 11+ Transfer You must apply by 31 October 2012 to have the best chance of getting the school you prefer.

Applications received after this date will not be considered until after 1 March 2013.

For more information on admissions visit www.brent.gov.uk/admissions

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Apply for schools the e-easy way Parents who are getting ready to apply for primary and secondary school places for their children are being urged to complete their application forms online.

Although more people are submitting an ‘e-application’ – last year just over 50 per cent of Brent parents applied online for primary and secondary school places – the council still believes that even more people would benefit from applying electronically.

The form is simple to fill out and secure, similar to booking a holiday or checking your bank account online, and because it’s all done via the internet your child’s school application won’t get lost in the post.

The website www.eadmissions.org.uk is available to use 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the application deadline – 31 October 2012 for secondary schools and 15 January 2013 for primary schools.

“It’s got my son more involved in his application” Princess Francis, pictured with her son Alex

You can change your school preferences up to the closing date – which you can’t do once you have posted a paper application – by logging back onto the site and using the email address and password you registered with. This means you don’t have to complete the form in one go and can go back to it later.

You will also receive an email confirming the status of your application every time you make changes.

Princess Francis from Wembley used the online system when applying for primary and secondary school places for her children Alex and Sendia.

She said: “I think you are much more in charge of the process when you apply online.

“You can go back to your application at any time to update your details or make changes and you get a confirmation email once it’s been sent to say it has got there. It’s safe and secure and I think it’s got my son more involved in his application, which has been great.”

If you don’t have access to a computer at home book a time to use one at your local library (open seven days a week) by calling 020 8937 3400.

Free internet access is also available from Customer Service offices.

For more information about applying for a school place go to www.brent.gov.uk /admissions or call 020 8937 3110

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Unlike the Olympic Torch Flame which toured Great Britain in 70 days, the Paralympic Torch will only have 24 hours to make its way from Stoke Mandeville to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.

Local people are encouraged to line the route in Brent which includes streets in Neasden, Harlesden, Willesden and Queens Park.

For more information visit www.brent.gov.uk/london2012

Transport in and around the relay route • there will be rolling road closures on one side of the relay route • travel by public transport is encouraged • expect general traffic delays • additional loading and parking restrictions will apply (indicated by no waiting cones) from the evening before.

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Ward working It’s been a memorable year for Brent – we’ve celebrated a Jubilee, greeted a very special Torch and played our part in the greatest sporting show on earth, London 2012.

But grand events aside, 2012’s also seen some smaller scale but nonetheless pretty significant developments at a local level across the borough, thanks to a joint council and councillor initiative called ward working.

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The scheme involves your elected representatives doing their bit to address the concerns you have about your area (or ward) by funding innovative projects and solutions.

Every ward in Brent benefits from ward working to the tune of £40,000 and the funding’s making a real difference to neighbourhoods by enabling some fantastic projects to go ahead that are changing lives for the better.

Youth activities are a really big priority for everyone, so in the coming months we’ll be working in partnership with the voluntary and community sector to improve the lives and aspirations of young people in the borough.

But don’t just take our word for it; take a look at some of the new ward working projects that are already happening and read about a uniquely ‘green fingered’ scheme that started this August.

Boxing clever Ward working’s supporting a joint scheme – in partnership with Wembley Crime Prevention Panel and the police Safer Neighbourhoods Team – to provide boxing sessions every Monday, Thursday and Saturday for 13 to 19 year olds at the Wembley Youth Club in London Road.

The project gives young people from Wembley and Alperton a place to go where they can train, make friends and take part in club competitions and boxing events.

Organiser Junior Collins said: “The young people are really enjoying it, they’re making friendships, getting fitter and they’ve said they feel like it’s making them into better people. I think it’s also changing other peoples’ perceptions of young people in the local area.”

Contact Junior on 020 8937 3683 or email junior.collins@brent.gov.uk

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Shaping Futures Left: Join the Cricklewood Wanderers Below: Hair and beauty sessions

Gardening’s A-OK!

Young people volunteer in big clean-up

Mentoring for the future The ‘Shaping Futures’ project provides fun and informative sessions in music, street dancing, hair and beauty and mentoring to help 16 to 30 year olds realise their potential, achieve their goals and get on in life.

These dynamic workshops – run in partnership with Cricklewood Homeless Concern’s Youth Engagement team – also have links to businesses in Cricklewood and surrounding areas.

This gives the project’s young members a taste of the world of work through regular placements.

