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For Events
Listings from 4 May see May onwards Diary sections in 13 April
Listings issue on
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HIGHLIGHT OF
THE WEEK; YOUTH ISSUES STUDY
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see Red item in News Section below, and full explanation and
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questionnaire at the end of this issue
Contents:
Free
Computer based training at Riverside IT
Events this
Week
New Events
Information
News
Regular
Activities Update
Local
Planning Applications
Local
Planning Matters
Youth
Issues Study
FREE COMPUTER BASED TRAINING
AT
The following free computer based training sessions
are available at Riverside IT at 125 Lambeth Walk.
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Monday mornings – Literacy
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Monday afternoons – Numeracy
·
Tuesday mornings – ECDL (basic computer training)
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Tuesday afternoons – ECDL (basic computer training)
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Wednesday mornings – Desk Top Publishing
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Thursday mornings – ECDL
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Friday mornings – Web Design
Riverside IT is RCDT’s computer training project
managed for it by Lambeth Regeneration’s Estate Skills Partnership.
For further details contact Liam Barnes and Ellen Russell on
020 7582 5322.
EVENTS THIS
WEEK (inc. new events)
This
Saturday - 28 April
FREE TICKETS TO THE
The
For tickets
call Gabby on 020 7922 2861 or email
gabbyvautier@youngvic.org
This Sunday -
29 April
Annual Spring Plants & Gardens Fair at
This Sunday - 29 April.
Hibernator: prince of the petrified forest
Closing event
2pm: panel discussion with
collaborators Steve Beard, Paul and Laura Carey, Bruce Gilchrist and
Jo Joelson, chaired by Naomi Siderfin
3pm: final screening of the completed film, prince of the
petrified forest (thereafter screened every half an hour until
6pm)
Free but booking essential: info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk
Beaconsfield (Gallery), 22 Newport Street,
www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk/
This
Monday - 30 April.
Libraries
Consultation
Public Meeting, Durning
Library,
·
What do you think about your local library?
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Have you used the archive and local history service?
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What is the most important service that the arts team offer?
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Do your children enjoy coming in to the library?
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What do you know about the entire departmental service?
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Are there enough computers in your library?
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What should Libraries, Archives & Arts be providing?
The evenings will start
with a short presentation on the Lambeth Council Libraries
service review currently
taking place and the rest of the time will be available for your
questions and comments.
Feedback from the
meetings will be posted on the Lambeth web site,
www.lambeth.gov.uk/libraries, and in libraries soon
after the meetings.
This Tuesday – 1 May,
Community- Police Consultative Group for Lambeth.
Assembly Hall, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton. The agenda includes:
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Lambeth Police Update - Chief Superintendent Martin Bridger
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Metropolitan Police Authority Update – John Roberts; MPA Link Member (John is a local resident who as Acting Director got Vauxhall City Farm back on its feet over last few months)
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Stop and Search. A presentation by Lambeth’s Stop and Search Monitoring Group of recent trends in the borough and of strategies for improving performance and reducing negative community impact. It was the Group that negotiated the inclusion of a code of practice on stop and search into the Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1994 with recording of stops and searches, without which there could be no monitoring.)
The June meeting will be on 5 June in our area at
St
For further details about the Group:
admin@lambethcpcg.org.uk;
020 7733 0878;
www.lambethcpcg.org.uk
This Wednesday - 2 May
Start of weekly
GAIN
Support & Guidance.
Free employment advisory service at Archbishop Sumner School.1:1
appointments, must book. Call Babs on 020 7735 2781 during school
hours only.
This Tuesday – 2 May,
Particularly of likely interest to local residents
from Ghana
This Wednesday - 2 May.
NORTH LAMBETH AREA COMMITTEE,
The Redfearn Centre,
·
Transport and Highways
issues in North Lambeth (including highway and footpath maintenance)
·
The Regeneration Delivery
Plan for North Lambeth
·
Streetcare monitoring for
North Lambeth
·
Town Centre Office review
of 2006-07
Copies of the agenda and
reports are on line at
www.lambeth.gov.uk.
For further information, contact: Diarmid Swanson, Democratic
Services Officer Tel: 0207 926 2225. E-mail:
dswainson@lambeth.gov.uk
This Wednesday
- 2 May,
Ruins in the Garden.
EVENING LECTURE.
