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Welcome to the Catford

South Local Assembly

Marketplace / voting Event

Monday 12 November 2018

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Welcome to the Catford South Local Assembly

Marketplace Event

Monday 12 November 2017, 7-9pm. Rushey Green Primary School

This Marketplace assembly event is different to our usual style of formal meeting, but we

really hope you get a lot out of it and take your chance to have actual conversations with

some of the amazing local groups and people helping deliver change in the area!

At this event you get to vote at this meeting on Projects you want to fund.

This booklet also contains information on each project and details of how to vote.

Agenda / Booklet Contents

1 - Introduction to the Marketplace event. Including:

• How to vote

• Details on organisations hoping to secure your vote for funding and where to find

them

• Who else can you talk to tonight as part of the event

The market place will last for the whole of the meeting time, so you will have plenty of opportunity

to talk to everyone. We suggest you prioritise your voting and visit those stalls first.

2 - Time to visit and talk to organisations looking for your vote

• Use this time to ask questions and find out more before placing your votes

3 - VOTE

• All votes must be cast by 8.15pm. No voting cards will be counted after this time

4 - Continue to chat to organisations, groups and councillors

• Use this opportunity to find out as much as you can about the big things happening

locally soon. Details of all attendees are in this booklet

5 - Announcement of the successful Projects

• Note: this announcement will be made on the night only if we can ensure counting

accuracy in the timescale available

7 - Meeting closed

1 - Introduction to the Marketplace event.

What should you think about when placing your vote?

• Does the project meet an existing Priority and need within the ward (see voting card)

• Number of people who will benefit from the project

• Does the project fill a needs gap in the ward

• Does the project target or particularly impact on a particular vulnerable, marginalised

or hard to reach community.

• Quality of project and deliverability

• Good value for money

• Other Funding and Funding in kind- has the project secured any volunteering hours,

free room hire etc.

How to vote:

• You have been given a voting card on entry to the marketplace event. One voting

card per person.

• To be eligible to vote you must live, work, learn or play in Catford South ward –

please add your postcode Catford South Postcode

• Use the first hour to talk to organisations hoping to win your vote, before making

your decisions.

• This booklet gives you brief information and the budgets for each project

• To vote please place a tick next to your preferred projects on the card

• You must vote for 5 projects.

• Cards that vote for less than 5 projects will NOT be counted

• Put your voting card in the box by 8.15pm. Any cards submitted after this time will

NOT be counted

• We will do everything we can to announce the successful projects on the night if this

is viable. It is paramount that the outcome of the vote is accurate.

• Enjoy the rest of your evening chatting to local groups and organisations.

Details on organisations hoping to secure your vote for funding and

where to find them

The following organisations will be asking for your vote to secure some Catford South Local

Assembly funding tonight. These have been listed in alphabetical order.

Details of their projects and budgets can be found on the following pages of this booklet

As we are over-subscribed by nearly £6,000, several projects will not be funded – please

use your votes wisely and take time to find out more about all the projects.

Organisation Project Title Application

Amount

Abbotshall Community Garden Catford Orchard Trail £920

Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle

Centre Stay and Play Sessions £775

Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle

Centre Youth Club £2250

AJAY Fitness Tiny Ballers Soccer School £700

Catford Film Film Making workshops £2500

Cavendish Court Association /

Rushey Green Primary School Culverley Road Schools Safety Programme £600

CHAMPS Academy Lewisham

& Bromley

Confidence & Life Skills Coaching Club for

Young People £838

Corbett Residents Association Gazebos for Public Events £1,000

Culverley Green Residents

Association Improvements To The Green £500

Diamond Club / St Andrews

Church / Brownhill Baptists /

Holy Cross

Catford South Connects Older People £2,270

Lewisham Tigers Under 8’s Football £1,110

Lewisham Youth Theatre Junior Youth Theatre: £1,400

Ravensbourne Residents

Association Community Clean Up £725

TTT - Third Thursday Time Mental Health Cafe £1,750

Torridon Primary School Cleaner Air Hedge Fund £2,500

Young At Heart Group Activities For Older People £1,075

Total: £20,913

Available: £15,000

Over-subscribed: £5,913

Amount applied for from the Catford South Local Assembly: £920

50 fruit trees on miniature stock £500

Compost £120

Pergola for grape vine £150

Grape vine and other shrubs £150

Total Project Expenditure £920

Income: C.S. Assembly Funding Requirement £920

Other Income: £0

Other income in Kind: £0

Total Project Income: £920

Catford Orchard Trail Project Title:

£920 Application Amount:

Environment, older people and younger people

Abbotshall Community Garden Organisation:

Priorities Addressed:

Project overview:

Abbotshall Community Garden – Orchard trail

We are looking to plant an orchard of miniature stock fruit trees, these will be situated along the perimeter of the playing field. This will allow us to create a trail in order for people to walk, run or cycle around the boundary of the site.

