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Telegraph Hill Assembly
17 May 2011
7pm - 9pm
Honor Oak Community Centre
Meeting notes
1.
Welcome and introduction to the meeting. 73 people signed in
Councillor Dan Whittle welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2.
Hilton House Co-op
Ken Tyler who will be the new manager of the Co-operative supermarket that will occupy
the unit underneath Hilton House spoke to the meeting. He confirmed that Pamela at
Lewisham Job Centre is taking applications for the positions at the store. The store will be
opened on 28 July. The store would like to get involved in community projects and can
provide equipment and funding for local projects.
3.
Table Discussions
Youth Activities and Support Projects & Community Activities
Everyone at the meeting was given 3 red stickers and 3 green stickers to vote on which
types of projects they thought were most important in the two categories of
1. Youth Activities and Support Projects
2. Community Activities
People also wrote down their ideas for the projects.
1. Youth Activities and Support Projects
1. Healthy Children and Young people
Ranked most important with 41 votes
New examples
 growing Food
 Outdoor Gym
 day trips and residential health trips
 encourage local youths to participate in at least one activity per term
 prioritise healthy cooking and build a bike course
 some to be held at Honor Oak Youth Centre
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2. Increase Young Peoples Confidence and Life Skills
Ranked 2nd most important with 27 votes
New examples
 improve young peoples financial literacy (budgeting/money management)
 use older people in the community and their skills
 presentation skills (how to talk to people)
 open up existing IT suite at Honor Oak Community Centre
 give them responsibility empowerment projects where they are in control
 workshops
 young people moving into different areas be exposed to other options, areas and
opportunities
3. Increase Young Peoples Educational and Employment Opportunities
Ranked joint 3rd most important with 26 votes
New examples
 Targeted support to young people involved with crime/gangs
 Interview Techniques
 Youth volunteers
 Julian Sanchez recommended to support CV and Job Application
 Apprenticeships
 Mentoring, CV support
 Someone to help write a life plan.
3. Creative Young People
Ranked joint 3rd most important with 26 votes
New examples
 Some to be held at Honor Oak Youth Centre
 Science Competitions
 film projects
 dance projects
 design/fashion
 learning technical skills
 residential trips
 exposure to different areas and people through creative projects
 mix health and creative projects
5. Improve opportunities for social and informal learning
Ranked 5th most important with 21 votes
New examples
 shared by local groups funds distributed evenly
 cooking and eating together
 target young people in most need of the social advice project
 combine with Creative young people for some projects
 expand Library project
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6. Break down intergenerational barriers
Ranked 6th most important with 15 votes
New examples
 older people to come to Crossways to learn IT skills
 younger people to go to lunch clubs
 young people volunteering to help repair and paint
 gardening
 other local history talks and projects
 drama projects – Lewisham Youth Theatre
 Link with JOY and Ageing Well Fun Club
 acting out dramas
 dance projects
 video projects – confront issues via film/video with all generations
7. Support young people away from Gangs
Ranked 7th most important with 11 votes
New examples
 Older youths to visit prisons
 Workshops on gang violence ex gang members with focus on how to change way of
life and choices
8. Help parents
Ranked 8th most important with 8 votes
New examples
 Volunteers – Doula to help parents
 Parent support Groups
9. Facilities for children under 8
Ranked 9th most important with no votes
Result of Voting for Youth activities and support projects
1. Healthy Children and Young people 41 votes
2. Increase Young Peoples Confidence and Life Skills 27 votes
=3. Increase Young Peoples Educational and Employment Opportunities 26 votes
=3. Creative Young People 26 votes
5. Improve opportunities for social and informal learning 21 votes
6. Break down intergenerational barriers 15 votes
7. Support young people away from Gangs 11 votes
8. Help parents
8 votes
9. Facilities for children under 8 0 votes
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2. Community Activities
1. New ideas to meet community need
Ranked most important with 43 votes
New examples
 Bold Vision is a good example
 Engage with all age groups
 More adventure playgrounds
