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Advertising and marketing in Fitzrovia
By Linus Rees One of the many services we provide to residents in Fitzrovia is a free community newspaper. We publish Fitzrovia News four times a year and it is the only free local newspaper delivered...
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Helping tenants fight huge rent increases
This month we helped three tenants to fight a huge rent increase requested by their landlord. The tenants faced a doubling or tripling of rent. The tenants were due to be visited by the valuation...
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Summary of our response to Westminster City Council’s draft tenancy strategy...
This is a summary of our response to the draft tenancy strategy and has been prepared by one of our trustees and one of our advice and development workers. Our organisation is proud to be one of WCC’s...
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Why our housing advice service is so important
It’s been a difficult couple of weeks and our advice service remains busy with enquiries about housing. In March we supported three tenants against a very large rent increase — the landlord wanted to...
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We will be closed for advice this Tuesday 5 February for staff training
Our advice and information service will be closed this Tuesday to enable staff to attend welfare rights training. Our women-only drop-in session on Wednesday will be open as usual from 11am to 1pm. Our...
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We will shortly be moving to new premises
During the spring of 2013 we will be leaving the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre at 39 Tottenham Street — our home since 1975 — and moving into new premises in Percy Street. We will make an official...
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Looking for somewhere to live in Fitzrovia?
View Larger Map Fitzrovia has seen huge rent rises in recent years and a lot of property speculation and people buying as investments. Many ordinary people have been forced out of the area by rising...
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We need more than 17.1 percent affordable housing from Rathbone Place...
The former Royal Mail delivery centre in Rathbone Place goes to Westminster Council’s planning committee this Tuesday (ref 13/04844/FULL). The proposal is to create a mix of offices, retail,...
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Fitzrovia Charity Appeal 2014
Dear Neighbours Our Neighbourhood Centre, on the corner of Tottenham Street and Goodge Place, has served the community with an advice service, and voluntary activities since 1975. Please help us to...
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Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Statistics interim report
By Linus Rees The 2010 indeces of multiple deprivation were published today. Over the next few days I will be looking at the data writing a brief report about the neighbourhood. In the meantime an...
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Older Fitzrovia Newsletter August 2012
OLDER FITZROVIA NEWSLETTER August 2012 Time to Sing has been very popular. It will continue for the first two Mondays in August (6th and 13th) 11-12.30 in August at Fitzrovia Court, 24 Carburton St...
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Our comments on proposed changes to Camden Planning Guidance 2: Housing
Camden Council proposes changes to the current planning guidance. Our association strongly objects to some of the proposals in CPG2. Specifically we strongly object to paragraph 2.102 and paragraph...
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Rough sleeping in Fitzrovia: autumn 2016
We estimate that there were at least 40 people sleeping rough on the streets in our neighbourhood on a typical night during the autumn of 2016. We base this estimate (which we consider a minimum...
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We have written the following letter to the secretary of state for housing urging the government to take the opportunity to end rough sleeping and homelessness. 6 May 2020 Robert JenrickSecretary of...
View ArticleOur Fitzrovia Advice Service will open again this month
From Monday 18 January 2021 our housing and welfare advice service will again be open for all residents of Fitzrovia, the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden. Advice is available in...
View ArticleThe Fitzrovia Advice Service is available by telephone, online, and in-person...
Telephone and online advice service for all residents of Camden and Westminster. Contact us on 020 3985 6364 or Email: advice@fitzrovia.org.uk Mondays from 12.00am to 4.00pmTuesdays from 10.00am to...
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