Run by Peter Dacres, who worked for several years at Somerville Adventure Playground, and who has run several successful multi-sports-days at Juniper.
“I have one very happy little lady. Although you wouldn’t think it she loves sports. Thank you all involved.“
Set your boiler’s flow temperature between 55 and 60 degrees
Set your combi boiler to 50c for heating and 55c for hot water.
Your home will feel just as warm, but you could cut your energy bills by 8%.
Control your thermostat.
Setting your thermostat to somewhere between 18-21°c is ideal, and turning down the temperature by just 1 degree could save up to £128 on your energy bill.
Turn off heating in unused rooms
If consumers are savvy about which rooms they use and when, and use the radiator valves to turn the heating off, they can cut energy usage significantly.
Turn the heating off sooner and on later.
Delay putting the central heating on by a month until November, and switch it off early in February rather than in March.
Air dry, don’t tumble dry.
Ditching the tumble dryer and drying your clothes on a washing line or clothes horse could save you £60 a year. Avoid drying clothes on radiators – this makes your boiler work harder.
Mind the gaps.
Professional draught-proofing can cost a few hundred pounds, or you can find draughts yourself using the back of your hand, or with a thermal camera, and make your own excluders for free using old fabric scraps.
Get in a night time routine.
You’ll keep more heat in your home if you pull your curtains before it gets dark (up to 15% reduction in heat loss!).
Reduce your shower time.
Keeping your shower time to just 4 minutes could save a typical household £70 a year!
Be bright with your lights.
Lighting makes up around 11% of a typical power bill. LEDs use 70-80% less electricity – so when it’s time to replace those bulbs, go LED. Making sure you switch off the lights when you leave the room can save a further £20 per year.
Install a water-efficient shower head
More efficient shower heads can reduce water consumption and gas usage – heating water accounts for about 20% of household gas consumption.
Southwark HandyPerson Service
Can help you with hanging curtains, draughtproofing, and other insulation work.
(£40/hour. £20 for all benefit claimants.)
Call: 020 525 1863
www.southwark.gov.uk/housing/support-services/handypersons
1945-2022
20/04/2022
After a long disease and an eventful life, Juniper founder resident John Scherer (flat 2) has died peacefully in hospital in the company of his immediate family.
A man of broad and passionate enthusiasm and experience, John helped many people with his generous advice and practical help with anything to do with cycling, HiFi, and even the underground rivers of London.
John was one of the original ‘Salvagers’ of Juniper House, who helped repair and rescue the block (which was then semi-derelict) from certain demolition in the late 1970’s. His efforts at that time helped provide homes for people moving in now.
In his idea of Heaven, angels would have bikes, not wings, and the music of their harps would be heard playing Studio One classics through glowing valve amplifiers. He was a man with a lot of expertise to pass on. A true individual.
John’s ashes are to be scattered in his beloved Scotland.
In memory of John, a Holly bush is to be planted near his flat (2) on Friday 13th May. 7pm..
All are welcome to attend. Please share with any friends of John who minght not yet know the news..
Refreshments available courtesy of Fay, but all contributions welcome.
John was one of the original members of Juniper House, and we could always share our memories of the early days of the block. He was one of the people I turned to whenever I needed help with my bike or any audio problems. I remember him providing me with my first hifi amp, and turntable which went on for many years in my flat and studio.
One of the outstanding and unforgetable stories I have of John was the day I took him a 20ft audio speaker cable that had stopped working. He said that somewhere in that 20ft the cable had broken and the best way to find out where was to cut it in half, then half again etc until we arrived at a working cable. So he divided the cable in half and made a clean cut, then tested both 10ft sections to see which piece worked. And only John could cut that cable perfectly in half and hand me back 2 perfectly working 10ft cable, having cut the exact point where it had broken.
John, you will be missed and Juniper will be a lesser place without you.
Jaki Wilford
09.05.2022
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Share condolences and memories via Fenix Memorials:
https://fenixfuneral.co.uk/memorial/993-john-scherer-2022-04-20/
John would also appreciate donations to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/join-and-donate/donate/
Insurance Policies Available
Working with Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc, Southwark council has arranged a new-for-old, pay-as-you-go home contents insurance scheme, which has been specially designed for tenants and leaseholders. home contents insurance pay as you go scheme .
Further information on the schemes available, and which is most suitable for you from your local area housing office: email crystal@jltgroup.com or phone 0845 601 7007.
Click to access home_contents_insurance_scheme.pdf
0345 450 7286
E-mail: tenantscontents@thistleinsurance.co.uk
General public and residents’ liability claims against the council
‘Southwark effects different insurance cover, to protect its own and stakeholders’ property and liabilities, including a building policy for housing lessees and a voluntary tenants’ and lessees’ contents insurance scheme.
This guidance however is primarily concerned with the procedure to be followed if you wish to pursue a claim against the council for injury to yourself or damage to your property, which you consider the council is legally liable for.
Please read the general guide on making claims
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/complaints-comments-and-compliments/insurance-claims
2022 – helping each other
There is no escaping the fact that, for many families, the next year will be difficult. Energy and food prices are certain to rise at rates few of us have ever seen, most wages will be frozen, or possibly cut, and any government help will probably not be enough to make up the shortfall. It therefore falls to the community to try and help itself – again.
During the Lockdown of 2020, a food delivery service for isolated residents was organised through Pie’n’Mash at The Field. 2022 will need an even greater effort. Specifically, we will need more volunteers to collect supplies from different outlets for distribution to Juniper Residents, and people willing to canvass the block to collect details of those who need assistance.
Contact the Secretary: sec.junipertra@gmail.com • Flat 32
SOUTH-EAST LONDON FOODBANKS & CLUBS
CENTRAL SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY HUB
Foursquare Church, 177 Walworth Road, SE17 1RW
Open: Mondays: 13:00-15:00.