These small trees do not grow more than 5ft tall, which makes them easy to prune and more of their energy goes into producing fruit.

We can plant lots of different varieties in a small space, including; apples, pears, cherries, quinces, apricots and plum to name a few. We already have 2 existing olive trees in our main garden.

The orchard will benefit many different groups from the community including; the cubs, scouts, youth and mature groups.

Our gardening club and Young at Heart at the HLC will be initially planting and taking care of the trees in order for them to thrive. Each tree will be labelled so that everyone can identify each specimen.

We also intend to erect a pergola on which to grow wine producing grapes. We intend to make the orchard accessible to all so that the benefits are felt by all members of the community.


Musical Instruments 50

Paint pots, paint, paint sticks, glue, stickers, brushes, aprons £150

Assortment of paper 75

2 x small children’s folding tables £60

8 small children’s chairs £144

2 x children’s play rugs £70

Sand & Water Tray £100

Painting Easel £25


Income (where the money is coming from)

Local contributions £130


Stay and Play Sessions Project Title:


Activities for Children and Young People

Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre


Organisation:

Project overview:

Stay & Play sessions for children under the age of 5 at Abbotshall HLC.

These sessions will be managed and run by local volunteer parents and carers. In fact we have

been running the new improved stay and play for 5 weeks and we have seen numbers attending

rocket (from 0 to 30 children last week!). We’ve had terrific feedback from those attending so

there is definitely a demand.

We provide a fun safe environment for both children & adults. With an emphasis on creativity

and outdoor play. Each session there will be a creative craft project for children and carers to

work on together and a healthy snack will be provided for every child.

Playing helps children with their development and improves their health and wellbeing. Children

learn through play, they develop new skills, and make local friends.

Parents and carers will also meet others in a friendly environment, support one another by

sharing parenting skills and experiences.

All parents and carers will be made to feel welcome in the group. We ask for a small voluntary

donation which will cover some of the craft supplies.

We want to make the session as environmentally low impact as possible and as such will use

recycled materials for crafting as much as we can and have asked for and received donations of

second-hand toys from the community.

However in order to maintain the quality and keep up with the growing numbers there are a few

things for which we'd be very grateful for funding (Children's furniture, fancy dress, musical

instruments, art supplies and play mats).

Sadly Abbotshall HLC is under threat of closure. We believe that providing this service for local

parents and carers will have an integral role in engaging the community and encouraging

volunteers and creating a general buzz around Abbotshall, helping to secure its future.


Project Co-Ordinator (£13ph x 2hrs pw) 1’300

Sports Coach (£25 x 1hr pw) 1’250

Venue hire (£10ph x 4hrs pw) 2’000

Recourses & equipment (to be confirmed by young people) 1’000

£


Assembly Fund requirement 2’250

Crowdfunding

Other Funding - subs 1’300

In Kind Funding: Free venue hire 2’000

Total Project Income: 5550

Youth Club Project Title:


Activities for younger people

Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre


Organisation:

Project overview:

Abbotshall Road Youth Club.

The aim is to prove a youth club on a Friday evening between 4.00 – 8.00pm. During these times

young people will have access to the studio and outside space of the Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle

Centre. The age range will be from 8 – 14 years old.

There will be a project co-ordinator to ensure things run smoothly but it is intended that the

young people become involved in the running of the club and take responsibility for what goes

on. This is intended to give them a sense of belonging, giving a safe place for them to meet and

socialise, prevent isolation for those who go home and do not have the opportunity to mix

outside of school. A qualified coach will run sports and keep fit sessions on a regular basis giving

participants a chance to develop skills while getting fit.

The young people will be encouraged to take up training and act as volunteers for the centre

supporting other projects that take place as well as developing the Youth provision.

The young people will be encouraged to develop their own forum giving them the responsibility

for developing their own program of activities. They will be producing their own policies and

procedures and managing their finance.

A representative from the forum would be asked to join the Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle

Management Committee to assist them to shape services for the future especially those for

young people.


