Posted 1:30pm
A busy morning today as Lazza searches for venues for our 17 days of intervention in Camden and Islington in 2020 - 1 Jan to 31 Mar. We need to find 10 days in Camden (five in the Somers Town ward and five in the Regents Park area). We also have 7 days in Islington. Time is slightly against us with Christmas fast approaching. From around the Monday 16th December to Tuesday 3rd January (over two weeks) I would not think there will be a lot of interaction with companies. We also have a deadline to get into the Camden Newsletter.
I am hopeful that we will have the Highbury Roundhouse for three days in Islington, and a venue in Seven Sisters Road for the other four with a company called Better Lives. We need to do a couple of three days courses with the Job Centres - so would use Highbury Roundhouse for Barnsbury Job Centre and Seven Sisters Rd for Finsbury Park Job Centre. Plus we have an extra day to do an intervention with Better Lives themselves. I am meeting HR later today, and have phoned and emailed Better Lives to organise a meeting for next week. That way we can also nail down the dates too.
For Camden, we have the Living Centre in Somers Town, and would be doing a four session course, plus one extra separate day. We have build good links with them and am looking to meet them next week to tie down the dates.
Our one problem is the Regents Park. We need to do a further four session programme and separate day in that area. I have contacted University College Hospital to see if we can possibly use space there, as well as leaving messages with a couple of community centres. The funding we got does not stretch to venue costs - at least not to large costs. We would look to interest them by allowing users of their centres to take part. A lot of work in the next week ahead.
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