Soho 30

The anniversary of the London Nail Bomb attack on Soho falls on the 30th April each year.

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Key Partners:

• 17-24-30 No To Hate Crime Campaign
• Westminster Council
• Westminster MPS
• Westminster Independent Advisory Group
• St Anne’s church
• St Anne’s Gardens (via Westminster Council)
• Diversity choir
• Admiral Duncan
• Moore Family
• Westminster & Soho LGBT Community Forum

Preparation for the day:

• 17-24-30 will set up a Facebook event page “Brick Lane Remembers 17-24-30” for the Brick Lane Act of Remembrance, located on the the 17-24-30 Facebook groups event section here.
• 17-24-30 will draft a press release for the event
• 17-24-30 will contact Westminster Council
  • Invite the Mayor of Westminster
  • Invite the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods
  • Invite Westminster Councillors from West End Ward
  • Invite the Leader of the Council
  • Ensure the site is cleaned prior to the event.
  • Invite Westminster Council to submit a statement to be included in the annual press release.
• 17-24-30 will contact Westminster MPS
  • Invite the Borough Commander
  • Invite representation from the Soho Ward SNT Panel.
  • Invite representation from Soho Safer Neighbourhood Team
  • Invite representation from the Westminster Independent Advisory Group
  • Invite Westminster MPS to submit a statement to be included in the annual press release.
• 17-24-30 will contact the St Anne’s church, Soho
  • Invite the Priest of the St Anne’s to participate in the event.
• 17-24-3 will contact St Anne’s Gardens via Westminster Council
  • Make arrangements for the Gardens to remain open until 7pm
• 17-24-30 will contact Diversity Choir
  • Invite them to participate in the event.
• 17-24-30 will contact the Admiral Duncan
  • confirm arrangements in the bar – candles, flowers etc.
  • Invite them to participate in the event
  • Confirm entertainment for after the event
• 17-24-30 will contact the Moore family
  • Confirm arrangements for the event
  • Confirm family reading/poem.
• 17-24-30 will contact the Westminster Soho LGBT Community Forum
  • Invite them to attend.
  • Confirm arrangements for the event.
• 17-24-30 will organise a photographer for the event
• 17-24-30 will release the press release for the event on the 16th April before the event.
• 17-24-30 will finalise the kit bag for the event by the 24th April.
  • Three lanterns and candles
  • A box of matches
  • Signage to display at the event
  • 2 hi-viability steward tops
  • 17-24-30 leaflets
  • London Hate Crime Reporting Cards
  • Clip board and 17-24-30 mailing list sign up sheets
  • Pens
  • Identity Badges and lanyards
  • String, clips, blue tac and sellotape
• 17-24-30 will bring their Ion Block Rocker (pa sound system)
• 17-24-30 will recruit and train volunteers to help steward the event

Plans for the day:

• 5pm Friends and family will gather at The Admiral Duncan.
• 6.20pm People will walk round to St Annes’s Gardens.
• 6.30pm Short service lead by Priest from St Annes’s Church.
• 6.37pm Two minute silence.
• 6.39pm Song performed by Diversity
• Readings by Friends and Family.
• Gardens will remain open until 7.30 pm to allow people time to pay their respects.

 

After the event:

• 17-24-30 will release photos from the event
• 17-24-30 will update the Soho Remembers 17-24-30 archive page.