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  • QPARA newsletter out now!

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    Produced and delivered twice a year to all households and places of business in the area, free of charge, by the Queen’s Park Area Residents’ Association, the newsletter is full of local news, views and dates for your diary. See our website for the latest news.

    View newsletter here

    QPARA is a non-sectarian, non-political, non-profit making community organisation established to promote a better quality of life in the Queen’s Park area. You are welcome to join us – see our website for details.

  • Last year, 15% of Brent children left primary school not reading well enough for secondary school. Can you help?

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    Beanstalk is a charity that responds to this need by recruiting and training people to volunteer in a local primary school to support children who are struggling with their reading and prevent them from falling behind. Reading Helpers provide regular one-to-one reading support to three children for a whole year to help them read, grow and succeed. With Beanstalk’s support the child’s approach to reading is often transformed.

    Children in Brent urgently need more volunteers to become Reading Helpers. Beanstalk Reading Helpers are trained to recognise what challenges these children face and work through them. By becoming a Reading Helper you can make an outstanding contribution to a child’s reading ability, self-confidence and love of reading. With access to a library of books and games at their local branch, they can tailor their sessions best to support the children they work with.

    This opportunity runs throughout the school term time and you will be at the school for two 90 minute sessions a week. You can sign up at any time during the school year and will full training and expenses will be provided.

    To find out more, please visit beanstalkcharity.org.uk

  • General Election Hustings: Thursday, 9th April

    With the campaign formally underway, we are pleased to invite you to meet the candidates for the Hampstead and Kilburn Parliamentary Constituency at a hustings meeting at 8.00pm on Thursday, 9th April at St Anne’s and St Andrew’s church, 125 Salusbury Road, London NW6 6RG.

    The normal business of the QPARA monthly meeting will be concluded in the first half hour, after which the candidates will be invited to make short statements and then answer questions about issues of interest to people in the local area.

    The hustings will last about an hour. Space will be limited, so please arrive in good time, to be sure of entry.

    Husting venue - St Anne's and St Andrew's church, 125 Salusbury Road, NW6 6RG
    Husting venue – St Anne’s and St Andrew’s church, 125 Salusbury Road, NW6 6RG
  • Call for contributions to our Newsletter

    We are gathering material for the next QPARA newsletter which we plan to distribute to all households in the QPARA area in mid May. Please send any ideas or comments to editorqpnews@gmail.com.
    Information on local events taking place between June and October (for the ‘Diary Dates’ section) is particularly welcome. The deadline for copy is Sunday 12th April.

    Our November 2014 Newsletter is available to view.

  • QPARA donates £1,000 to Salusbury World

    At the March meeting, members voted to use £1,000 of the Association’s funds to support local children.

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    The Salusbury World charity subsidises the residential trips that Salusbury Primary School organises each year for those families that cannot afford the cost. It also organises a winter party for refugee children, buying presents for all of those children who would not normally receive gifts at that time of year.

    QPARA sets aside a sum of money at the AGM each year and invites charities or similar not-for-profit organisations, that have a clear connection to the area, to apply for one-off donations. These are decided on at the March meeting.