Redbridge meeting to celebrate extension of suffrage 100 years ago on 6.2.18

Great that Cllr Paul, Leader of Redbridge Conservative Group is speaking along with Jon Abrams of One Place East with Rosa Fenton of the Ilford Recorder to chair.

Great news, Cllr Jas Athwal Leader of Redbridge Council will speak on the 6th February. The meeting is getting better all the time!

 15.12.17 Minutes of Planning meeting for Suffrage Centenary Meeting on 6.2.18 Attending Cllr Gwyneth Deakins Cllr Bob Littlewood Janet Knight Peter Knight Meenakshi Sharma Andy Walker 1 Question to be addressed by speakers: ‘What can be done to improve local democracy?’ 2 AW to ask Ilford Recorder to Chair 3  A minutes silence at beginning of meeting for those who died campaigning for right to vote. 4 8 speakers to be arranged no more than 5 minutes each with chair allowing some 1 or 2 questions and comments from audience after each speaker with 30 minutes of public questions at end. 5 Confirmed speakers Cllr Deakins, G Eglin, L Pearce, M Sharma, A Walker. Greg to give brief outline of how we won the vote and that speaker would also be asked to address the same debate question as the rest of the speakers at the end of their talk. 6 Bob to encourage Jas to send Female Cllr to speak 7 AW to write to Cllr Canal 8 AW t

Delighted to report Liz Pearce, the only female Redbridge Council Leader who will be able to say what needs to be done to encourage more women to participate in politics and Greg Eglin, a former Councillor, will speak on the history of how we got the vote..

Cllr Jas Athwal Leader of Redbridge Council Dear Jas It was great that at cabinet earlier this week you gave a conditional acceptance to speaking at the meeting on 6 th February 2018. It is completely understandable that you want to know more about the meeting before committing to speak. So I thought it might be helpful to give you an outline of what I expect to say at he meeting: “The men and women who campaigned for the vote a hundred years ago lived in a far poorer world than today. There was no NHS in 1918 and it's creation is arguably a consequence of universal suffrage. Information technology has a role in extending and strengthening local democracy regarding public services such as health, education and policing. A key reason that the plan to close King George A&E have been put on hold is not just that we can see with our own eyes our busy both King George and Queens are, but also the use of information technology allows us to know far more about

Meenakshi Sharma and I are organising a meeting in Ilford to celebrate 100 years of men getting the vote and some women for the first time between 8-10pm on 6.2.18. We have set up a planning meeting for all those with time to help make the meeting a success at midday on 15th December 2017.