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Older Fitzrovia newsletter June 2013

The Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association (FNA) will be moving sometime this month to 5a Goodge Place W1T 4SD. Our phone numbers will stay the same. Tuesday Advice drop-in sessions 10am-1.30pm will be affected for a week or so during the move but everything else will remain in place at Fitzrovia Court.  Computer classes are available at Fitzrovia Court 24 Carburton …

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Heritage Fitzrovia: conservation areas and listed buildings

Cycle ride: 12.00pm to 1.30pm Sunday 23 June 2013. Entry: Free. Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association, 39 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RX. Pressed in among London's busiest roads and with a skyline cluttered with cranes, Fitzrovia holds a legacy of Georgian, Victorian and twentieth-century architecture. From the obvious landmarks of the Grade I listed All Saints Church …

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Hidden Fitzrovia: the buildings and their inhabitants

Guided walk: 2.00pm to 3.30pm Saturday 22 June 2013. Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association, 39 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RX. Join a 90-minute guided walk to discover the buildings, and the famous and infamous people behind the walls. You may discover that things are not quite as they seem in this unusual neighbourhood.  Led by Fitzrovia News …

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Lost Fitzrovia: The Gort Estate and Tottenham Court Road

Exhibition: 10am to 4pm, Saturday 22 June, and Sunday 23 June; and additional times of: 5.30pm to 7.30pm, Monday 24 June, and 5.30pm to 6.30pm Tuesday 25 June. Entry: Free. Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association, 39 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RX. A few yards off one of London’s busiest roads was a warren of workshops, storage units and people’s homes. This …

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All Souls School children sing for older people

Children from All Souls Church of England Primary School came to Fitzrovia Court this week to put on a singing performance to entertain older people living in Fitzrovia. Children have been performing a regularly sing-song,  organised by Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association's Older Fitzrovia project at Westminster Council's sheltered housing site in Carburton Street for the past four years.

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We are an inner London charity working to relieve poverty and combat social isolation

We are a registered charity working in the inner London neighbourhood of Fitzrovia delivering a number of services to the local community. We provide housing, welfare and debt advice to residents. Deliver community development work using art and textiles with Bangladeshi women. Combat social isolation among the elderly and disabled using art and culture. Provide …

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We’ve updated our “About Fitzrovia London” page and more…

We've made some changes to our website ahead of our move to new premises and in readiness for events in June. We have expanded our About Fitzrovia London page to give a summary of the history of the area and its people. No doubt we'll re-write it again and again. And we've added some details …

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Planning applications in Fitzrovia validated by Westminster Council in April 2013

There were 30 planning application validated by Westminster Council in our area during April 2013.  Display of two internally illuminated fasica signs measuring 0.9m x 5.2m and 0.9m x 4.9m and two projecting signs measuring 0.5m x 0.8m385-387 Euston Road London NW1 3AU Ref. No: 13/03607/ADV | Received: Mon 22 Apr 2013 | Validated: Mon 22 Apr 2013 | Status: Pending …

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