Letter to Links Estate residents, September 2022

 

                                                           Rob McAuliffe – incoming Chair

Dear Resident,

On behalf of the Links Estate Residents’ Association (LERA), I am writing to reconnect with existing members and long-standing residents, and introduce myself to any new neighbours.

For those unfamiliar with LERA, we have been in operation for more than 30 years, representing the approximately 600 households on the estate. Our ongoing work and activities include:

·       Acting as a focal point for issues affecting both the estate and the immediate locality

·    Maintaining regular contact with councillors and officers within the London Borough of Bromley, dealing with matters such as estate cleanliness, removal of unsightly graffiti, nuisance parking, and planning and road safety issues

·    Seeking to maintain neighbourhood security as active members of the Plaistow & Sundridge Community Advisory Panel and Neighbourhood Watch, and through our good working relationships with our local police officers and Community Support Team.

More information about our activities, including archived minutes from past Annual General Meetings (AGMs), can be found on our website: www.leralink.blogspot.com.

The past two and a half years have presented unprecedented challenges for us all. LERA has not been immune to the impacts of the pandemic, and our work has regrettably been restricted as a result. The committee has also been operating at reduced capacity, something we sought to address in a recent recruitment drive – we are pleased to report that we received a fantastic response to this and have recently welcomed several new members to the committee. This means that we are ready to resume normal operations.

A critical part of renewing our activities is re-establishing communication with members of LERA, and we would also like to welcome any new members that would like to join. LERA members – who are asked to pay an annual subscription fee of £2 per household, to cover our admin costs – benefit from:

·       Gaining access to the members-only Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/lerabromley/

·       Receiving a regular newsletter – this was put on hold as a result of the pandemic and resourcing issues, but we plan to revive it and publish several times a year

·       Being invited to attend our AGM, usually held in April or May.

Before collecting any subscription fees for 2022-23, we would like to request some contact information from both existing and prospective members, to help us build a basic database of our membership. Please be assured that your details will only be used for the purpose of contacting you regarding your LERA subscription and LERA matters, and will not be passed on to any third party or used for any other purpose. To provide us with the requested information, please complete our online form, at bit.ly/leramembership or via the QR code below:

        

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Rob McAuliffe – incoming Chair

LERA Newsletter February 2020

Dear Links Estate Resident

We are sure the majority of you will have received and read our Booklet celebrating 30 years of our Residents Association. This hopefully gave you an interesting read and gave you some idea of the type of things the Association have been involved in.

Those of you who have been members for many years will already be aware of these activities and some of our success stories. Although we have not been so visible over the recent months the committee has continued to meet via ZOOM and more recently in St Andrews Church Hall.

We are hoping to be able to be more active this year and look at some activities that will bring the community together. In the past some residents took part in a Garden Competition which is one thing we are looking at doing again this year.

We have waived the annual £2 subscription fees for the time being but will announce when that will resume and your Street Rep will pop the form through your door.

We are looking to recruit new volunteers to join the committee and share their skills, knowledge and ideas. Particularly if you are a good communicator, or have experience of attending /chairing meetings, or are good with figures and have computer skills. None of the roles are majorly time consuming and if anyone is interested in finding out how we work and maybe offering a bit of time you would be welcome to join us at the next quarterly meeting on the 9th of February, 7.30pm at St Andrews Church Hall and chat to existing committee members about the roles we are particularly looking to fill.

Please email us if you are thinking of attending so we can gauge numbers for seating: lerabromley26@gmail.com

You can also use our email address to report any concerns or raise issues you think the community should know about. We will respond.

Many of you make good use of our Facebook page, sharing information/concerns and offering things for sale etc. We also put any information on there, such at the Waste Collection Schedule and messages from Trading Standards. As long as you are signed up to be a member of the Residents Association and given details about where you live, you will be invited to join the Facebook Group.

Wishing you well and hope to see a few new faces at the next meeting

Kind regards

LERA Links Estate Residents Association Committee