Read about the Newington Green Action Group's upcoming activities such as participating in the Chelsea Fringe event which commences this month. You don't know what this is? You may find out in the Newsletter.......
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Read about the Newington Green Action Group's upcoming activities such as participating in the Chelsea Fringe event which commences this month. You don't know what this is? You may find out in the Newsletter.......
We would love you to join us and get involved, so that we can extend the range of events, local issues and activites that we can put on and monitor for the community so that we can continue with the regeneration of the Newington Green area.
The latest Newsletter and Membership Form may be downloaded below.
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We are looking for more people to join us on the committee. Would you like to join us and get more involved with local issues?
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We are looking for more people to join us on the committee. Would you like to join us and get more involved with local issues?
The more people who get involved, the more we can represent local views and the more events we can put on for the local community.
This year's AGM introduces topics that concern the Newington Green area. Join the discussion ~ Let us hear your views.
Improving Green Lanes ~ Wendy Mitchell ~ LBH Councillor for Clissold Ward
Green Lanes has apparently been a source for some concern for many years, as is shown in Edward Walford's book 'Old and New London', written in 1878. He wrote:
'The Green Lanes ... is rather a sporting neighbourhood and the road is largely used for trotting matches by farmers, butchers and other tradesfolk, a fact which does not contribute to the quiet or comfort of the residents.'
These days the concerns are rather different but Wendy Mitchell is spearheading a move to improve the situation along the stretch of Green Lanes from Newington Green to Petherton Road. Hear about what has been done so far and what is planned for the future.
Extension of the Newington Green Conservation Area ~ Joe Caluori ~ LBI Councillor for Mildmay Ward
Joe Caluori will bring us up to date with the latest ideas for extending the conservation area on the Islington sides of Newington Green. If people are also interested in extending the conservation area on the Hackney, north side of Newington Green, this could be a time to let NGAG and your local councillor know about your ideas.
Newington Green School Refurbishment
Abi Misslebrook Lovejoy ~ Head of Newington Green School and Patricia Ambrose, head of the School Governors will tell us about some of the options being considered for the redevelopment of the school buildings and grounds, so that we can consider how these may impact on the Green and local roads.
Refreshments will be provided and there will be a chance to chat to other local people and exchange ideas and thoughts about the local area.
Date: 22 May
Time: 7.0pm - 9.0pm
Venue: Mildmay Community Centre Woodville Road N16 8NA (off Mildmay Road)
Fully Accessible Venue
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Newington Green Action Group executive committee is pleased to announce that it has made Pat Haynes NGAG's first Honorary Member, in recognition of his longstanding contribution to the work of NGAG and to the local community.
]]>Newington Green Action Group executive committee is pleased to announce that it has made Pat Haynes NGAG's first Honorary Member, in recognition of his longstanding contribution to the work of NGAG and to the local community.
Pat served as an Islington councillor for 31 years, is an ex-mayor of Islington, an active campaigner and member of Islington's Pensioners' Forum and the old Mildmay Community Forum. Pat was a founder member of NGAG and was NGAG's Treasurer for several years, serving on the committee from 1997until he stepped down in 2011
Pat is a very knowledgeable local historian and in 2001 he published the booklet 'A Short History of Newington Green' with the Islington Local History Education Trust. The research that went into this booklet contributed greatly to NGAG's 2008 publication by Alex Allardyce 'The Village that Changed the World, A History of Newington Green London N16'.
You may download Anna Berent's valedictory to Pat Haynes from the attachment below. This was given at NGAG's Friends' Evening in November 2011.
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We are pleased to announce that this workshop raised £225 in donations to Mary on the Green and that Gift Aid will increase that sum to around £265. The money will help to erect a memorial on Newington Green to Mary Wollstonecraft, who taught and lived here for a while and who many consider to be the 'Mother of Feminism'.
The Introductory Workshop was run by Hilary King, assisted by Susan Brennan and it offered women from all backgrounds a chance to find out how the Alexander Technique can help you to move around more freely, reduce tensions and pain, help yourself cope with stress and improve your sense of well-being - plus help yourself avoid problems from developing in the future.
Many thanks to Rev. Andy Pakula, who kindly allowed us to use the upper schoolroom at Newington Green Unitarian Church, for this event.