2. Bring Local Communities Together
Ranked 2nd most important with 42 votes
New examples
 events held at Honor Oak Youth Club
 day trips for the local community
 space for events
 broader, more inclusive activities engaging everyone young and old
 link adventure playgrounds to play tournament, have competitions and socialise
 residential trips for young people
 film making projects to make the community feel positive about their area
 tournaments
 fundraisers
 BBQ Street Party
 encourage volunteering
3. Let more people know what’s happening in their area
Ranked 3rd most important with 41 votes
New examples
 Get Hilly Telegraph and Gatepost to circulate ward-wide
 Notices on trees
 Handbook for area
 Use Facebook and Twitter
4. More opportunities for older residents
Ranked 4th most important with 25 votes
New examples
 Intergenerational
 Encourage volunteering
5. Promote Healthy Communities
Ranked 5th most important with 21 votes
New examples
 Outdoor Gym
 Athletics training – running
 encourage volunteering
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Result of voting for Community Activities
1. New ideas to meet community need 43 votes
2. Bring Local Communities Together 42 votes
3. Let more people know what’s happening in their area 41 votes
4. More opportunities for older residents 25 votes
5. Promote Healthy Communities 21 votes
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Volunteering
Kay Kelleher Lewisham Volunteer Centre
Kay advised that the volunteer centres works with individuals and organisations to involve
volunteers and provide them for organisations. This could be anything from helping
reading at school to helping with sports clubs, DIY volunteering and teaching and financial
advice.
The website do-it.org.uk has a lot of information on volunteering. She advised that there
are currently 300 current volunteer opportunities through the centre.
The contacts for the centre are
Telephone 020 8613 7113
Email info@volunteercentrelewisham.org.uk
Website www.volunteercentrelewisham.org.uk
Questions and Answers
It was confirmed that the volunteer centre is a completely different organisation from
Voluntary Action Lewisham (VAL).
It is advised that volunteer travel expenses are usually covered and that the volunteer
centre can help with advise on expenses.
Honor Oak Community Library Volunteers
It was advised that Honor Oak Community Library is based at the community centre and
is looking for volunteers and also new people to join the library. Different roles for the
volunteers include maintaining the library, writing book issues in the log book, finding out
what types of books people would like, storytelling and singing for small children, setting
up a reading group and showing people how to get electronic book on their mobile
phones. Please speak to staff at the Community centre if you would like to be involved
0207 6392301.
Honor Oak Social Committee
It was advised that residents in Honor Oak are setting up a social committee to organise
fundraising and community events and if you would like to get involved to please leave a
contact number.
New Cross Library
It was asked if anyone wanted to volunteer around the project at New Cross library and
had business skills, library skills or could just help with leaflets and could give any time at
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all that there was a meeting at the Pepys Resource Centre Thursday 19 May from 6-8pm.
Honor Oak Pensioners Shopping Bus
It was asked if anyone could help driving or escorting older people on shopping from
Honor Oak if they could please leave their contact details.
Local Assembly Co-ordinating Group Volunteers
It was advised that the new meeting will be on June the 9th and the coordination group
was an open group that don’t do all the work around the assembly meetings but use their
knowledge as local residents to ensure that the people organising the meetings are in
touch with the local community. They also follow up from ideas given at the assembly
meetings and make sure that they are carried out. It was asked if anyone was interested
in joining to leave their contact details.
July 2nd Come and LOOK event
It was asked that any community organisations that wanted to get involved in the Come
and LOOK event on Saturday 2 July held at Honor Oak Community Centre, Telegraph Hill
Community Centre, Barnes Wallis Community Centre and Green Shoots Community
Garden (Besson Street) and including the Sommerville Adventure and Honor Oak
Adventure playgrounds should leave their contact details and get in touch with the
centres. There will be demonstrations of what goes on in the centre and food in the three
main community centres. There will also be a raffle with great prizes.
