Don’t forget that due to the election the forum next month is being held on Tuesday 20th May.

In June it’ll revert back to the second Tuesday on June 10th

Romford Bowls Club Open Day

Come along and visit our bowls club in Romford.

We welcome people of all walks of life and ages. We pride ourselves on our friendly and informal atmosphere. Whether or not you’ve played before doesn’t matter – we’ll do our best to look after you. Bring along family members or friends if you like (but let us know the numbers so we can arrange the right number of helpers!) The benefits of bowls are clear. Come along and have a go!!! You must be wearing flat soled shoes to go on the green. If you can, please let us know on the contact number or email address that you are coming so we have an idea of numbers to look after. If not, don’t worry. Look for ‘Romford bowls club’ on Facebook.

Date

Saturday 03 May 2014

Time

11:00 until 17:00

Location

Lodge Farm Park (Carlton Road end), Romford, RM2 5AA

Admission

Free

Website

Bowls England website

Email

rwhillman@btinternet.com

Phone

01708 446384

Jacqui Himbury, Nursing Director, Tri-Borough CCG, will be speaking on

“The Francis Report – The Implications for Havering”.

on Wednesday 7th May 14:00 to 16:00.

Please let Joan Smith, Healthwatch Havering Manager 01708 303 300 know if you wish to attend

We are pleased to welcome the following speakers to the forum on Tuesday 8th April.

1. Alan Clark – Emergency Planning & The Voluntary Sector

2. Kirsty McArdle – Project Manager, Bedfords Park Walled Garden

The Greater London Forum for Older People and Age UK London have released their manifestos for the upcoming 2014 elections.

London Older Peoples Manifesto 2014

You may be aware that the Mayor of London  in conjunction with Age UK, Age UK London and local Age UKs is running the ‘Quids In’ campaign to support pensioners claiming benefits to which they are entitled.

The campaign includes an Age UK  freefone telephone helpline 0800 169 6565

Quids In Campaign PDF Leaflet

Havering Libraries Spring Newsletter is now available at http://dmtrk.net/1ATO-2AT0Q-678FYVYY1C/cr.aspx?v=1

Local Elections and European elections will be held on Thursday 22nd May. Poll cards for this election will be hand-delivered to all registered electors in the borough between 12th and 21st April.

Information about altering voting arrangements is printed on poll cards.  Electors should note that the last date to register is 6th May, and to apply for a postal vote is 7th May. If you know now that you will be unable to vote in person on polling day please contact Election Services as soon as possible; you do not need to wait for your poll card; arrangements can be made now.

For information, all poll cards refer to the date of the election, the polling station location and the hours of the poll i.e. 7am to 10pm.  You do not need to take your poll card to the polling station to be able to vote.

If residents are not on the Register of Electors they will be unable to vote; if you have not registered at your current address please contact Election Services straight away.

Please note the following changes to our polling stations, which will be indicated on your poll card:

•             Dukes Hall – This hall has closed. Voters who have previously voted here should now vote at: Holy Cross church Hall, Hornchurch Road.

•             Towers Junior School – We are using the Infant School instead of the Junior School. Voters who have previously voted here should now vote at: Towers Infant School, Osborne Road.

•             Please note that Rainham Village Primary School has now reopened. If you voted at St Helen’s Church Hall in 2012 please note that this was a one-off and polling will take place at the Primary School.

If you have any queries or wish to apply for a postal vote please contact 01708 432444 or elections@havering.gov.uk