HARCA Life Spring 2018

SPRING 2018


Life

















































































Happy Anniversary





Chrisp Street Market update

CONTACTS





USEFUL CONTACTS
Head Office: 167A East India Dock Road, E14 0EA 0800 035 1991 Office open weekdays 9am to 5pm.
Email: [email protected] From a mobile it may be cheaper to call 020 7510 0500.
Estate parking enquiries 0845 463 5050 If your vehicle has been ticketed or if a vehicle is parked in your bay.
Neighbourhood centres
Aberfeldy 020 7515 6794 St Pauls Way Centre 020 7510 5600
Bromley by Bow 020 8709 9700 Linc Centre 020 7538 5748
The Cabin 020 3069 7401 Teviot 020 7987 5764
Burcham Street 020 7093 3549 Trussler Hall 020 7510 9770
Hind Grove - please contact Teviot 020 7987 5764 Spotlight 020 3011 1333

ANTI SoCIAL BEHAvIoUR CoNTACTS
Poplar HARCA ASB team 0800 035 1991 Out of hours, please call the police on 101
9am - 5pm (Mon - Fri) Always call 999 in an emergency
Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) http://content.met.police.uk/Borough/TowerHamlets/contact
Bow East 020 8721 2807
Bow West 020 8649 3521
Bromley-by-Bow 020 8721 2041
East India and Lansbury 020 8721 2806
Limehouse 020 8721 2852
Mile End East 020 8721 2848
Emergency services 999 In emergencies when a crime is happening, someone suspected of a
crime is nearby, or if someone is injured, being threatened or in danger.
Police 101 When situations do not require immediate response
[email protected] www.met.police.uk
NHS 111 When you need medical help, fast but it's not a 999 emergency
Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 Call anonymously with information about crime
Tower Hamlets Council contacts
General enquiries 020 7364 5020 @towerhamletsnow www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Emergency out of hours 020 7364 7070
Adult social care 020 7364 5005 Information, advice and assessment for people with learning disabilities,
physical disabilities, older people and support for carers
Children’s services 020 7364 5006 Social services and education including child protection
Council Tax 020 7364 5002
Environmental Health 020 7364 5008 Information and advice regarding food safety, health & safety, animal wardens
Healthline 020 7364 5016 To find a GP and other health services
Bidding for advertised homes 0845 270 2400 www.thhs.org.uk
Housing Benefit 020 7364 5001

Housing Benefit fraud hotline 020 7364 7443 24 hour answer phone
Parking 020 7364 5003 Street parking, paying/appealing a fine, reporting abandoned
vehicle, permits and information on mobility services

Pest and noise nuisance 020 7364 5007 Pest control advice and get help with problems, complaints or enquiries
concerning residential and commercial noise.
Streetline 020 7364 5004 Commercial waste service, dumped rubbish, Enviro-Champions, fly-posting, graffiti, litter and litter
bins, pavements, potholes, recycling, rubbish collection, street cleaning and street lighting
UK Power Networks – for electricity power cuts 0300 3163105 0333 3232105 from a mobile
National Grid for Gas Emergencies or if you smell gas 0300 111999

@poplarharca Poplar HARCA Official




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CONTENTS



























THE WORLD AROUND US 10-11





Editorial 4

News & Events 5 – 7


Chrisp Street Market 8 –9

Community 10 – 14
Happy Anniversary HARCA 18
Green 15


Health & Wellbeing 16

Housing 17


20th Anniversary 18

Get Involved 19 – 23




Resident editorial board



e’re both super excited to celebrate to check out What’s On, all on pages 12-13.
WHARCA’s 20th anniversary this year. We’ve Fran’s been a little under the weather so hasn’t
both lived here for a number of years and have been able to write a Nature Watch article this
loved watching the area change and grow.
month. We know it’s one of the most popular
We’ve spotted a few Poplar locals in the video articles and how much everyone looks forward
stories at www.poplarharca.co.uk/20years.
to reading it, so wishing you a swift recovery,
More info on page 18.
Fran! For those of you who still need a green fix,
Richard’s been chatting to local Ari, a photo there’s loads of news on page 15.
fanatic who’s taken amazing snaps of Poplar. We hope you all manage to enjoy some Spring
Check out Ari’s work (20 photos for 20 years!) sunshine, come and say hi if you see us around.
on pages 10-11. He’s also popped into The Cabin
Fran and Richard


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EDITORIAL





promised, we have dedicated all our energy and money into local
homes and our communities.

