Residents’ Association of Emerson Park – News
July 2020
Face coverings exemptions on TfL services
Transport for London (TfL) have a list of exemptions from the current requirement to wear face coverings on buses, trains and other public transport services. If you meet one of the exemption criteria, you can download and print out a card that highlights your exemption to other passengers and Tfl [...]
Ongoing & New Planned Roadworks
For the latest updates on new and planned roadworks in the Emerson Park area visit – www.havering.roadworks.org .
No District Line trains between West Ham and Tower Hill this weekend
Transport for London (TfL) have advised that due to engineering work there will be no District Line service between West Ham and Tower Hill this weekend (04 and 05 July). A replacement bus service (DL6) will run between Tower Hill and Barking on both days. For current updates on all [...]
Parking ‘Back Track’
Havering's Conservative Administration have performed a spectacular 'back track' on parking charges! A recent Executive Decision, dealt with under 'Special Urgency' powers (thus allowing no opportunity for call-in or scrutiny), proposes a range of parking changes. You can read the full Executive Decision via the Exit strategy for Parking link. [...]
Funding opportunities
Havering Council have produced a list of current funding opportunities, large and small, that local and larger organisations and charities can apply to. For details of the funding opportunities see - Havering Funding Insight .
June 2020
Stop Hate Crime confidential hotline
Stop Hate UK is an independent organisation that supports people affected by all forms of Hate Crime and discrimination across the UK. One of the ways they do this is by providing a confidential hotline, to enable people to report Hate Crime without having to contact the police. Like many [...]
Thrive LDN webinars
Thrive LDN is a citywide movement to improve the mental health and well-being of all Londoners. It is supported by the Mayor of London and led by the London Health Board partners. They are presently promoting a series of NHS-led 'Coping Well During Covid' webinars, to give advice to people [...]
Ongoing & New Planned Roadworks
For the latest updates on new and planned roadworks in the Emerson Park area visit – www.havering.roadworks.org . Please note that the roadworks presently being undertaken between Hornchurch and Upminster (along Upminster Road and St. Mary’s Lane) are scheduled to continue until late September.
Plans to house asylum seekers in Palms Hotel scrapped
The Residents' Association of Emerson Park were this afternoon informed that plans to use the former Palms Hotel had been scrapped by the Home Office. A spokesperson for the Home Secretary has stated that the use of the hotel was intended as a temporary measure during the coronavirus crisis, to [...]
Palms Hotel – Residents’ Association councillors write to Chief Executive and Head of Planning
Following yesterday's news that the former Palms Hotel on the A127 in Emerson Park is to be used by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers, local councillors representing our colleagues in the Upminster and Cranham Residents' Association, are to write to both the Chief Executive of Havering Council and [...]
Asylum seekers to be housed in former Palms Hotel
It has emerged within the last couple of days that the Home Office has decided to house up to 200 asylum seekers in the former Palms Hotel. As many people will know, the hotel, which has been closed for several years, is situated next to the A127 near to the [...]
Reporting companies who ignore consumer rights
The Competitions and Mergers Authority (CMA) have recently received a large number of complaints, as some companies sought to use lockdown as an excuse to ignore consumer rights and/or charge rip-off prices for goods and services. Whilst most people understand the difficult time that businesses have experienced over the last [...]