Ashburnham Triangle Association

Dear Ashburnham Triangle community,  Many of you know me as an ATA fun hub coordinator or a neighbour. I’m originally from Ukraine and working hard on securing a safe route to the UK for some of my family and friends. If any of you have a spare room you can offer to a Ukrainian refugee, please email me at anastasia.hgy@gmail.com . Please specify your preference (single, family, or a couple) and whether or not you would allow pets.  Many thanks in advance for your welcome. Anastasia 

An update on the takings from the Christmas Carol collection organised by Robin and Janet Stott last December. An additional £105 was collected by Pepina at the Ashburnham Arms, making a generous total of £335 donated to Shelter, the charity for the homeless. Well done, everyone.

Janet and Robin Stott have received the following letter from Shelter, thanking everyone for the £400 donated to the charity from last month’s Christmas Carols night: “On behalf of everyone at Shelter, thank you so much for your amazing donation of £400! This amount will really help make a difference to Shelter’s work with homeless and badly housed people throughout the UK. Please pass on our thanks to everyone involved for their support and generosity. “Shelter believes everyone should have a home. We help 170,000 people a year fight for their rights, get back on their feet and find and keep a home. We also tackle the root causes of Britain’s housing crisis by campaigning for new laws, policies and solutions. We can only do this with your help. “Bad Housing Wrecks Lives. We are the fourth richest country in the world, and yet millions of people in Britain wake up every day in housing that is run-down, overcrowded or dangerous. Many others have lost their home altogether. ...

J ust a reminder that Father Christmas is returning to his grotto at Greenwich Market every weekend in December: 1st & 2nd, 8th & 9th, 15th & 16th and 22nd & 23rd. Also open on Thursday 20th, Friday 21st and Christmas Eve! Thursday to Saturday 12:30pm–5pm; Sunday 12:30pm–4pm; Christmas Eve 11am–3pm All proceeds go to Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice.

One of the charities the Ashburnham Triangle are proud to support this year is Tommy's. Tommy's is the largest charity funding research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth which one in four women will suffer from. They also provide pregnancy health information to parents-to-be to help them have a healthy pregnancy and baby. You can read more about what Tommy's believe here. Each year, from 9th to 15th October, Tommy's promotes Baby Loss Awareness Week , with the 15th October promoting Wave of Light.  Wave of Light  is an opportunity to join with bereaved parents, families and friends around the globe to commemorate all babies who sadly died too soon. ... To join the global ' Wave of Light ' , simply  light   a candle at 7pm on 15 October and leave it burning for at least one hour.   Join us in #BreakingTheSilence this #BLAW2018 in memory of all babies lost during pregnancy or after birth. You are not alone....

One of the charities supported by the ATA, the Deborah Ubee Trust, is currently looking to recruit sessional Receptionists. More details can be found by clicking this link:  Deborah Ubee Trust . Also, please note that the minutes from this year's Ashburnham Triangle Association's AGM are now on this website:  2018 AGM Minutes .

Chris Ward, Chair of the ATA, says: Well actually it’s our 2018 AGM. Now these are far from formal and stuffy. We aim to reflect the vibrancy and pace of our community. The Ashburnham Triangle community (as defined by the Council) is estimated to be around 3,000. That’s 3,000 lives living, working, playing in the area and the pace of change is rampant. New developments, new businesses, new attractions, new safety concerns, new opportunities. It’s our job to make sure you have your say in what goes on and voice any comments or concerns you have, as well as bringing us together as a community. Our AGM is the one point in the year when all the parts of the ATA get together and talk about plans for the future. So please, don’t write it off, come and join in, have your say. We have events to talk about, we have new initiatives to discuss, we have positions we’d like volunteers for, and we’d really like to hear from you. So come along, there is cake and wine - yes...

Chris Ward, ATA chair, says: Hello The Ashburnham Triangle Association is a thriving community of about 3,500 people who live, work and socialise in the Triangle. The ATA is dedicated to connecting and informing our community, empowering and inspiring it to reap the collective benefits of living together irrespective of our differences. The ATA is a non-profit organisation: we raise money through social events which we put back into community initiatives and charities. In 2018/19 the ATA would like to have four selected charities to donate funds to. This is where you come in. We’d like to invite suggestions for two national charities, and two local charities (within or directly adjacent to the Triangle). Please email any and all suggestions to Chris Ward, Chair of the ATA at ward@live.co.uk with ATA charity suggestions in the subject line. We will take all feedback and views and announce which charities we’d like to support at our AGM. The AGM will be held at 7.30pm on 21st June a...

Neil Sinclair, 22 October 2015 Annabel Cowell was last night (Thursday 22nd October) elected as the new treasurer of the Ashburnham Triangle Association (ATA) in succession to Zach and Tara Veitch. Re-elected as chairman and secretary respectively were Chris Ward and Imogene Russell. The annual general meeting (agm) of the ATA also formally welcomed Simon Barrs as new head of the planning hub in succession to Andrew Steeds. Maureen Romeril will be assisting Simon as planning associate. David Scales, senior representative of the security hub, introduced to the meeting Tina Pugh who has become the other security hub representative in succession to Carolyn Carter. Tina will focus,  among other things, on communication of security hub issues across the Ashburnham Triangle. Robin Stott, deputy chairman, formally chaired the AGM in the absence of Chris Ward.