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 Cllr Simon Tucker Mobile: 07939 559 152 E mail |
All three Councillors were elected to the Council for the first time on 4th May 2006 as representatives of the Labour party. You can write to them at Newham Town Hall, East Ham, London, E6 2RP. Alternatively the three members take it in turns to run a surgery between 10.30am - 12:00pm every Saturday. On the 1st and 3rd Saturday each month the surgeries are held at Brittania Village Hall and on the 2nd & 4th Saturday at the St. John's Community Centre, Albert Road, E16 |
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Click this link for the Council's website
The easy way to access all Council services is to visit/telephone your Local Service Centre. The nearest Centres to West Silvertown are:
Beckton Globe: 1 Kingsford Way, Beckton, E6 5JQ, Tel: 020 8430 2000 Fax, 020 8557 6118, minicom: 020 8557 6633 [Map] [More Details]
Canning Town: 3 Beckton Road, Canning Town, E16 4DT, tel: 020 8430, 2000, fax: 020 8430 4088, minicom: 020 8430 6913 [Map] [More Details]
Docklands: 4 Pier Parade, North Woolwich, London, E16 2LJ, Tel: 020 8430 2000, Fax: 020 8430 4124 [Map] [More Details]
This team can be contacted on
Telephone: 020 8430 2000
Fax: 020 8430 2522
Textphone: 020 8430 2412
during the following hours
Monday to Friday 8.00am - 8.00pm
Saturday 9.00am - 1.00pm
They provide help with all council services including:
Council Tax
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
Environmental Services
Housing Services
Social Services enquiries and referrals
Education Services
Parking enquiries
Credit and debit card enquiries
You will find a list of the postal addresses of the various Departments of the Council on their website.
There is information on the Council's website explaining how to make Enquiries and Complaints. There is also an Online Form for enquiries
See above for telephone numbers
24 Hour Control Room: 0800 731 3300
Beckton Globe: 020 8430 4063
Canning Town: 020 7476 2696
Custom House: 020 7476 1565
North Woolwich: 020 7511 2387
Local Studies and Archives: 020 8430 6881
East Ham Reference Library: 020 8430 3648
Newham Registration Service
London Borough of Newham Council
207 Plashet Grove
East Ham
London E6 1BT [Map]
Tel: 020 8430 2000
Email: register.office@newham.gov.uk
Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Wednesday 10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Saturday urgent requirements/appointment only.
Abandoned vehicles: these can be reported online using the Abandoned Vehicles Form on the Council's website
Community Information Directory - visit the CINDI pages on the Council's website
This new county primary school has places for 330 pupils aged 5-11 years with nursery provision for 52 children.
Address: Britannia Village Primary School, Westwood
Road, London E16 2AN. [Map]
Phone: 020 7511 5412. Fax: 020 7511 5426.
Email: admin.britanniavillage@pop3.newham.gov.uk
Head Teacher: Linda May Bingham Chair of Governors:Revd Penny Marsh
Latest OFSTED Report. Visit the DfES website for the school's Performance Data
The school have sent us the attached report on their Going for Green project
This new community school opened in September 2000. It serves more than 1100 boys and girls aged 11-16.
Address: Royal Docks Community School, Prince Regents Lane, London E16
3HS [Map]
Phone: 020 7540 2700. Fax: 020 7540 2701
Email: admin.royaldocks@pop3.newham.gov.uk
Head Teacher: Ms Pat Bagshaw Chair of Governors: Cllr Neil Wilson
Latest OFSTED Report. Visit the DfES website for the school's Performance Data
Jim Fitzpatrick has represented the Poplar and Canning Town constituency since May 1997. This constituency - see map - takes in parts of both Newham and Tower Hamlets. He can be contacted at:
House of Commons
London
SW1A OAA
Tel: 020 7219 5085/6215
Fax: 020 7219 2776
Email: fitzpatrickj@parliament.uk
Website:
www.jimfitzpatrickmp.co.uk
Please phone 020 7536 0562 to make an appointment to attend any of the following surgeries:
1st Friday of each month between 3.30pm & 6.00 pm at Community Links, Barking Road, Canning Town, E16 4HQ [Map]
2nd and 4th Friday of each month between 4pm & 7pm at Trussler Hall, Grundy Street, Poplar, E14 6AE (opposite Chrisp Street Post Office) - [Map]
Jim Fitzpatrick has an advice centre with an experienced case workers, Louise Leak and Rashanara Begum, open every weekday. The centre is based at Trussler Hall, Grundy Street, Poplar E14 [Map]. Opening times are 11am - 3pm, Monday to Friday Telephone for an appointment on 020 7536 0562 or 020 7536 0572.
Following the enlargement of the EU London has 9 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). They are listed below.
| Theresa Villiers (Conservative) | Charles Tannock (Conservative) |
| John Bowis (Conservative) | Robert Evans (Labour) |
| Mary Honeyball (Labour) | Jean Lambert (Green) |
| Sarah Ludford (Liberal Democrat) | Claude Moraes (Labour) |
| Gerard Batten (United Kingdom Indepenedence Party) | |
In addition to their role as legislators, MEPs approve the appointment of the European Commission, decide the EU budget with the member states, monitor spending, approve international agreements, question EU Commissioners and national Ministers, and appoint the European Ombudsman.
The European Parliament's website site is at www.europarl.eu.int
Created by the Greater London Authority Act 1999, the Mayor and the London Assembly deal with citywide and strategic issues. Two key agencies responsible to the Mayor are the London Development Agency and Transport for London.