4x PVC Portable Goals £200

2x Set of Disc Cones £50

Assortment of different colour bibs £50

15x Passing Target Hoops £40

Size Appropriate Footballs £120

Support Coach £300

300x Flyers (estimate) £100



Assembly income £700

In Kind Income: Lewisham Tigers FC £160


Tiny Ballers Soccer School Project Title:


Activities for children

Ajay Fitness


Organisation:

Project overview:

Tiny Ballers Soccer School

Tiny Ballers Soccer School is an early childhood development sports club that will provide 2

sessions of football coaching to toddlers and infants every Saturday morning at Abbotshall

Healthy Lifestyle Centre.

Tiny Ballers will not only aim to improve children’s football skills but also to serve as a platform to

help develop social skills, improve emotional control, and build self-confidence in a fun and

friendly environment during the critical phase of early childhood.

All sessions will be designed using the Long-term Player Development (LTPD) 4-corner Model

created by the FA, to promote development in 4 key areas; technical, psychological, physical and

social.

The first session for the 2-5 year old age group will comprise mainly of mini-games designed to

slowly introduce toddlers to the basic skills needed to play football. These games will focus

primarily on building on the fundamental technical skills of football such as control, dribbling,

passing and shooting. Children will be challenged to listen effectively and follow instructions with

some games requiring a degree of teamwork and competitiveness.

The second session for the 5-7 year old age group will introduce more advance skills and

concepts and focus on increasing players understanding of the game in a match situation.

With funding we would look to recruit a young volunteer from the local community as a support

coach, purchase equipment needed for the sessions (bibs, footballs, cones, etc.) and design, print

and hand out flyers to promote Tiny Ballers to the local area.


Venue hire £400

Professional tutors £1600

Film licences £400

Equipment £1300

Contingency £350



Assembly Fund requirement £2500

In kind Funding: £500 £500

Other Funding: Crowd Funding £500 £500

Sponsorship: Local Business £300


Film Making Workshops Project Title:


Improving the cultural offer in Catford South Developing opportunities for training and employment

Catford Film


Organisation:

Project overview:

Catford Film Making Workshops

Catford Film is planning to set up some sustainable, structured free film training to help nurture local talent and feed an interest in the creative side of cinema. This will allow people to not only learn how to put a film together, but to actually be part of a production team moving through the whole film development process.

We intend to feed local creatives with the knowledge and confidence to take steps towards making their first film, for existing film makers to firm up their knowledge and for anyone with a passing interest in how films are made to find out more.

The training will be open to the local community and beyond, feeding an interest in writing and processing your ideas to a finished film.

Our aim is for people with an interest in making film to connect with and learn from people already working in the industry. This will allow local wanna-be film makers the opportunity to network with the wider film community.

We will promote the events with a strong perception that Catford is at the centre of bigger cultural initiatives in South East London, and to generate an interest in film as an art form. It will excite a wider appetite for creating more film related projects in Lewisham and, along with other film events we are involved in, help our area to be considered for wider film initiatives by outside film related companies and the general film making community.

Amount applied for from the Catford South Local Assembly: £

Safer Parking Large School Gate Banners [3metres] x 2 £500

Rushey Green & Holy Cross Schools Safety Road Fund £100

(and consideration of roads crossing volunteer)


Income (where the money is coming from) Assembly Fund requirement £600


Culverley Road Schools Safety Programme Project Title:

Application Amount:

Children and improving the Catford South

Environment

Cavendish Court Association / Rushey Green Primary School


Organisation:

Project overview:

Rushey Green and Holy Cross Primary Schools have endured long-term and increasing traffic risks

during schools opening and closing times. Parents are now ever more dependent on cars and the

Culverley Green primary schools lag behind in improvements to child welfare and road safety

outside of schools.

Children cannot see past the heights of double parked vehicles during school drop offs and pick-

ups; vehicles park too closely to the school exit gates with no supervisory attendant for road

crossing. Double parked vehicles create a specific risk of collision and accidental injury for

children, obstructing thoroughfare traffic and impeding moving vehicles which speed up to

escape the traffic blockade.

The Culverley Green air traffic pollution exposes young developing children to asthma and lung

disease. Nitrogen Dioxide levels in air pollution outside Rushey Green Primary School, recorded

in 2015 at a risk level below acceptable European Union recommendations for safe breathing for

children at 36 parts per million

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/15494307.Catford_has__dangerously_high__levels_of

_air_pollution_as_campaigners_call_for_action/

Council Parking Enforcement has not yielded a solution for the dual risks of vehicular danger and

the silent chronic damage to young lungs.