Shaping Futures also gets young people involved in football and other sports – and local volunteering activities too – to give them a sense of pride in their community.

Carmen Llorente, the project’s Capacity Building Director, explained: “We connect with businesses in the community to see if employers can open their doors to young people and so that the young people themselves, who aren’t engaged in any form of work or training can find out about the jobs and opportunities available to them.”

Contact Carmen on 020 8208 8592 or email carmen@chc-mail.org for further information.

A brand new gardening and food growing project for all age groups in South Kilburn has just started up at the OK Club this August.

Organised in partnership with the charity Groundwork London, the project aims to create a new, wheelchair accessible, gardening and food growing facility in the club’s disused yard area to encourage more people to develop new skills, get the gardening bug and gain a sense of pride in their local area.

Contact Fred Alston on 020 8762 0329 or email frederick.alston@groundwork.org.uk

Could your project qualify for ward working funding?

If your organisation, club or activity benefits the community and meets the ward priorities you could qualify for ward working funding. Past projects have included yoga for young people, sports projects and a series of cartoon workshops.

Money is allocated throughout the year, but the first step is to contact the team directly to request an application form by phoning 020 8937 1976 or emailing ward.working@brent.gov.uk Local councillors decide the needs and priorities of each ward, details of which can be found at: www.brent.gov.uk/neighbourhood

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The Paralympics were born in 1948 from a small gathering of British World War veterans with spinal cord injuries. Today it’s one of the largest international sports competitions with athletes from across the world competing with a wide range of disabilities.

In Brent, there are a number of sports activities for people with disabilities (see below) including free swimming at Willesden and Vale Farm Sports Centre.

For more information visit www.brent.gov.uk/sports

A taste of the Paralympics Willesden Sportsability Club This sports club, for people with disabilities, features a number of Paralympic sports including athletics, basketball, boccia, goalball, table tennis and football. Each week participants will have the chance to try up to three sports.

These sessions are for children with a physical or learning disability and help promote relaxation, fitness and balance as well as improving communications skills.

Where: Willesden Sports Centre

When: Next Rebound Therapy course starts on Sunday 9 September and runs for eight weeks. 12noon-1pm.

Age: 8-18 years old

Where: Willesden Sports Centre

Cost: £3 a session

Age: Up to the age of eleven

Contact: Willesden Sports Centre reception desk 020 8955 1120

Cost: £20 for the eight week course

Down Syndrome Tiger Cubs

Paralympic Sports Open Day

Queens Park Rangers is one of the six football clubs in England which run teams for children with Down syndrome. Open football sessions are held every Thursday in Kingsbury and all abilities are welcome.

Coinciding with the Brent leg of the Paralympic Torch Relay, this open day will give people, with and without disabilities, the opportunity to try a number of Paralympic sports including seated volleyball and boccia.

When: Saturdays 2-4pm (term time)

When: Thursdays 5-6pm (term time)

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Contact: Caroline Quist 07720 285 522

Where: Woodfield School, Glenwood Avenue, Kingsbury, NW9 7LY

When: Wednesday 29 August. 10am-3pm

Age: 5-19 years old

Age: 8-16 years old

Cost: Free

Cost: Free

Contact: Conor McBrearty conorm@qpr.co.uk 07428 459 633

Book online via www.bmyvoice.org.uk/brentinsummer

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GreenPages www.brent.gov.uk/recyclemore

Well done everyone, we hit a new recycling record in June. We recycled 47% of our waste!

August/September 2012

And you can now use caddy liners to wrap your food waste. So let’s recycle even more!

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Matt was very pleased he could now use caddy liners to wrap his food waste...

These kitchen caddy liners are great!

There’s no smell or mess and I’m recycling food I used to throw out.

Vegetables, fruit, cooked and uncooked leftovers, tea bags, coffee grounds, pasta, everything!

Like what?

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I’ve got it now. How do I get more liners?

Buy caddy liners online at www.caddyliners.com or call 0844 472 1871. You can buy one roll (26 caddy liners) for £2.50 (plus £1.99 delivery charge) or three rolls (78 liners) for the price of two for £5 (plus £1.99 delivery charge).

You can still wrap your food waste in paper, newspaper or paper bags if you prefer.

It’s so simple and I can recycle more.

That’s right! Our target is to recycle 60% of our waste by 2014 and we are well on track. Well done Matt!

