URGENT!!!! Homegrown Community Centre occupied by its users – eviction protest demo today, Tuesday, 7pm Tottenham Hale

Posted: August 30, 2022

We have made the decision to remain onsite following our eviction from our communiy space on 29-08-2022.

We are taking a stand to raise our concerns as to the ongoing social cleansing of our community. This is reflected in housing policy, education, policing and countless other decisions that should be made with us and for us but are instead made without us. We are here because our community has not been consulted or included in the Tottenham Hale redevelopment plans and we are no longer willing to accept empty promises or compromise on the needs of our children and families. The council and developers have knowingly allowed us to become homeless without taking meaningful action to address this. We are tired of being pushed to the periphery when it comes to access land and resources. We are tired of watching our children being criminalised simply because they exist and are not white or middle class. We are tired of being told we should move elsewhere when flats are being built for occupants who do not yet exist; who are not aware of our community’s struggle or its full beauty. We are tired of being pushed our of a future to which we have the right to belong. Which we have the right to determine.

We are asking for a permanent space in Tottenham Hale where children and families can think and coexist freely, critically and in an environment that is built first and foremost around love.

Background:

From Haringey Community Press:

A community group is being evicted from its space in Tottenham Hale, as property developers prepare to build on the site.

Homegrown in Tottenham has run a community kitchen, food bank and Saturday school from a meanwhile-use project called Grow Tottenham since 2018. They provide advocacy and advice to those who need it, assisting with application forms and appeals from the site in Ashley Road, N17. Throughout August, Homegrown hosted a weekly summer school, including a film club, pop-up classroom and cookery lessons. During the cost of living crisis, it has proved an invaluable resource for those on a low-income in particular.

But in July, Homegrown – alongside countless other businesses, community groups and individuals who use Grow Tottenham – received an eviction notice from Projekt, which manages the site on behalf of the housing association Notting Hill Genesis. Collectively, they were told to evacuate by 29th August.

Full article:

https://haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/vital-community-group-pushed-out-by-property-developer

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