We ask you to support our primary schools’ children by voting for us to:

1. Fund schools road safety banner (designed by children in the schools of Rushey Green & Holy

Cross Primary Schools): 3metre wide external all weather proof banners reminding parents to

think before they park and turn off engines. This strategy educates parents to be healthy role

models for their own children.

2. Create a schools traffic safety funding pot for schools’ Parent Teacher Associations/

organisations to explore support through recruiting voluntary ‘lollypop ladies’ and schools

crossings traffic monitor! Thank you!

£600

Expenditure (the costs of delivering the project)

Venue Hire (£25 x 2hrs) x 6 weeks £300

Printed Marketing Materials (A5 Flyers & posters) £70

Distribution of flyers (£50 per 1000 flyers) £100

Marketing (Online ads) £80

Travel (£8 per week) £48

Coach time (£40 per week ) £240



Other funding £0

£


Confidence & Life Skills Coaching Club for Young People Project Title:

Application Amount:

Activities for children and young people

Champs Academy Lewisham and Bromley


Organisation:

Project overview:

A 6-week Confidence and Life skills programme for children.

Many children struggle with issues such as low self-esteem, stress and anxiety, emotional

resilience problems (sometimes caused by bullying) which can often lead to social anxiety, body

confidence issues and lack of social skills.

This programme will help children between the ages of 7 and 12 to teach them skills and tools

that they can use to increase their confidence, self-esteem, resilience and help them to manage

negative thoughts and emotions in a fun and proactive way.

Children will learn ways to overcome social anxiety, boost their ability to communicate

confidently and be understood. In addition, this can help to improve their school work and their

grades. They will come away with strategies to help them reduce stress and anxiety.

Children will learn tools for life and the strategies they will gain can be used at home, school or

anywhere they need them. This will help them to approach life with a balanced and resilient

mind-set.

Parents will also be supported with regular communication and given advice and tips throughout

the programme. The improvement each child has made will be evaluated and recorded at the

end of the 6 week programme.

The funding will be used to reach families on lower incomes that would not normally be able to

pay for their children to have coaching or attend this type of club. It will give us the opportunity

to run the project for free, in order to help those children.

£838


Purchase Gazebos/marquees £2000




Other Funding: Corbett Residents Association £1000


Gazebos for Public Events Project Title:

Application Amount:

Improving the cultural offer, activities for all

the family

Corbett Resident Association


Organisation:

Project overview:

Gazebos to use for outdoor events

The Corbett Residents Association launched in September 2010 to bring together local

residents for community activities and events, allowing neighbours to get to know each

other and share interest.

The CRA aims include providing a network for neighbours to meet and get to know each

other.

Hold community events e.g. annual firework display, quiz evenings, Easter Egg Hunt plus

lots more. Identifying vulnerable residents to offer support and acting as an advocate to

improve the local neighbourhood parking, fly tipping and anti-social behaviour etc.

We want to purchase 4 large pop up gazebos to use for outdoor events. To be used at

Healthy Lifestyle Centre, Corbett Community Library, street events, Christmas markets

outdoor tea parties and picnics etc.

We would like to be able to put on more outdoor events throughout the year for the

community. To be able to purchase 4 gazebos will enable us to do so and give those who

attend these events shelter from the sun, wind and rain. A place for all ages to be

outdoors and meet local neighbours.

The CRA would also loan these gazebos out to other local groups to ensure we all work

together and share resources.

£1000


Oval Park Bench £399 inc vat

Anti-theft fixings £100 inc vat

Installation £150

2 planters £90

Plants £20 inc vat

Soil £40 inc vat

Delivery £60



Assembly funding £500

Other Funding – Culverley Green RA contribution £279


Improvements to the Green Project Title:

Application Amount:

Improving Catford South for residents

Culverley Green Residents Association


Organisation:

Project overview:

Improving the Green

In this Project our main aim is to open up the accessibility of the Green to a wider age group. It is

the largest public green space within the Catford South ward. (The two parks are in our

neighbouring wards.)

It is situated in large residential area which contains a mixture of privately owned properties,

landlord properties, HMO’s, social housing, and care homes.

We have a high number of residents living in the area in the 65+ age group as well as many

families with young children. It is these two age groups who would benefit from having a bench

to sit on. Our older residents enjoy the Green but are unable to take full advantage of it as there

is nowhere to sit apart from the grass!