Christopher Woodward
explores the design of gardens that have been inspired by ruins. The
talk begins in
NEW EVENTS INFORMATION
Monday 21 May. 6.45 for
Lambeth Past: Kennington, Vauxhall,
Saturday 16 to Sunday 24 June -
Love
Parks Week
The Love Parks campaign, organised by parks charity GreenSpace, aims to
raise awareness of the importance of
If our local Friends of Parks and Open Spaces
groups are organising events, please send the details to
info@rcdt.org
as soon as possible for inclusion in the ENews/Events listing.
How about working together to do a health
walking day event between Archbishop’s Park, Spring Gdns, Kennington
Park and Lambeth Walk Open Space, with short activities at each
venue such as using trims trail, doing Tai Chi, and a Park history
and ecology talk etc? RCDT ask the organisations and inviduals in
the Local Health & Fitness network to help and enable RCDT to
contribute the £500 Community Chest allocated to joint network
activity.
NEWS
RCDT Supports Renovation of Vauxhall 5 TRA Hall. RCDT is acting
as banker for Vauxhall Tenants & Residents Association for a Lambeth
Council grant to enable it to renovate the tenants hall. RCDT has
also allocated money from its Community Chest for activities in the
hall. Last year the hall was handed back in a poor condition after
contractors had used it. RCDT supported the TRA in pressing for
action by the Council, the response being part direct funding and
part grant.
RCDT Supports Alford House Youth Project. A group of
young people aged 15-19 who use Alford House are working on a
project looking at the way America dominates youth culture and why,
looking at their own family histories and the history of the area,
and at issues such as youth crime. RCDT is providing support to them
in discussion sessions. The group will visit
New Planning Applications. New planning
applications of particular interest in the area since the 13 April
issue are:
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demolition of houses in
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T-Mobile masts on
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GPs equipment on Edinburgh House (Met Police)
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44 storey block planned for London Park Hotel at 80 Newington Butts – Southwark seeking Lambeth’s comments
For details see Local
Planning Applications Section below, followed by news on the
Founder’s Place planning appeal and Kennington Association’s views
on Cross River Tram.
Alford House Obtains Planning Permission. Alford House
has obtained permission for its plans to improve and develop the
facilities at its premises in
Fairbridge on Radio 4.
Youth Issues Study. Youth issues featured at the March
meeting of the Community/Police Consultative Group for Lambeth, have
long been a prominent community, and CPCGL, concern. Helen Longhurst,
a social work student on placement at Lambeth Victim Support (Victim
Support are themselves members of CPCGL), is undertaking a piece of
research as part of her studies at
Raising Money for KA’s Tai
Chi. Kevin Rimmington, Kennington
Association’s Tai Chi Coordinator, writes:
As you may be aware we are putting together funding
applications for the
Thursday Tai Chi classes. It would be useful to get
testimonials from those participating in the class, to support
our applications. If you would be willing to write a brief
statement about what the classes mean to you it might be
useful to include information about any disability that
you have or if you have been advised by a medical practitioner
to participate in physical activity in general and Tai Chi in
particular. Would that practitioner
be willing to write a letter of support? If you have attended our
Thursday classes but not yet completed a Self-Monitoring Form, you
can find one online _here_
(http://hometown.aol.co.uk/kenningtonassn/myhomepage/fengshui.html)
. (The information will be used for statistical purposes only
and all information received is strictly anonymous and will
be treated as highly confidential. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE
YOUR NAME.) Thank you to all of you for your donations,
which have gone towards keeping the classes going.
·
See Regular
Activities section below for the details of the Tai Chi sessions in
Lambeth Summer Holiday Activities Brochure.
Advertising opportunity.
Are you planning any arts activities in Lambeth for young people this
summer? Would you like some free publicity? If you would like to
advertise your activity through this year’s Holiday Activities
Partnership Brochure please email Lambeth Arts at
artsweb@lambeth.gov.uk
for further information and a submission form.
The deadline for returned forms is 5pm on Friday 11 May 2007
Gasworks wants your posters!
Following the success of
Blink in 2006, Gasworks’ new open
submission project for 2007 will work with the format of the poster.
Selectors:
Åbäke (design collective) and
Alessio Antoniolli (Director, Gasworks).
How practitioners work with the poster format is entirely
open to ideas. You can design a poster for announcing an event
whether fictitious or real, create some form of artwork, or create
some other sort of statement. The distinctive feature of this
project is that will combine an open-submission with activities
based presentations developed in conjunction with the selectors. It
will be a cross-disciplinary project open to all based in the
British Music Information Centre
Cutting Edge ‘Taste’ Series
Call for partners
‘Taste’ is a light-touch
music performance project. The aim is to bring the experience
of hearing newly composed music to people where they are gathered.
