Apart from drinking lots of tea, making lots of noise and generally chatting about stuff one of the main things we do at the AGM is vote in a committee. This is a very special year as much of the committee are moving on and or taking on non committee roles in the club. This opens up new opportunities as we enter the clubs next and must exciting phase as the Lordship Loop is born.

Here is a summary of the committee roles and fantastic volunteer opportunities available to date. We encourage members and friends to apply and spread the word.

Committee Roles

Chair Daniel Mintz (standing down) open role

Secretary Marlene Julien (standing down) open role

Treasurer Abimbola Oyebo (standing down) open role

Head coach 1 Mario Schmolzti  (standing)

Head coach 2 (open role)

General volunteer, coaching, track maintenance, ride leading, fund-raising and work party roles are also available as are President and Vice President youth club representation roles.

For clarity Marlene will retain the Welfare Officer role.

Don’t forget the launch starts At 11am straight afterwards.

Hope to see you there. If you are interested in any of the committee roles feel free to get in touch direct by replying to this mail and for general volunteer enquiries you can express an interest here on this form

Been a blast

Daniel Mintz

Outgoing Chair

The Trax

Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Road, N17 6HE

Run by Angie and Georgia, working on a selection of sculptural features in the gardens.

The dates and times of the workshops are as follows:

• Thursday 24th November 1-3 pm
• Friday 25th November 10-12am and 1.15-3.15pm
• Thursday1st December  1-3 pm
• Friday 2nd Dec  10-12am and 1.15-315pm

To register your interest please contact info@back2earth.org.uk and put willow workshop as the subject of your email.

Or ring the Back2Earth office on 020 8808 1829

Thursday 1st September

The Shell Theatre

Lordship Recreation Ground, Lordship Lane N17 (main entrance opposite Waltheof Avenue)

11am-12noon: Drama workshops for all ages and abilities

1pm-2pm: Around the World in Eighty Days performance

11-3pm: Consultation

Admission: Free. All Welcome. Bring a cushion and a picnic if you like! Free refreshments will be served after the show.

If it rains, the workshops and performance will take place in the Jazz Cafe at the adjacent Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17 6HE, .

11.00-12.00: THE DRAMA WORKSHOPS

Run by experienced drama teachers this will be an opportunity for park users, local residents and people of all ages and abilities to take part in drama games and related activities. No booking required – just turn up. Free.

1.00-2.00: THE PERFORMANCE – AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS

Freely adapted from the novel by Jules Verne and the musical by Phil Willmott and Annemarie Lewis Thomas, this open air theatre event will enable you to treat your friends and family of all ages to a whistle stop tour of four continents, as dashing Victorian adventurer Phileas Fogg and his hapless servant Passepartout recount their daring attempt to cross the globe in record time. Put on by the Steam Industry Free Theatre. Free.

11.00-3.00: THE CONSULTATION – HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SHELL THEATRE

There will be Questionnaires to fill in with your ideas and views about the future usage of the historic Shell Theatre. Children will be able to add their views through drawings. The Shell is currently being repaired – at the back as a depot for parks staff, and in front as a public performance space. Built in the 1930s, it has hosted all kinds of events including tea-dances, boxing matches, school award ceremonies, theatre shows and music gigs. 6 years ago the freestyle area in front of the stage was built for skateboarding and cycling stunts, but leaving a large assembly space for people to gather to watch any future performances. Since then it has been used to host a skateboard jam, a bmx world stunt champion display, and a night-time pedal-powered film show! What kind of activities and performances would you like to see in future

• Please bear in mind that there will be some construction works going on in the park and hence some areas will be fenced off (i.e. have restricted access)
• Event organised by the Wildcat Arts Collective – www.wildcat-arts-collective.org.uk
• Supported by the Lordship Rec Users Forum (including Friends of Lordship Rec, Back2Earth and Haringey Leisure Services) -www.lordshiprec.org.uk

The Environment Centre:

The Environment Centre has been designed by Anne Thorne Architects to exemplary sustainable standards, with the local community involved through all stages of the design process. The building is to act as a sustainable learning tool in both its construction, its operation, and the future activities that will take place under its green roof once the building is complete.

