Issue - meetings

1.      The Mayor thanked all those who supported the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and attended Armistice and Remembrance Sunday services in the borough, and added that the support of the community and the many youth organisations in the borough was valued.

2.       The Mayor was delighted to have attended the Haringey Celebrating Sports Awards on Thursday 18^th November. The event served to showcase the huge sporting talent in the borough as well as thank all those hard working volunteers, sports organisations and clubs. There were 13 categories this year including Sportsperson of the Year, Club of the Year and Disabled Volunteer of the Year. A special Award was presented this year; the ‘Haringey Unsung Hero’, won by Tony Millard the Deputy Principal at the Vale, who did an incredible amount of work promoting young people’s disability sport. The Mayor congratulated all the winners.

3.      On behalf of the Council, the Mayor expressed congratulations and best wishes to Councillor Richard Wilson and his partner, who would be celebrating a special occasion on Saturday.

4.      The Mayor congratulated Neighbourhoods’ officer Leyla Laksari, one of four Londoners short listed for this year’s Pride of Britain awards. She was featured in ITV’s London Tonight on 25^th October, showing the Living Under One Sun (LUOS) healthy living project in Haringey. Living Under One Sun was set up to help reduce crime at the local adventure playground, bringing mothers and local women of different ethnicities to meet and cook and share stories of their lives. The project embraces the core values of Haringey’s Sustainable Community Strategy which puts communities right at the heart of change, shaping and driving developments.

5.      The Mayor was delighted to announce that Haringey had three finalists at the National WOW Awards on 9 November, Garry Graham for “Most inspiring front liner”, the Haven Day Centre for “Best care provider” and Haringey Council for “WOW! That’s motivation”, a council wide award, for which the presentation to the judges was made by Helen Skerratt and Len Weir. The Mayor was happy to report that Haringey Council had won the Council Wide Category “WOW! That’s motivation”. The finalists all received a well deserved round of applause.

6.      The Mayor thanked all those Councillors who had supported the fundraising event on Saturday 20 November for the 2011 Tottenham Carnival. The successful event had been held at Haringey Irish Centre.

7.       The Mayor reported that on Thursday 11 November, Armistice Day, local residents, including children from local primary schools, had attended a moving ceremony at Tottenham Cemetery to remember those who had sacrificed their lives in the two major World Wars, and the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.