You can improve your local area

Labour in Lewisham are encouraging local people to get involved with the newly established Local Assemblies in their area.

Local assemblies can bring our community together to:

•       Develop priorities for your local area and get your Council to take action to make improvements
•       Enable you to get things done by yourself as active citizens
•       Improve the accountability of your Council and Councillors
•       Let you decide the use of the £10,000 locality fund for your local area
•       Create opportunities for innovation
•       Meet key players from local service providers, like your local Safer Neighbourhoods Team, NHS staff, voluntary organisations

Get involved!

Your Local Assembly will be held on:

Brockley - Tuesday 13 May 2008 
Forest Hill - Tuesday 20 May 2008 
New Cross - Thursday 29 May 2008 
Perry Vale - Monday 2 June 2008 
Sydenham - Thursday 5 June 2008 
Lee Green - Tuesday 10 June 2008 
Evelyn - Thursday 12 June 2008 
Telegraph Hill - Tuesday 17 June 2008 
Downham - Monday 23 June 2008 
Ladywell - Thursday 26 June 2008

The meetings of the assemblies will be open to everyone living or working in the ward, and will give an opportunity for people not normally involved in their communities to make their voices heard, meet local leaders in their communities and empower themselves.

If your area isn't on the list above, then the date will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Councillor Chris Best, the Cabinet Member for Community Services said:

“The idea of these Assemblies is to provide a relaxed and informal setting for local people to let the Council and other service partners know what they think and what they want. If by doing this we can also help and facilitate communities to organise and do things for themselves then even better. We want to build closer and stronger relationships with everyone who cares about the place in which they live.”

 Watch clips about Local Assemblies on Youtube

Photo thanks to Sydenham Town News