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Message from General manager of Brockwell Lido reads as follows:
Dear Customer,
I am delighted to be able to inform you that our new gym equipment is due to be installed in the week commencing 4th June 2012.
Following a large investment you will be pleased to hear that not only will we have new equipment but the gym will also be refurbished.
The investment will include new mirrors in the free weights and spinning areas as requested by you, our customers. The area will also be painted and new flooring will be laid in the free weights area and the new stretching area.
The investment works will commence on the 28th May.
Please note that from the 28th May until 9th June there will be a disruption to the service that we provide. A full schedule of the works is attached and can be found on the community notice board in the corridor leading to the gym.
There will be changes to the class timetable during this period so please see the attached revised timetable which is also available at site. All indoor cycle classes will be held in Studio 1 from 28th May to 8 June.
During this time I would like to remind you that you are able to use our other Fusion Centres. The closest facilities are Camberwell Leisure Centre and Dulwich Leisure Centre. Maps and travel information to these Centres are available.
Should you wish to discuss this further please do not hesitate to contact me on 020 7274 3088.
Yours Sincerely
Clare Motton
General Manager - Brockwell Lido
Dulwich Road
London
SE24 0PA
020 7274 3088
Gym Investment Schedule of works
28th May The spin bikes will be moved to Studio 1. The free weights section and equipment from zone 5 will be moved into the spin area. Please note that due to its weight we are unable to move the Matrix cable machine so this will be dismantled. The mirrors will be removed from the free weights area.
28th May A section of the gym will be decorated overnight.
29th to 31st May Flooring will be laid in the free weights area and the stretch area.
31st May Half of the old gym equipment will be removed from site.
1st June New mirrors will be installed in the free weights area and the spinning area.
W/C 4th June The new Life Fitness equipment will be delivered and installed.
6th June The rest of the old gym equipment will be removed from site.
6th to 8th June New lighting is to be installed.
7th June The new Xdream Trixter bikes will be delivered to site as will the Kieser Spin bikes.
7th to 8th June The timber flooring will be removed and replaced
8th June Stainless steel kick plates to be installed in the free weights area. A thorough deep clean of the gym and the changing rooms will be carried out.
9th June OUR NEW GYM WILL OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
If you’re like your salad really fresh and after some baby chard from south of the Shard, or butterhead from near Nunhead, then Local Greens’ new salad bag is just for you.
It’s called South London Salad because it really does come from South London and is part of Local Greens weekly veg bag scheme. We’ve asked Natasha Soares, our Neighbourhood Farm Growing Coordinator, to find a pool of local people who want to grow salad leaves for our salad bag. They get paid and we get the freshest salad in South London, all harvested within a 2.5 mile radius of our customers.
It’s the latest initiative from Local Greens, www.localgreens.org.uk, a not for profit scheme which provides great tasting, seasonal veg, from small organic or spray-free farms, which are as near to SE London as possible. The launch of South London Salad will not only provide Local Greens’ 120 customers with a selection of varied, really fresh leaves from SE24, SE21 and SW4, but also encourage the community to grow and sell salad.
Salad production is labour intensive and the end product is nutritious but highly perishable - therefore it makes sense to grow salad as close to where it's consumed as possible. If it isn't grown locally, it needs to be washed, packaged, refrigerated, and transported. Each of those steps has an environmental cost. Natasha Soares, who co-ordinates this scheme said: “You can’t get much fresher or more sustainable than our wonderful South London salad.”
The first bags of South London Salad included radicchio, lattughino lettuce, valdor lettuce, wild rocket, baby chard, baby spinach, cavolo nero, mustard, baby spinach and edible flowers. Fiona Law in Clapham grew the radicchio, lattughino and valdor lettuce. She selected these over-wintering lettuces, as she wanted to prove we could get nutritious salads throughout the year. Not only is Fiona a local grower but she also runs a garden design and horticulture training company and is the Volunteer Co-ordinator of the South London Master Gardener Programme for Garden Organic. Therese Stowell and Jean Bergin founder members of Local Greens grew the remaining leaves.
“South London Salad” initiative forms part of the local growing project which encourages local growers to grow their salad crop as defined by Garden Organic's Growing Guidelines http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/guidelines/contents.php. Local Greens will take even small quantities of salad leaves as they are mixed with other local growers' produce. For more info, to get involved and to sign up visit www.localgreens.org.uk
And before long there could be people picking in Peckham, growing Lamb’s Lettuce in Lambeth, and, of course, harvesting some fresh Camberwell Greens.
The TLC team from King's College London are conducting a programme aimed at helping parents manage children's challenging behaviour, including aggression, disobedience and tantrums.
We are looking for families with children aged 3 - 8 who experience these difficulties. This programme has previously achieved good outcomes for children and families, with 81% of children showing significant improvement following treatment based on parent interview.
Eligible families who wish to participate will receive free, non-medication-based treatment by working one-on-one with a therapist in 8 weekly 1-2 hour sessions at the Denmark Hill campus of King's College London. Families are also asked to participate in an assessment before and after treatment to help us evaluate the effectiveness of this programme, and will be reimbursed for their participation.
We will be offering this programme to families from October, 2011 to January, 2013.
If you have any questions about the study, please do not hesitate to email tlc@kcl.ac.uk or contact Kim McGregor (0207 848 5836).
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