Guardian Baggie is occupied by a London Community Center with blockade Opposition to lack of affordable Childcare And School holiday support,
Parents have joined by grandparents and young workers profession In the recently closed center, which was run in Living Under One Sun (Luos) Charity, Tottenham Hale on Friday evening.
A group of average of 50 to 60 people averages a day in the weekend that the summer will continue to occupy as much as possible to provide community space during the holidays.
Britain-wide reduction, Protesters Said that they are demanding immediate action to increase the childcare and school holiday provisions of Boro. They said that they are also calling Hringi council The Down Lane park guarantees its long -term use as a place for community groups to protect the center from demolition and to run services and activities.
Outside a small train blockade and outside a family festival, protesters have started running a program of free food and children’s activities from the outside.
A local mother and a dance teacher, Jemma Brown said: “We didn’t know what kind of reactions we could do, but the support from the community has become heavy. On Friday, when we rectified more than 100 neighbors to the Center, to celebrate with us.
Rebecca, a single mother and kitchen volunteers at the community center, who only wished to give their first name, said: “When the center was closed, I felt that I had lost my second house … We will not let them take them to our community center.”
There is a serious challenge for thousands of London families in a six -week summer break. The cost of childcare in Inner London is now an average of £ 306 per week for a childminder, which is more than £ 1,800 during the summer holidays, according to a survey conducted by Children Charity Kram this year.
Therefore, many parents, cannot work while schools are closed, with relying on community center programs on school holidays.
The UK has the highest number of hair poverty rates in the UK in Hringa, Boro where Tottenham Hell Community Center is located.
However, the government’s holiday activities and the demand for food (HAF) program appear to cross the supply, about three-fourths of the children were not participating in the program in the last summer, according to A. Education department Report this year.
At the national level, according to the latest HAF government’s latest data, only 29 percent of the eligible children reach children, while most of the councils offered only four weeks clubs, which did not have a difference of up to two weeks, with no funded support.
According to the protesters, the community center run by Loos was one of the last in Hingi, to run a program of free children’s activities during the summer holidays, including multi-sport, crafts and horticulture.
But the council has announced that the Center has now collapsed. The local newspaper Hringi Community Press reported that Loos confirmed that it was leaving the campus in March after a funding dispute with the council.
In response, local parents and childcare workers said they decided to run a free community holiday program to occupy the center and support families that are struggling on school holidays with food and childcare.
With their childcare calls and demands for the center, the protesters are urging for transparency and real community control on the money spent on planning in Tottenham Hal.
Pamela Berokal, a drama worker involved in business, said: “I run a Playgroup and Parents Help Group for the Latin community in Tottenham.
“There are ‘regeneration’ schemes causing about all the councils that are enriching private developers while the cost of local families.
“Tottenham has a long history of community resistance and we will not let them get away from it. We fight because we care.”
Councilor Ruth Gordon, a member of the Hringi Council Cabinet for Placementing and local economy, said that individuals on Friday “hurricane” and “injured a member of employees” in “illegal occupation”.
He said, “We want to provide the best services for our residents and the council has already discussed short -term use with community groups that include summer holiday activities for young children and have already bought equipment from loose for this support,” he said.
“The council is demanding possession of the building to remove illegal people so that we can ensure that the parties we have engaged are capable of running activities through the right channels.
“As part of the employed long -term program, the council is largely launched with residents and will provide a new building and other facilities in the park to ensure long -term community provisions.”
Metropolitan police said that Independent There was no protest police case.
A spokesperson of education said: “We believe that school holidays can be a pressure time for parents, which is why through the plan of change, this government is putting back the pounds in the pockets of the parents during the holidays and during the period.
“We are rolling the childcare funded by the 30-hour government from this September, help every child to give the best start in life and save parents up to £ 7,500 per year. We are continuing free holiday clubs through holiday activities and food programs, which offer six weeks and food for children of low class children during school holidays.
“To support a pinch of families, we are expanding free school food for all children on universal credit and introducing free breakfast clubs in primary schools.”
Independent Laos Charity has been approached for comments.
