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I don't really want to divert this thread too far, but this might be some interesting reading: "Domestic violence is often conceptualised as an ?adult? issue, something that happens between adults who are in, or have been, in an intimate relationship and research has tended to focus more on these relationships. In actual fact, adolescents experience similar levels of domestic violence as adults. It is also clear that domestic violence is still somewhat of a ?hidden? issue in our society; however, it is even more so for teenagers." From: http://www.avaproject.org.uk/media/54353/policy%20briefing%20on%20teenage%20relationship%20abuse.doc but there are other Southwark specific DV surveys.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Most of the licensed premises (though not all) in Lordship > lane are restaurants - many of the others cater to > a young clientele - people not yet sufficiently in > a domestic situation to tend towards domestic > violence. A domestic situation? DV isn't based on bricks and mortar and a mortgage.

At the junction of Inverton and Bellwood Roads?

Having the number that's stamped on the bottom bracket helps...

They'll end up either on gumtree / ebay or at boot fairs (most likely the Nine Elms one in your case), brick lane etc. Or ridden around by kids. You can watch this slightly depressing site: bikeshd.co.uk/ and see whether it turns up

Only up to 12mph though. They offer little protection beyond that. The two serious accidents where cyclists were knocked over by a bus and a lorry in London yesterday (Aldwych and Vauxhall respectively) incurred more injury to the cyclists legs and torso than a head. (gah, I've entered a helmet thread!)

I've got a three day free membership pass if anyone wants it? I won it (as mentioned by another poster above). I was told to go and collect it at Brockwell Lido, and was overjoyed at the idea that I could use the lido and the gym there for three days. Alas not. I live closer to the lido than ED, so if anyone wants to take it from me, I'd be more than happy. Edit - Now taken.

It seems like the law courts don't agree with you James! http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/8194/london_charities_win_judicial_review_against_10m_funding_cut London charities have won a judicial review challenge against London Council?s decision to cut its London Boroughs Grant Scheme by 63.5 per cent. The judge held that London Councils? consultation process was flawed and that they had failed to meet their statutory equality duties. He quashed all the funding cut decisions for the 200 plus projects

Given that today saw Eric Pickles launch the localism bill, with a distinct aim of getting LA's to shared back office services (such as grant making), I thought it might be a timely bump to ask Cllr Barber to respond to the last post.

Ah, but a pedant would point out the intrinsic difference between grass court polo (of which there's about ten very old, but very lovely Allin grass polo bikes at Herne Hill) and Hard Court polo! Mostly the size of the pitch, bikes ridden on, technique, speed etc. Oh and hello all you fgss rabble!

James you fall at the slightest hurdle don't you? Are you honestly suggesting that grant funding should be based on populist opinion? If that was the case, the majority of funding would go to Battersea Dogs Home, a Donkey Sanctuary and Hospital Appeals for machines that go Ping. The removal of this 'bureaucratic' funder* means, as Bellenden Belle has carefully pointed out, that there is one fewer pan London funding body, and that those LA's who are electing to continue to use the allocated budget to fund organisations or projects in the Third Sector, will have to set up duplicate funding and monitoring systems. Not exactly cheap. *It's bureaucratic because of the competing demands of the publicly elected members who get to decide where the funding goes.

GLA isn't a funding body is it? It's not set up to fund organisations or give grants. London Councils funded often difficult and unpopular work. Whilst they were a bit bureaucratic they did at least understand the work that they wanted to fund.

Perhaps one of the worst attempts at trolling I've seen for a while!

Because Eater, Dulwich Estates will not sign a lease longer than a rolling 2 years. Which means that VLC and local groups find it nigh on impossible to fundraise for any capital works, as the length of tenure is too short. The current surfacing is getting old, the covered stand is in a state of disrepair and can't be used any more, and the bleaker seats are getting old. The amount of voluntary hours that are put into the HH Velodrome to make sure that it's regularly open and accessible to both young children riding mountain bikes, or on track, to professionals using it on open meets is incredible.

Just up the road to what was the Indian restaurant.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/file.php?9,file=14150 Not strictly pram related, but having just bought these plant pots off a very kind ED Forum member, on Saturday. I left them slightly hidden in my front drive on Solway Road, alas not hidden enough, as they were pinched last night. If anyone has spotted Bill and Ben running around with them, would you let me know? Many thanks

You're not a wheelchair / pram user are you DJ?