If you don’t have a kitchen caddy you can collect one from the Reuse and Recycling Centre, Abbey Road, NW10 7TJ while stocks last, or buy them in the shops.

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What can you put in your blue top recycling bin?

Thank you to every resident who is contributing to the success of the recycling service. Since the new service started last year thousands of tonnes of waste which might have gone to landfill have been recycled.

That’s why it’s important we use the recycling service correctly. Here’s a reminder of what can and cannot go in your blue top recycling bin.

You cannot put household waste, plastic bags, crisp packets, cling film, cellophane, window glass and drinking glasses, pillows, cushions, duvets, sleeping bags, polystyrene and hard plastic such as coat hangers in the blue top bin.

Brent Council’s quarterly residents’ recycling newsletter produced by Brent Council in association with Veolia. For further information visit www.brent.gov.uk/ recyclemore or call 020 8937 5050.

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The athletes have made their way to the starting line, but for 11 young people, the beginning of the Olympics means the final hurdle is insight on an inspiring Brent project.

They took the call to work with the council more than two years ago when Brent and the country began to gear up for the event.

These 16 to 18 year olds, who live in the borough, have spent their time harnessing the power of the Olympic and Paralympic Games by inspiring the community to engage in sports, culture, media and volunteering opportunities.

Inspiring Brent Ambassador Devi Mukunthan, 18, from Kinsgsbury, (pictured far right below), said: “The Olympic and Paralympic Games is not just about sport, it’s about so much more like culture and the arts. As well as promoting the games and events taking place in the borough we have helped promote the Olympic values such as friendship and respect.”

They were also the first people London 2012 Chairman Seb Coe met when he visited the borough and they played a vital role supporting Brent in promoting events such as the recent ‘Flame’ celebrations.

Being an ambassador has also opened the doors to a number of opportunities including visiting the Olympic Stadium, media training from local radio station BANG FM and a recent interview with boxer and Olympic Torchbearer James DeGale.

Devi added: “I’ve learnt so much and really grown in confidence. I’m going to university and doing this has shown me how to work as part of a team and make friends.”

“We have helped promote Olympic values such as friendship and respect.”

Brent’s young ambassadors interview: James DeGale Who is your boxing hero?

JD: My all-time favourite is probably Ali. His whole attitude, his swag, his personality – everything. He was just on point!

Have you always dreamed of being a boxer?

JD: The only reason I went to boxing is because I was a bit naughty and a bit mischievous. So I got sent down the local boxing gym and I ain't looked back.

Who do you think will win a boxing gold medal?

JD: I like Anthony Joshua – he's the big super heavyweight. He's probably our best hope.

Watch highlights of the interview at: www.youtube.com/BrentCouncilLondon

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Summer days It’s summer time and for millions of people that means sun, sea and sand, but thanks to the Olympics and some sunny weather many people are opting for staycations, something Brent residents were doing a 100 years ago.

Held in Brent Archives are the ‘Kelly’s Kilburn & Willesden Directories’ - put simply, these are early versions of theYellow Pages.

Not only do they give the names and addresses of local residents, they also contain the ‘Visitors’ Guide to Pleasure & Health Resorts’, a list of holiday destinations up to 123 pages long.

A century ago a quarter of the population lived in poverty - but those with money were getting more leisure time. Bank Holidays had been introduced in 1871, and many skilled workers had paid holidays as well.

Before the internet guides like these helped Brent residents pick their holiday.

The cover of the Visitors’ Guide shows a well-dressed young woman surrounded by sports and travel gear, apparently considering whether to visit the seaside or go inland.

Inside it contains information on over 130 towns and resorts, ranging from Brighton, the ‘Queen of English Watering-places’, to easy day trips like Hampstead, ‘popular and much frequented.’

Each entry includes rail fares and a few select hotels and boarding houses or B&B’s as we now call them which became more popular as poorer people took holidays.

A few of the entries carry illustrations.

The most impressive is an advert for the Felix Hotel, Felixstowe.

The intention was to attract househunters as well as tourists, and many entries advertise estate agents.

Sadly many of the seaside resorts listed in the guide have declined since 1912, but the booklet still suggests destinations to the modern reader and is very evocative of an era when a Third Class return to Broadstairs was 8 shillings, or 40p in todays money.

For more information or to find out about Brent’s local history visit www.brent.gov.uk/archives The Secret History article in July’s TBM was written by local historian Phil Grant

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BACES Brent Adult and Community Education Service

Courses 2012/13 Look out for the new BACES 2012/13 course listings on our website and choose from a huge range of exciting opportunities.

