Assembly

What is the Local Assembly? Local Assemblies have been a feature of Lewisham’s work with communities since 2008 and form part of the Council’s Constitution,…

Community volunteers with speed guns can help limit speeding by motorists under the Community Roadwatch scheme. Under the roadwatch programme local residents have the opportunity…

You may have noticed newly planted street trees in the pavements of Ladywell, writes Dom Eliot. These are probably the work of Street Trees for Living,…

At a time when council services are being cut and squeezed by the government’s punishing austerity measures, assembly funding has proved a lifeline to many…

Some of Lewisham’s traffic clogged streets may be about to get a breather. The council is rolling out a £2m Healthy Neighbourhoods programme of local…

Plans for a multi-screen cinema and community business space in a refurbished Ladywell Play Tower have stalled raising fears the Grade II listed building will…