The most exciting aspects of this project is the straw bale wall construction. Supported on low impact timber pile foundations, as well as locking CO2 emissions into the very fabric of the building.

The external straw-bale walls are non-load-bearing in this building. Douglas Fir timber columns support the green roof above, and the building design maximises natural light, and is constructed with a tactile palette of natural materials, that include clay plasters ,unfired earth blocks, FSC  timber and robust stone gabions. Raised above the green roof, a Photovoltaic roofing film will power lights and services, as well as  continuing the line of the historic hedgerow below, guiding  local bats to the lake at dusk.

The Environment Centre has also been designed to Passivhaus standards in order minimise the  energy use and  CO2 emissions the building in operation, as well as dramatically reducing the running costs of the building. Passivhaus requires very high levels of air-tightness in construction, low U-values, triple-glazed windows; in the winter, this super-insulated and air-tight  building provides a welcoming and draught-free meeting place, with minimal heating required.

Get involved!

Who?  

The straw bale build of the Environment Centre is being ran by straw bale building expert Barbara Jones,  who will provide a unique opportunity for you to be directly involved in the building’s construction, learning new skills in sustainable construction practice and materials. Everybody is welcome!

When? 

The straw bale building is due to start on the 15^th of August, and will last for 3 weeks. Work will take place Mon-Fri, from 9am-5pm. We have space for 12 volunteers who must be able to commit to 1 week, Mon-Fri, but if you would like to be involved with the whole project, just let us know.

Where?  

The Environmental Centre will be in the heart of the Lordship Recreation Grounds in Tottenham, North London.

If you would like to get involved in this project or find out more don’t hesitate to get back to us at info@back2earth.org

Look forward to hearing from you!

Becky and the Back 2 Earth Team
Rebecca Ahmed
Volunteer and Trainee Co-ordinator
Back 2 Earth
info@back2earth.org
www.back2earth.org.uk

Beneath the Surface

by Jennie Pedley and Angela Bullock

Sunday 6th March, 2.30pm at the lake in Lordship Rec

Entrances: Lordship Lane/Higham Road/Walpole Road, Tottenham N17, refreshments in playground building.

To celebrate the restoration of the lake island in Lordship Rec Beneath the Surface is a live shadow show about a small boy who dreams that he enters a picture of a pond and shrinks to the size of an insect. Dazzled by beautiful microscopic creatures and terrified by water scorpions he escapes on the back of a great crested newt.

The friends of Lordship Rec received a Community Spaces Lottery grant to restore the island in the lake in Lordship Rec and to extend the island to create a better habitat for the wildlife that lives in and on the lake. In the future we will continue to work with local volunteers to maintain the lake and to keep it healthy and clean.

Come and celebrate and look forward to the renewal of Tottenham’s largest park!

We’re inviting you to an important, exciting and relaxed special event for members of organisations wishing to see a successful regeneration of Tottenham’s largest open green space. New groups especially welcome!

Following years of intensive community/Council partnership-working and effort, £7m funding has been secured, and works are due to start. We want to know your views on how we can work together to help ensure that the regeneration, and the future management of the park’s facilities, is a success.

• Hear about and celebrate the start of the regeneration works for the Rec
• Put forward ideas for what you and your organisation might wish to see happening in the Rec after the works have been completed (for example in terms of increased usage and activities for all sections of the community, volunteering and training opportunities, and community involvement in the management of the facilities).
• How can we strengthen community involvement and partnership-working, now and in the future?

