GLERA

barbican summer party
2024-09-01 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Thomas More Garden, Barbican

Golden Lane Estate residents have once again been invited to join our Barbican neighbours at their Summer Party.

There will be music, activities for the kids, stalls with information about local organisations and a cake stall. Bring a picnic and enjoy the afternoon with neighbours.

If you you fancy helping out with set up and take down it would be much appreciated!! Contact Mirandaquinney@yahoo.co.uk

Access is via the Lakeside Terrace – one of our Councillors will be there to welcome you and let you in. And if it rains head for St Giles Church!

cripplegate ward surgery
2024-09-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Barbican Library, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Barbican Library

Your Cripplegate representatives hold a monthly drop in surgery – no appointment necessary. We are here to help if you want to talk about matters that affect you, obtain information and advice, make a complaint or enquire about council services.

Thursday 4 July @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 3 August @ 10 – 11 am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Thursday 5 September @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 5 October @ 10 – 11 am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Thursday 7 November @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 7 December @ 10 – 11am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

estate walk about
2024-09-12 10:00 - 11:00
meet at the estate office

Join estate staff on a walk around the estate where any areas of concern can be pointed out and discussed. All residents welcome.

crescent house residents' meeting
2024-09-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre

This meeting organised by your neighbours is an update for the residents of Crescent House on the ‘Windows Project’.

No need to book – just come along.

Let’s share what we know and help each other prepare for the times ahead.

Join us at the Sir Ralph Perring CentreGavin, Pablo, Pavels, Philippe, Roland

crescent house windows project leaseholder meeting
2024-10-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre | via zoom

for zoom details please text @EC1Y0SN on Telegram or email goldenlane@me.com

This meeting organised by your neighbours is an update for the leaseholders of Crescent House on the ‘Windows Project’.

No need to book – just come along.

Let’s share what we know and help each other prepare for the times ahead.

wider estate windows refurbishment project drop in
2024-10-03 16:30 - 19:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Golden Lane Community Centre, downstairs

During the summer the Windows Refurbishment Project Team have been working on the design work for Phase 2 of the Golden Lane Windows Refurbishment Project – Cullum Welch, Stanley Cohen and the Maisonettes – with a view to submitting planning applications for all blocks in early 2025.

This drop-in session will be a chance for you to see an outline of the proposals to date, to ask questions and give your feedback. We do hope you can come along.

What work is being undertaken?

For Stanley Cohen, Cullum Welch and the Maisonette Blocks:

window repairs

vacuum glazing installation

new ventilation systems installed

new roof and insulation works

What else is required before the planning application is submitted?

the Design Team will work up details of the proposals between now and the New Year

Historic England and C20 Society will be consulted prior to the submission

further pre-planning meetings with the Planning Authority to further the dialogue already underway

work to provide cost estimates will be undertaken when the design work is complete (there is no cost information available at this stage)

We look forward to seeing you at the drop-in.Project Team

PROJECT WEBSITE

SEPTEMBER PROJECT UPDATE

cripplegate ward surgery
2024-10-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Your Cripplegate representatives hold a monthly drop in surgery – no appointment necessary. We are here to help if you want to talk about matters that affect you, obtain information and advice, make a complaint or enquire about council services.

Thursday 4 July @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 3 August @ 10 – 11 am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Thursday 5 September @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 5 October @ 10 – 11 am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Thursday 7 November @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 7 December @ 10 – 11am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

old fashioned sing-along
2024-10-19 16:00 - 19:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Golden Lane Community Centre

Come along for a good ‘ole sing-along to some classics from the past!

Drink and nibbles provided but feel free to bring your own.

Hosted by Dawn and Ceri your Ward Councillors and GLE residents, supported by GLERA and funded by a City of London Community Grant.

city question time
2024-10-22 17:00 - 19:00
City of London School (enter via riverside reception)

Come along and ask your questions to the Policy Chairman Chris Hayward and other Senior Members on issues that affect you as a City of London resident. Discover the City of London Corporation’s future plans, discuss local issues such as community safety, and connect with your neighbours.

Spaces are limited so please book your place, if attending with others please register each place individually (there is an option to do so on the form). Refreshments will be provided.

If you are not able to attend, but you are interested in City Question Time events, please join the mailing list here, or email any questions to residents@cityoflondon.gov.uk. We will share a recording of City Question Time following the event, plus information on the points raised.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT

golden lane estate refurbishments drop-in
2024-10-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Golden Lane Community Centre, downstairs

The City and our partners would like to invite you to join our second drop-in session for the associated projects taking place on Golden Lane Estate.

