Paddington Update

PDT 10th Anniversary/Xmas Party

2007-12-18T08:42:00.000-08:00

Manny's Leaving

2007-09-13T07:28:00.000-07:00

Hi fellow PDTinos,

just a quick entry to say adios as I am moving to new pastures (does anyone read this anymore?) it has been a pleasure to work for PDT and I will leave you all with a peach of a picture....

cheers,

Manny.

Local Job

2007-07-12T03:31:00.000-07:00

Community Development Officer

Are you passionate about inspiring people to make the most of themselves? Do you have the skills to make a lasting difference for the many not just a few?

The Paddington Development Trust (PDT), is recruiting to a Community Development Post based in Queen’s Park. The successful applicant will have relevant professional work experience or educated to degree level in a relevant field.

The role requires awareness and sensitivity to issues affecting residents of deprived and diverse inner-city neighbourhoods. It will involve outreach work to engage residents and to inspire and empower local people to work for a happier and healthier future for themselves, their family and the whole community.

Enthusiastic, sociable and a good listener you are able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people. You are a natural problem solver, able to draw from memory on an acquired knowledge of existing support services into which to refer individual caseloads.

You posses a dogged determination to succeed, and the ability to motivate yourself with minimum supervision. You value attention to detail without losing sight of the big picture, and are able to keep a sense of humour and of proportion at all times. Interested?

 Deadline for receipt of applications is 25th July ’07
 Interviews with short-listed candidates will be held w/b 30th July
 £24, 000 - £27,000 - initial one year contract

If you have what it takes, please send your CV and a personal statement detailing how you meet the person specification above. Send to michelene@pdt.org.uk or Queen’s Park Forum, Office 1, Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue, London W10 4JL.

New Staff member in Queen's Park

2007-06-05T09:27:00.000-07:00

Queen's Park Forum welcomes Sarah Martin to join the team as Coordinator of the Healthy Futures programme. Sarah is on secondment from Westminster Primary Care Trust where she has been working as a Health Visitor on the Hallfield Estate. sarah recently completed an MA in Public Health and is looking forward to making a success of this new and exciting health project in Queen's Park funded through the Local Area Agreement. Sarah's email is sarah@pdt.org.uk and the telephone number is the same as that of the office.

2007-05-24T03:52:00.000-07:00

St. Peter's House has a new member that might be of interest.

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Hi All !!

2007-05-16T07:39:00.000-07:00

Take a trip

2007-05-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

Thanks Manny - this is a good idea - why not do it as a mini away day somewhere - on a boat or something?

2007-05-09T08:56:00.001-07:00

Manny's task

2007-05-09T03:40:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

okay I did not manage to do this the day after the away day last week but am taking forward my task of setting up a group/forum/committee for all us community workers here in Paddington.

I propose that we set up, yep you guessed it, a meeting! Even though we all know each other I don't think get the opportunity to inform others about the work we are doing so a quarterly gathering could really help in sharing good practice, getting advice & other perspectives, and offering support to each other.

So does a meeting, week of 11th - 15th June, where we can discuss how/if to take this forward sound reasonable?

please let me know by email manny@pdt.org.uk

enjoy the day!

Manny.

And ...

2007-05-08T13:53:00.000-07:00

If anybody want to put up a photo - go to the picture icon on the bar above THE POST WINDOW - brouse and if your pictures are in MY PICTURES on windows you can just click and they'll upload. LETS SEE SOME PICTURES!

Alison

2007-05-08T13:47:00.000-07:00

Ok I'm doing a post - have a good look at the screen when you go in and you should be able to post if you follow the stuff. Give me call and we can go through it - and well done alison for even tryinmg to get in. Whose next?

Today I'm seeing Louise Matlock from GOL. She was on the trip we did the other day and if she doesn't cancel - we'll have an interesting chat about GOL, WCC and Neighbourhoods.

Tonight we're launching a joint project with Vital - a sound installation with young peiople from the estates down the Harrow Road to Church St. Very exciting stuff - radio transmitters in shops and trees for all to hear as they go abouit daily business. For more information contact Susan O'Reily at PDT.

Message from the cleaner

2007-05-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Team

Fantastic away day and full of things to do apart from things we do everyday. Thanks to everybody for being brilliant. I said I would try to do this which isn't quite what I imagined. However, the instructions on the email allow one or more or all of us to particpate in posting information from each of the neighbs.

The executive order is as follows: this could be a primitive test on an intranet that we could build if we use it. In order to get moving on this the rules are:

The first thing everyone does in the morning is come here to see if there are any new posts or comments on posts. (A post is a message or photograph). If there is a new post (like this one) either hit the comment icon below and leave a comment (one word or an essay is cool), or sign in and compose a post. Any questions call or email me. For the next two weeks everybody has to leave a comment or a post every day. Those who don't will be named and shamed internationally. Fear and loathing will not be an acceptable excuse Toby.

Harley in Paris

2007-05-07T07:15:00.000-07:00

Don't ask me ...

2007-05-07T06:28:00.000-07:00

Fabian with members of Government Office London and WCP on a recent tour of Paddington Neighbourhoods