Month: August 2015

Four proud working horses and their riders will be installed on the foreshore at Nine Elms on the South Bank to be concealed and revealed by the tide each day, highlighting the role the river has played in shaping London’s history, from an artery for industry and trade to a point of disembarkation for the pleasure gardens that have lined its banks.

Taylor is passionately committed to reversing the depredation of coral reef environments and has created two internationally acclaimed underwater installations off the coast of Grenada in the West Indies and near Cancun in Mexico that are widely acclaimed for their positive benefits to the adjacent coral reefs.

The installation is fully visible from the riverside walkway for up to two hours either side of low tide.

Approximate low tide times: Tue 1 (11.45am); Wed 2 (12.30pm); Thur 3 (1pm); Fri 4 (1.30pm); Sat 5 (2pm); Sun 6 (2.45pm); Mon 7 (3.45pm); Tue 8 (5pm); Wed 9 (6.45pm); Thur 10 (8pm); Fri 11 (8.15am); Sat 12 (9am); Sun 13 (9.45am); Mon 14 (10.15am); Tue 15 (11am); Wed 16 (11.15am); Thur 17 (11.45am); Fri 18 (12.15pm); Sat 19 (12.45pm); Sun 20 (1.15pm); Mon 21 (1.30pm); Tue 22 (2.15pm); Wed 23 (3.30pm); Thur 24 (5.45pm); Fri 25 (7pm); Sat 26 (7.30am); Sun 27 (8.45am); Mon 28 (9.45am); Tue 29 (10.30am); Wed 30 (11.15am)

Please note that the Thames foreshore is a potentially hazardous environment.

The Rising Tide is a commission for Totally Thames 2015.

The project is supported by the Nine Elms Vauxhall Partnership, Vauxhall One and LuminarPrime8.

Nine Elms on South Bank is the largest regeneration zone in central London.

This guided walk will include a talk on the history of Vauxhall and provides an insider look at progress on new landmark developments around Vauxhall and along Nine Elms Lane.

This includes Embassy Gardens, a Ballymore development designed through an exemplary collaboration between world class architectural practices: Terry Farrell and Partners, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.

The walk will also take in Riverlight, a St James development, which has been designed by world-renowned architects Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners.

When: 19th/20th September, 1pm – 4pm

Where: Tea House Theatre, 139 Vauxhall Walk SE11 5HL

Guide: Chris Law RIBA, Vauxhall One Director of Public Realm

To book a place please email: luke.smith@vauxhallone.co.uk

Max 50 places per walk – Please note that both of these walks are now fully booked  

Lambeth Council cabinet approved a “Public Spaces Protection Order” that bans the “consumption and supply of legal highs in public spaces”.

Last year in Lambeth 57 allegations to police were seen in Vauxhall, Clapham, Brixton and Streatham all linked to legal highs, Ranging from supply to anti-social behaviour and sexual assault.

There were consistent complaints from residents about “litter and waste” from discarded laughing gas canisters.

Lambeth is London’s first local authority to ban legal highs, following Lincoln in April. It comes ahead of a planned government ban on legal highs.

Seventeen deaths in the UK were linked to nitrous oxide use between 2006 and 2012.

Normal Course Price: £90+VAT

Your Price: £70+VAT

Quote: V2015

Where an organisation’s risk assessment of First Aid needs identifies that there is a requirement for Emergency First Aiders, this National Award in Emergency First Aid at Work satisfies the requirements of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

After successfully completing this course learners will have the skills and knowledge to provide the organisation with Emergency First Aid cover, and provide treatment to their casualties in a prompt, safe and effective manner.

Next Course Course Dates: Friday 16th October

Course Times: 9am – 5pm

Location: Ashbury Training, Southbank House, SE1 7SJ

Cost: £70+VAT per person

If you are interested in booking a space on this course or for further course dates, please contact firstaidtraining@ashburytraining.co.uk or phone 0845 257 9950.

Please note spaces will be booked on a first come first served basis, a maximum of 12 delegates per course.

Voucher is Valid until the end of 2015.

Subscribing to the Big Issue is the ‘Off-street’ circulation which supports our ‘on-street business’ that supports the lives of individuals and families across the UK.

Each annual subscription is £250 and in return not only will you receive 51 weekly issues of the magazine, but an annual report describing the impact of your contribution to the lives of sellers and inclusion as a supporter on The Big Issue website and in social media campaigns.

Every day The Big Issue supports the 3,000 magazine street vendors of our all over the country, affording them the opportunity to help themselves to move out of poverty.

Corporate subscriptions help build circulation, improve advertising revenues and, most significantly, contribute directly to the daily development and pastoral work with Big Issue sellers.