Volunteer Impact Assessment – Gayle Wallace
It was advised that the Lewisham Volunteer Centre are carrying out a volunteer impact
assessment survey. This includes people that volunteer in churches libraries and in any
way give their time for others. It is to evidence the contribution of residents volunteering
in Lewisham. There is a prize draw for organisations that take part of £100 in office
supplies. The internet links for the surveys are:
Individual Volunteer Survey Link
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en_GB&authkey=COKJsZkE&formkey=dH
BfMUdLVGNXVGk2RExOT0dFcFZvaFE6MQ#gid=0
Organisation Survey Link
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en_GB&formkey=dFFRTHhvMjBOeGgtM0t
TRGZsSDh1dWc6MQ
The survey findings will be published in a report summary and available on the Volunteer
Centre Lewisham website www.volunteercentrelewisham.org.uk
Crofton Park Library
It was asked if anyone wanted to volunteer in Crofton Park Library to please drop in as
they are looking for volunteers also.
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Family Mosaic - Hilton House Redevelopment
Hannah Bartlett from Family Mosaic spoke to the assembly.
It was advised 20 units 8 1 bed and 12 2 beds in Hilton House are already occupied by
tenants. The Co-op will be finished by 28 July and there is more landscaping and a
pedestrian area by the dentist surgery. Thee will also be a new one-way system in front
of Hilton House through to Frensbury Close. It was advised that there will be signage with
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the changes.
Plaque for Hilton House
It was advised by an older resident that Hilton House was bombed in the war and many
residents including local children lost their lives at the site. It was asked that there is a
plaque or some kind of memorial to those people in recognition of the local lives lost.
Hannah Bartlett from Family Mosaic advised that there is a memorial being considered at
the moment.
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Damp and Mould Review
Cllr Paul Bell Spoke to the Assembly. It was advised that the ward councillors after
speaking to residents organised the Housing Select Committee to carry out an official
Damp and Mould Review on properties in Lewisham. From that review the main changes
will be that there will be one stop process for people contacting the council or their
housing authority around damp or mould. This means that if a tenant phones up about
damp and mould in their property they will no longer be moved on to a different
department to deal with their issue. There is a checklist for Housing Authorities and
council staff who will be trained to deal with peoples issues correctly.
It was also found that temporary solutions such as coating walls do not work and that
ventilation, air bricks and heat recovery systems must be offered instead.
The NHS and GPs have been involved in the survey to make sure the health impact I s
recognised especially for older and very young residents.
Questions and Answers
It was commented that Lewisham Homes should not have installed UVPC windows as
this increases Damp and Mould.
It was answered that lack of insulation along with issues in the fabric of the building can
be a problem.
It was advised that the full details of the report will be available on the Lewisham Council
website.
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Community Updates
Neighbourhood Community Safety Service Liz Fowler
It was advised that there is a new Neighbourhood Community Safety Service in
Lewisham. The aims of the team are to reduce re-offending, help people feel safer in
their homes, support victims of crime, develop projects and plans or including those on
domestic violence and youth crime.
The team are available every Wednesday morning at the Honor Oak Housing Office from
10am -1pm and are contactable at their New Cross Gate Office:
Flat 1B 48 Hatfield Close
New Cross SE14 5DP
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm telephone number 0208 314 6688 email community
safety@lewisham.gov.uk.
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Common Growth Project – Sandbourne Road
It was advised that the project is converting an area around the Sandbourne Road Estate
which previously had issues with Anti-Social Behaviour and Flytipping into a community
food growing project. The project is getting support from Bold Vision and community
work days on the garden are well attended. There are wooden frames being created for
growing vegetables and the environment and wildlife are being considered also by the
project organisers. The project aims to engage young people and older isolated people.
There is a chance to get involved on Tuesday and Sunday afternoons and everyone is
welcome to take part. Please contact commongrowthuk@gmail.com.
Big Lunch
Everyone was invited to the Big Lunch taking place at the Hill Station Café Kitto Road on
Sunday 5 June.
Avignon Road
Residents around Avignon Road with support from ward councillors and the Police are
trying to slow down the traffic in the area and asked if anyone wanted to get involved to
contact avignonroad@yahoo.co.uk
No declarations of interest were made at this meeting.