Sneak a peak at www.poplarharca.co.uk/20years where you’ll
find inspiring stories from residents and staff reflecting all that’s
happened in the past 20 years. We will be sharing more stories
and celebrating achievements all this year. One of my favourite
videos is about Spotlight, and how young people like Joshan, this
month’s cover star, have benefited from the opportunity to
unleash their creativity through dance and radio. Read more
about our 20th anniversary plans, on page 18.
And as winter is finally thawing, the new BMX track in Langdon
Park is open. I’m very tempted to give it a go. You can find out
the inside track on this, and other ways, to enjoy the great Poplar
outdoors on page 15.

The Council’s Strategic Planning Committee wasn’t in the
Happy Anniversary to us! anniversary mood when they deferred our planning application
for Chrisp Street Market. I’m sure I don’t have to share just how
Poplar HARCA is 20 on 23rd March. It disappointed we were, much more so on behalf of you, our
marks the first transfer of homes from residents and traders, who have been working with us on the
the Council, and the beginning of the plans and have been waiting so long for this project to start. If
Poplar HARCA journey. you don’t know what I’m talking about, read about the proposals

The area has changed over the last 20 on pages 8-9.
years and we’re extremely proud of I look forward to seeing you all out and about enjoying the
the opportunity we’ve helped create Spring.
for individuals, housing, businesses
and our communities.

It has been an exciting, rewarding and
often challenging 20 years. You, our
residents, voted for us and, as Steve Stride @stevestride_PH







SPRING 2018 Editor Design and production
Life Hannah Douse Syed Pasha
Mahbub Rahman






HARCA Life editorial group
Fran Jefcoate and Richard Caley



Happy Anniversary
Chrisp Street Market update
HARCA Life is published by Poplar HARCA, 167A East India Dock Road, London E14 0EA
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NEWS & EVENTS



IN IT TO








WIN IT








018 has started in style for HARCA resident and
2Committee Member Safia Jama. Safia was runner-
up Tenant of the Year at the TPAS awards in February.
Our Resident Empowerment Support Team was
shortlisted in the Tenant Engagement category for their
Listening Campaigns finding out what our residents
want and worry about.
In May we’re up for two UK Housing Awards:
Outstanding Approach to Income Management by our
Leasehold Team who have been supporting vulnerable
home owners, and Outstanding Approach to
Regeneration by our Development Team for the Burdett We’re proud of all our teams, and grateful
Regeneration scheme which provided a new mosque, for the help residents give us so we can
school and homes. achieve what we do… so fingers crossed.




Take a Leaf out of


Bow Brew’s Books


Bow Brew café will become a library
of fun at their first BOOK FEST in April.

The day’s page turners will include:
Book swap shop

Games
Nonsense Bear Hunt: 2:30pm

Red Riding Hood Theatre Show: 1pm – 2pm
(doors close 12:45pm)
Stories

Saturday 7 April, 11am-4pm, Bow Brew Café,
St Paul’s Way Centre, E3 4AJ

Tickets in advance from Bow Brew
£2 each child/ £5 for 3 children.
Grown-ups free!




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NEWS & EVENTS
































London Youth Bid




potlight’s Youth Committee (part of London
SYouth’s City Leaders Programme) bagged
£400 to buy stuff for new centre: Lansbury
Spotlight.
To earn their winnings they had to survey young
people to find out what they wanted, then pitch
ideas to London Youth.
Their pitch got them the full amount they wanted to put towards a new iPad stand, video games, books,
and sound equipment. Nice one!



