Bow Cross ISSUE 58, Winter 2018
Make 2018 the year you learn something new! Would you like to learn some new skills? Swan has teamed up with some leading professional trainers to offer a selection of courses (see below) which would normally cost up to £1,500 per person to attend!
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Bow Cross Estate Services staff win at Swan’s Caretaking Awards
Courses are FREE for Swan residents but spaces on all courses are limited, so be sure to call the RICD Team on 01277 844242 or email involvement@swan.org.uk for more information about these and other exciting training opportunities.
Learn about film making...
If you’ve ever dreamt of making a documentary film, this is the course for you. Delivered by Iconic Steps, the course teaches you everything you need to know about how to develop and pitch documentary ideas and then to develop the chosen concept into a documentary to screen to family and friends. Media professionals who work within the industry provide expert guidance to course participants and will help them to forge crucial contacts; set up interviews; film vox pops; and, ultimately, edit a final cut. Working closely with experts will help to improve both your skills and employment opportunities. This course is open to Swan residents aged 16-25. If you are interested call the RICD Team today on 01277 844242 or email involvement@ swan.org.uk
Learn to code
Programming language is an important part of our daily lives that many of us don’t appretiate. Applications on our mobile phones and TVs all start as a series of computer code! Swan have teamed up with Decoded, a leading professional trainer to deilver a four-week course, which could lead to employment in one of the fastest growing industries in the world. This course would normally cost £1,500 to attend but it is FREE for successful applicants. You don’t need any previous experience, just a curiosity as to how things work and an interest in writing computer code. This course will be held in March and we are registering interest today! For more information call the RICD Team on 01277 844242 or email them at involvement@swan.org.uk
Bow Cross concierge Anna Ciszek (pictured top row, fourth from the right) won the ‘Concierge/CCTV Operator of the Year’ award at Swan’s annual Caretaking Awards held at The Reach Community Centre Blackwall Reach in December. Jorgen Dyer, Head of Estate Services said “Anna won this award because of her dedication and professional service. This year she has taken on other Estate Services responsibilities above and beyond her regular role.” Alina Wojcik-Waracka (pictured top row, second from right), one of Swan’s mobile Caretakers scooped the coveted ‘Caretaker of the Year’ award. The awards recognise the hard work that the Estate Services Team do to keep all of Swan’s estates safe, clean and well maintained at all times.
Bow Cross Management Board Bow Cross Estate elected its new Committee and officers for the Bow Cross Management Board at a meeting held in December 2017. Your new committee: Chairperson - Charmaine Green-Burke Vice Chairperson Mohammed Muktar Treasurer - Roy Yussuff Secretary - Luigi Bianchi The Committee is looking forward to the year ahead and would like to invite more residents on the Estate to join the BCMB.
Contact us: Mamnun Rahman Community Development Officer Tel: 01277 844242
They are excited about working with Swan to deliver new projects on Bow Cross and championing issues that are important to their neighbours. The next BCMB Meeting is at 7pm on Wednesday 28 March, 2018 in the Community Room at Priestman Point.
marahman@swan.org.uk Phillipa Drummond Senior Neighbourhood Housing Officer Tel: 0300 303 2500 pdrummond@swan.org.uk
Alan Bush Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Tel: 0300 303 2500 abush@swan.org.uk
Parking on Bow Cross
Reporting Anti-Social Behaviour
On Bow Cross there are numbered parking bays in use by residents who pay for the exclusive right to use them. Please do not park in one of these bays, as these residents must have unrestricted access to their numbered parking space at all times.
We want all of our residents to feel safe in their homes and communities and take reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) on our estates seriously. We work closely with Safer Neighbourhood Teams who can help allocate extra Police resources to areas they identify as ASB hotspots.
All other unnumbered bays are occupied by ‘Open Permit’ holders on a first come, first served basis. Parking on Bow Cross is restricted 24 hours a day. There are parking bays available for visitors and contractors and anyone using these should display a valid permit or a Tower Hamlets Visitor’s Scratch Card. To obtain a parking permit, or for more information, please visit the Housing Office in Priestman Point or call 0300 303 2500.
ASB covers many things including hate crime, racial abuse, fly tipping, graffiti, animal nuisance etc. You can help your community by reporting ASB every time you witness it by calling 101 or by calling Martin Cowley from the Safer Neighbourhood Team covering Bow West and East on 0208 721 2807 or 0208 649 521. You can also report ASB to Swan by calling 0300 303 2500.