Fun Palaces 2018 The 5th annual Fun Palaces weekend of UK wide and international events where culture is made by, for, and with people just like you and me. 6th and 7th October 2018, Across the UK and Worldwide Community at the heart of culture and culture at the...
Collaboration, innovation and community spirit – how place-based schemes are revitalising local philanthropy The report of the largest study of place-based giving schemes in England was launched today, commissioned by the Office for Civil Society, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The research uncovered a large and growing...
History of the project Since the 1966 Grove Park Youth Club had been a vibrant youth community hub until it was closed down in 2013 due to funding cuts. When the building closed, a group of passionate, dedicated local volunteers began campaigning to save the building and in 2016...
Refill London in Lewisham took another leap forwards last week, adding a further 9 local businesses as free water refill stations. 9 keen volunteers (including one baby in a pram), marked the end of national Volunteers Week and the One Less campaign, doing their bit to reduce local plastic waste....
Good News for Lewisham’s Businesses Research has taken place to determine how our local economies have recovered since the financial crisis in 2007/8. Using data of birth and death rates of UK companies, Pall Mall Estates has generated a ‘survival rate’ showing where in the country businesses have thrived the...
‘London is full of big corporates but we never see any of them down here’. Well, occasionally that might be true in Lewisham, but not on this occasion! On 10 and 11 May, volunteers from Deutsche Bank came to Wild Cat Wilderness in Catford, a community green space cultivated...
23-28 April was Responsible Business Week, an opportunity for local businesses to get involved locally and support good causes. To mark the occasion Business in the Community and Lewisham Local organised a Community Conversation. Four local charities presented community challenges they are addressing, including: homelessness, access to arts, youth violence and...
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Check out our March newsletter In the UK alone, it is estimated that 800 plastic bottles per MINUTE end up in landfill or as litter. At the current rate by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea. Lewisham has been chosen as a pilot site...
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