For further details, please contact a BACES centre for a course information sheet or brochure.

Visit or phone us:

Back to School Uniforms for Nurseries, Primary and Secondary School, also Sportwear available We offer Quality, Choice and Value at competitive prices

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Stonebridge Centre 1 Morland Gardens Stonebridge London NW10 8DY Tel: 020 8937 3950

Madison House 24-28 London Road Wembley Middlesex HA9 7HD Tel: 020 8937 3636

Harlesden Library Plus Craven Park Road Harlesden London NW10 8SE Tel: 020 8937 3940

Carlton Centre Carlton Vale London NW6 5RA Tel: 020 8937 3990

New courses start from September 2012

Enrol now to avoid disappointment!

Tel 020 8902 1393

Vist our website or pick up a brochure at a Brent library or Brent Customer Service office

web-site www.rumbleSchoolUniform.com

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COMPETITIONS

Win a year’s membership to the exclusive LivingWell Health Club The new Hilton London Wembley is now open, and with it comes a state-of-the-art, exclusive LivingWell Health Club.

We are giving away a 12 month off-peak membership worth over £500 to the brand new LivingWell Health Club.

The new club is close to Wembley Stadium, with great views of this world famous football venue. As you might expect near such a prestigious sporting venue, there are a range of fitness options on offer, such as state-of-the-art gym and indoor swimming pool, as well as personal training. Or you can simply unwind in the steam room and sauna.

With a complimentary towel on every visit and exclusive Hilton benefits such as discounted food and drink in the hotel, there simply is no better place to be a member.

For a chance to win tell us:

Which sporting venue can be seen from the health club? www.livingwell.com/london-wembley

Send your entries on a postcard with your name, address and daytime telephone number to: (Name of Competition), The Brent Magazine, Room 9, Brent Town Hall, Forty Lane, Wembley HA9 9HD or email competition@brent.gov.uk (add name of competition to subject line).

Competition deadline is Thursday 30 August Last months winners Rock of Ages: Hazel Hamid and Karen Allen. Afternoon Tea: Moriam Akinwale. Lexi: Garry Smith.

Win outdoor cinema tickets for you and ten friends It's that time of year again! Lexi’s little brother, The Nomad, is returning to our local green spaces – Queens Park and Roundwood Park, for a series of pop-up screenings not to be missed.

We’re giving two lucky readers free entry to a Nomad screening of their choice at Roundwood Park or Queens Park.

And they can bring ten friends with them! Yes, ten!

The Nomad gives 100 per cent of its profits to The Sustainability Institute – just like The Lexi Cinema.

For a chance to win tell us:

To which screening is The Nomad offering free kids’ tickets?

• August 18 - The Goonies [PG] - Queens Park • September 7 - Top Gun [12A] - Roundwood Park (kids go free)

Buy tickets at The Lexi Cinema Box Office or online at www.whereisthenomad.com

• September 8 - The Graduate [15] - Queens Park • September 22 - The Big Lebowski [18] - Queens Park

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Change a child’s life If you’ve been asking yourself if fostering or adoption is for you, why not talk to us?

Call, or come along to one of our information evenings:

Thursday 6 September or Thursday 4 October.

6.30pm start.

The Unity Centre, 103 Church Road, NW10 9EG.

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What’s going on…

VENUES BRENT MUSEUM High Road, NW10 020 8937 3600

A guide to what’s on in Brent during August and September 2012.

To get your event listed email tbm@brent.gov.uk or tel 020 8937 1062.

Hypnotick School of Performing Arts

CHILDREN HYPNOTICK SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS 6 to 13 yrs Sats 2-5pm musical theatre (drama, singing) & street dance, Gladstone Park Primary School, Sherrick Green Rd, NW10 1LB info@hypnotick.org or 07950 544 564 DANIEL’S DEN Your local parent and toddler group St Michael & All Angels Stonebridge.

Tuesdays 9.30-11am and 11.30am-1pm. Gladstone Park Primary School Tuesdays 1-3pm.

St Andrews Church Sudbury, Wednesdays 9.30-11.30am.

St Michael’s Wembley Mondays 12.30-2.30pm, Thursdays and Fridays 9.30-11am and 11.30am-1pm.