New Covenant Church, 506 to 510 Old Kent Road, SE1 5BA
Open: Tuesdays: 12:00-14:00.
St Paul’s Church, 4 Lorrimore Square, SE17 3QU
Open: Wednesdays: 11:30-13:30.
Open: Thursdays: 10:00-13:00.
PIE’n’MASH MUTUAL AID
385 Queen’s Road, New Cross, SE14 5HD • 07857024435
89 Peckham High St, Peckham, SE15 5RS
Distribution. Tuesdays. 2 – 3.30pm. Peckham Library Square.
Also Deptford Library Square. 9 Giffin St, London SE8 4RH Distribution. Thursdays: 3 – 4.30pm. Deptford Library Square.
email: piemashfield@riseup.net • tel: 07857024435
Facebook group and Telegram channel.
www.pienmash.org.uk/
THE FELIX PROJECT
Unit 7 Deptford Trading Estate, Blackhorse Road, SE8 5HY
tel: 0207 394 2478
Open: Mon-Fri : 8am – 6pm • Sat : 8am – 12 noon
THE COMMUNITY FRIDGE.
Albrighton Community Centre, Dog Kennel Hill Estate, SE22 8AH.
tel: 0207 737 6186
Open: Tues – Thurs from 1pm
PECKHAM PROJECT
Location: All Saints Church Hall • Blenheim Grove • SE15 4QS
Open: Wednesdays 5pm and Saturdays 5.30pm
Contact: peckham@foodcycle.org.uk
ST PETER’S CHURCH BROCKLEY FOOD BANK
43 Wickham Road, Brockley, SE4 1LT. • tel: 07872 161 271.
Open: Social supermarket on Wednesdays. £3 weekly fee.
LEWISHAM FOODBANK LIST
www.nxgtrust.org.uk/local-food-banks
THE NEW CROSS FOOD BANK
467 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA • tel: 0207 231 0535
PECKHAM PANTRY
St Luke’s Church, Chandler Way, SE15 6DT • 0207 277 7075
Opening Times: Wednesday – 11:00 – 14:00
ALSO 49-53 Peckham Park Road, SE15 6TU • 020 7277 7075
Open:
Monday – 09:00 – 16:00
Tuesday – 11:00 – 16:00
Wednesday – 09:00 – 16:00
Thursday – 10:00 – 19:00
Friday – 09:00 – 16:00
Saturday – 09:00 – 15:00
MY 2ND CHANCE
All Saint’s Community Centre, Room 4, 105 New Cross Road, SE14 5DJ. Phone: 0208 895 6113 • 0208 895 6119
Email: info@my2ndchance.co.uk • http://www.my2ndchance.co.uk/
LIVING WATERS
Honor Oak Community Centre, Turnham Road, SE4 2JD
tel: 0208 690 7579
WHITEFOOT AND DOWNHAM COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT
Whitefoot Lane, BR1 5SF – Telephone: 07745258841 • 0208 698 7945
Open: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Monday – Friday
Juniper sports-days in cooperation with Somerville Playground, Horse Riding at Dulwich Stables, Karting at Docklands Arena, Blacksmiths Workshop at Kevin Boys Forge, Surrey Docks Farm.
Another Slap in the Face
Between them, Lewisham Council and the developers Peabody seem determined to use ‘The Pomeroy’ to increase traffic congestion and pollution on Pomeroy Street.
Their latest trick is the plan to open a shop on the ground floor of 43-49 Pomeroy Street, inevitably attracting more parking throughout the day to further block an already over-exploited residential thoroughfare.
To London Borough Of Lewisham Planning Department.
Tim (who works in housing development) has noticed that Peabody have now applied to London Borough of Lewisham (LBL) to change the wording of the condition on their planning permission that restricts the use of the commercial space to office use as they want to have a shop occupy the unit (Reference number:DC/21/123402).
Unfortunately recent changes to the Use Class system in Planning basically allows this –
Offices and Shops are now lumped together in the same use class and changes within a use class are allowed. Tim believes Peabody are seeking to acknowledge this in updated wording to tidy up the permission so as to easily lease the unit to a retail shop. This application and potential use can be used as an opportunity to highlight that Pomeroy Street is a mess following errors by LBL to carry out their planning and highways responsibilities correctly and so LBL must do something to alleviate the traffic issues on the road.
A Catalogue of Bungling and Duplicity
The fundamental issues of the road.
What is the remedy?
One quick remedy would be to introduce double yellow lines along a greater proportion of Pomeroy Street. This could include the entire eastern side between Hatcham Gardens and 29 Pomeroy Street.
A long term solution would entail a review of the road and the implementation of a properly designed traffic scheme with traffic-calming and formalised parking at appropriate points on one side of the road. The introduction of formalised parking may also allow for street trees to be introduced making Pomeroy Street a far better environment for all involved.
Unfortunately the horse has bolted on allowing the parking and the shop use however LBL are still responsible for the safety of Pomeroy Street.
Complain
There are three ways to log a complaint with the outcomes of this planning permission and to advocate for improvements to Pomeroy Street:
• Email – Planning@lewisham.gov.uk
• Write a letter to – Planning Service, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, LONDON, SE6 4RU.
• Online – click on this webpage link
https://lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/complaints-and-feedback/how-to-send-a-complaint-to-us click direct on
COMPLAINT
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7.30pm • Tuesday • 21st September
https://meet.jit.si/JUNIPERMEETINGS
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All Residents Welcome.
MEETING PACK
2. MINUTES OF LAST AGM
3. MINUTES MEETING #43
4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2019-2020
5. DRAFT 2020-21 ACCOUNTS
6. ANNUAL REPORTS
Juniper House 