10.30am        Registration. Refreshments. Information displays
11am            Presentations + discussions and workshops based on the views of participants
1pm – 2pm    Lunch for participants (free)

Organised by the Lordship Rec Users Forum. Please let us know in advance if possible if someone from your organisation can attend. For more details contact:
Felix Waterhouse (Volunteer and Training Co-ordinator + Back2Earth)   07922 620015   felix@back2earth.org.uk
Dave Morris (Lordship Rec Users Forum chair + Friends of Lordship Rec)  0208 211 0916   dmorris@onetel.com
Bernadette Riganti (LBH Neighbourhood Mgt) 0208 489 8801  bernadette.riganti@haringey.gov.uk

The 2010 Lordship Rec Community Festival, Lordship Lane, Tottenham on Sat 13th Sept was a huge success. Around 4,000 attended and took part in the activities which went on from 11am to 5pm. The event was organised and co-ordinated by the Lordship Rec Users Forum, the community-led stakeholders organisation driving forward the regeneration of the park. This year, in addition to the usual activities, the event incorporated a ‘Make A Change’ sports participation extravaganza (co-ordinated by the Council’s Leisure Services team) and the ‘Tottenham Green Fair’ (co-ordinated by the Back 2 Earth local charity).

Activities included the Tottenham Flower & Produce Show, Dog Agility/Companion Show, Cycling Activities (including Trax skills, Dr Bike and Peace Bike Ride), Fun Run, performances (music and dance) & DJ, BWF Community Cafe, Cream Teas area, Skateboarding/BMXing, Youth Bus, Football Tournaments (including the annual Andre Linton Football Tournament), Netball, Tennis, Aerobics, Martial Arts, Rugby, Arts and Crafts for Under-5s and for older children, Pedal-powered Stage, History Displays, Lakeside Bug Hunt, Adventure Play, Children’s Procession led by a bagpiper, Picnics and Community Stalls.

Once again the annual Festival showcased the talents and concerns of Tottenham’s communities and the potential of Tottenham’s largest park. As always, the emphasis was on active participation in the wide range of activities at the event. Of particular note this year was the fantastic array of community stalls, the range of sporting activities promoted via a lively performance stage in the main field, and a Green Zone with the Tottenham Horticulture and Crafts Show, pedal-powered stage performances and cream teas cafe. Over 70 local volunteers helped the day go smoothly.

The Lordship Rec Users Forum has co-ordinated years of discussion, public consultation, and partnership-working between the Friends of Lordship Rec, the Council’s parks department, Back To Earth projects, and other groups. Due to those community-driven efforts, and massive support from local people, the park has now been provisionally earmarked £4m from the Lottery. We’ll get this as long as the HLF are satisfied with the additional ‘match-funding’ that’s been raised and with the detailed designs for the planned improvements. The HLF will decide on September 28th!

The plans include a new environmental centre, a city farm, restoration of the river, the Shell Theatre and model traffic area, improved maintenance and management… and much more! Together over the last few years we’ve already created new active play areas, some new pathways and flower beds, a new children’s playground, the restoration of the lake area and woodlands, and on-site staffing.

” I never cease to be amazed and inspired by the wealth of talent, energy, and community spirit all around us – as showcased during the festival. As we await the final decision of the Lottery Board on whether they will release the funding earmarked for the park’s improvements plans it’s clear that the people of Tottenham are entitled to the best possible facilities and opportunities. ” -  Dave Morris, Chair of the Lordship Rec Users Forum

Groups laying on activities included:

Back 2 Earth, Friends of Lordship Rec, Lordship Mother & Toddler Group, Lordship Trax, Lordship Dog Club, Haringey Recreation Services, Church on the Farm, Make A Change, Haringey Youth Service, Broadwater Farm Community Centre, Middx Badminton Academy, Cycle Training UK, Froglife, BTCV, Haringey Play Association, Hackney City Farm, Kids Collective / SCRAPP, Children’s Centres, 4YP, Willow Weavers, London Boxing Academy, Sanjuro, Blitz, Skolars, Asian Action Group, Brakethru Club, Tottenham Hotspurs Foundation, SAS martial arts, Pony Rides, Haringey Borough Women’s FC, Cross Sports, Peace Picnic, WHL Tennis Club, Haringey Sports Trust, Community Action Sport, and the Little Flame Ambulance Service.     And of course our hard-working parks staff!

