The JFRA warmly invites all residents to become a member of the Association for 2010 to support our work to make the Jam Factory a better place to live and to have a voice over matters that are important for our Estate and quality of life.

Membership is open to any resident of the Jam Factory (including owner occupiers and tenants) and to non-resident Lessees, and entitles members to a vote at the AGM to decide on key policy issues and selection of the new Committee for 2010-2011.

The JFRA was formed in 2003 and is recognised by Southwark Council as the official representative body for the interests of Jam Factory Residents. A copy of our Constitution and a list of the current Committee Members' names and their roles is available to download on this website.

This will be another important year for Jam Factory residents. The JFRA works on behalf of its members on a range of important issues: Over the coming year we will be working to ensure that:

• the final details of our hard-won planning successes (Garden, completion of the Estate Landscape) are implemented in compliance with residents’ requirements
• JFRA’s own resources are used to put in place additional environmental improvements
• there is a successful transition to a self-managing estate
• the day to day issues of managing the environment we live in are addressed 
• we continue with our programme of regular social activities.

This year’s membership fee is £50.  Our membership year runs from January 1^st – December 31^st

Please find attached to download and complete the 2010 Existing Membership Renewal Form and 2010 New Members Form.

If you have any further queries about the JFRA, what we do and who we are please contact us on: jfra.mail@gmail.com

We very much look forward to welcoming you to the JFRA for 2010.

Robert Croydon

JFRA Chair 

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For all exisiting myjamfactory.com members who have not provided their real name, flat number and contact details to us, please click on the link above and add the details as requested.

There is no need to change your existing username, password or contact e-mail address.

Any members who have registered recently and have already provided these details will not need to use this link.

As a reminder, the JFRA are undertaking this process to verify that users are bona-fide residents or those with a legitmitate interest in the Jam Factory: e.g. prospective buyers etc.

(PS: Password reminder is now working).

The deadline for providing these details and for continued use of this website is 29th February 2009.

Thanks again for your patience.

Our thanks also go to Marcus at Webjam for assisting us with this.

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Please find attached photogrpahs supplied by Southwark Regeneration for local exemplars of Streetscape Improvements plus Bin Stores which have been completed recently, and which were tabled at last Thursday's Meeting

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100114-LBS S106 Rothsay Photo Exemplars

Last night's consultation meeting for the Rothsay Street improvements was attended by the JFRA and representatives of Haddon Hall & Meakin Estate (Decima Street TRA), together with individual residents form all three estates. From Southwark, two regeneration officers were present plus Councillor McNally. 

Comments were collected by Southwark's officers, and will be taken into account in the draft design, to be issued by Southwark at the end of February this year for costing. A large-scale print of the JFRA's discussion ideas plan was marked-up by Southwark officers for further development of the draft design. Some images of similar types of local improvement works were brought along by Southwark - we will scan and upload to this website. 

Southwark's officers explained that Public Realm needs to be robust and so can be expensive - the finding decisions with the available money need to be carefully taken.

Main discussion areas were: 

- Re-iteration that Alice Street improvements were not inlcuded in the Rothsay Street package and would follow once any construction works to that site were completed

- Possible postponement of improvement works to lower end of Rothsay Street closest to Tower Bridge Road until Alice Street site is re-developed. Southwark explained this site is to be developed with new affordable housing. 

- Widening of far northern end closest to Weston Street (site of recent assault) through re-configuration of landscaped enclosure and Haddon Hall's existing bin-stores. The Haddon Hall estate need to consider the impact of this on adjacent residents and landscaping. 

- Keeping any new trees away from windows. Haddon Hall Chair preferred not to have fast-growing deep rooted tree species. 

- Preserving the 'defensible space' in front of Meakin Estate, but looking at ways to find better alternatives to the existing brick dwarf wall such as low-level planting as the wall is a loitering hot-spot and the grass is a dog lavatory. 

- General support for the 'raised table' crossing to improve access between the Meakin Estate and the Jam Factory Garden and as a way to slow traffic. 

- Finding a solution to the ugly 'cow catcher' gates at the north / Weston street end of Rothsay Street which can still prevent motorcycles and slow bicycles but also allow access for prams and wheelchairs and also not be intimidating at night. A few conflicting issues there, not any easy problem to solve, but the public realm designers at Southwark are experienced in resolving such issues. 

- Looking at improving parking restrictions to prevent blockage of access to both the Jam Factory car park and Meakin Estate, especially for refuse vehicles. 

- Pretty much unanimous support for non-contentious improvements such as improving footway paving, removing depressions, widening pavements, straightening kerbs and locating parking bays within paved areas at pavement level to increase the impression of people space over car space and help to slow traffic. 

One topic went off the agenda, but it was clarified at the meeting by Southwark that access to the Jam Factory garden would be for residents of Haddon Hall and Meakin Estates during daylight hours only via issue of programmed access fobs. The JFRA explained that fob-access would be provided to Southwark refuse / re-cycling collections when the Garden can be completed, and that this can only happen after the Section 106 Consultation period has closed at the end of this month. 

For Information and Clarification:

Please see attached to download, official confirmation and recognition from the London Borough of Southwark in relation to the JFRA's Role and Representative Status for Jam Factory Residents, both as a properly constituted and democratically organised entity and in relation to our role in Section 106 Resident Consultation matters.

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