How much nicer would it be for them, to be able to come in and sit on the bench and enjoy the

green space and rest before resuming their walk. A bench would also be beneficial for parents to

sit on while their pre-school children can play especially for the many flat dwellers that we have

in the area.

Lastly having a bench would offer us an ideal opportunity for using it as a spring board for our

more ambitious project for having railings restored around the Green.

Showing the Green as an area that is accessible and used by all members of the community

would make us a more attractive project to any railing sponsorship funding.

£500


Tai Chi Facilitation £30x 20 sessions £600 Yoga Facilitation £40 x 20 sessions £800 Donation for Hall use £600 Refreshments- £10 x60 sessions £600 Publicity- Approx £100

Total Project Expenditure £2700 Income (where the money is coming from) Assembly Fund requirement £2270 Other Funding - contributions requested £2 per session x 20 attendees at 3 sessions £130

Other Funding Quarterly raffle with donated prizes £300 In Kind Funding: Hall Hire given in Kind approx. £2400 In Kind Funding: Volunteer Time c £1400 in value


Catford Connects Older People Project Title:

Application Amount:

Activities for older people

Diamond Club / St Andrews Church / Brownhill Baptists / Holy Cross


Organisation:

Project overview:

Catford Connects Older people

This project brings together three differing church halls in Catford South to deliver in partnership

weekly activities for older people including Tai Chi at St Andrews church hall, a fellowship

meeting on a Thursday at Brownhill rd. Baptist church and a seated Yoga class at Hartley Hall,

Holy Cross church.

The activities on offer would improve health and wellbeing and reduce isolation. The project will

connect with other local providers and invite organisations to share information such as

Mindcare, Carers Lewisham and Age UK.

The groups would be on different days so enabling people to access some or all and each one is

on a good public transport route and the venues are fully accessible. Each of the activities would

be for an hour and a half and would incorporate a social element with refreshments giving

people a chance to strengthen relationships.

The project will connect with the wider “Bring me Sunshine holidays at home” project which will

be delivering 12 larger events throughout the year.

The project gives opportunities for volunteering and each of the volunteers and deliverers of the

project will receive a Dementia Friends awareness session ensuring each of the sessions are

dementia friendly. Volunteers would be encouraged to cross over to each of the sessions

creating a more cohesive team of community connectors.

The project has scope to further develop its partnership with other initiatives helping to bridge

the gap in social care in an area which has a large population of people over 65.

£2,270

Amount applied for from the Catford South Local Assembly: £

Team Affiliation to League/County FA £90

Coach qualification (Level 1) and Online Disclosure checks 200 £200

Match kit for 10 new players - £350

Footballs for training and matches £150

Training aids and equipment including Training cones, bibs £50

small match goals £270


Other funding £0


Lewisham Tigers FC Summary in support of application for funding from Catford South

Assembly Purpose of the funding:

Oh Lewisham Tigers has grown with now 109 members, the club has grown beyond our dreams

(and of our football development plans). The success of the club in the Catford South Area has

been through the relationships the club has drawn within the community.

With the growth of Lewisham Tigers having an impact on the young children and volunteers of all

ages who attend the Abbotshall Healthy Learning centre, the clubs training and match home

ground.

The club has become heavily involved within the community working with residents, parents,

volunteers and young people this is a very specific project within the clubs wider development

programme not only with the coaching young people to play football but also with the running of

the Healthy Lifestyle Centres.

With the funding we will be able to provide:

• Develop a new under 8s boys team and coach for this year/season

• Affiliation of this new team to the London Football Association (FA) and League

By joining the local community by becoming members/trustees of the Healthy Lifestyle centre,

promoting the advantages a community run asset for everyone. Sharing the equipment we

purchase with this funding with Abbotshall. Thanks - Lewisham Tiger FC

Football Development Programme Project Title:

Application Amount:


Lewisham Tigers FC


Organisation:

Project overview:

£1110


Staffing Costs : Sessions Delivery - 4 youth theatre directors for Saturday & Tuesday Groups from Jan to June 2019 inc all planning delivery & evaluation

6000

Staffing Costs: Production Team - Designer, Technician, Stage Manager ; Design, build, light & manage team June 2019

2000

Production Budget – for costumes, set, props for 40 children 500

Volunteers’ expenses ESTIMATED 680

Project Management/Office Costs 800

Scripts/Photos/Performance Rights 300

Broadway Studio Hire – 1 week June 2019 2400

Rehearsal Room costs ESTIMATED 300

Total Project Expenditure £12,980

Assembly Fund: £1400

Other Income: Rushey Green LAA £1400, Hillcote Trust £1400, Children in Need £3350 £12980

William Wates Memorial Foundation £2500, Big Lottery £2500, donations £430


Lewisham Youth Theatres Junior Youth Theatre Performance Project 2019

what is it? A free drama & performance project for 8 to 11s from January to June 2019. Weekly

sessions at the Broadway Theatre rehearsal room on Tuesdays or Saturdays. Lead by Professional

Youth Theatre Directors a full show in the Broadway Studio at the end of the project.

