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Blackwall Reach | October | issue 38
Update on the Millennium Green
Adult Training Courses Swan, in partnership with 3DC Learning and Learning Curve, are running accredited training courses for adults from the Reach. Residents can benefit from courses in Support Work in Schools, Business Administration, Childcare Level 1-2 and ESOL classes. The classes are already underway but there are some spaces still available. If you would like to enrol please call the RICD Team on 01277 844242.
Blackwall Reach Residents’ Board AGM
Tower Hamlets Council is working with the Millennium Green Trust (MGT) to negotiate a voluntary transfer of the three remaining plots of land which are still owned by MGT back to the Council. Most of the green is now vested in the Council ownership following a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) in 2013. The Council plans to make a new CPO for the remaining three plots of land to ensure that the entire green area will be in the ownership of the Council. This will enable Swan to re-landscape and improve the Millennium Green as part of the Blackwall Reach Estate regeneration and ensure that
the green space is better managed and maintained in the future. The Council and its regeneration partners, Swan & the GLA are committed to preserving and improving the Millennium Green as a park for future generations of residents and the local community and this will be guaranteed by legal covenants. The Council has also set up the new Blackwall Reach Trust which will be the future custodian of Millennium Green. The new “Blackwall Trust” will also help to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits for the community.
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The Blackwall Reach Residents Board (BRRB) AGM was held on 1 October 2019. A new committee was appointed via nomination and there are seven residents now in position. They are: Abul Hasnath, Musa Shahajada, Nasima Bibi, Suraiya Akthar Khana, Shopna Khan, Abdul Rahman and Rani Begum, The new committee aims to appoint Officers by their next meeting on 5 November 2019. The BRRB acts as a voice for the residents of Blackwall Reach and will work with Swan to establish a work plan for the coming year. They plan to build upon the success of the past year and engage residents in meaningful activities as well as providing new exciting opportunities.