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Camden New Journal - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 26 November 2009
 
How to spend £10,000

• IN Belsize last Tuesday evening, we held the latest meeting of our local area forum.
Those attending had the chance to decide how to spend the £10,000 pounds allocated to Belsize. There was a list of five options boiled down from the debate at the previous meeting.
In the end, although many people were keen on funding food growing projects or helping the Belsize Library, the vote was in favour of giving the money to the Winchester Project and St Mary’s Centre – two local youth charities.
Both of these do excellent work with young people from Belsize and the surrounding area and will come up with proposals as to how to spend the money.
Although the turnout at the meeting was disappointing, it was nonetheless a good advertisement for the local area forum scheme, with a lively discussion preceding the vote.
If further funds are made available each year, along with support to improve participation it could eventually prove to be a powerful tool for truly local decision making and democracy.
Cllr Tom Simon
Liberal Democrat, Belsize ward


Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@thecnj.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.

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