NEW COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVE DESIGN AND PROPOSAL FOR JUBILEE

Local specialist Architects Jonathan Tuckey Design have designed a new version of the Jubilee, updating and re-imagining the Sports Centre and turning it into an exciting and viable leisure centre at the heart of the community.  Alongside the architects, a leisure centre manager with 30 years experience in the industry, has drawn up a business plan that shows the Jubilee could be run without any cost to the Council.  The Community Jubilee would thrive under new management answerable to Queen's Park Community Council.

A re-designed, updated, well managed, cost neutral solution to the Council's desire to see improved sports offer at no cost.

Cafe view to pool

View from corner of 1st Ave

View of current pool

 

Link to complete Community Alternative Jubilee design
 

In August 2015, we presented Westminster Council with this design and proposal.   Despite Phase 1 of the Willmott Dixon development not beginning at the earliest, until 'the winter', they have dismissed this excellent proposal without proper consideration, even though it meets all their stated aims and, unlike the new Moberly, also adds great social value.

The Jubilee team has launched a petition calling on Westminster Council to properly evaluate our proposal with us:

"We, the undersigned, petition Westminster City Council to join with the ‘Save Our Jubilee’ campaign to develop their cost-effective plan for the Jubilee.  It's designed to refurbish and update the Centre, and offer even more facilities to local people.  With a strong team, answerable to the community, put in place to manage the Jubilee, we call on Westminster City Council to work with our community on this sensible alternative."

Here is the link to a petition: https://www.change.org/p/westminster-city-council-please-join-us-and-develop-our-strong-viable-community-jubilee-sports-centre

Please sign it and distribute it to your networks.

Spread the word, and persuade our council to work with the community, not against it.

Link to architect's website: http://www.jonathantuckey.com/work/new-jubilee/

LONDON CALLING - Join us for a Public Demonstration TODAY!!!

Join Mick Jones and other members of our community at 3pm today 31st May 2015 to tell Westminster Council that we'd rather have a swimming pool and leisure faculties than a tower block and penthouse flats in this conservation area.

We really can't let them bulldoze this place. We've lost the pubs, let's keep the pool

For updates on this and the wider campaign see the Maida Hill Forum Website here.

UPDATE : And call for public meeting

PUBLIC MEETING SUNDAY 31st MAY 3PM, OUTSIDE THE JUBILEE

If a picture is worth a thousand words....

Then a film is worth a million. 

Especially when it's by people in a community under threat.

So here are 5!

Kicking off with a message from our local MP Karen Buck.

A short film on keeping it local and why the Jubilee Centre belongs to US.

A short film on why it is so important to save our free access play area

A short film on the importance of making sports facilities accessible to all

A short film on how to make an objection to Westminister Council.  PLEASE WATCH THEN ACT AND TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

Read all about it in West End Extra

Great write up in the West End Extra about the cause. Click here to read it in full

How to object and a few reasons why you might!

Please wach this video made by a member of our community on the closure of Jubilee Sports Centre and why/how you can object, if you do.

Link to doc

Spread the word

Download and print copies of the poster and fliers to put in windows, on car windscreens.

We need to find out what people think and get their email addresses so we can keep them posted.