Heritage Lottery consultation for Beckenham Place Park
Lewisham Council is currently working on a Heritage Lottery bid for Beckenham Place Park. Have a look at some of the preliminary ideas to improve the park. Have your say and talk with the landscape architects to feed back on the ideas and to provide some of your own suggestions for improvements. The consultation event is … Continue reading Heritage Lottery consultation for Beckenham Place Park
Growing Localities Awards 2013/14
A total of £2,500 prize money is being offered to projects which use nature to enhance and improve local communities and the lives of vulnerable or socially excluded people, generating positive outcomes such as health and well-being, new skills and knowledge, new relationships, and a sense of purpose and belonging. This year, entries are invited … Continue reading Growing Localities Awards 2013/14
A very happy Christmas and New Year
We over here at the Nature Conservation department in Lewisham would like to wish all our readers old and new a very happy Christmas and New Year. We hope you have a wonderful festive season and look forward to seeing you back in the New Year! Here's a little something to get you in the … Continue reading A very happy Christmas and New Year
Sydenham Gardens Christmas Fair
Join Sydenham Gardens for their Christmas Fair. There will be Christmas crafts, Santa’s Grotto, raffles, roasted chestnuts, presents stall, cakes and so much more! At Sydenham Garden Resource Centre, 28a Wynell Rd, SE23 2LW Entrance £1 or 50p Concessions.
Old Hands at Mud Pies – Vote for London Play and partners Assembly SE8 in the People’s Millions
Competing with Shed Heaven in the People's Millions in the London region is London Play and Assembly SE8. It is fantastic that both of Wednesday's finalists are in Lewisham and both are very worth finalists! Old Hands at Mud Pies, aims to build confidence, social networks and reduce isolation among older people in Deptford by engaging … Continue reading Old Hands at Mud Pies – Vote for London Play and partners Assembly SE8 in the People’s Millions
Shed Heaven – Vote for the Grove Park Community Group in the People’s Millions
GPCG is one of six London candidates in the People’s Millions 2013 competition where we have a chance to win £50,000 for our Shed Heaven project. The vote takes place on 21 November 2013 and you can vote up to 10 times! The number will be available at People's Millions and in the Daily Mirror as … Continue reading Shed Heaven – Vote for the Grove Park Community Group in the People’s Millions
Old Tidemill School and Garden
On Saturday November 16th, the lovely volunteers at Old Tidemill School are holding a very important event where they will be taking part in some filming for a TV vote to help them secure funding from the People's Millions. You can help! Owen from the project says; "With the support of the charity London Play we have … Continue reading Old Tidemill School and Garden
Albion Millennium Green -Workday
SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2013 ALBION MILLENNIUM GREEN, SE26 4DB 10.30-12.30 (weather permitting some people may wish to carry on the good work in the early afternoon) JOBS FOR THE DAY Clearing the small brambles and buddleia, including roots, from the birch woodland area. Investigating the soil depth at various spots … Continue reading Albion Millennium Green -Workday
Hither Green Community Planting Day
HGCA are inviting you to join the BIG Community Planting Day happening in Hither Green next Saturday! They been awarded 200 edible hedging plants by The Woodland Trust and will need a small army to get them planted! They include crab apples, hazelnuts, and lots of berries, which will encourage local wildlife AND provide a great wild harvest for foragers in … Continue reading Hither Green Community Planting Day
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