We will be joined by our architects from Studio Partington and Lifschutz Davidson & Sandilands (LDS), also lighting consultant Graham Festenstein to discuss:

Great Arthur House Kitchen & Bathroom Windows and Ventilation

Great Arthur House Roof Repairs

Great Arthur House Fire Safety

Signage Refurbishments

Lighting Refurbishments & Improvements

Leisure Centre Highwalk Waterproofing

City of London project staff will be in attendance, as well as representatives from housing management and repairs.

Information boards from 3 October drop-in session (Windows Refurbishment Project update for the Wider Estate) will also be available to view.

Click on links for the information boards from both the first Estate Refurbishments drop in session in August and the Wider Estate Windows Refurbishment drop-in session in October.

GLERA will also kindly upload the most recent boards after the drop-in session.

GLERA residents' meeting
2024-11-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Community Centre, downstairs

Residents are invited to meet the new Housing Property team and hear about REPAIRS AND FIRE SAFETY ON THE ESTATE.

We’ll be joined by:

Peta Caine | Assistant Director of Housing

Greg Wade | Head of Major Works

Beverley Andrews | Head of Repairs and Maintenance

EVERYONE WELCOME! please stay after the presentation and discussion for refreshments and a chance to chat with our guests and neighbours.

culture mile BID annual drinks
2024-11-13 12:00 | Butcher’s Hall, 87 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7EB
Butcher’s Hall, 87 Bartholomew Close

learn about our public realm vision

Join us for an evening of drinks, canapes and networking as we launch the Culture Mile Business Improvement District’s Public Realm Vision and Strategy.

Prepared by Steer, AR Urbanism, and Authentic Futures in collaboration with the City of London Corporation, the study provides a vision for a suite of potential improvements to streets and spaces within the Culture Mile area.

RSVP to info@culturemilebid.co.uk with your first name, last name and the subject line: Annual Drinks

CULTURE MILE BID

GLE festive market
2024-11-24 12:00 - 16:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Community Centre

Golden Lane Estate’s annual Festive Market – gifts, arts, design and more…

FREE ADMISSION and all welcome

barbican cluster panel
2024-11-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Any one who lives or works in the Barbican Cluster is invited to attend the panel meeting.

You can meet the dedicated ward officer team and other members of the community.

receive an update on local policing matters

have a say on the cluster priorities for policing

CITY OF LONDON POLCE

GLERA committee meeting
2024-12-05 18:30 - 21:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Community Centre, downstairs

If you are a Golden Lane Estate resident and would like to attend a GLERA committee meeting please contact secretary.glera@gmail.com

festive wreath making
2024-12-10 04:00 - 18:00 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre

OCTOPUS COMMUNITIES

cripplegate ward surgery
2025-01-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Barbican Library, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Barbican Library

Your Cripplegate representatives hold a monthly drop in surgery – no appointment necessary. We are here to help if you want to talk about matters that affect you, obtain information and advice, make a complaint or enquire about council services.

Thursday 9 January @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 1 February @ 10 – 11 am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Thursday 6 March @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

GLERA committee meeting
2025-01-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre

If you are a Golden Lane Estate resident and would like to attend a GLERA committee meeting please contact secretary.glera@gmail.com

agenda

Apologies

Minutes of last meeting (5 December 2024 paper 2025 01) & matters arising, not elsewhere on the agenda

Chair’s update (SP)a. General updateb. Healthy Neighbourhoods consultation (response, to note paper 2025 02)

General topics for discussiona. Hustings for Common Councillor elections (perhaps joint with Barbican)b. COLPAIc. Windows projectd. Service charge abatementse. Lighting and signagef. Project with London School of Architecture (PL) (paper 2025 03)g. GLERA Archive

Planning for GLERA General Meeting on 6 February

Communications updatesa. Plans for an Estate/Survey action dayb. Newsletter and other communications updates (JS)c. GLERA communications contacts list – reaching different people, including leaseholders who sub-let.

Treasurer’s update (TG)

Any other business

Date of next meeting

give + take day | tech take back
2025-01-11 10:00 - 15:00 | St Giles Church, Barbican, EC2Y 8DA
St Giles Cripplegate Church, Barbican

Do you have items you no longer need or are you having a clear out? At the City’s first Give and Take Day of the New Year, you can give stuff away you no longer want, and take what you do want, all for free! It’s a great opportunity to make sure unwanted items are reused, recycled or disposed of responsibly while supporting the local community. Donations can be dropped off from 10am-12pm. The ‘Take’ part of the event is from 1-3pm (1-2pm for City residents – please bring proof of residency).

Tech Takeback will also be offering their services to conduct data erasure on your device before reusing, recycling or salvaging parts from the gadget – keeping tech in circulation for longer. Tech Takeback will be accepting phone, tablets, laptops and PC’s so if you would like to securely donate your tech, come and join!