Bmic want to make opportunities for people to feel involved in new
music, as listeners, or as performers, or as composers, or as a
combination of the three. In ‘Taste’, the experience of hearing new
music in performance is the central element, and in addition each
event can respond to the interests of each audience.
The performers will come
from Bmic’s Cutting Edge concert series which takes place from
September to December at The Warehouse,
For more information
on the British Music Information Centre please visit:
www.bmic.co.uk
North Lambeth Town Centre Office
- New Area Information Officer. Sandra Plummer, the new Area Information Officer for North Lambeth, writes: ‘I previously worked
at Clapham and Stockwell and have worked for Lambeth in other roles
including working at Lambeth First since 2004. Other
members of the North Lambeth Town Centre Office are Frances Forrest,
Town Centre Manager and Jacqueline Christie, Area Project Officer.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on 020
7926 2784 or e-mail me
splummer3@lambeth.gov.uk. North Lambeth Town Centre Office has
had lots of positive feedback on our regeneration newsletter/service
directories Prince's Press and Vibrant Vassall. Spares are
available on request to this office.’
REGULAR ACTIVITIES UPDATE
Many regular activities change programmes school term, or venue
according to the time of year. Here is the up-to-date list of
regular activities.
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Day |
Activity |
Time |
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Mondays |
Literacy Class. |
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Mondays |
ESOL through ICT. |
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Mondays |
Numeracy Class. |
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Tuesdays |
ECDL (basic computer training) .
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Tuesdays |
ECDL (basic computer training) .
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Tuesdays for 5 weeks |
King’s
College Adult Computer Course.
Free. |
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Tuesdays.
10
Weeks from 9 January |
Over 50s Fitness.
Fee:
£15 Conc: Free |
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Tuesdays |
Weightwtachers. |
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Tuesdays
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Drones Jazz |
8.15-11pm
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Wednesdays |
ECDL (basic computer training) .
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Wednesdays. 10 weeks from 10 January |
Improve your English with Drama. |
1-2.30pm |
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Wednesdays starting on
2nd
May every week |
GAIN
Support & Guidance.
Free employment advisory service at
1:1
appointments, must book. Call Babs on 020 7735 2781 during
school hours only |
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Wednesdays (last of month |
Durning Library Readers Group.
Contact Michael Towsey for details: 020 7926 8682 |
7-8.30pm |
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Thursdays |
ECDL (basic computer training) .
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Thursdays |
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4-5pm |
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Thursdays |
Circuit Training.
Run by
Dan of Freestyle Fitness – active organiser of 2005 & 2006
Festival events. |
7-8pm |
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Thursdays |
Maths & English for adults
with
at |
9.15-10.15 |
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Fridays |
Web Design training.
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Fridays |
Volleyball. Old
Lilian Baylis school site, |
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Saturdays |
Volley Ball.
As Fridays |
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Saturdays |
For
years 4, 5 & 6 children resident in Lambeth. Booking
essential through school
020 7735 2781 |
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Saturdays |
Tai Chi/Combat-style.
Till end of May in the Gym Studio at the Brit Oval.
Free. Before you can
attend a class you will need to register with the Gym and, as
space is limited, pre-booking is advisable. To book,
please call 020 7820 5755.
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Saturdays
(10 weeks per
term) |
Ballroom/Latin Classes.
Book through |
1.30-2.30pm |
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Saturdays |
Salsa Classes.
Book through |
2.30-4.45pm |
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Sundays |
Volleyball. As Fridays. |
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LOCAL PLANNING APPLICATIONS
8-14 April
58 Walnut Tree
Walk.
Internal and external refurbishment including excavation of the
basement, formation of a new opening with sliding doors, blocking up
of doorway, installation of French doors and formation of steps to
the rear elevation, formation of a new opening and repositioning of
hot water tank at basement floor level.
Erection of a new wall and replacement of existing fireplace
at ground floor level, enlargement of existing opening and
replacement of fireplace at 1st floor level, blocking up of existing
doorway and doors to be re-hinged at 3rd floor level (Planning
permission and Listed Building Consent). Ref: 07/01268/FUL
and
Internal and
external refurbishment including excavation of the basement,
formation of a new opening with sliding doors, blocking up of
doorway, installation of French doors and formation of steps to the
rear elevation, formation of a new opening and repositioning of hot
water tank at basement floor level.