This was a great venue in which to hold a fundraising workshop for MOTG because, in Mary Wollstonecraft's time, the Dissenters' Church and the minister Dr Richard Price were so important and influential in her life - and it is still possible to see her pew there. The Church is proud to call itself 'the 'Birthplace of Feminism'.
A subsequent donation of £50, which came in exchange for Hilary's upright piano, brought the total to around £325 when Gift Aid is included.
Do you have any ideas for fundraising to help this project? Perhaps YOU could run an event yourself? If so, do please contact NGAG to let us know.
10th March 2012
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Catch up with Newington Green Action Group's latest news and find out about some of our future activities in our February newsletter, which you may download from the attachment below.
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Catch up with Newington Green Action Group's latest news and find out about some of our future activities in our February newsletter, which you may download from the attachment below.
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26 November 2011
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The Snooty Fox, one of our local public houses and a member of the Newington Green Traders Association, ran a fundraising evening for Mary on the Green on 26 November.
Altogether, they raised a fantastic £506 which has been donated towards our Mary on the Green project to erect a memorial sculpture to Mary Wollstonecraft on Newington Green.
There was a special Mary Bar for the evening, the proceeds of which came to £320. This was made possible because wines and beers were kindly donated by some of Snooty Fox's suppliers: Redemption Brewing Company; St Austell Brewery; Windsor & Eton Brewery and Majestic Wines.
Customers donated £136 and The Snooty Fox also donated £50 to Mary on the Green.
There was a whole evening of back-to-back female DJ sessions whilst everyone enjoyed some great wines and real ales!
Music from:
You can download a great poster from the attachment below
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Our projection of Mary Wollstonecraft onto the Houses of Parliament even reached the BBC News 'Day in Pictures' on the internet. Our Mary on the Green campaign was not mentioned by name but the fact that we wish to erect a sculpture 'in honour of her contribution to equality and human rights' was stated.
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Our projection of Mary Wollstonecraft onto the Houses of Parliament even reached the BBC News 'Day in Pictures' on the internet. Our Mary on the Green campaign was not mentioned by name but the fact that we wish to erect a sculpture 'in honour of her contribution to equality and human rights' was stated.
You may see the brief but very welcome mention here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15771704
Further information about the Mary on the Green campaign and how to DONATE
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Mary on the Green has received a lot of good publicity lately!
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Mary on the Green has received a lot of good publicity lately!
The latest article is in Jane Martinson's Women's Blog which shows an image of Mary Wollstonecraft which we had projected onto the Houses of Parliament on 16 November 2011. Jane Martinson discusses the fact that there are so few sculptures to women and she calls NGAG's Mary on the Green project, a 'campaign to honour one of our most radical and important writers' .
Martinson says she hopes 'the not insignificant sum can be raised by Mary on the Green' for the sculpture - as indeed do we - can you help?
Bee Rowlatt has been busy supporting NGAG's Mary on the Green campaign again and has written a great article in The Times about Mary Wollstonecraft. Rowlatt describes Wollstonecraft's action-filled life as a campaigning single mother in the1700s and says
'Mary Wollstonecraft was a trailblazing troublemaker'
Mary Wollstonecraft was a social reformer and educationist who worked very hard to change the world. She was a powerful and fascinating woman that we wish to commemorate with a sculpture to her on Newington Green where she lived, taught, worshipped and debated social and political issues, with influential people such as Dr Richard Price who also lived and worked here.
If you would like to read the full article - and it is worth reading! - just click on the image to enlarge it.
Further Info:
DONATE: http://maryonthegreen.org/
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Good news!
The newly refurbished Mayville Community Centre has picked up the Best Public Building 3R (Refurb, Rethink, Retrofit) Award 2011.
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Good news!
The newly refurbished Mayville Community Centre has picked up the Best Public Building 3R (Refurb, Rethink, Retrofit) Award 2011.
Designed by local architect and NGAG member, Justin Bere, the Centre is built to Passivhaus Standards and is an exciting new building that will be available for the local community to use for activities, events, meetings and functions.
Be one of the first people to visit the Centre
Come along to NGAG's Friends' Evening on 22 November and you can see around the Mayville Centre then.
Or you can visit the Centre if you attend the Wildlife Gardening Forum Conference on 23 November.
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November 2011
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