All the community benefits



ast summer we explained we were converting Charitable Limited Company. When set up in
Lto a Community Benefit Society (CBS). As a 1998 we were one of the first and governance
result, Poplar HARCA is now a ‘Registered required us to be a Charitable Company. Since
Society’. then we’ve achieved a lot, and the organisation
WHAT HAS CHANGEd? has changed a lot,
and we want to
You won’t see any make sure our
changes to staff or governance
services. Poplar structure supports
HARCA is still a charity, our vision. Most
and our objectives, vision and aims are the same housing associations are Community Benefit
– investing our energy and income to benefit our Societies. Converting will streamline some costly
community. The Social Housing Regulator and bureaucracy and bring us in line with the rest of
Financial Conduct Authority regulate us.
the sector.
WHy NoT STAy AS IS?
I HAvE MoRE qUESTIoNS!
Poplar HARCA is and always has been a Get in touch – [email protected]




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NEWS & EVENTS


Fair processing your dATA






oplar HARCA is required by law to protect the public funds
Pit administers. It may share information provided to it with
other bodies in order to prevent and detect fraud.
The Cabinet Office is responsible for carrying out data
matching exercises. Data matching involves organisations
comparing computer records to see how far they match. This is require the consent of an
usually personal information. Computerised data matching individual. Data matching by
allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be the Cabinet Office is subject to a
identified. Where a match is found it may indicate that there is Code of Practice which is online
an inconsistency which requires investigation. No assumption here:
can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other www.gov.uk/government/publication
explanation until an investigation is carried out. s/code-of-data-matching-practice-
Poplar HARCA participates in the Cabinet Office’s National for-national-fraud-initiative.
Fraud Initiative: a data matching exercise to assist in the For further information on data
prevention and detection of fraud. It provides particular sets of matching at Poplar HARCA contact
data which are described online here: Nazmul Ahmed at
www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-fraud-initiative. [email protected], or go to the

The use of data by the Cabinet Office in a data matching website:
exercise is carried out with statutory authority under Part 6 of www.poplarharca.co.uk/data-
the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. It does not protection.




In the Spotlight

































potlight were up for 3 Tower Hamlets youth Awards in February for Personal Achievement,
Innovative Project and Creative Achievement. 45 young people from Spotlight attended the
Sevent, and were delighted to bring home the Innovative Project award for their volunteering
during the school holidays as part of the Community Heroes project. Great work!




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CHRISP STREET MARKET




Market Makeover




All you need to know about the proposed


regeneration of Chrisp Street Market




What do we want?


A thriving town centre, celebrating Poplar's past, present and future. Keeping the

best of what's here and adding:

l More shops and stalls l More leisure facilities
l More homes l More jobs & business opportunities

l More services and amenities l Greater focus on our heritage


When do we want it? NOW!


8 years of consultation l 46% of businesses say turnover is down

l Just 24% of market stalls trade on a Saturday



during the Regen



All shops, stalls and lock-ups can keep trading. Stalls will

move towards Vesey Path and into East India Square, but will
move back to a new and improved Market Square.




Disruption kept to a minimum during construction; the

majority of works are to rear of shops. Minimal scaffolding
on the market.



Traders supported to stay long term. No rent increase for

shops for at least 5 years and then stepped increases based
on affordability. Ongoing business advice & support available.





Service yard available for customer collection/drop-off.
Remember, 9 in 10 shoppers do not drive to Chrisp Street.





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CHRISP STREET MARKET



on Completion



Refurbished, improved and new shops for existing and
new traders. Exciting mix of independents and high street

names.





Bigger, better and cleaner market, with new stalls, in the
heart of Chrisp Street.







Cinema and restaurants.





Two pocket parks, new Sure Start centre, new large community

hub, extended Idea Store, restored and accessible Clock Tower,
new supermarket.



New and refurbished homes, including more social

l 136 social homes (currently 124)
l 27 Tower Hamlets Living Rent (currently none)
l 37 shared ownership (currently none)

l All 1-4 bed (no studios)


Want to know more?


