Last night we met at Newham Council Dockside building just after 11pm for a briefing on tonight’s count. There was Council officers, volunteers, outreach workers and Councillors taking part. We were split into 5 mobile teams and given maps and di…Read more…
Protecting Public Health in the Stratford Centre – Special Newham Council Cabinet meeting 27.3.20
On Friday evening we held a special virtual Cabinet meeting under the Council’s urgency rules in order to agree to ask the Courts to close Stratford Shopping centre between 8pm and 5am.
This was chaired by our Executive Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz.
It follo…Read more…
Newham Mayor Update on Coronavirus (COVID-19) #StayAtHome this weekend is vital 27.3.20
UPDATE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): 146 PEOPLE CONFIRMED WITH CORONAVIRUS IN NEWHAM
THAT’S WHY #StayAtHome THIS WEEKEND IS VITAL
FROM MAYOR ROKHSANA FIAZ
27th March 2020
As we end the week, the need for us to continue to do all we can stop the spre…Read more…
Newham Council Bi-Monthly Rough Sleeper Count 31.5.19
In the early hours of Friday morning I took part in my 3rd count of people sleeping rough in Newham.
We met up at Newham Dockside for a briefing at 11pm then were split into teams of 3 and sent out to different parts of Newham.
There were about 20 of…Read more…
Newham Bi-monthly Rough Sleeper Count 29.3.19
Picture collage is from early this morning (midnight to about 3am) when I took part in my second Rough sleeper count. Newham has received money from the UK Ministry of Housing to tackle rough sleeping and as a condition of this money, it has to carry o…Read more…