The Campaign for a Queen’s Park Community Council is racing towards its target of 800 signatures, with another 200 signatures added since our last update just a week ago.  We now have over 600 signatures with fewer than 200 left to collect. 

At an enjoyable social evening in the Queen’s Park Forum office last week the dedicated door-knocking team of resident volunteers was buoyed by the latest count, and the delicious food that everyone bought to share.  Spirits are high among the ever expanding group of residents eager to be involved in the campaign.  New friendships are being formed, recipies shared and support networks created.  Those involved come from very diverse backgrounds but are united in their conviction that they know best how to create the bonds of a strong community.  The evidence suggests they aren’t wrong!

The residents’ campaign has also attracted significant media attention, this week’s edition of The Economist is the latest to feature Queen’s Park residents’ efforts to become the first community council in London. Click here for the full article.

Above: some of the residents active in the Campaign for a Queen’s Park Community Council at the social last week

The resident-led Campaign for a Queen’s Park Community Council has hit overdrive!  The campaign which was only launched at the end of January set itself the difficult task of raising 800 signatures on a petition before the end of March when funding for the existing Queen’s Park Forum comes to an end.  Only two weeks into the campaign and more than 400 signatures have been collected so far. 

What has been fantatsic is the level of support from local residents both in the campaign group and on the doorstep.  Everyone has been reporting very high levels of awareness of, and satisfaction with, the Queen’s Park Forum, the possible demise of which is proving a decisive factor in clinching their support for the Campaign to establish a Community Council in its place. 

Join the converstaion at www.lovepaddington.co.uk

Above: Mary Doherty and Ted Flanagan collecting signatures on Ilbert Street on Saturday.  Five other pairs covered Kilravock Street and Huxley Street. A special thanks to newbie campaigners Abdihakim, Jill and Neil.