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Big Local SW11 Chair passes the baton!

BLSW11 – Chair’s Report
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July 2016.
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This is my last briefing as Chair, so I will keep it short, by summarising what I said at the BLSW11 Annual General Meeting at York Gardens on the 6th July.

I have three phrases: Battersea Together, Battersea Voices, and Battersea Forwards.

Battersea Together:

I love working in Battersea. I love this part of Battersea, and I have lived or worked here for over 40 years. Acting as Chair for Big Local SW11 these past 4 years has given me the thrill of seeing Battersea together on many occasions:

* in events that we have organised – whether with hundreds of local people at the recent Falcon Road Heritage Festival, or at smaller focus group happenings, or the consortium of reps from over 30 community organisations that we held in February.

* in the networking that we have been privileged to be a part of – whether by working alongside Battersea Fire Station, or local youth clubs, or local schools.

* in the community groups we have been able to support with small grants every year since we started.

* in the partnership committee that has brought together a group of people from widely diverse backgrounds to discuss and argue, think and plan our way forward.

Battersea Voices:

But we have such a long way to go. Our words at times have run ahead of our actions, and things have taken far longer than we had hoped.

The mission of Big Local is to enable residents to make their communities and their areas even better places in which to live. It is to give people in BLSW11 a voice. It is to be a listener.

We have laid some of the groundwork, the idea and image of Big Local SW11 is taking some shape, and the next phase of the project will be to grow the engagement and the outreach and for there to be more hearing and seeing and speaking in this community

Battersea Forward:

It has been said that if we spend too much time looking into the past we will inhibit the plans for the future.

Big Local SW11 is about looking forward.

We are one year into a ten year plan. We are about one twentieth into one million pounds.

The role of the new committee, led by the wisdom of a new Chair, will be to take us forwards for the next three years, bringing more people on board, showing more visible signs of action, building for the future.

Battersea together, with Battersea voices, we will take our part of Battersea forward.

Robert Musgrave MBE

Outgoing Chair,

July 2016.

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  • About us
    • Map of our area
    • Big Local SW11 Area Profile
    • About The Partnership Committee (PC)
    • Our Journey
    • What’s happened so far ?
    • Strategy & Budget
    • Terms of Reference and Code of Conduct
    • Big Local SW11 Privacy & Cookies Policy
    • Big Local SW11 Decision Making Chart (2018)
    • Archives
      • Falcon Road Festival
        • Falcon Road Festival 2018
        • Falcon Road Festival 2017
        • Falcon Road Heritage Festival
      • Quick Wins
        • Quick Wins Grants – September 2013 Review
      • Big Local SW11 Vision to Action
      • Focus Groups
      • Community Consultation
      • Jobs, Training & Opportunities for people in SW11
      • Building Futures Advice Service
      • Community Fitness Programme
      • Big Local SW11 Small Grants
        • Big Local Small Grants Award 2016
          • Eligibility & Criteria
          • Application Process
      • Battersea Together – Community Leaders Exchange
      • Big Local SW11 Grants Programme
        • Projects Evaluation (Small Grants 2018)
        • Grant projects for 2018
        • Covid-19 Battersea Community Support Fund
  • Projects
    • Falcon Road Festival 2020
    • The Alliance (BLSW11)
    • WoW Intergenerational Project
    • BLSW11 Alliance Covid-19 Community Support Fund – End of Project Report Here:
    • Grants Programme
    • Our Community
  • Media
    • Pictures
    • Videos
  • Links
    • Funding & support for Community Organisations
    • Children and Youth Services
    • Advice Services Links
  • PC Members Only
  • Contact Us

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