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Enfield

Please reply to: Simon James
Head of Business Development
and Community Support
Email: The Edmonton Centre
36-44 South Mail
Edmonton, N9 OTN
simon.iames@enfieldhomes.org
0208 375 314
Date: 25 February 2015
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Dear Committee Member,
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I write further to our meeting on Monday 16 February 2015 in which we discussed the situation
regarding the management of Kempe Hall.
In it we agreed that it would be in the best interests of Committee Members to hand back the
management of the hall by Friday 20 February 2015.
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It would have been reasonable therefore to expect the Chair of the Committee to communicate a
response by that date. Instead, I received an email from a Tracey Woodward which stated that “I
am now part of the Kempe Hall Management Committee”.
With respect, Enfield Homes cannot enter into a dialogue with somebody who is not nominated by
the Committee and indeed is possibly not even a properly constituted member.
On Monday 23 February Enfield Homes proceeded to re-possess the hall only to be prevented by
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the Chair and a number of other ‘members’ whose behaviour towards a female staff member was
threatening and unacceptable. I do recognise that these behaviours do not necessarily represent
the views of all Committee Members.
However, I should warn you that this action leaves Committee Members jointly and personally
liable to action on several fronts;
• The lease of Kempe Hall was made by the Council to Kempe Hail Community Association
Ltd. That company has been dissolved so under clause 5 of the lease the Council is
therefore entitled to repossess the premises immediately without further formality.
• As the company no longer exists whoever is running Kempe Hail on a day to day basis is
doing so unofficially. The Council cannot allow this situation to continue, not least because
of the potential for claims to be made against the Council in the event of any incident which
might take place on the premises.
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