Ocean Indian Restaurant

As I cycled past the shops last night I noticed that the new Ocean Indian Restaurant has a charity event running until September 10th. You might need to check this but from what I can see something like £2 of every £10 spent in the restaurant will go to the local St Christophers Hospice charity.
Eating curry to raise money for charity sounds like a winner to me.

Sustainable Communities Act

It's not exactly made frontpage news but last years Sustainable Communities Act is a very important piece of legislation for communities across the country. Essentially the government will have to come to some sort of agreement with any local resident suggestions - this will be enshrined in law for the first time ever!

One of the reasons for my move into the Coney Hall area 2 years ago was its village like feel and its clear sense of community many other areas seem to lack. Local groups like the various West Wickham Residents Associations, the Friends of Coney Hall Recreation Ground, local schools parents groups etc are constantly putting in huge efforts to improve our community.

If enforced this Act will allow even more progress to be made in improving our community and local environment. Check the website www.localworks.org for lots of information on how it can work for us.

The problem is there is no requirement on councils to ‘opt-in’ to the Act.

Please contact our three local councillors (Hayes and Coney Hall ward) asking them to encourage our council to ‘opt-in’. You can write to them at:

Councillors name, c/o Members Room, Bromley Civic Centre, Bromley, BR1 3UH

or email them:
graham.arthur@bromley.gov.uk
anne.manning@bromley.gov.uk
neil.reddin@bromley.gov.uk

Flowers on Kingsway

Well it's been at least 3 weeks and the flowers in Kingsway are still sitting pretty. Contrary to many peoples fears the local youths who sometimes hang around Kingsway have not felt the need to rip the plants out or kick the stands over. Perhaps they're not so bad after all...

I have to be honest, as a kid I had a tendency to hang around outside the local off licence, although it was more a gathering place rather than an area to consume alcohol (never touched the stuff for most of my youth!). Chances were we probably would have wrecked a similar display. So perhaps the kids of today show a bit more respect than I did in my 'hoodie' years.

There has been a social study that suggests that soothing surroundings has far more success in discouraging anti-social behaviour than asbos etc. So bring on the flowers, pink street lights and classical music. No self respecting hoodie would be seen dead in such surroundings!

I've heard the the local residents association were involved in getting the flower display for Kingsway - so a big thanks to them if that's the case.

Welcome

Welcome to the new Coney Hall blog!

I hope you find this site useful for discovering what's happening in the Coney Hall and perhaps to discuss local issues that effect you. Over the next few weeks my intention is to post articles, discussion points, any relevant local council news, resident association news and information on events to come or events gone by.

I look forward to your contributions.