Ward Councillor, Michael Hipwell who has been part of a trio of councillors working to improve estates and areas such as Weir Estate is to step down at the next council Elections following four years as a local councillor representing the Labour Party in Thornton Ward. We can also reveal that a new candidate has
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Weir Making Headlines
Weir Estate Residents Association has once again hit the headlines following a presentation to the local policing team. The story which was first published here on WERA.ORG.UK earlier this month has now been featured in The South London Press newspaper. A framed certificate which was presented to the Thornton Ward Safer Neighbourhood Team in recognition
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WERA Asks…Val Shawcross
Can you please tell us who you are and what your position is? I’m the London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark. I sit on the London Assembly at City Hall. Part of that job is that I am also a member of the Fire Authority (the Committee that runs the Fire Brigade) and I am currently Deputy
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‘Weir Windows is Biggest Achievement’ Says Ward Councillor Peck
Thornton Ward Councillor, Cllr Lib Peck has told of her sense of achievement at being one of three councillors who helped bring the new Windows and doors to Weir Estate in the recent Lambeth Life ‘Around your way’ Interview. Labour Councillor Peck has told in an interview with the Lambeth Life how helping to get
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Chill Puts Freeze on WERA AGM Due to Safety Concerns
Weather which has seen many parts of the UK in the last few weeks covered in thick snow and ice, has put pay to WERA’s 2010 Annual General Meeting, resulting in its cancellation due to safety concerns of residents and guests getting to and from the meeting without slipping on the estate’s now icy roads
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Thornton Ward Policing Team Honoured with WERA Award
Officers from the Thornton Ward Safer Neighbourhood Team have been presented with an ‘Award of Recognition, and Certificate of Thanks’ by WERA’s Current Chair Dave McEvoy at their base, Cavendish Road Police Station. The framed certificate was presented to the full team who police Weir Estate and Thornton Ward. The team have been praised for
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Mayor of Lambeth’s Praise for WERA in Online New Year Message
Mayor of Lambeth, Christopher Wellbelove who recently attended WERA’s end of Year Celebrations on the 29th December 2009 has heaped praise on the Estates Association for setting a ‘Fantastic example of communities coming together’. At the end of 2009, Mayor Wellbelove recorded his online video message posted on popular video sharing website, YouTube. The Mayor
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WERA Website Makes Front Page in Area News
Wera.org.uk, Weir Estate Residents Association’s website, has made front page news this month for the Clapham Area Newsletter sent to all Lambeth Living properties in the housing area of Clapham. The acclaimed website which was set up in June 2009 has been featured on the front page of the Clapham Area Newsletter sent out across
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