Drop in to the Chrisp Street Management Office at 19 Market Square, or

Simon Carroll on 020 7005 7656 / [email protected]


A note from our Chair:

raders, shoppers, Councillors, Council people that will come with the increase in retail and
Officers and Poplar HARCA have been leisure facilities.
‘Tworking together for over eight years on Councillors on the Strategic Development
plans for Chrisp Street. With partners and the GLA Committee will make a decision on whether to agree
we managed to get over £280m of investment to the planning application in a few months’ time.
make the plans real. The proposals include new
homes, including more social and affordable homes. ‘There has been a lot said about the plans, so we
They also mean a vastly improved market, the thought it would help if we reminded you what was
existing shops and many new ones, a cinema and being proposed.’
restaurants – not to mention all the jobs for local Paul Brickell



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COMMUNITY
















t is not that often you
Istumble across
something, or someone
that blows your mind. It's
even rarer when you find
it in your own back yard!

Who would have known
that a quiet young man
working in a local school
could hide such a
wonderful talent –
Aristides Georgiou (Ari)
has a passion, and an eye,
for capturing beautiful
images on his camera.

To help celebrate HARCA's
20th anniversary, Ari
agreed to talk to me
about himself and one of
his hobbies: photography.
Ari, 45 years old, is the
son of Cypriot parents
who met and married in London in
1970. As well as looking after his elderly
mother, he works in one of our local
schools, Lansbury Lawrence.
Throughout his life Ari has had a keen
interest in photography and fashion –
he actually trained as a textile designer
and managed to sell some of his works
around the world.

Ari proves an inspiration to many as he
now talks openly about mental health
issues and how depression and


















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COMMUNITY
















... well, Poplar at least!





personal emotion have dogged his life from an answer was a revelation! "I could easily give in to it
early age. Even to this day Ari struggles with his (depression), curl up into a ball and give up. Then I
demons. A (in his own words) "patchy" Church goer would miss out on the beauty of life. Photography
in his younger days, he can now regularly be seen gets me out in the fresh air and makes me look at
at All Saints Church. In recent years the Church has my surroundings with fresh eyes. It works for me,
become his family. but took a long time to get to this stage."

He has returned to one of his loves, photography, Ari is part of a Facebook group called "Poplar
to help him challenge his nemesis, depression. Through Our Eyes" where he adds his own photos
Several times I have come across Ari wandering and others contribute to the history of Poplar.
around various parts of East London, camera in To help us acknowledge HARCA’s 20th anniversary,
hand, just looking at the world around him; taking Ari has agreed to share some of his photographs
in the beauty of things we normally take for with us. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
granted. When I asked him why he does it, his
Richard Caley

















































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COMMUNITY




What’s On at


The Cabin?


“You get heart and love here,
that’s why people keep coming
back”.
– Grace Collins, Zumba tutor

he Cabin, the thriving
Tcommunity hub in front of
Balfron Tower, is open and
packed full of activity! Here’s
what Cabin regulars say about
what’s on:


Barre-Pilates


































Thursday mornings



9.30-10.30am (Free!)







This is a very good class. Kate is excellent! It’s This is a fantastic class,
unique, very different from other classes as it has I’m enjoy it very much
barre. The Cabin is light and cosy, Jane is welcoming every time I visit it.
and a motivating hostess. – Irina Klyushkova – Fang Hua Xu






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COMMUNITY




THE MEN’S CABIN




Wednesday afternoons,

1 – 3pm (£1 a session)

Some classes may move to Burcham St
Centre while Balfron gets its face lifted…
it’s just a short walk from The Cabin.