020 8903 4700 www.danielsden.org.uk SOCCER TRAINING Fri 6-8pm, for children, first session free. Capital City Academy NW10. mdipaola@cyworks.co.uk THE 2ND WEMBLEY BOYS’ BRIGADE & GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION Anchors 5-8 juniors 8-11 meet 6.15-7.30pm on Thurs. Company section meet at 7.15-9pm. Park Lane Methodist Church Wembley. www.parklane methodist.org.uk LGBT YOUTH CLUB Lesbian, Gay, Bi and unsure under 19's youth club every Wednesday in Kilburn 07931 336 668 www.mosaicyouth. org.uk

DRAMA WORKHOUSE Saturday crew workshop for children 1-2pm 7-9 yrs; 2-4pm 10-12 yrs; 4-6pm 13-18 yrs; under 10s £25 a term, over 10s £40 a term; Dudden Hill Centre, 19 Dudden Hill Lane, NW10; Mons adult classes 8-10pm £9.50 Tricycle Theatre, NW6 07958 653 725 STREET/COMMERCIAL DANCE CLASSES With Anna-Lynn Gregoire Thursdays 7.30-8.30pm, aged 11+, Kings Hall Community Centre, 115 Harlesden Rd, Willesden Green £5.

Call 07889 869 900 annalynn.dance @gmail.com DOWN SYNDROME TIGER CUBS Thurs 5-6pm football coaching run by QPR, Woodfield School Genwood Avenue, NW9 020 8740 2585 07815 670 806

WGLC WORKSHOPS Have your say on the redevelopment of Willesden Green Library Centre (WGLC). Tues 4 Sept Seniors, Thurs 6 Sept Small and medium enterprises, Tues 11 Sept Community groups.

Thurs 13 Sept Ethnic minority groups, Tues 18 Sept Teens, Thurs 20 Sept Families with young children. Times will be on display at the Library Lab at WGLC or you can register for times or info at feedback @consultationonline.co.uk or call 0800 298 7040 PARISH NURSING HEALTH FAIR Blood pressure checks, healthy eating advice, body fat analysis, learn CPR and more. Free, Saturday 15 September 11am-3pm Willesden Green Baptist Church, 94 High Street, Willesden, London, NW10 2PR. Call Jean on 07518 569 890 NORTH WEST LONDON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE First Thurs of the month 7.30pm upstairs at the North London Tavern.

Kilburn High Rd NW6 nwlwi@hotmail.co.uk NORTH WEST LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY GROUP Mons 8.30pm, Tenterden Sports Centre, Preston Road, Wembley 07941 707 884

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Shani Solomons

COMMUNITY MEET NEW AUTHOR SHANI SOLOMONS Award-winning writer Shani Solomons will be at Willesden Green Library to talk about her second novel, ‘Last Graffiti Before Motorway' Thursday 12 September, 6.30-7.30pm

THE BIG SALSA DANCE OFF Raising Funds for Prostate Cancer 2 October 7.30pm – 1am. Adv ticket only event (£7) with cocktail reception & raffle. Addictive Banqueting Bar, 28 Park Royal Rd, NW10 7JW Call Shelly on 07971 673 744

LEARNING ART CLASSES At the Tricycle Theatre Kilburn 269 Kilburn High Rd NW2 Tuesdays 79pm, £30 concessions £35 full for five weeks, for info email Mary call (pm) 020 8141 6367 mstreherne@gn.apc.org SPANISH TUITION Native Spanish teacher.

All levels. 07531 640 199 sabelanv@gmail.com PIANO LESSONS Preston Road, all ages and levels welcome, 07550 722 538. mariatchetverikova @gmail.com BRENT ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERVICE Courses for adults from accounts to yoga, 020 8937 3990 www.brent.gov.uk/ adulteducation

Get fit with ballet

SPORTS AND LEISURE BALLET 11 wk adult beginner's ballet course. Weds, 6.30-7.30pm 19 Sept 5 Dec 2012 (no class 31 Oct). Salusbury Rooms, Queens Park, NW6 6RG £115 (registration required in advance) Book online at www.balletforyou.co.uk or call Serena on 07956 260 108 KINGBURY BOWLS CLUB New members welcome, free coaching & loan of bowls, Eton Grove Open Space. 07505 337 501