Who can take part? This funding is for Catford South young people to take part. Young people from

Lewisham also take part.

How will children find out? We run FREE taster sessions in Catford South Schools. We list it on

lovecatford.co.uk Leaflets at Catford South events in the libraries & notice boards.

What will children gain?

• Creative skills – a chance to develop drama skills of course but it’s also about developing

imagination, a chance to express ideas & use thinking skills in a different way to school.

• New friends. Children from all over Lewisham take part.

• Team work & leadership skills – we always choose shows that allow everyone to shine, we

don’t have just one lead. We are working with The Horniman Museum this year.

• Improve reading, (through scripts) speaking and listening skills, (in the rehearsals & on stage).

• Pride in their performance as the show will be at the Broadway Theatre in June, shared by

family & friends.

• Chance to see a theatre performance in London as part of the project.

What happens after this project end? Once a child has taken part they will always be told about

other opportunities at LYT. And our projects are for 8 to 24 year olds. We do Technical theatre as well.

Lewisham Youth Junior Theatre Project Project Title:

Application Amount:


Lewisham Youth Theatre


Organisation:

Project overview:

£1400


12 Streetmaster Litter Kits [comprising hiviz jkt picker gloves and storage bag av price £29.75 to £30 inc VAT

360.00

Bag hoops 12 x £11 or so 135.00

Blue bags or similar [ 2 x 200] 50.00

First Aid kit [ for groups outings] 30.00

Publicity posters 50.00

Insurance [for group outings] 100.00


Other Income: £0


COMMUNITY CLEAN UP

This initiative is part of a wider campaign to Clean up Catford and was suggested by various

members of the Catford South community.

Our part of Catford is a great place to live, but there is a lot of fly tipping and litter dropping

which spoils it for everyone. We want to do our bit to make our community as good as it can be.

Several members already litter pick in Catford South, but we need better quality equipment and

clothing to enable more volunteers to take part.

We aim to have around 12 Litter Wardens kitted out with hi-viz jackets, heavy duty gloves, litter

bags, and ring bag holder.

We would undertake weekly litter picking tackling particular “grot spots” as well as monthly clean

ups to tackle larger areas. The Great British Spring Clean Up is happening in March 2019. We will

be taking part and have already registered to carry out a major clean up during the campaign

period.

We will share our success by regularly publishing “before and after” pictures as well as logging

the amount of bags collected on Love Catford, Keep Britain Tidy and our own websites.

The longer term aim of the Clean-up Catford campaign is to work with others to reduce the

amount of fly tipping and litter within our community and encourage the establishment of similar

groups elsewhere.

Please do support our campaign which is entirely run by volunteers to benefit everyone who

lives in or visits our part of Catford.

Catford Community Clean Up Project Title:

Application Amount:

Improving the Catford South Environment / for

residents

Ravensbourne Residents Association


Organisation:

Project overview:

£775

Amount applied for from the Catford South Local Assembly: £1,740

Physical Activity SUCH AS Zumba, Yoga, Tai Chi, Dance £40 x12 Sessions £480

Extra talks, and workshops £80 x12 sessions £960

Leaflet Printing estimate £300


Other Income £0


Mental Health Cafe Project Title:

Application Amount:

Activities for adults

TTT - Third Thursday Time


Organisation:

Project overview:

£

Third Thursday Time is a monthly evening drop-in held at Hartley Hall in Catford, open to

all over 16’s in the local area. We provide companionship, a listening ear and activities

aimed at promoting mental well-being for people with lived experience of mental health

issues, carers and anyone else who would like to join us in a friendly, accepting and relaxed

environment.

Our café offers drinks and snacks, arts & crafts, a book swap and board games, and we have

regular singing sessions, massage available and a quiet space. Each month we also hold an

activity session aimed at promoting mental well-being – for example, mindfulness, Tai Chi,

yoga or Zumba.