The group means a lot to me,
we do a range things - go on This is my life. The Coming here rather
trips out and run a vegan group offers me so than being stuck indoors,
café. As for The Cabin… I’m much at the present and it gives us somewhere to go
just going to move in my bed more in the future, come for a couple of hours, gives us
and pillow! I dance, I do to The Men’s Cabin for the chance to find out a bit
MOT - that’s Men
massage… The Cabin - it’s Only Time! – Jo more on what else is
marvellous! – Clifton happening. It’s helped me link
in with other activities like the
gardening group.
The Cabin lives just in front of Balfron Tower at
82 St Leonard’s Road, E14 0qU. Chat to Jayne about – George
all things Cabin on 0203 069 7401.




Knit, Natter & Craft








Tuesday afternoons,
2 - 4pm (£1 a session)











I enjoy coming to the club
meeting different people, learning I enjoy coming to this club
because the company is very good
different things and having a chat with
friends which is very important to me. and we do all sorts of stuff. We chat
You go home, wait to the next week and and learn new skills such as knitting,
do it all over again, happy times! jewellery making, screen printing and
crocheting.
– Margaret Zeycan
– Maureen Routledge



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COMMUNITY








Refugee Week




at Poplar Union









Monday 18 June
Play for Progress presents:
Music and Poetry from Ruth Padel
& Anna MacDonald
Time: 7pm–9pm
Suitable for ages 14+
Tickets: £4 / £2 conc.
Thursday 21 June An evening of poetry and music surrounding the human
Windows of Displacement journey of migration with award winning poet and writer
Ruth Padel and musician Anna MacDonald.
Time: 7.30pm-8.30pm
Suitable for ages 14+
Tickets: £9 / £7 conc. / £10 on the door
A dance theatre show choreographed and
performed by Akeim Toussaint Buck,
encompassing dance, song and spoken word,
exploring diverse identities in today’s England.
Wednesday 20 June
Play for Progress presents:
Rookes - workshop & performance
Time: 7pm-9pm
Suitable for ages 14+
Tickets: £4 / £2 conc.
Rookes will demystify the world of music looping from the
ground up before demonstrating its many uses in her own
incredible music making.






Friday 22 June
e5 Roasthouse:
Supper Club & Film Screening
Time: 7pm-9pm Saturday 23 June
Play for Progress presents:
Suitable for ages 18+ Allies In Arts
Tickets: £18 (including drink)
e5 Roasthouse hosts an evening of Time: 7pm-9pm
Iranian food and a screening of Suitable for ages 14+
Tickets: £5 / £3 conc.
Majid Majidi’s Children of Heaven. Play for Progress present a night of music from their Allies
In Arts, raising funds and awareness of their continuing
support of young refugee musicians.



Box O ce
www.poplarunion.com
2 Cotall Street, Poplar, FTI / @poplarunion [email protected]
London, E14 6TL Box Office: 020 3039 3330








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GREEN














Having


a dig



reen-fingered locals have been
Gplanting, digging and boosting
biodiversity on the Teviot Flowerpot
garden, creating the ultimate home for
bugs, bees and birds.

Grab your wellies and get digging, or
bring your sunhat and soak up the
Spring air and beautiful flowers.

02075386423 /
[email protected]


Limborough’s




Feelin’ Green




he Limborough Green Hub is
Tthriving with green-fingered
activity, boasting an ornamental
garden, herb & veg patches, a
community greenhouse and kids’ play
area. It’s also home to the Live Well
Kitchen which hosts training courses
What lies beneath… for local enterprises and residents,
such as ‘Cooking on a Budget’ and
aring House’s Basement is being made-over as a ‘Family cooking’.
Bcreative workspace and art studio by Arbeit
Studios. The Kitchen is
gearing up to
With 100 studios across London, Arbeit is excited host the 2nd
about their new Poplar pad which will offer self- Annual Cook-Off
contained studios, storage spaces and a collaborative in September,
workshop for locals and small businesses. There’s with locals
also a community and workshop space. competing for the

If you have ideas for the space: [email protected] best Chillies and
Kodus in Poplar.
And if you want to know about available spaces: Watch this space
openpoplar.com
for details…



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HEALTH & WELLBEING




www.wellone.co.uk is the go-to
place to kick-start wellbeing.
Check out guides to healthy
eating, fitness and social
connections in Poplar & Bow.
Winter Blues can affect mental
health, so we’ve found local
groups who can help.



erving up the chance to swing rackets
Swith your relatives.
Svetlana and her kids have been coming
to sessions for months. Dawn and
granddaughter have just started. They
both agree tennis is a fantastic way for
young people to get active, and make
new friends – very handy if you’re new
to the area. It also beats watching TV.
Adults can enjoy time quality time with
their young people joining in or relaxing
court-side.
FAMILy TENNIS Advantage Us!