Erection of a new wall and replacement of existing fireplace
at ground floor level, enlargement of existing opening and
replacement of fireplace at 1st floor level, blocking up of existing
doorway and doors to be re-hinged at 3rd floor level (Planning
permission and Listed Building Consent). Ref: 07/01267/LB
James Burrough
Ltd,
15-21 April
28, 30, 32 and
22-28 April
Former London
Park Hotel, 80
12 Vauxhall
Grove.
Approval of details pursuant to condition 8 (Schedule of works of
the shopfront) of Planning Permission 07/00378/FUL (Conversion of
the existing work/live unit into 2 x two-bedroom self-contained
flats, including the excavation of a rear lightwell with associated
railings to the existing basement area, with the conversion of the
loft into habitable floorspace comprising the raising the roof
height and installation of 2 x rear and 2 x front rooflights, the
conversion of a rear first floor existing widow to a door with
juliet balcony and the replacement of 2 x doors with new
double-glazed door at rear ground floor level) granted on
29.03.2007. Ref: 07/01430/DET
Further details
and for the ability to comment on applications go to:
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/publicaccess/dc/DcAplication/weeklylist_searchform.aspx
And to go and see any plans is easy from the KOV area as the
Town Planning Advice
Centre is at Phoenix House,
lambeth.gov.uk
LOCAL PLANNING MATTERS
Founders’ Place Public Enquiry.
The Public Inquiry to consider an appeal
against Lambeth's refusal to grant planning permission for around
650 flats on the land north of
1. What regular
post-construction pruning will be needed to the lovely trees to the
north of
2. The extent to
which the development's landscaping will need to encroach into
3. The colour of the
buildings. The architect apparently likes colour and plans
to discuss options with Lambeth Planning once planning permission
is granted. So we face the prospect of a multi-coloured 20-something
storey lollipop clearly visible from both the Palaces of Lambeth and
The southern half of
the site is within the Lambeth Palace Conservation area. The
northern half is within the proposed South Bank conservation area.
Yet every tree and every building on the site will be lost. Even a
lovely Victorian school building which was only acquired by the
developers three years ago and which is thought to contribute to the
conservation area. Street trees will be lost as well as trees on
protected
Other concerns
include the low light levels in a significant number of flats and
the fact that the underground parking extends a further 3 meters
towards the roots of the trees in the park.
Lambeth have done the
right thing by rejecting this application. We now need them to win.
If not a huge precedent will be created which will affect parks and
conservation areas across the borough.
Not least
because Lambeth recently lost an appeal against their rejection of a
huge residential tower (around 45 storeys) at St Georges Wharf. Not
only has 40+ storeys now become the norm for new proposals along the
river, But Lambeth, as well as paying their own legal costs, have to
pick up a developers bill of around £300,000. Given a context
of savage cuts in critical social services for comparatively small
savings, it will be very difficult for them to refuse future large
planning applications. Including ones which impact on conservation
areas or parks. Developers will know this.
I am happy to answer
any questions. I would also welcome any help with a parallel paper
petition or with publicity.’ Sarah O'Connell:
sarah@fergalh.fsnet.co.uk
cross river tram consultation : response from the
kennington association
’We
understand that the Cross River Tram (CRT) project was approved in
principle, and its main outlines decided, following an earlier
consultation exercise, in 2001. The current
consultation is concerned solely with deciding on the exact route the tram will
take, with TfL offering pairs of options for various stretches,
including those that will run through Kennington.
The Kennington Association has no preference for one route over
another. If our members have preferences they will respond for
themselves. We are however concerned that whichever route the tram
takes it may have an unacceptable environmental impact. The West
London Tram project, which is about three years ahead of CRT, has
seen increasing opposition, partly because of a growing realisation
of the environmental impacts.
In
Kennington, as in West London, a main concern is going to be the
fate of the mature roadside trees, since both of the proposed routes
through Kennington, Kennington Road and Kennington Park Road, are
bounded by magnificent avenues of mature London plane. In both
places, these harmonise with Georgian town houses to create an urban
streetscape that is among the glories of
We
are not at this stage opposed to CRT. In general, trams are probably
a good idea, but not at any cost, and the balance of costs and
benefits is quite different for the two southern branches of CRT.
The Peckham branch runs to and through areas that are beyond the
Underground network and badly in need of big, new public transport
schemes. The Brixton branch, which will run through Kennington, runs
through areas well-covered by the Northern and
We
understand that construction is not expected to begin before 2013,
so there is time to resolve these issues. But TfL needs to start
communicating now, with candour and in detail, to explain to local
residents how the environment in Kennington, particularly the trees,
will be preserved. ‘
ENews/Events
Listing compiled by Sean Creighton, RCDT
RCDT is supported by
London Development Agency, and part-funded by Pedlar’s Acre Trust
(Lambeth Council)
YOUTH ISSUES STUDY
My name is Helen Longhurst and
I am a Social Work Student at London South Bank Uni currently on
placement at Victim Support in Lambeth. This project
focuses on victims of crime and the needs of young people,
particularly those who live in Lambeth.
