Christmas Tales at Chelsea Academy Saturday 29 November

Christmas Tales at Chelsea Academy  Saturday 29 November, from 10am, 11.30am and 1pm. Tickets: £8 (free to babies under 1 year). Chelsea Academy, Lots Road, London SW10 0AB Christmas Tales Saturday 29 November at Chelsea Academy SW10 Christmas Tales is a fun and festive celebration that takes the very best of our vibrant Tales from the Shed shows and sprinkles it with new, magical and larger-than-life characters. Sit back and let the brilliant Tales characters bring you a sackful of silly songs with plenty of potty puppeteering and festive fun. Get ready to laugh, sing and join in with Rain Dear, Snow Manny and all their Christmas fun and games! Come and join us in a world where everybody can share together, believe in the magic and really make it happen. Book on line here. Or call the Box Office on 020 8292 9222.

The South Ken Kids Festival from 17 - 23 November at Institut français SW7

The South Ken Kids Festival  17 – 23 November. Check the website for times and tickets. The Institut français, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT The South Ken Kids Festival from 17 - 23 November at Institut français SW7 The South Ken Kids Festival is back from 17 to 23 November! With over 20 children’s book artists invited (including Quentin Blake, the festival's beloved patron) and more than 50 events on the programme, the Institut français aims to make the festival’s 17th edition a key rendezvous for schools and families in the London area. For more information about the festival, visit here.

Our Pumpkin carving workshops in the Sunken Garden!

CATs Committee Needs You!

The CATs AGM is coming up, on 21st November, where the roles of Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary and Committee Member will be elected. Firstly a form will be handed out in which residents can nominate people for the roles (you can copy more forms if you would like to nominate more than one person for a role) and then voting will begin. We will let you know exactly how to vote as soon as possible. It would be great to have some new faces and fresh ideas so do think about joining. 

As a resident, you may nominate people for the following officer roles, these could be current position holders, or you may wish to nominate someone new or yourself. Below are the officer descriptions taken from the constitution, does one of them describe you?:

Chairperson

1. Shall conduct the meetings of the organisation

Treasurer

1. Shall open and maintain a bank account in the name of the organisation. 
2. All cheques should be signed by the treasurer and one other executive committee member nominated by the committee. 
3. The treasurer shall keep proper accounts of income and expenditure and report at each or relevant committee meetings.

Secretary 

1. Shall be responsible for the convening of all meetings and giving the prescribed notice to all members. 
2. S/he shall ensure that a proper record is kept of all meetings of the organisation, its committee and subcommittees, and shall deliver up such records as required by the committee. 
3. The secretary shall produce records of all meetings and general meetings and make these available to members. 

You can also nominate people for the non-officer role of Committee Member, note this on your nomination form. 

At the AGM the new committee will be elected in, comprised of a new Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary, and up to 8 Committee Members. 

(All taken from the Adopted Constitution for CATs a Recognised Tenants Assosciation, including the role descriptions)

The Committee meet once a month to discuss tenants' concerns and to organise community events.  It's your Chelsea Estate and it's your Vote. Watch this space for  more voting information.

No affordable houses available in the Borough

Friday, 18th July 2014

With the London property market enjoying a seemingly endless boom, buying a home has become a distant fantasy for most working Londoners. This is particularly true in Kensington and Chelsea where house prices increased by 14% over just one year (2012-13) and average well over £1million (according towww.rightmove.com).

Now a damning new report shows just how far out of reach home-ownership is for most of us living (and most likely renting) in the capital.

The report, published by the charity Shelter, reveals 99.7% of London homes are unaffordable for first time buyers. Shelter looked at the asking prices of thousands of properties for sale in the capital, on a given day, and compared them to mortgages that are affordable to average first time buyers capable of saving the standard 18% deposit. They found that, across the whole of London, only 86 homeswere affordable to the typical buyer, or 0.3% of houses on the market. READ MORE FROM KC&W Today

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