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...
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...
Did you know that we drink at least 3.2 billion litres of bottled water each year and that 420 million of these bottles end up in landfill sites? Neither did I. If we continue at this rate by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish....
Pauline Wright is the owner of Sugar Mountain, located in Forest Hill, South London. The place presents itself as an old fashioned, English style sweet shop. Decorated with vintage articles directly from the 90’s, it has been a hot spot for recreational activities since 2012. Pauline’s devotion to the...
Liz Atkin is a visual artist based in London. Widely known for her body-focused performances, Liz has a background in both dance and acting, and now regularly works as a teacher for Half Moon Young People’s Theatre and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Atkin’s engagement with the arts has...
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