There is also a vendor employment scheme, which employs a vendor to fulfil subscriptions to help them to gain new skills and have a day off from selling on the street.

To find out more about the variety of partnership opportunities available, please contact Michael Angill, Business Support Manager on 029 2025 5670 or michael.angill@bigissue.com.

‘Invisible Treasure’ by fanSHEN is an interactive digital play space where human relationships, power struggles and negotiation skills will be explored.

Using cutting-edge sensor, sound and projection technologies all players are immersed in a world where Joining the Dots is necessary to survive!

This is an opportunity to help both local charity and Vauxhall One member Ovalhouse and the Vauxhall community.

For as little as £5 you can help children from deprived communities to participate in this interactive play who would not otherwise attend, so please donate what you can.

Businesses are encouraged to become a Full Show Supporter (£120+VAT) which will allow 35 children to see the show.

As an added benefit your company name and logo will be displayed as a Front Row Company:

• at the performance of your choice (schedule overleaf)
• on the Pillar of Support in the Theatre Foyer and appropriate print
• a logo and link on the website

Ovalhouse requests all donations by Friday 30th October 2015 to allocate tickets.

To learn more about levels of support or to donate, please contact Katie Milton, Development Director on katie.milton@ovalhouse.com or 020 7820 7273.

The S92 agreement, sees Vauxhall One pay for the cost of one police officer with the Met matching that funding for an additional officer, meaning that from August 24th Vauxhall will have two extra Police Officers, tackling the issues that most concern Vauxhall One businesses.

PC Watts and PC Robinson, both experienced Police officers with knowledge of the local area having previously worked for Lambeth Police’s ‘Response’ team, will patrol within the whole BID area on week days.

In addition to this they will be focusing on the central Vauxhall areas (transport hub, Albert Embankment, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Goding Street) at evenings and weekends to further enforce the Vauxhall Dispersal Zone.

The Section 30 Dispersal Zone, which covers roads including Albert Embankment, Black Prince Road, Newburn St, Kennignton Lane and Lawn Lane as well as Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, was original lobbied for by Vauxhall One and grants Police additional powers to ban from the area anyone behaving in an anti social way. The zone has already proven successful in reducing anti-social behavior.

As part of TfL’s £36 million upgrade to Vauxhall Underground Station Ticket Gates are being removed and replaced from the 23rd August untill the 14th Septmeber.

The upgrade is now past its half way point and when finshed will include, a new ticket hall, subways and stairways will be completely refurbished and a lift will be installed between the ticket hall and platforms.

This, combined with the existing lift from the bus station to the Tube ticket hall, will deliver step-free access to the Victoria line trains.

David Waboso, Capital Programmes Director, London Underground, said: `A lot of hard work has gone on behind the hoardings to modernise Vauxhall Underground station over the past year. Now it is half way complete with a new station control room, new equipment rooms and a lift shaft excavated.

The commercial gallery Cabinet, which represents Ed Atkins and the Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey, is due to move into a new permanent home on Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens early next year reports The Arts Newspaper. The purpose-built, five-storey building, located on the is backed by the London-based arts patron Charles Asprey.

Cabinet, which was founded in Brixton in 1991, is currently based in Old Street in east london. The gallery, a fixture on the contemporary art scene, has worked with high-profile names such as Martin Creed and Tris Vonna-Michell.

“To be the neighbour of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, on the edge of the Pleasure gardens, is an added bonus,” says Martin McGeown, the co-director of Cabinet Gallery. The new venue is a key addition to Vauxhall, which is also home to Damien Hirst’s new gallery which is due to open in Newport Street this October.

Do you work in Vauxhall? We want your views!

Vauxhall is changing and we want to ensure that the voice and opinions of those who come here every day to work are fully included in the consultation process.

Help us represent the views of local employees on the coming changes to the area by filling out this short survey.

Please follow this link to fill out our survey. It should take less than 2 minutes to complete. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/vauxhallone2015

As you may be aware, TfL and Lambeth Council undertook a consultation last year regarding the principles around changing the Vauxhall Transport Hub Gyratory.

You can read the results here.

They will publish more detailed proposals in the autumn, and embark on further formal consultation.

Vauxhall One believes that the removal of the gyratory could deliver a proper town centre for Vauxhall, with new office and retail accommodation for our member businesses as they grow, and new amenities for their employees.

Please help Vauxhall One to get the most creative solution and best deal for Vauxhall employees and businesses by taking part in this short survey.

One survey participant will be chosen at random to win a box for 16 at the Kia Oval for a T20 or Royal London One Day Cup match in the 2016 cricket season, worth £2,500.

Two runners up will also win £50 bar tab each at Vauxhall Street Food Garden.