The power of authentic storytelling was the theme of our second employee volunteering workshop on 12th February. Joanne Roberts from Griot Communications facilitated an interactive session, Tell Engaging Stories, with charities on how they can harness the power of their authentic stories to gain support for their causes. What...
Starting from July, 2018, Woodpecker Road Community Clean Up is a monthly, voluntary event that gathers the local residents of Woodpecker Road or anyone who’s interested to help clean up the local area and to make it a better place. Approached by the charity CleanUp UK, Alain Rozet is...
Businesses in Lewisham are increasingly looking for ways to ‘give back’ to their local community. Last December, the Filigree Communications team ventured into the Wildcat Wilderness, a community green space in Catford. More than half the team live locally and walk to work, so were all keen to give...
Lewisham’s volunteers celebrated at Mayor’s Awards ceremony Representatives from Lewisham’s voluntary and community sector and Lewisham Council came together on 30 November for the annual Mayor’s Award for volunteering ceremony. The Mayor’s Awards recognise the valuable work of individuals, community projects and businesses who contribute to or support others to volunteer their spare time and...
Lewisham charities and businesses come together on Giving Tuesday, 27th November The Mayor of Lewisham, Damien Egan, has praised an innovative scheme to match local charities with businesses to tackle social issues. Lewisham Community Conversation, organised by Lewisham Local, invited local businesses to connect with local charities and learn...
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...
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...
Chris the King Students Get Involved We love young people rolling up their sleeves and getting involved in their community. This is exactly what happened with students from Christ the King Sixth Form on 4th July. Five willing volunteers spent the day with Lewisham Local to speak with local...
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....
‘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...
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