Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

• Friday 27 June – running a team away day. Please note therefore my office will be closed.
• Saturday 28^th June – Discussing what the future looks like ‘for girls who roar’ in Stratford upon Avon as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company Programme 
• Sunday 29^th June- Speaking at the Eastbourne Labour Party BBQ.
• Monday 30^th June – Holding one of my regular advice surgeries for residents which is appointment only- please call 020 8521 1223 to book a future appointment - and then giving the Co-op  Fortnight lecture in Parliament on the the Commonweal 
• Wednesday 2^nd July- speaking on consumer protection at an event in Central London
• Thursday 3^rd July – Holding a Women’s Circular Firing Up Squad workshop in Central London. For more details and to book a place please contact Teresa in my team.
• Sunday 6^th July – taking part in a local discussion forum for young people about employment at All Saints Church in Lea Bridge. All welcome from 6pm. 

E17 v E20 - Walthamstow vs Walford - so now we know . . . . .

Lenny Henry criticises BBC diversity plans 

BBC news online 

24 June 2014 13:38

Lenny Henry appearing at the culture, media and sport select committee hearing has criticised BBC diversity plans. This follows Diane Coyle (acting head of the BBC Trust), who commented that the BBC's flagship soap EastEnders is "almost twice" as white as the real east London.

The BBC's audience council in England had compared the population of Walthamstow in east London with Walford, the fictional home of EastEnders.

E20 v E17

Ms Coyle said it would be "daft" for the show to be a "perfect replica" of the real world.

But she added it was "important to ask whether the BBC can do more in its popular output to provide an authentic portrayal of life in modern Britain".

Referring to her comments that she made during a speech at the London School of Economics on Monday, Henry said: "EastEnders is the most ethnically diverse of any soap."

The BBC said: "We agree with the trust that EastEnders has one of the most diverse casts on British television and that it would be daft to suggest that the programme needs to be a perfect replica of a particular postcode."

Save our Cinema: Take Action Now to Tell the Council Vote Yes to a CPO!

Residents have been fighting for over eleven years now to save the EMD Walthamstow Cinema from being turned into a church by the UCKG (United Church of the Kingdom of God). The McGuffin Film Society and the Waltham Forest Cinema Trust have led efforts to restore this building and provide an amazing cinematic and cultural resource in our area. This includes leading the successful campaign to prevent the church being granted planning permission for this purpose. Despite intervention twice now from the Government to support the case for this building to be used for entertainment, the church has as yet not put the building up for sale.

Waltham Forest Council will meet on Tuesday 15th July to decide whether or not to proceed with a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO). This would enable them acquire the EMD cinema from its current owners and so assist the Cinema Trust. Details of the council’s resolution to proceed with a CPO of the EMD can be found on the council’s website.

Please help us win the case for this to happen by emailing your councillors to let them know that you back the CPO. For details of who to email please visit the Save Walthamstow Cinema website. The deadline for comments to the council is Tuesday 1stJuly.

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

• Saturday 21^st June – Running a Women’s Circular Firing Up Squad training session and workshop in Central London. Spaces are still available. Please email Teresa in my team for more information if you would like to attend. 
• Sunday 22^nd June – Attending the Waltham Forest Mela at the Chestnuts Field Site behind the Waltham Forest Town Hall and the Queens Road Community Street Party
• Tuesday 24^th June- Speaking at an Industry Forum lunch in central London on the future of the economy
• Wednesday 25^th June - Running another Women’s Circular Firing Up Squad training session and workshop in Central London. Spaces are still available. Please email Teresa in my team for more information if you would like to attend. 
• Thursday 26th June- attending Business Questions in parliament, and then a performance of Wolf Hall in central London- to be my +1 ticketholder see below for details. 
• Friday 27th June- running a team away day for my office. Please note therefore my office will be closed on this date. 
• Saturday 28^th June – Attending the Co-op Congress in Birmingham and then discussing what the future looks like ‘for girls who roar’ in Stratford upon Avon as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company Programme 
• Sunday 29^th June- Speaking at the Eastbourne Labour Party BBQ.

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

• Sunday 8th June- joining the E17 art trail including participating in the St Barnabas 'World in Walthamstow' event
• Tuesday 10th June- holding an appointment only advice surgery for residents of Walthamstow. To make an appointment please call 020 8521 1223.
• Thursday 12th June- speaking in the Queen Speech debate on growth and then attending the Walthamstow Labour Party General Committee meeting 

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

• Saturday 31 May- speaking at the Progress conference - see below for more details.
• Sunday 1 June- attending 'Big Lunches' in St James Park, Northcote Road, Hove Avenue and Milton Road in Walthamstow. 
• Monday 2^nd June-  Speaking in parliament at a debate on  'Building communities for wellbeing and resilience' 
• Tuesday 3rd June- Participating in D J Robert’s Ignite the Night event for the E17 Art Trail- see below for details. 
• Wednesday 4^th June -  Attending the State opening of parliament
• Thursday 5^th June -  holding a Walthamstow Circular Firing Up Squad Session to promote Women's Leadership skills - see below for details on how to sign up to join 
• Saturday 7^th June – helping run Walthamstow Labour Party's open workshop on what should be in the Labour Party manifesto for 2015- for details of how to join see below.