For more information visit: Give & Take Day X Tech Takeback – 11 January – City of London

london museum studios open community session
2025-01-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Studio Smithfield, 1 East Poultry Avenue, London, EC2A 9PT
Studio Smithfield, 1 East Poultry Avenue

cripplegate ward surgery
2025-02-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Your Cripplegate representatives hold a monthly drop in surgery – no appointment necessary. We are here to help if you want to talk about matters that affect you, obtain information and advice, make a complaint or enquire about council services.

Thursday 9 January @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

Saturday 1 February @ 10 – 11 am | Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Thursday 6 March @ 6 – 7 pm | Barbican Library

city question time
2025-02-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Frobisher Auditorium 1 (Level 4), Barbican Centre

Come along and ask your questions to the Policy Chairman Chris Hayward and other Senior Members on issues that affect you as a City of London resident. Discover the City of London Corporation’s future plans, discuss local issues such as community safety, and connect with your neighbours.

This City Question Time will focus on finance and, as with last January’s, will be combined with the Business Ratepayers consultation meeting. There will be a short presentation to begin, with dedicated time for business owners and residents to then ask their questions.

Spaces are limited so please book your place, if attending with others please register each place individually. Refreshments will be provided.

If you are not able to attend, but you are interested in City Question Time events, please join the mailing list here or email residents@cityoflondon.gov.uk to join our mailing list. We will share a recording of City Question Time following the event, plus information on the points raised.

GLERA residents' meeting
2025-02-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Community Centre, downstairs

ALL RESIDENTS WELCOME! Stay for refreshments after and a chat with the guests and your neighbours.

agenda

1. UPDATES from the GLERA committee on:

COLPAI issues

Windows project – Crescent House and the Wider Estate

Other projects across the estate

GLERA finance

Update on Imagine Golden Lane at Net Zero

2. ESTATE ACTION DAYHelp us plan an action day where we can come together and ‘audit’ our estate – what improvements would we like to see, outstanding repairs, ideas for greening and biodiversity…

3. CO-DESIGNING GOLDEN LANE’S GREEN FUTUREA presentation from the London School of Architecture for a possible summer project for young people on the estate.

GLEE inaugural meeting
2025-02-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Sir Ralph Perring Centre, Golden Lane Estate
Sir Ralph Perring Centre

Are you interested in helping to organise community events on the estate? Come along to the inaugural meeting of a new residents group, GLEE (Golden Lane Estate Events).

Everyone welcome and there’ll be tea, coffee, cake…!

Dear Event Creator/ Volunteer

For a number of years individual residents have got together to run events on the estate. In discussion we have decided that it would be good to create a constituted group to help residents to raise funds for events and to offer help and volunteering opportunities in the running of community events by and for residents.

Following the Golden Baggers AGM on February 2 it was agreed that funds held by them and attributed to events they have held, outside the scope of the allotments, can be transferred to a new group, GLEE (Golden Lane Estate Events) along with profits from the Community café whose funding is also currently managed by them.

We have drawn up a simple constitution, attached*, and once agreed will set up a bank account to allow us to seek funding.

The events group, originally set up for this year’s Picnic with Music has a number of members and I hope they will continue to support GLEE.

I would like to invite you to an initial meeting on Sunday 16th February, 10.30am in the SRPR to discuss the proposal, agree the constitution and elect the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. If you know of other residents who might be interested in becoming a member of the group please invite them along.

Kind regardsChristine Clifford

* please email secretary.glera@gmail.com if you would like a copy of the draft constitution before the meeting.

election hustings
2025-03-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Golden Lane Community Centre, downstairs

for election to the city of london common council

Common Council elections are being held on Thursday 20 March – here’s your opportunity to come and meet the candidates, ask them questions and find out how they hope to represent you.

There are four candidates from Golden Lane Estate, including all three of our current resident councillors:

Anne Corbett | LABOUR

Dawn Frampton | INDEPENDENT

Gaby Robertshaw | INDEPENDENT

Ceri Wilkins | INDEPENDENT

You can see the full list of candidates here

GLERA committee meeting (change of date)
2025-03-05 19:00 - 21:00
Venue tbc / online

PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR 6 MARCH

If you are a Golden Lane Estate resident and would like to attend a GLERA committee meeting please contact secretary.glera@gmail.com

The next GLERA residents’ meeting will be on 3 April – all residents welcome, just turn up!

estate office drop in
2025-03-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Golden Lane Community Centre, London
Community Centre

Estate walkabout and drop-ins are your opportunity to speak to your estate team to ask any questions or offer any suggestions to improve life on your estate. All residents are welcome.
