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A vision for old town hall
• WE write to reassure Gerald Isaaman and Nigel Steward (Action needed on trustees, December 13) and the Friends of Hampstead Town Hall (Friendly fire: charity trustees are told to go, December 6)) that the InterChange board has heeded the local community’s concerns.
At last week’s annual meeting InterChange said goodbye to two of the longer-serving trustees and elected we seven local residents as new trustees.
Together we share a passion and commitment to taking forward the original vision for Hampstead Town Hall in an open and accountable way.
We undertake to ensure that in future the town hall becomes an accessible and welcoming resource for Hampstead residents “where you can hear and feel the vibes of the community” alongside young people attending our own WAC Arts and Media College, as well as the University of the 3rd Age and the dozen other community organisations based in the building.
In September we participated in London Open House for the first time. Staging the event would not have been possible without the enthusiastic help and support of several community organisations.
Since then the main hall has hosted performances by Spare Tyre Theatre Company, a local film-maker, Akademi, as well as our own students showcasing their work. WAC’s annual report is now available at www.wac.co.uk and InterChange’s will follow shortly at www.interchange.org.uk. Copies of the annual accounts are also available.
We encourage everyone to embrace this opportunity to create a new, exciting and collaborative future for the town hall. The next meeting of our quarterly community forum is at 10am on Saturday February 16 and we hope that anyone with an interest in what happens at the town hall will come along. We hope InterChange’s critics will be surprised.
Winifred Adeyemi
Belmont Street, NW1
Peter Davey
Pond Street, NW3
Jonathan Kropman
Howitt Road, NW3
Peter Kysel
Downside Crescent, NW3
Marc Mullen
Fellows Road, NW3
Patricia Orwell
Netherhall Gardens, NW3
Sue Wilby
Glenloch Road, NW3
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