Volunteers have DBS clearance, and some have Food Hygiene and Introduction to First Aid

training, and we have all attended mental health awareness training. Session leaders are

qualified in their own field. Most volunteers have experience of living with mental health

issues or as carers.

We collect feedback and suggestions after each session, and are hoping to provide more

activities as requested by our users, although we are not subsidised and donations do not

presently cover costs of more qualified session leaders. Success today would make our

“wonderfully relaxing, fun, enjoyable” evenings more responsive to what our users want.

If you, or someone you know, would benefit from joining us on the third Thursday of the

month, 5.30-8.30, you are welcome

Amount applied for from the Catford South Local Assembly: £2,500

Bamboo screen along nursery and reception fencing (costings as at April 2018) £2000 (approx)

6-foot high laurel hedge planted around the Key Stage 1 playground (costings as at April 2018) £5000 (approx)

Tree stump removal and planting of 6-foot high laurel hedge around the Key Stage 2 playground (costings as at June 2018)

£22,000 (approx)

Total Project Expenditure c£29,000

Assembly Funding £2500

Other Funding (which includes some provision for project maintenance) Lottery Funding, Mayor of London’s Greener City Fund £30,000 PTA funding £3,500

£33,500


The PTA of Torridon Primary School are seeking to improve the air quality and playground

environment at the school by planting a 6-foot high laurel hedge inside the perimeter fences.

At the junction of two busy roads, Torridon and Hazelbank, and surrounded by a metal fence,

with a few trees and shrubbery dotted around the perimeter, the outdoor play areas are all very

exposed to road traffic. Recent air monitoring revealed high levels of NO2 – 56.6 µg/m3

(micrograms per cubic metre) – well above the legal limit of 40µg/m3.

Short- and long-term exposure to NO2, even at levels below the legal limit, is harmful to health;

children, with developing hearts and lungs, are especially vulnerable. Concerned about the

children’s health and keen to green-up the outdoor space, the PTA consulted with Clean Air for

Catford (a local air quality group), local councillors, Lewisham’s environmental protection officer,

the head teacher, science teachers and local landscaping companies to find out the best course

of action. Hedges have been shown to be particularly effective at absorbing air pollution in urban

areas. Air monitoring done at another local school with a well-established hedge, for example,

revealed significantly lower readings inside the playground than out on the pavement.

Pending full funding, we are thus proceeding with a multi-phase project: planting a hedge around

the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds and, in the nursery and reception areas, where space is tight,

putting up thick bamboo along the fence.

We hope you’ll support our efforts to green-up Torridon and improve the air quality for the

whole school community!

Cleaner Air Hedge Fund Project Title:

Application Amount:

Improving Catford south for residents and

children

Torridon Primary School


Organisation:

Project overview:

£2500


Resources, Paper, Handcraft materials, stretch bands and balls for seated exercise. £300.00

5 trips - Subsidised entrance costs to museums, gardens, cinemas. £250.00

Cost towards hire of vehicle to transport frail or people with mobility issues. £200.00

Cost of meeting space hire 40 weeks @ 2hours, X £10 per hour £800.00

Total Project Expenditure £1550.00


Other Funding - users donations £75.00

In Kind Funding HLC hall hire 50% reduction £400.00


The Young at Heart Group

Based at the Healthy Lifestyle Centre, Abbotshall Road, Catford, SE6 are a group who meet every

week.

The vision was to have a place to meet people for companionship, a chat and go out on outings

together and socialise in a safe environment. There isn’t a group like this within a short walking

distance in this vicinity.

Anyone with time to spend together when lonely or needed some support and to touch base

with a group could join and come along with family, friend or neighbour – recognising that

people may retire early or through ill health or need a friend to come with them. Some people

don’t talk to anyone for days or weeks, as their families could live far away and contact is limited.

Having this group locally has been a great support to people especially as carers for elderly and or

disabled parents or partners.

We want to appeal to people of all ages. We believe that this could improve community links

and beat loneliness if we can!

With an Email address, WhatsApp group, calendar, had a museum trip, a tea dance and are

planning our own activities to host in the coming months

We urgently need a base to meet, funding for activities and events to grow the group. To hold

events - exercise classes, chair yoga, play games, walking/ reading group or professional to speak

to the group about issues like preventing falls, keeping active, Tech support for IT devices.

Activities for Older People Project Title:

Application Amount:

Activities for Older People

Young at Heart Group


Organisation:

Project overview:

£1075

Who else can you talk to tonight as part of the event?

Team Catford!

