London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies

London Forum of Amenity & Civic Societies is a charity representing community groups in London.
Peter Eversden was Chair from 2001 and Vice President from 2024

[Max @MaxKShaw]

The Hounslow-Richmond Bicycle Checkpoint (2025)

[Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial]

It shouldn’t take a visit to an asylum hotel by me as Shadow Home Secretary to shame the Government into action.

Illegal working by asylum seekers - most of whom also entered the country illegally - is happening from the very hotels Yvette Cooper is using our money to run. The Government could easily stop it. I saw Deliveroo and other bikes parked in the hotel’s own compound - yet all the security guard cared about was me filming.

The delivery company’s claims to be policing this are laughable. They are making money from illegal immigrants working on their platforms and are taking no meaningful steps to stop it. The Government should fine and prosecute them.

This is a very serious issue because illegal working is a pull factor for illegal immigration into the UK - people smugglers actually advertise it. And it endangers women and girls as deliveries are made to their homes by unidentified recent illegal immigrants, often from nationalities we know have very high rates of sex offending.

[Vincent Stops @VincentStops]

The @MayorofLondon says that those bus stops that comply with @TfL guidance are usable by blind people. This one here in the heart of the City of London does comply, but is clearly unusable for blind people. Retweet to support blind people’s. Access needs:

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

The London Forum Bluesky account at https://t.co/xiFpgGNgy9 replaces our postings to X/Twitter.

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

@DocklessObs What about folding e-bikes?

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

. . . and scrapped ID card proposals even though most of the countries represented at Sir Keir Starmer's migration summit in London use them.

[Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial]

Illegal Channel crossings are up 31% since Labour took office

The first three months of this year are the worst on record

The Govt are catastrophically out of step with other countries, who are looking to implement their own removals deterrents, while Labour cancelled ours

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

@LondonTenants @FloEshalomi @lambeth_council Why not publicise this also on Bluesky?

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

@VincentStops @MayorofLondon Cyclists in Chiswick High Road, with its 'floating' bus stops, seem to behave in the same way. Let's continue these discussions on Bluesky if Vincent and others want to transfer.

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

Cyclists in Chiswick High Road, with its 'floating' bus stops, seem to behave in the same way. Let's continue these discussions on Bluesky if Vincent and others want to transfer.

[Vincent Stops @VincentStops]

In the space of 1 minutes video about 5 offences are committed: Not stopping at a Zebra, cycling on the pavement & using a scooter on the pavement. Maybe due care & reckless cycling. Probably an illegally adapted e-cycle. @@MayorofLondon and DfT continue to promote these stops

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies of which I am Vice President has decided to move its Twitter account to Bluesky with the account https://t.co/wTuAdqSHP7
If any of my 799 followers transfer also to Bluesky, we may be able to continue useful discussion.
Peter Eversden

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

@LHBTrust @HeritageFundL_S @ArchHFundEng @Heritage_Net_UK @platformplaces @habsandheritage @LDNGardensTrust @EnfieldSoc @barnetsociety @PeckhamVision @HackneySociety @CamdenCivicSoc @SouthgateVoice @NewhamHeritage @IslingtonLHC @BrixtonSociety Most people and organisations seem to be moving from Twitter to Bluesky where I write for London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies as @londonforum.bsky.social

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

Unlike schemes in narrow roads like Chiswick where cycle lanes result in a single traffic lane there is space in Streatham Hill for vehicles to pass stationary buses.
However, it will still be dangerous for disabled people and those with limited sight to cross the cycle lanes.

[London Cycling Campaign @London_Cycling]

Good news, everyone! Construction is set to begin this summer on the long awaited Streatham Hill changes which will include protected cycle lanes, new pedestrian crossings and improvements to bus lanes.

https://t.co/6aRbuzoxem

[ianVisits @ianvisits]

Barbican Art Centre gets £191 million to fund essential upgrades

https://t.co/Y3tEcqGDa9

A substantial upgrade of the Barbican Art Centre is to go ahead after the City of London approved £191 million of funding for the arts centre.

[London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies @London_Forum]

@APPGforLondon @FloEshalomi @munirawilson @Georgia_Gould @clairekholland @_BusinessLDN @londoncouncils @ballymore @Gatwick_Airport London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies representing over 10,000 Londoners seems not to have received an invitation as a "third sector organisation".

[London Tenants Federation @LondonTenants]

.@BellRibeiroAddy @helenhayes_ @FloEshalomi set up a meeeting with delegates from @Fight4Heat_LBL and listen to those suffering on the ground in Lambeth and how @lambeth_council treats them with little more than contempt.

[Ediz @ediz1975]

Dear councils

Rather than spending millions of vanity schemes ….

Clean the things ……

[City Hall Conservatives @CityHallTories]

Highrise development may focus on the number of floors, but the real litmus test for success is at street level. How do we prevent developments giving way to empty shop frontage in new highrises, asks @NeilGarratt:

[35% Campaign @35percent_EAN]

There are more than 1,000 long-term empty council homes in the borough and he is banging on about the shortage of council housing! What planet is he on?

[London Society @londonsoc]

An excellent piece on the need for public toilets in @EGPropertyNews by the society's friend and collaborator Rose Marshall of @INGmedia.
@leannetritton @ClareDelmar @Rob_Fiehn
https://t.co/9PYXj766QT