life in lewisham

The Autumn newsletter from the Brockley Safer Neighbourhoods team discusses the past and future priorities for tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, listing past achievements and new challenges. Achievements - Fly-tipping The team worked with Lewisham council environmental team to tackle this problem and identify those involved. Offenders received fines through the post along with photographic evidence. The SNT and the Lewisham Environment team have also set up roadblocks to target vehicles involved. On two separate dates over 100 commercial vehicles were stopped and some received fines for carrying waste while not having the correct documentation. One vehicle was taken off the road permanently due ... Read Full Story

Well done to LVIG and thank you to Envirowork Lewisham and all the local residents who came along and made today's planting day in Ladywell Village such a success. Contrary to the weather forecasts, it stayed dry and about twenty of us helped to replant the existing planters and bed up another four. Three generations from one family took part - grandmother, mother and 14-month-old baby, who brought her own bucket and spade with her! The plants will take a few weeks to get established, but Ladywell Road and the corner of Algernon Road are already looking more cheerful. The highways works that we ... Read Full Story

Well, I had intended to write regular posts in the run-up to the elections, urging readers to vote Green and telling everyone how great Jean Lambert MEP is, but events somewhat overtook me as we entered the final stages of the campaign, and I was kept pretty busy with a steady stream of volunteers coming and helping to leaflet and campaign for us. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we did really well both across London and in Lewisham - our vote share (and number of votes) went up and Jean Lambert was re-elected as Green MEP for London. Thank you to everyone ... Read Full Story

Last Saturday we walked from Lewisham Station to Ladywell , passing via Loampit Vale . It smelled strongly of wee as we crossed the little patch of grass and walked through the underpass toward Algernon Road. It was a hot day and two people who also smelled strongly of wee stood around, for want of anything much else to do. It was for this reason that, when we received the email from Matt, informing us that the revised planning application from Barratt for Loampit Vale was available online , we were predisposed to look favourably on it. The plan is for: The construction of ... Read Full Story

Last Wednesday was full council. I handed in a petition to the Mayor and the local MPs signed by 428 residents calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka. (Picture shows Darren and me with local Tamil residents outside the town hall before the meeting). I'm not suggesting the Mayor of Lewisham has the power to attain world peace (would be nice if he did), and realise it was a gesture more than anything, but I was keen to do something to supportlocal Tamil residents and shopkeepers, given who concerned they all are about what is going on in Sri Lanka. Many of them have ... Read Full Story