Category Archives: How to get things done locally

Our local MP Emily Thornberry sent me an email with a link to her new website.  It has a section on Caledonian and Barnsbury wards.  You can get in touch with her here.  Hopefully the website will be updated regularly … Continue reading →

The local Safer Neighbourhoods Panel often discusses the use the police make of CCTV in the area.  South Kings Cross was smothered with CCTV in the mid nineties to tackle the then endemic problems with street crime.  The street sex … Continue reading →

It is pretty easy to get your voice heard in Islington.  There are a whole range of ultra-local committees that meet on issues directly affecting us in the area – these meetings are always open to the public.  Last night … Continue reading →

A reminder that on Wednesday evening at 7.00pm there is a discussion on any local issues you care to raise at Housman’s bookshop at the bottom of the Caledonian Road – Number 5.  Will be a good opportunity to kick … Continue reading →

Housmans the bookshop at No 5 Cally Road has always had excellent links into the local community.  They are hosting a series of talks in November on the challenges facing Kings Cross as the area faces a pivotal moment with … Continue reading →

Are you having problems with your post? At the Battlebridge Court block on Wharfdale Road, among a range of post delivery problems, our post is being left in communal areas rather than posted through our letterboxes, making it vulnerable to … Continue reading →

It was a year ago today that I set up this site after a conversation with Tom at MySociety.  I had no idea the torrent of local activism we would unearth and celebrate.  It has been great fun over a … Continue reading →

Tackling tipping, broken streetlights, graffiti, vandalism was what got me involved in community activity in Kings Cross.  Some weeks I feel like an urban Bill Oddie on ‘TrashWatch’.  There are loads of ways to tackle this – when i first … Continue reading →