Thursdays, 3:30-4:30pm, Teviot Centre



The





Grove





Elders





Art Club




rove Elders has been running for 20 years, active and much needed exercise all help boost
Gand range in age from 60 to 90. confidence. Even if you don’t think you have an
artistic bone in your body – they’ll prove you
Thanks to teacher David, the group regularly
‘brush up’ skills and host exhibitions of their work. wrong.
At its heart is a welcoming atmosphere and Grab your paintbrush…
bundles of opportunities to unleash creativity. …and get to St Mary & St Joseph RC Church on

Members agree making friends, keeping minds Tuesdays, 2-4pm


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HOUSING



Key





Amnesty



The New Year
offered anyone illegally
subletting their Poplar
HARCA tenancy time
to hand back the keys,
no questions asked.

Now the amnesty is over, we’ll be
asking the Courts for the maximum
punishment for anyone
exploiting the housing crisis for personal gain. That could mean 2 years in prison,
a £50,000 fine and paying back profits. Tell us if you suspect a neighbour is subletting
and earn £500 if we get the property back. And help a family waiting for a home to get
re-housed from the waiting list.
Contact in confidence: 08000351991 / [email protected] / www.poplarharca.co.uk




HOUSING QUIZ


How bill-savvy are you?




Take the test by putting these in the order you
would pay them: ok, we gave you a clue, but if you prioritised
1. rent and service charges paying rent and service charges, well done.
2. bank and building society loans and overdrafts
3. business debts If you prioritised paying anything else, you
we’ll talk you through how to pay off rent or
4. catalogues are risking losing your home. Talk to us and
5. charge cards service charge arrears in an affordable way.
6. credit-card debts
7. doorstep-collected loans
moneyadviceservice.org.uk; and all things
8. payday loans Advice about all things money at
9. personal debts to friends and family debt at nationaldebtline.org

10. personal loans with finance companies
















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20th ANNIVERSARY











n 23rd March 1998, 2,100 properties were l We support hundreds of local businesses
otransferred to us from the London Borough through mentoring, microloans, affordable co-
of Tower Hamlets and Poplar HARCA was born. working space, publicity and events

20 years later, we now own and manage over l We’ve fitted over 2,500 solar panels: saving
9,000 homes and, with partners, are leading a money, and the planet!
£2.5bn physical regeneration of Poplar including l Angela Lansbury came home to Poplar for a
new homes, education, healthcare, faith
film festival in her honour
buildings, business and workspace and
community spaces. l We launched the world’s smallest V&A
museum to celebrate our heritage
We create opportunities for our community by
providing jobs & skills training, enterprise support l We support a range of community-run clubs
and youth provision. Our HARCA police team from Poplar Peddlers to Film Club, Poplar
helps keeps the streets safer and we work with Singers to open mic nights
local and national organisations to provide green l We have delivered over £80m social impact
& sustainable initiatives, art & culture, clubs and value across our 12 community centres
networks.
None of this would have been possible without an
Here are just some of the things we do in the one incredible group of residents, passionate staff, and
square mile of Poplar that we call home: partners that share our vision. To say thank you,

l We take care of 210 communal grass areas we’ve launched stories on our website to give a
and 12 pocket parks snapshot of all that we’ve achieved together, from
the people who made it all happen (including our
l We’ve helped 5,000 local people into jobs – cover star, Joshan!). Check them out at
with a social impact of £70m.
www.poplarharca.co.uk/20years
l 10,000 visitors each year come to mix,
celebrate our heritage and have fun at our Huge thanks to everyone that helps us
festivals create opportunities in Poplar.
l Over 6000 people have volunteered with us We can’t wait for the next 20 years!

