Juniper Neighbourhood Grant Application 2027

Submitted Application Form

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‘Brief description of project and benefits to the community
To refurbish and enrich the Juniper garden, further encouraging resident use, eradicating any ‘grot-spots’ and increasing sightlines
to remove cover for antisocial activities.
As an improved recreational space, the project will benefit all users, and draw in residents new to the block.
By providing more sunny borders, the project also hopes to make the raising of a wider diversity of plants easier for all,.
The project will include widespread thinning of some wooded areas congested through neglect, and replacement of certain
ailing trees with new stock.
Several borders are now vacant and need restocking in advance of extra seating approved in previous application.
Ornamental recommendations from LBS tree department. : Albizzia jubillisirum, parrotia persica
Food bearing: Juglans nigra, coryllus colurna,
Flowering Border perennial suggestions include Lavender, Goldenrod, Shrub roses, Alpine Aster, Yellow Mullein, Blanketflower,
Catmint.

ELECTION REPORTS

1. ‘Tenants Reform Bill’

    This bill is one casualty of the rushed general election on JULY 4th.
    This effects Juniper residents because the bill would have banned no-fault evictions, replaced short-term contracts with rolling tenancies, and fulfilled other election promises.
    So when canvassers knock on your door in the next few weeks, it would be interesting to know their policy on this issue.
    Would they restore the bill in full? Or present their own version.
    Ask and see.

    WATER INGRESS EVIDENCE

    Inspection 05/01/2024. Between flats 21 – 50 (top floor) And 16-40 (3rd floor).

    Inspection PDF. 05/01/2024

    VIEW ONLINE

    Southwark Council Agrees to Fix Seepage

    Questions

    While it is a very positive step that Southwark recognises that a problem exists, and to ‘complete the repairs’, there are still many details to clear up.

    No more excuses. After constant badgering for over two years, and legal action by some residents, Southwark appears to have agreed to take our complaints seriously. Urgent remedial work is needed. See mail below:
    ‘After considerable back and forth, I’ve just had the following message from the interim Housing Director:
    “I have asked officers to complete the repairs …. – as Cllr Edwards says, waiting will cost more in the long-run and misery for residents in the interim.”

    Good news, but please keep me posted.’ Gavin Edwards. Wed, Feb 7

    how much and when?
    It will be interesting to know the extent of the proposed repairs, and when they will start. Those who have lived with the ‘misery’ for years know how it effects them. But how many others have suffered in silence?

    who pays?

    Are residents expected to pay for the same work twice? Juniper lost several long-term residents to the service charges of the 2017-18 regeneration – which was undertaken to solve the same problem we now face again. They simply sold up and left, often leaving a hole in the active community. A repetition of this process would be as destructive to the community as the structural problems are to the integrity of the building.

    side effects

    The situation is complicated by the fact the flats are becoming less attractive on the market as independent surveys by leaseholders confirm the presence of degenerative water ingress. Understandably, people do not want to invest in badly maintained property.
    Please make Southwark take this into consideration.

    Bring your concerns to the meeting on 29th February. 7.30 Flat 30A.

    JUNIPER ORIGIN STORY

    1975 >
    Juniper House was salvaged from the bulldozers in 1976 by local residents From Kender Tenants Association.. A post-war Greater London Council estate, by the mid-1970’s Juniper had fallen into serious disrepair. People were living the roof, copper wirew was being stripped, and the local community realised that if something were not done urgently, 75 valuable units of social housing would be lost.
    A series of meeting was arranged, the result being Juniper House Co-operative. The building was restored and managed by the unpaid work of residents.
    Read the original documents below.

    Annual General Meeting 2023

    Juniper Tenants & Residents Association
    reconvened
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
    7.30pm • Thursday
    July 20th
    Flat 30A
    Last Chance to decide how your £30,000 is spent

    PROXY VOTING AVAILABLE.

    Click LINK below to download form. Complete and return to Flat 32 by Monday 17th July

    PROXY VOTING FORM


    AGENDA
    1) Apologies
    2) Minutes of the Last AGM
    3) Proposal: ‘Ths meeting accepts the submission and validity of proxy votes at this meeting, as specified in the Model Rules published by Co‑operatives UK.’
    4) Presentation of Accounts.
    Proposal ‘This Meeting accepts the 2021-22 Accounts of Juniper House Tenants & Residents Association as a true record of its finances during the past year.’
    5) Appointment of Auditors
    ‘Proposal: ‘This Meeting authorises the continued use of Southwark Group of Tenants Organisation to oversee Juniper accounts for the year 2022-2023.’
    6) Annual Reports
    a) Finance.
    b) Secretary.
    Surrender of Chair
    7) Election of Officers
    Assumption of New Chair
    8) Proposals.
    a) ‘This meeting authorises further investigation by the committee into the erection of an all-weather space for the common benefit of all residents.’
    b) ‘This meeting authorises the committee to select an option for a garden clubhouse, to be presented to the next general meeting for approval.’
    9) Pomeroy Street Parking
    10) Date of Next TRA Meeting