Comments for Farrer Huxley Associates http://www.fha.co.uk Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Comment on The riots and our public realm by Louis Berk http://www.fha.co.uk/2011/09/06/the-riots-and-our-public-realm/#comment-25 Louis Berk Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:16:37 +0000 http://www.fha.co.uk/?p=1191#comment-25 Not sure I agree with the conclusion here. I live in Camden and it is a borough which quite literally pours money into the welfare of low income residents many of whom live in desirable locations completely out of the reach of young professionals, either single or in families. I'm a teacher and am lucky to live in this area but many of my colleagues have long journeys out of London, despite working in inner-London because they cannot afford to rent or buy in this area. Camden has many very nice public spaces, the canal system, small squares with green spaces, Regent's Park, Hampstead Heath, and so on. In fact Camden does a pretty good job of maintaing public areas quite nicely (I concede that other areas of London may not). What ever fuelled riots in other parts of London the only thing that fuelled the riot in Hampstead and Chalk Farm was that strata of society who are never going to be won over by their environment no matter how pleasant: criminals. Not sure I agree with the conclusion here. I live in Camden and it is a borough which quite literally pours money into the welfare of low income residents many of whom live in desirable locations completely out of the reach of young professionals, either single or in families. I’m a teacher and am lucky to live in this area but many of my colleagues have long journeys out of London, despite working in inner-London because they cannot afford to rent or buy in this area. Camden has many very nice public spaces, the canal system, small squares with green spaces, Regent’s Park, Hampstead Heath, and so on. In fact Camden does a pretty good job of maintaing public areas quite nicely (I concede that other areas of London may not). What ever fuelled riots in other parts of London the only thing that fuelled the riot in Hampstead and Chalk Farm was that strata of society who are never going to be won over by their environment no matter how pleasant: criminals.

]]> Comment on Talking Point by Robin Sutcliffe http://www.fha.co.uk/2011/08/04/talking-point/#comment-15 Robin Sutcliffe Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:21:10 +0000 http://www.fha.co.uk/?p=970#comment-15 This was a very useful set of talks that made me realise just how important it is for us to participate in the consultation on the NPPF. The specific concern is the effect of the new planning regime on the lives and particularly the opportunities of play for children. I can think of many playing fields and brown landscapes that are rich in opportunities for children that I suspect will be high on the agenda for developers and where they have been turned down in past. I hope that these talks will lead to some co-ordination of responses to the NPPF and that children will be high on the agenda of those responding. This was a very useful set of talks that made me realise just how important it is for us to participate in the consultation on the NPPF. The specific concern is the effect of the new planning regime on the lives and particularly the opportunities of play for children. I can think of many playing fields and brown landscapes that are rich in opportunities for children that I suspect will be high on the agenda for developers and where they have been turned down in past.

I hope that these talks will lead to some co-ordination of responses to the NPPF and that children will be high on the agenda of those responding.

]]> Comment on Pathway to Chartership Certificates – which do you prefer? by Maxine Russell http://www.fha.co.uk/2011/06/24/pathway-to-chartership-certificates-which-do-you-prefer/#comment-10 Maxine Russell Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:51:34 +0000 http://www.fha.co.uk/?p=962#comment-10 I believe pharmacists have to display their certificates where there are dispensing and I had always imagined that I would do the same with my chartership certificate (though not much chance of that now as we hot desk!). I have the old version and it is something that you can proudly display. The new certificate is nasty and may as well be stuffed into your training folder along with your CAD certificate. I can only imagine how disappointing it must be after all that hard work to be rewarded with a certificate that even I could have knocked up on the computer. I believe pharmacists have to display their certificates where there are dispensing and I had always imagined that I would do the same with my chartership certificate (though not much chance of that now as we hot desk!).
I have the old version and it is something that you can proudly display. The new certificate is nasty and may as well be stuffed into your training folder along with your CAD certificate. I can only imagine how disappointing it must be after all that hard work to be rewarded with a certificate that even I could have knocked up on the computer.

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