Dear Mr Perrin
Thank you for your enquiry in regards to the above.
Cllr Fulbrook has asked we send you a copy of the below response as follows:
Email
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Councillor Fulbrook,
Thank you for your email which has been passed to me in Fiona's absence. We have received fewer complaints since the Soup Run Forum's voluntary code of practice was put in place but we will clearly need to revisit this if reports like this persist.
Guy Arnold, our Community Presence Manager, has this morning contacted the GLA's Faith Group Coordinator, Rose Hickman, and we believe that this latest incident was a one off involving a smaller group than the ones who have been engaged with over the Code. The difficulty with passing on the Code to smaller groups is that it runs the risk of endorsing soup runs, so in the first instance they are discouraged from holding them with suggestions for alternative ways to help the homeless offered instead. Rose has said that she will reinforce this message with this particular group and we understand that they have no plans to hold another one.
In the meantime, our environment services colleagues have committed to inspecting the area before the daily morning clean takes place for the rest of this week, while our street presence team will continue to monitor the situation and engage with providers to ensure that they are adhering to the principles of the code.
I hope that this response is satisfactory for the time being but we will keep you updated on any developments.
Regards
Oliver
Oliver Myers
Head of Parks & Sustainability
Telephone: 020 7974 6370
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Please feel free to contact Cllr Fulbrook directly if you would like any further assistance with the above or any other matter.
Kind regards
Yinka Adeniyi
Member Support Officer
Corporate Strategy
Strategy and Organisation Development
Telephone: 020 7974 3899
Web: camden.gov.uk
Room 122 1st Floor
Judd Street
London WC1H 9JE
Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor)
Sent: 26 July 2014 23:09
To: Jon Dalton
Cc: Olad, Awale (Councillor); Vincent, Sue (Councillor); Dean, Fiona; Gilman, Katie; Monck, Sam
Subject: RE: Soup Kitchens - Lincoln's Inn overloaded
This is just absurd, and some of the 'do gooders' we met from far and wide are clearly incapable of realising the sort of nuisance caused by this excess of food.
Fiona: can we have another go at sorting this out? They should all be observing the Code of Practice, and if not, then I suggest the police are called to deal with an obstruction of the highway and/or the pavement.
Julian
Julian Fulbrook
Cabinet Member for Housing
Labour Councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden ward London Borough of Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Assistant: Karen Martins karen.martins@camden.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7974 6391
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From: Jon Dalton [jon@bloomsburyleisuregroup.com]
Sent: 26 July 2014 19:21
To: Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor)
Cc: Olad, Awale (Councillor); Vincent, Sue (Councillor); Dean, Fiona; Gilman, Katie; Monck, Sam
Subject: Re: Soup Kitchens - Lincoln's Inn overloaded
Councillors,
Additional soup kitchen operators have sprung up, which is really too much for the area to cope with. The latest (see below) has started to park in residential parking bays right up near residential dwellings. They have no identification and make effort to clear up the massive amount of mess left behind. Rate payers foot the bill of course.
There is another competing soup kitchen in the same location on Saturday nights, feeding the same people, who are so bloated with food that they pick and choose, dumping food as they go along.
All this detracts from making the area a safe and enjoyable location for all, not just the soup kitchen beneficiaries.
Regards,
Jon Dalton
On 1 Feb 2013, at 11:00, Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor) <Julian.Fulbrook@camden.gov.uk<mailto:Julian.Fulbrook@camden.gov.uk>> wrote:
Fiona,
I am hoping that someone is coming along to our Area Action Group meeting from your Department. Can we also pick this issue up again in the discussion on LIF?
Julian
From: Jon Dalton [mailto:jon@bloomsburyleisuregroup.com]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 10:46 AM
To: Olad, Awale (Councillor); Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor)
Cc: Vincent, Sue (Councillor); Dean, Fiona
Subject: RE: Soup Kitchens 31/1
Hi Awale,
There are plastic bags.
The problem is the organisers take off back to the suburbs in their SUVs as soon as they serve up food, leaving a free for all.
Jon
From: Olad, Awale (Councillor) [mailto:Awale.Olad@camden.gov.uk]
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 10:39 AM
To: Jon Dalton; Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor)
Cc: Vincent, Sue (Councillor); Dean, Fiona
Subject: RE: Soup Kitchens 31/1
I can attest that this happens. I go for a run through LIF every night and often have to navigate through plates of half-eaten food lying in random locations of the square. I think bin bags strategically located in hot-spots can be a start to dealing with the problems in this area.
Fiona - let me know what steps we're taking.
Best,
Awale
Councillor Awale Olad
Holborn & Covent Garden ward (Labour Party) Chair, Culture & Environment Committee London Borough of Camden Camden Town Hall, London WC1H 9JE
t- 0207 974 2792
e- awale.olad@camden.gov.uk<mailto:awale.olad@camden.gov.uk>
w- http://bit.ly/jyGV2P
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From: Jon Dalton [jon@bloomsburyleisuregroup.com<mailto:jon@bloomsburyleisuregroup.com>]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 10:25 AM
To: Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor)
Cc: Olad, Awale (Councillor); Vincent, Sue (Councillor); Dean, Fiona
Subject: RE: Soup Kitchens 31/1
Councilor Fulbrook,
Drawing your attention back to the Soup Kitchen blight on Lincoln's Inn Fields, I wonder if there has been an y progress with regulation or any control?
The operator of last nights kitchen is an absolute disgrace as can be seen fro the photos attached. There were literally hundreds of discarded plates and cups, many with barely eaten meals. The later being evident of the satuation of soup kitchen providers in the area. There is so much food on offer every night that lobbing full plates of food in the doorways of private properties is preferable to actually consuming the meals.
Regards,
Jon Dalton
From: Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor) [mailto:Julian.Fulbrook@camden.gov.uk]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:30 PM
To: Jon
Cc: Olad, Awale (Councillor); Vincent, Sue (Councillor); Dean, Fiona
Subject: Re: Soup Kitchens LIF
Still working on this. They seem to have managed more volunteers to sweep up some of the litter. But essentially if you provide free food then there are going to be lots of people.
Julian
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From: Jon <Jon@bloomsburyleisuregroup.com<mailto:Jon@bloomsburyleisuregroup.com>>
To: Fulbrook, Julian (Councillor)
Sent: Mon Sep 19 09:37:18 2011
Subject: Soup Kitchens LIF
Councillor Fulbrook,
Has there been any progress with taking action to reduce the number of Soup Kitchen operators around Lincoln's Inn Fields?
Regards,
Jon Dalton
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