Creative ideas for Catford

Our community engagement is well underway and we’ve gathered ideas from over 1,100 people

on the Commonplace website and via face-to-face events. Over the last month, we’ve popped up

at Little Nan’s, the Rushey Green local assembly, two consultation events at the library and the

Lewisham Pensioners’ Forum Financial Fair. Nearly everyone has told us Catford has a special

character that we want to preserve as we embark on the big changes - we agree!

Please chat to us tonight if you can

If you can’t make it, add your thoughts to the map at https://catfordtowncentre.commonplace.is

To contact us by post simply write FREEPOST TEAM CATFORD on the envelope and your letter will

find its way to us – promise!

Alternatively, you can email [email protected],

call us on 0800 772 0475 or follow us:

Twitter @TeamCatford

Instagram @TeamCatford

Facebook @TeamCatfordSE6

Local Democracy Review Lewisham Council has set up a Local Democracy Review Working

Group to help local residents, community groups and businesses

get more easily involved in the democratic processes and will

make recommendations on how the Mayor and Council could:

Enhance their openness and transparency,

Increase public

involvement in Council decisions and

Promote effective decision-making

You can share your views, experiences and suggestions for change

with representatives from the Local Democracy Review at the Catford South Assembly tonight

Alternatively, you can complete an

online questionnaire or visit our website at www.lewishamdemocracy.com.

Get the Lewisham Lowdown

The lovely Alison AKA Lewisham Lowdown will be available to help you

out with Twitter and other social media. She is also at the assembly to

promote the #ChristmasLowdown

Get the Christmas Lowdown

Do you love shopping locally? Are you a small business? Join in with

the @Lewishamlowdown twitter/instagram #supportlocal challenge this December.

Every day we will be sharing pictures of great present ideas that you can buy locally using the

hashtag #ChristmasLowdown Everyone can join in and get some great ideas for present shopping

while supporting the local community. You can follow @LewishamLowdown on Twitter, Instagram

and Facebook. Why not follow @Love_Catford too

Lewisham Pensioner’s Forum

Lewisham Pensioners Forum provides a voice for

older people, challenging local

and national policies on their behalf. You can visit their website at:

www.lewishampensionersforum.org

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 020 8690 7869.

Twitter: @lpforum

Meet your local Councillor’s Take this opportunity to say hi to your local

Catford South Councillors this evening.

Details of how to contact them

outside the meeting are on the last page

of this booklet

Clean Air Catford, Ella Roberta Family Foundation, And more…

Thank you for taking the time to come along to the Assembly Marketplace event this evening

Useful information and contacts

Catford South Councillors

Councillor Abdeslam (Skip) Amrani


Councillor Eva Stamirowski


Councillor Alan Smith


Surgeries held on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 11.00am-12.00pm, Torridon Library, Torridon Road,

Catford, SE6. There are no surgeries held in August

Catford South Coordinator Lucy Formolli Email: [email protected] Call: 020 8314 314 We are always looking for people to get involved with the coordinating group - contact Lucy for more information

- Catford South Assembly Web page www.lewisham.gov.uk/getinvolved/localassemblies/Catford-South-Assembly

Catford Town centre regeneration web page:

www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/regeneration/Catford-regeneration

Leave your thoughts and help shape the future of the Catford regeneration on Common Place www.

catfordtowncentre.commonplace.is/ and follow @TeamCatford on Twitter

Catford Safer Neighbourhood Team

http://content.met.police.uk/Team/Lewisham/Catfordsouth

Main phone number: 020 8721 2488. Twitter: @MPSCatfordSouth

www.Lovecatford.co.uk

Twitter: @Love_Catford

Facebook: @LoveCatfordSE6

Useful local links

@EnviroLewisham Tweet for environmental issues such as fly-tipping etc.

@LewishamCouncil Tweet for general issues, follow for up to the moment information

Abbotshall Road Healthy Lifestyle Centre: www.abbotshallhlc.org @HLC_Catford

Culverley Green Residents Association: www.culverleygreen.org /

[email protected] @CulverleyGreen

Corbett Residents Association: www.thecorbett.org / [email protected] @CorbettRes

Archibald Corbett Society: www.thecorbettsociety.org.uk

Corbett Community Library: www.lovecatford.co.uk/amenities/corbett-library-arts-and-heritage-centre-torridon-

library Tel: 020 8314 3712 / 020 8378 5358 email: [email protected]

Catford South Community Development Lead – Barbara Grey - [email protected]

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