SEA URCHINS Thurs 8pm, swimming club for young people and adults with learning difficulties. Willesden Sports Centre, NW10, free, call Jean 020 8452 6912 PRESTON PARK BOWLS CLUB Free coaching and loan of bowls, Preston Park Recreation Ground, Carlton Avenue East 020 8933 9358 WEMBLEY BOWLS CLUB Weds 3pm, tuition offered. King Edward VII Park, Park Lane Wembley 020 8907 8626 TAEKWONDO Tues 6-9pm, Thurs 6-7.30pm, Ealing Road Methodist Church Mons 6.30-8pm, Weds 6.30-8pm, Cardinal Hinsley School NW10 07832 447 763 YOGA Mons-Suns Special Yoga Centre 2a Wrentham Ave, Kensal Rise, 020 8968 1900 www.specialyoga.org.uk Mons 6.30-7.30pm, Thurs 7-8pm, Sun 11am12noon, 12 sessions £40, drop-in £10, Gladstone Community Centre, 162 Anson Road 07901 650 763 ABBEY KEMPO Martial art for health, sound mind and selfdefence.Train with Sensei Jee (6th dan) and Sensei Kizito (4th dan) on Tues: 8-9.30pm, Church of the Ascension, The Avenue, Wembley HA9 9QL Fri: 7.30-9pm at Church of the Annunciation, 194 Windermere Ave, Wembley HA9 8QT. Your first class is FREE. 07779 919 760 www.abbeykempo.com

BRENT ARCHIVES Ist Floor, Willesden Green Library Centre, NW10 020 8937 3541 archives@brent.gov.uk PAUL DAISLEY HALL Forty Lane, Wembley, Middx HA9 Box Office 020 8937 6206/6203 TRICYCLE THEATRE CINEMA AND GALLERY 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 Box Office Theatre 020 7328 1000 Cinema 020 7328 1900 Disabled access to auditorium and cafe, induction loop in auditorium Minicom 020 7625 5105 WEMBLEY ARENA Box Office 0870 060 0870 www.livenation.co.uk/wembley

LIBRARIES EALING ROAD LIBRARY Coronet Parade, Ealing Road, Wembley HA0 4BA, 020 8937 3560 ealingroadlibrary@brent.gov.uk HARLESDEN LIBRARY Craven Park Road, Harlesden, NW10 8SE 020 8937 3570 harlesdenlibrary@brent.gov.uk KILBURN LIBRARY 42 Salusbury Road, Kilburn NW6 6NN 020 8937 3530 kilburnlibrary@brent.gov.uk KINGSBURY LIBRARY PLUS Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury NW9 9HE 020 8937 3520 kingsburylibrary@brent.gov.uk TOWN HALL LIBRARY Brent Town Hall, King’s Drive, Forty Lane, Wembley HA9 9HU, 020 8937 3500 townhalllibrary@brent.gov.uk WILLESDEN GREEN LIBRARY 95 High Road, Willesden NW10 2SF 020 8937 3400 willesdengreenlibrary@brent.gov.uk

WEMBLEY WEMBLEY STADIUM STADIUM EVENTS EVENTS Carnegie Challenge Cup Final 25 Aug 2012 – 2.30pm

BALLROOM AND LATIN Mons 7.30-11pm Brent Town Hall, Forty Lane Wembley 020 8855 6868

England V Ukraine 11 Sept 2012, 6.30pm

STREET DANCE CLASSES Wembley Fitness First every Friday from 6.457.45pm £5 for nonmembers £3 for members. For more info contact Sasha on 07506 198 999

England V San Marino 12 Oct 2012, time TBC

Saracens V Leicester 15 Sept 2012, time TBC

Future dates online 0844 980 8001 www.wembleystadium.com

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Tuesday, 18 September 2012 5.30pm-8.30pm You are warmly invited to come and see our school

• The top GCSE 5A*-C for the last 5 years running - 98% 5+ A*-C in 2011.

• The highest value added for the last 5 years running - 1061 in 2011.

• The 12th highest value added in the country in 2011.

‘Outstanding’ Ofsted (Subject Inspection January 2011)

• 78% 5+ A*-C GCSE including English and Mathematics in 2011.

‘Outstanding’ Ofsted (Whole School – Outstanding in 24 out of 27 areas)

• Over 90% of students achieved 10 or more GCSEs A*-C in 2011.

Categorised as an ‘Excellent’ School (Brent Local Authority 2011)

• Over 600 A*s and As in 2011.

• A third of GCSE grades were A*or A.

Wembley High Technology College, East Lane, Wembley, Middlesex HA0 3NT Headteacher: Ms Gill Bal Tel: 020 8385 4800 Email: admin@whtc.co.uk Web: www.whtc.co.uk