life in lewisham

by New WorkercorrespondentDOZENS of progressive activists from a wide spectrum of organisations last Sunday packed into the Albany community centre in Deptford in the south London Borough of Lewisham for an afternoon and evening of debate, discussions, short films and entertainment, presented under the auspices of the local Young Mayor scheme.The main issues covered were fighting racism and fascism, an eye-witness report from Afghanistan...  

A "vile" and racist party has announced its candidate for Lewisham borough’s mayoral election. Tess Culnane, who previously ran unsuccessfully for the far-right National Front at the London Assembly, has now been named as the British National Party (BNP) candidate for Mayor of Lewisham. Ms Culnane, a long-term resident of the borough, has also spoken at a meeting of the British People’s Party (BPP), an extreme-right group which supports...  

LEWISHAM is getting involved in the first ever London film day. The event, taking place on March 21, will see 15 simultaneous premiere screenings of Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang starring Emma Th...  

By sleekit via the Londonist Flickrpool Lewisham's a trailblazing borough today as its clean streets website initiative, Love Lewisham, rolls out London wide. It's simple enough. Now that most of us have some kind of camera in our pocket, we're encouraged to be active, responsible citizens by snapping photos of flytipped rubbish and rubbish graffiti and submitting them to an online map, thereby alerting the authorities to clean them up...  

Two south east London boroughs have published a shared tender for computing and telephony services worth up to £48m over nine yearsThe supplier will provide similar services to the two neighbouring boroughs, although LB Lewisham will provide the majority of the money, £3.4m annually compared with £1.9m each year from LB Bromley.The deal is worth £5.3m annually, for a minimum period of five years. It may be extended twice, each time by two...  

The first stage of the demolition of south London's Heathside and Lethbridge estates has begun, bringing regeneration of two housing estates in the borough of Lewisham another step closer. Lewisham’s Mayor, Sir Steve Bullock, and Brendan Sarsfield, Chief Executive at Family Mosaic, signed an agreement back in October, to cement the deal for Family Mosaic to take forward the development of a new housing estate on the site of the two estates...  

LEWISHAM is one of the angriest places in London according to new statistics. The British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) says the borough is the seventh most angry place in London and tha...  

LEWISHAM is one of the angriest places in London according to new statistics. The British Association of Anger Management (BAAM) says the borough is the seventh most angry place in London and tha...  

An important community appointment for this Wednesday 24th February, it’s the Lewisham Central Ward Assembly and takes place from 7 pm to 9 pm, at the Methodist Church in Albion Way SE13 6BT. I’ve been involved with the Assemblies as a member of the coordinating group for 2 consecutive years, since the local assemblies were set [...]