Recently there have been
reports of young people wearing body armour and also carrying
knives. We know also that young people report crimes less than
other people. There has been very upsetting news of teenagers
murdering teenagers. Gang membership is said to provide a
sense of belonging and safety.
This explains some of the
reasons behind my research question which is:
Can a young victim become an
offender and if so, how does this happen and are they generally seen
as victims?
By the way, it’s just 8
questions…!
PARTICIPATION AND ANSWERS WILL BE KEPT IN
STRICTEST CONFIDENCE:
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All emails will be deleted once returned questionnaires are printed off, no names will be retained or attached to a particular questionnaire
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No returned questionnaire will be used in a way that identifies it to the originating person, department or individual CPCG member organisation.
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CPCG membership is broad, therefore some classifications are requested (at the end). This is to provide groupings for analysis only, and the above applies
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Completed questionnaires will be used for this research project and no other purpose.
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If a comment is quoted, words such as “one respondent suggested ... “ will be used.
NB - The term Young
People is used to refer to an age range from
10
to 18 years of age.
NNB - There is
provision in the groupings question (at end) for completion by under
18s. However, I am currently enquiring re parental consent and
suitability of the questionnaire. It should not be sent to any young
person until this is clarified.
1.
The adult general public can believe youth crime
is going up, when it is the same or going down. Why might this be?
(please LEAVE up to TWO you think most likely, DELETE the others) :
o
Neighbourhood troubles and/or
direct personal experience in some way
o
Government policy and how they
approach youth needs and issues
o
Media influence the way stories
are told, stereotyping, etc.
o
Adults are generally too
detached from young people
o
None of the above. Specify
other reasons if you want to
2. Whatever
the reason, if young people are aware of negative views held about
them, what is the impact on them and their approach to crime?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.
There are different ideas about why
young people become involved in delinquency and crime. Please
rate the following on a scale of 1 – 10 (put a figure next to each
one, 1 is low, 10 is high)
o
Parenting, boundaries,
discipline, etc
o
How Society is set up e.g.
inequality, laws, education, employment opportunities
o
Personality or genetics
o
Peer influence
o
Exploitation by adults (e.g.
grooming young people into crime)
o
Teen stuff – its about taking
risks and experimenting
o
It’s the only way to get decent
help and attention
o
Please type in any other
reason(s)
4. Why do some young people carry guns, knives and/or join gangs? You may disagree with all of the following ideas and delete them all. If you do agree with any, SELECT up to TWO and DELETE all the others.
o
No one really knows, we need to research this
more
o
It’s fashionable
o
Deterrent - it keeps people off you once they
know
o
Fear and security
o
Wanting a particular image – e.g. tough, fearless
o
Belonging
5. Young
people tend to report crime less often than other groups. This is
most likely because: (please LEAVE up to TWO and DELETE all you
think do not apply):
o
They are not aware of support
available to them if they do report
o
They reported a crime previously, but did not
receive support or there was some other difficulty
o
You don’t snitch. End of.
o
Managing it yourself is better,
keep it close, in control
o
Parents or others discourage it,
friends family and/or community can manage
o
None of the above (please
specify other reasons if you want to)
6.
Can you advise me please of services in
Lambeth of which you are aware that work specifically with Young
Victims of Crime (not Victim Support!). For example services
for children/young people in domestic violence households who need
support.
...........................................................................................................................................................
7.
Which of the following are most lacking
to help victims? (choose ONE; DELETE ALL the others)
o
Government action – for example, new policies,
public information campaigns
o
Opportunities for young people to take the lead
o
Public and parents direct involvement – planning
and training for example
o
Other, please comment
………………………………….…………………............................
8.
Any additional comments or suggestions
you would like to make?:
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I am very grateful to you for
taking time to do this questionnaire.
Just finally ....about you ...
Delete those that don’t apply!
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I am a young person age 10 – 18
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My job involves me with young people
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My community/voluntary group involves/works with/caters for young people
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I live in Lambeth
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I Work in Lambeth
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I Study in Lambeth
If you want to take part please scissors and
paste the questionnaire into a file and email it to Helen at:
longhurh@lsbu.ac.uk .