l We’re home to Europe’s first fully electric car
club
l We’re proud to have won some prestigious
Awards, including The Guardian Public Service
Award twice (2009 and 2016), UKHA Landlord
of the Year (2015) and Social Landlord of the
Year (2017)




















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SUMMER TERM S S




16 APR20 JUL 2018

GET CREATIVE







Youth Theatre with The S+K Project Beats, Rhymes & Bars with Spotlight
Come and #GetCreative with the S+K Project’s leading Come down to Bow East Spotlight’s brand new studio!
theatre makers & directors. Spark your imagination and Opened just for YOU to perfect your tracks, whether
push yourself to the limits. you’re a singer, rapper, MC or producer.
If you love acting & theatre, Wednesday night at In the new session ‘Beats, Rhymes & Bars’ you’ll get
Spotlight is the place to be! Book your space now! expert guidance from our in house production team
Lansbury Spotlight straight from the home of Grime Bow E3!
Wednesdays 5–7PM Bow East Spotlight
Tuesdays & Wednesdays 5.30–8.30PM
GET ACTIVE






Girls Football with Splash & Spotlight Basketball with Spotlight
Every Saturday the pitches are reserved for the GIRLS! Love Basketball and keeping t? Need a space
Come and play football, have matches, learn drills to have matches with your mates? Head down to
and keep t with other young girls. No experience or Bromley North every Wednesday and show o your
booking needed. skills on their very own indoor basketball court.
Poplar Spotlight Bromley North Spotlight
Saturdays 2–3PM Wednesdays 4–5.30PM
GET INSPIRED







Chill Out & Games with Spotlight Careers Advice Drop-In with Spotlight
Spotlight @ Bromley South is now #OpenToInspire. Do you need some help and advice with your career?
Come along and check out your brand new youth Our career drop-in sessions equip young people with
club. Chill out with friends, make some new ones, play the right skills to help them get into short and long term
games, and enjoy the good vibes. See you there! employment. From internships in canary wharf to full time
Bromley South Spotlight positions in the hospitality industry, we’re here to help. Give
Tuesday & Thursday 4–7PM us a call to arrange a time using the contact details below.
Wednesday & Friday 6–9PM Mile End Spotlight


Spotlight is a creative youth service designed to inspire, and it’s all free for 11–19s!
Pick up a programme from your local Spotlight centre for more information:

LANSBURY MILE END BROMLEY NORTH
SPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT
Langdon Park, St Paul’s Way Ian Mikardo,
30 Hay Currie St, Community Centre, 60 William Guy Gardens,
E14 6GN 83 St Paul’s Way, E3 4AJ Talwin St, E3 3LF
020 30 111 333 07814 174 720 07957 346 273

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ere is another chance for under 7s to have fun and colour in this picture. Please send to
HARCA Life word search competition; C/O Communications Team, 167a East India Dock Road,
HLondon E14 0EA, or take a photo and attach in a Twitter message to us (@PoplarHARCA), by
1st May 2018. The prize is a £20 voucher for the Early Learning Centre. Please let us know if you
want your entry returned.














































































Name: Age: Phone (parent/carer)

Address:


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ind the words in our grid below to win £25 worth of Love2Shop high street vouchers which can be
spent at 85 leading retailers. Send this page to the address below, or take a photo and attach in a
FTwitter message to us (@PoplarHARCA), with your circled answers no later than 1st May 2018.
HARCA Life word search competition; C/O Communications Team, 167a East India Dock Road, London
E14 0EA. The winner of the autumn competition was Yusuf Ali. Well done!




























































Find and circle the following hidden words in the grid above

Lamb Seeds Easter
Birds Ladybird Pollen

Flowers Showers Tulip
Leaves Allergies Nest
Picnic Eggs Chicken




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Address: Postcode:


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