Enjoy the HammersmithLondon Street Performers Festival
June and July, 2008
Let us entertain you down at Lyric Square with a variety of live shows by a selection of London’s top street performers! HammersmithLondon Street Performers Festival started on June 10th and will present a mix of entertaining acts throughout June and July.
The talent line-up includes traditional street acts, roving character actors, musicians, comedians, magicians, mimes, escapologists, human statues and more! Never failing to cultivate a lively crowd, these talented entertainers have made the streets of Hammersmith alive with the sound of laughing and cheering people.
The aim of our Street Performers Festival is to present and celebrate street performance as an art form, create an enjoyable atmosphere where pleasurable experiences and performances are a regular occurrence and as a result promote and energise Hammersmith’s town centre. Come, join us and have fun! More
Visit Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners Architects with us
Friday, June 27, 2008
RSHP is an internationally acclaimed practice, whose projects include Lloyds of London, the Millennium Dome and One Hyde Park. Richard Rogers himself, has worked for many years with the Mayor of London, as Chief Advisor on Architecture and Urbanism. On this visit we call in on the practice's studios on the River next to the River Café. More
Join us for the Ladies Club meeting and pick up some tips on style!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
HammersmithLondon now has an exclusive Ladies Club. The first meeting was held at Bianco Nero in April and was really successful – more than 70 women from different companies attended the event. We are planning to have quarterly meetings from now on.
Join us on Thursday, July 10, 2008, 6-8 pm, for our second Ladies Club meeting in Dartmouth Castle, 26 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith W6 0LS. There will be Pimm’s and lemonade, a selection of canapés, and an image coaching presentation by Caroline Wolf of Crossing Borders, advising on which styles, shapes & colours will complement your personality, body form & lifestyle. More
Summer Party for everyone aged 2 – 200!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Celebrate the summer at the Lyric with a FREE day of family fun based on the humble British handkerchief!
Invent your own Hanky Haiku, play in the sandpit, lounge in a deckchair (wearing a handkerchief hat of course), and see children’s author and poet John Hegley perform with his band The Popticians. There will be FREE shows for under 7s from Lyric favourites Tall Stories and Lyngo Theatre, a special guest appearance by Andrew Bailey and his Hanky of Truce, as well as Randolph the Remarkable and his incredible feats with fire and a bowl of lukewarm water.
Then you can join in the Massive Morris Dance on the Lyric Square and enter the Great Hanky or Tissue Issue with Friends of the Earth. We’re packing the entire building full of shows, dancing, games and activities. All we need now is you! More
HammersmithLondon Staff Changes
New team members this summer
HammersmithLondon would like to announce some recent staff changes and welcome Jacqui Vidal and Baptiste Hirigoyen onboard!
Our Marketing Manager Elena Nikiforova is expecting her first child and is going on maternity leave in the middle of July. Her maternity cover, Jacqui started at the end of June.
Jacqui has six years experience working in events within both the public and private sector. Brought up in Australia, Jacqui is looking forward to sharing her expertise and has come on board as our Assistant Events and Marketing Manager.
Baptiste is also working with us for two months this summer. He is our enthusiastic trainee student from France, who is managing the Street Performers Festival. Baptiste is from Hammersmith’s twin town in France - Boulogne-Billancourt (often called simply Boulogne), an area in the western suburbs of Paris.
Let’s wish them all good luck!
ATCM Summer School and Conference
June 23-25, 2008
The Association of Town Centre Managers (ATCM) held their Summer School and Conference from 23rd to 25th June in Liverpool. It was attended by HammersmithLondon along with BID and town centre managers from all over England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales as well as from Dallas, Texas and Adelaide, Australia.
There was an opportunity to hear about initiatives and how different issues such as signage, transportation, security and cleansing are addressed and managed in other places. What was interesting is that regardless of location the issues facing town centres are similar to one another even though the circumstances were different. The job of a successful BID or town centre manager is to find the right solution for their town and implement the strategy.
HammersmithLondon, represented by Patricia Bench, delivered a presentation to the conference on the importance of Partnerships within a town centre. Patricia commented on Hammersmith’s various successful partnerships such as our work with the local police in providing additional PCSOs as well as our partnership with the Borough and TFL which results in regular Dr Bike and Travel Plan activities. Ultimately though, the most important partnership is the one between the BID and the businesses themselves. This Partnership is essential to identify the needs of business in the district and one we are always keen to improve and build on.
PCSO Arrests
June update
The HammersmithLondon security team had another major success in the area recently with the arrest of a major prolific young shoplifter. The suspect is well-known by police and CCTV for regularly stealing from retailers along the King Street area. One of our BID PCSOs saw her after the morning police briefing and immediately detained her until a response team arrived. She was arrested and is now on bail pending a court appearance. This targeting of shoplifters and anti-social behaviour within the Hammersmith Town Centre will have a hugely beneficial effect on retailers and improvements to their bottom line profits.
In addition, as knife crime is a key issue for the police services at the moment, the Hammersmith Safer Neighbourhood Team will be concentrating on the detection of knives in the major shopping areas. Operation Blunt has been set up to deter the use of knives and their effect on gang culture by placing ‘knife arches’ around to detect if a person is carrying a concealed weapon. BID PC Davies also has a hand held ‘wand’ to carry out personal sweeps on stopped suspects. The operation has been very successful with 2 arrests this month for blade possession; both suspects are now awaiting trial.
Project Argus
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
HammersmithLondon took part in the recent project Argus event hosted by Kensington police in conjunction with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO). NaCTSO is responsible for protecting the UK’s most valuable sites and has the remit for increasing the UK’s resilience and security of crowded places.
Project Argus is a multi media terrorist attack simulation that allows participants to make decisions about what businesses and staff need to do to help prevent and survive a terrorist attack.
HammersmithLondon will be supporting future anti-terrorism initiatives and view this as a major concern for the area. BID initiatives such as Safetynet and enhanced business communication will provide valuable assistance in supporting anti-terrorism initiatives. If you suspect that a person or activity will cause immediate danger to people or property, call the national anti-terrorism hotline on 0800 789 321.
Summer Baskets
New Flowers around the Town Centre
The new HammersmithLondon hanging basket displays have now been put up around the BID area. The displays replace the previous winter baskets which are being recycled.
The baskets are put in according to a time frame which should ensure that they are in full bloom in time for the summer months, adding much needed vibrancy and colour to the Hammersmith Town Centre. The baskets are designed by Windowflowers, who are pioneers of hanging baskets in various city areas.