Stalls included:

Abolition UK, African Drumming and Lion Dance Comedy Show, Awaiting Eyes Foundation, Bee demonstration, BEH Mental Health Trust, Bolivian Embassy crafts, BTCV, BWF History Project, Cancer Screening Health Promotion (NHS Haringey), Casa Alianza, Chestnuts Northside Residents Association, Clyde Area Residents Association, Dr Bird, Flame Tree Fair Trade, Footsteps, Friendship Club, Friends of Lordship Rec, Froglife, Eagle Solutions Ltd, Environmental Law Foundation, Environmental Resources Team (Haringey Council), Green Lens Studios, Hammonds Eye Practice, Handmade Decorative Items, Haringey Adult Learning Services, Haringey Cycling Campaign, Haringey Guarantee, Haringey Justice for Palestinians, Haringey Life Savers, Haringey Solidarity Group, Haringey Alliance for Public Services, Headway North London, Henna + Glitter Tattoos, Home Start, Living Under One Sun, Mighty Veg Delights, Virgin Gym, Mulally, NHS Haringey, NHS Health Trainers, Opera foods, Pocket Money Items, Portrait Painting, University and College Union, Safer Neighbourhoods Team, Samaria’s designs, Solar Empower, Solestar Arts Ltd, Street Cats Welfare, Sustainable Haringey, Tottenham Civic Society, Tottenham Community Choir.

Apologies: Apologies to all those missed out (and there were many more!)

Festival Contacts:
Lordship Rec Users Forum: dmorris@onetel.com 0208 211 0916
Back 2 Earth: felix@back2earth.org.uk
Make A Change: tanya.adair@haringey.gov.uk

Sunday 19th September 2010

2pm – 5pm @ Lordship Rec

By Lordship Wood, at the southern end of Lordship Recreation Ground (by the Downhills Park Road entrance), London, N17

Information display + refreshments available. All welcome.

Sunday 19th September will be the 70th anniversary of the worst loss of life in Tottenham during the second world war. Over 40 people (and maybe as many as 80 or 90 altogether) of all ages from the local area were tragically killed while hiding in the ‘Downhills Shelter’ within what is now the Lordship Woodland. The underground shelter unfortunately suffered a direct hit from a German bomber plane which was seeking military targets nearby. Local residents and emergency services conducted a rescue operation, and a morgue was established in the Tottenham Hotspurs football ground. The incident had been ‘hushed up’ at the time in order not to undermine public morale, and then all but forgotten until the recent efforts of members of the Friends of Lordship Rec.

This year we will hold a special Commemoration Ceremony which will include survivors of the bombing, representatives of the families of those killed, and modern representatives of the organisations, statutory and civic bodies involved in the rescue operation. Local historian Ray Swain will explain the ongoing research effort to discover the names of all those who died and to track down families and survivors. More information: http://tottenham-summerhillroad.com/downhillsheltertragedy.htm

The Friends are asking for public donations towards a memorial feature to be installed during the planned regeneration works for Lordship Rec (which are currently awaiting the final go-ahead and funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund).

The Lordship woodland has been recently restored as a place for nature conservation and relaxation. In July this year the Friends of Lordship Rec received a national ‘Green Pennant’ award for their maintenance and management of the woodland.

We ask for widespread publicity for the event in order that any current family members of those who survived or died get to hear of the commemoration and have a chance to attend. If anyone knows any information about the whereabouts of such survivors or relatives, or would like to make a donation to a memorial, please contact Friends of Lordship Rec – dmorris@onetel.com / 020 8211 0916.

Lordship Rec, Lordship Lane, Tottenham N17
Saturday Sept 11th
1pm-5pm (sports from 12noon)

Activities include: Tottenham Flower & Produce Show, Dog Agility Show, Cycling Activities & Dr Bike, Fun Run, Performances & DJ, Community Cafe, Skateboarding/BMXing, Football Tournament, Netball, Tennis, Aerobics, Martial Arts, Rugby, Arts and Crafts for Under-5s and for older children, Pedal-powered Stage, History Displays, Pond-Dipping & Bug Hunt, Adventure Play, Children’s Procession, Picnics and Community Stalls.

Read more here!