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Community groups working to make Lewisham greener have until 23 June to apply for funds from Lewisham’s Greening Fund. The money can be spent on…

In 2011, the Ladywell Village Improvement Group ran a determined campaign to have the empty flats above the Coral betting shop on 228-230 Algernon Road…

Lewisham Council is proposing to increase resident and business parking permit charges for vehicles with higher CO2 emissions and introduce an additional surcharge on the…

Children of Lewisham – it’s time to reclaim the streets. Playing in urban areas is being threatened by encroaching development and the dominance of traffic.…

Lawn bowls has been played in England since at least 1299. It attracted players from all ranks of society from Tudor kings and queens to…

Lewisham Mayor Damien Egan has talked to Ladywell Live about the environment; healthy neighbourhoods; recycling; social housing; knife crime, assembly funds and speeding. In response…

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,…

Low paid hospital staff, supported by their union GMB, are stepping up protests against the management methods of outsourcing giants Interserve and ISS which hold…

It’s all change on Ladywell’s high street. Gift shop Honeybourne’s looks destined to change hands later this year; a new butcher has taken over Heckstall…

Rushey Green Time Bank, a local charity that encourages people to exchange their time and skills with others to strengthen the local community, is holding…