This year we are holding a September Sundowner a great chance to catch up with neighbours on the terrace of the Edward Alleyn Club as the summer draws to an end. (Or maybe it will finally start? ) James Freeman, the Club Manager has been picking local blackberries to make homemade blackberry gin for the welcome […]
Category: Community Associations & Southwark & Lambeth Councils
We may think of kerbsides as just space on the public highway next to the pavement. But they are more than that. Kerbsides include footpaths by the kerb and which might be widened for tree planting and street seating. They include the white posts and green verges we love in Dulwich. There is great competition for the […]
This may come across as a curious question and you may wonder whether it matters. It is a question that is troubling some locals as they are being asked to decide one or the other. This all comes about because the Government is insisting that local neighbourhoods are defined and that they are to have […]
Local charity expanding services for over-60s Link Age Southwark is recruiting new volunteers to organise social activities for over-60s in Southwark. The charity, which has been based in East Dulwich for 23 years, offers activity groups, befriending visits, transport to social activities and light DIY help around the home and garden for older residents of […]
The next Dulwich community council meeting is happening on Wednesday 1 February 2017 at Herne Hill Baptist Church, Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, SE24 9HU. This meeting will happen in two parts. The first consists of a formal decision making meeting followed by the themed community meeting. So… At 7pm: Dulwich Community Council – […]
Lambeth council is introducing green wheelie bins for recycling, to replace the current clear recycling sack service. The new green recycling wheelie bins will start to make an appearance on Monday 16 January, and the delivery is scheduled to take approximately six weeks. In the Southwark end of the Road, Southwark Council has provided BLUE […]
Our Village Ward councillors wrote on Monday 23rd May to the new Mayor, new GLA Transport Committee Chair and the new Southwark Cabinet Member responsible for cycling requesting pause and reconsideration of the Quietway 7 route. From: Lyons, Jane Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 12:34 PM To: ‘mayor@london.gov.uk’; ‘caroline.pidgeon@london.gov.uk’; Wingfield, Ian Subject: Reconsider Quietway 7 […]
8th April 2016 Many of you will be aware of the issues relating to the Carnegie Library and Lambeth’s plans to reconfigure their library services. Campaigners have been occupying the library for over a week and Lambeth is now taking steps to force the campaigners to vacate the library. The following web sites and […]
Turney and Burbage Road committees often get asked to help with finding local residents to act as charity trustees. Here are the latest requests: Trustees sought for the CASSEL Centre, a registered charity based in Forest Hill SE23 Dedicated, professional people with an interest in preventative services for people with mental health, relationship and […]
Village residents are concerned that Sainsbury’s hasn’t done enough to protect the heritage features of Dulwich Village and are insisting on adopting their usual orange logo which does not sit easily with the rest of the heritage frontage on the Dulwich Village high street. Southwark planning officers are recommending granting planning consent. Village residents have […]