The present elected mayor of London is Ken Livingstone. He can be contacted at:
City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London,
SE1 2AA [Map]
Telephone: 020 7983 4000, Minicom: 020 7983 4458, Fax: 020 7983 4057
Email: mayor@london.gov.uk
Website : www.london.gov.uk
The London Assembly, made up of 25 members, examines the Mayor's activities, questioning him about his decisions. The Assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners, publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the Mayor. Fourteen of the members represent constituencies. Newham is in the City and East constituency represented by John Biggs. He can be contacted at:
Greater London Assembly, City Hall, The
Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA
[Map]
Telephone: 020 7983 4356
Email: john.biggs@london.gov.uk
Website : www.london.gov.uk
This new urban development corporation has been set up by the government to help secure the regeneration of parts of six London Boroughs in East London on the north side of the River. In Newham the LTGDC's area includes parts of East Beckton, Canning Town and the Lea Valley including the area to the west of Silvertown Way and south of the North Woolwich Road - the so-called Riverside Industrial Belt - but only as far as the Thames Barrier Park. It does not include Britannia Village or the site of the Silvertown Quays development. The Corporation can be can be contacted at:
London Thames Gateway Development Corporation,
9th Floor,
South Quay Plaza 3,
189 Marsh Wall, London,
E14 9SH [Map]
Telephone: 020 7517 4730
Fax: 020 7517 4776
Website:www.ltgdc.org.uk/
In Emergency always Dial 999
Newham's main Police Station, open 24 hours a day, is at Forest Gate:
Forest Gate
Police Station, 350-360 Romford Road, Forest Gate, London, E7
8BS [Map]
Telephone: 020 8534 1212, Minicom: 020 8217 5326
Also open 24 hours a day:
Plaistow Police
Statation : 444 Barking Road, Plaistow, London E13 8HJ
Telephone : 020 8534 1212 [Map]
There is also a police Station at North Woolwich. This is the base of the Airport Security Police (CO18) and also the Royal Docks Safer Neightbourhood Team led by Sgt Tony Galinis Tel: 020 7275 5903
North Woolwich Police Station : Albert Road, North Woolwich, London, E16 2JJ. Opening hours variable: Monday to Friday 0800 - 1600 / 0900 - 1700 / 1000 - 1800 [Map]
Local Police Website : www.met.police.uk/newham/index.htm
Minor Crime Reporting : Certain categories of minor crime committed in England Wales or Northern Ireland can now be reported over the Internet as long as an urgent response is not required. The Internet reporting portal is run by the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) on behalf of the police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The system is designed to automatically forward information to the relevant police force. You can access the portal at www.online.police.uk
Chinbow are now the managing agents for most of the private parts of Britannia Village.
hey can be contacted at their Headquarters at Waterloo:
16th Floor,
Tower Building,
11 York Road,
Waterloo,
London SE1 7NX
Telephone: 020 7928 9944
E-mail: property@chainbow.com
Website: http://www.chainbow.com/
Many homes in Britannia Village are provided by the Peabody Trust.
Peabody tenants can access all of their services via Peabody Direct on 020 7021 4444 from 8am to 8pm weekdays . Callers will be put through to the team they need to speak to. For those who prefer to send an email, the address is customerservices@peabody.org.uk. Where Peabody Direct cannot deal with an issue they will arrange a visit by the Estate Manager, Tina Agyemang.
In an emergency outside normal working hours, tenants should ring Peabody Direct on 020 7021 4444 and they will be put through to the out of hours service known as Homecare
For the Trust's Websites visit : www.peabody.org.uk
Another provider of Village homes is the East Thames Housing Group. They are based in Stratford:
East Thames Housing Group, 3 Tramway Avenue, Stratford,
London E15 4PN. [Map]
Email: enquiries@east-thames.co.uk
Telephone : 020 8522 2000, Fax : 020 8472 2299
They can also be contacted via the Contact facility on their website
The Royal Docks Management Authority (RODMA) maintains the dock water areas, ensuring good water quality, and the marine infrastructure, including two locks, a large pumping station and a number of bridges including the Royal Victoria Dock footbridge linking Britannia Village with the north side of the dock. It also enforces the harbour byelaws and regulates the use of the docks by vessels.RODMA is funded by the charges paid by the occupiers of land within its service charge area. [More Details].
Royal Docks Management Authority, Pierhead,
KGV Lock, Gate 14, Woolwich Manor Way, London, E16 2NJ [Map]
Tel: 020 7511 5086, Fax: 020 7511 0312
E Mail:info@rodma.co.uk
Website: www.rodma.co.uk/
This hospital, which includes an Accident and Emergency Unit, is located in:
Glen Road, London, E13 8SL [Map]
Website :
http://www.newhamhealth.nhs.uk
Pending a scheme to to enlarge the hospital some services are still provided at St. Andrews Hospital, Devons Road, London, E3 3NT [Map]
The main contact numbers are:
Address any complaints or enquiries about services to the Trust's Chief Executive, Kathy Watkins, at the Glen Road address above.
Many Newham patients are referred to this hospital which also has an A&E unit and is the base for London's Helicopter Emergency Medical Service.
The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London E1
1BB
Tel: 020 7377 7000
[Directions] and [Map]
Website:www.bartsandthelondon.org.uk
This is located at Newham General Hospital, in Glen Road, London, E13 8SL, Telephone : 020 7363 9200 [Map]
Page last modified: 6th October 2008
On this Page - How to Contact:
* Newham Council
- Mayor
- Local Councillors
- Services
*Local Schools
- Britannia Primary
- Royal Docks Community
* Other Government
- Your Euro MPs
- Mayor of London
- London Assembly Member
* London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
* Housing Agencies
- Chainbow
- Peabody Trust
- East Thames Housing
