Labour-run Camden have replaced the ‘Local Area Forums’ with ‘Area Action Groups’. Aside from a new name, the only real difference is that your ward councillors receive less support in setting them up and the meetings no longer have the annual £10k budget to spend locally.

Labour-run Camden’s new Community Investment Programme includes nothing to help with the shortage of primary school places in the Belsize/NW3 area. This is despite there being an acute shortage of places in reception classes, which is set to get worse over the next few years, due to a rise in birth rates.

The much-loved library on Antrim Grove may be closed   Belsize Library on Antrim Grove is under serious threat of closure by Camden’s Labour administration, despite it having 50,000 visitors a year. This would be a huge blow to the many residents. The library is popular across age ranges, being particularly valued by the elderly, […]

  Cllr Tom Simon (right) with Andrew Thornton at the opening On Tuesday 5th October the new ‘post office local’ service at Budgens supermarket on Haverstock Hill opened. Budgen’s owner, Andrew Thornton laid on champagne and nibbles for the crowd that had gathered for the official opening and the red ribbon was cut shortly after […]

People who live or work in Belsize Park will be pleased to hear that postal services are returning to the area. From 4th October Budgens on Haverstock Hill will be home to a 12-month trial of the ‘Post Office Essentials’ service, which provides most post office services. One great thing is that it will be […]

Great news for Camden parents and children in both the north and the south of the borough. The coalition government has announced that three key schools projects are going to go ahead – the UCL sponsored academy on Adelaide Road, the rebuild of South Camden Community School and the rebuild of the outstanding Swiss Cottage […]

You may have read in this week’s Ham & High that Belsize is set to get a new sub post office nearly two years after the last one in this area was closed, causing outrage among residents. A source close to the negotiations told the Ham & High that a site had been identified and […]

Many local residents in the area around King Henry’s Rd are concerned about the High Speed 2 (HS2) proposal for a fast rail link from Euston to the Midlands and North of England, which involves tunnelling under homes in our area.  While all parties support HS2 in principle, the Liberal Democrat Transport Shadow Norman Baker […]

Camden is set to receive £1 million from the government to pay for additional primary school places. In May this year over 140 Camden children were without an offer of a place in a reception class, and Belsize was particularly badly affected.   This funding is a tribute to the amazing campaign waged by parents […]

Fantastic news – Camden Council has won a bid to make Belsize and the surrounding area a Home Energy Efficiency Programme pilot for the whole of London. That means up to 1,000 households will each receive 10 energy and water efficiency measures installed for free. The aim is to test the concept for the whole […]