A vision for a fairer, healthier and greener Greenwich has been approved as the Council agrees its new corporate plan.
Called Our Greenwich, this new blueprint covers everything from addressing the climate emergency, to tackling child food poverty and reducing bureaucracy over the next four years, and much more.
Based around a series of missions that we will work towards, Our Greenwich was developed following a month-long engagement project that featured hundreds of conversations with residents, an online survey, and meetings with key partners.
Cllr Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “Our Greenwich is about building the future we all want to see, because Greenwich belongs to us all. That’s why we opened this conversation up and spoke with everybody we could – we wanted to know what people cared about, what they thought we did well and what they thought we needed to work on.
“This plan has been written following some of the most turbulent times in modern history. It will now shape our decision making during a cost of living crisis; where everyone, including us, is concerned about their budgets.
“Our Greenwich is the framework, but the hard work starts now. We know where we want to be by the end of this plan’s cycle, and by listening and working with and for residents, we’ll make this Our Greenwich.”
Our Greenwich sets the Council’s corporate priorities and is a key document for all decisions to be based around.
royalgreenwich.gov.uk/corporate-plan
Our Greenwich is the framework, but the hard work starts now. We know where we want to be by the end of this plan’s cycle, and by listening and working with and for residents, we’ll make this Our Greenwich.
Cllr Anthony Okereke
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Found on its Bandstand Terrace, the Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Sunday market offers visitors the chance to shop directly from independent and local producers. Pick up organic fruit and veg from Brockman’s Farm, artisan bread from Aston Bakery, something to top it with from Heritage Cheese, and a bottle to enjoy it with from The Wine Scouts. Picks Organic Farm is where to get quality meats and eggs, and Route 66 Burritos is on hand for those looking for something hearty and delicious to eat on site. Why not tie your visit in with a stroll around the 17-acre Horniman Gardens? The Wildlife Garden is particularly popular with little ones. 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ.
January 22, 10am - 3pm. Admission: FREE. www.horniman.ac.uk/event/horniman-market/
As part of its winter wellness programme – a bid to bring those who live and work on Greenwich peninsula together –Thrive on Greenwich Peninsula is hosting a number of free fitness classes, including an hour-long stretch and flow yoga class this Saturday. Book your spot and head to The Hour at the O2 to practise your downward dog and mountain pose before relaxing into a soothing child’s pose and eventually shavasana. You might meet fellow local yogis while you’re there. The Hour, ICON Outlet at The O2, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX. January 28, 10:30am. www.the-hour.co.uk/thrive
Toddler time at Woodlands Farm
Canary Wharf’s Winter Lights festival returns for the first time since before the pandemic. The free art trail boasts 22 installations in total (17 of which arrive specifically for the festival), including artworks by Camille Walala, Julius Popp and Tom Lambert. The installations have been designed to draw people together in a shared experience, either to marvel at the impressive visual effects or to highlight serious issues, including the climate crisis. Download a digital map and work your way between them. Winter Lights is running throughout the estate at Canary Wharf, London E14. January 18 - 28, 5pm - 10pm.
Admission: www.canarywharf.com/whats-on/winter-lights/.
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the first time since before the
The free art trail boasts 22 installations in total (17 of which arrive specifically for the
including artworks by Camille Walala, Julius Popp and Tom Lambert. The installations have been designed to draw people together in a shared experience, either to marvel at the impressive visual effects or to highlight serious issues, including the climate crisis. Download a digital map and work your way between them. Winter Lights is running throughout the estate at Canary Wharf, London E14. January 18 - 28, 5pm - 10pm. www.canarywharf.com/whats-on/winter-lights/.
The Royal Observatory’s popular ‘Silver Screen Science Fiction’ series is back with another episode. Audiences will watch 2015 movie The Martian, about astronaut Mark Watney’s (Matt Damon) time stranded on planet Mars, before hearing from one of the Observatory’s astronomers about what life on Mars would really be like. January 28, 6pm - 9pm. Admission: £10/£5 kids.
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/royal-observatory/ silver-screen-science-fiction-martian
Perhaps you last read her novels at school, or maybe you’ve carried her exceptional aptitude for compelling narratives into adulthood. Maybe your main experience of Jane Austen has been through celebrity-fronted screen adaptations of her works. Robert Powell and Sue Jameson are hoping to bring audiences into Austen’s world to share in her brilliance. Accompanied by flute and piano, their production A Jane Austen Afternoon brings to life the “enigmatic and shadowy figure behind the popular image of bonnets, tea and gentility”. Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. January 29, 3pm. Admission: £22. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/tickets-jane-austen-afternoon-bromley-2023
While the Old Royal Naval College’s Painted Hall is better known for its masterful artworks, on weekends it’s currently hosting a series of wellness sessions. Next up, this Saturday, is a celebration of movement and play with yoga teacher David Kam. Under artist Luke Jerram’s impressive installation of the Moon, David’s class ‘To Be Human – A Movement Celebration’ invites beginners and advanced practitioners alike to take part in a moving meditation followed by some journaling and conversation, writes Holly O’Mahony…
With the class falling on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, ‘renrì’, which translates as the birth-day of humanity, what better time to focus on celebrating the human body and what it means to be alive?
We spoke to practitioner David Kam to find out more about his method and the importance of play at any age…
Holly O’Mahony: Tell us about your professional journey. How
did you manage to carve out this niche, offering classes fusing yoga, movement and play?
David Kam: I moved to England [from Malaysia] over 10 years ago now and in the many years I have been away from home, I’ve found solace in movement. There’s something really healing about moving as an expression, honouring our body as home. I wanted to explore how we can feel at home in our bodies
and share this with others.
HOM: Play is also a part of your practice. Why is this important in an adult class?
DK: When we become adults, we don’t necessarily need to lose our child self. Through play, we create a safe space to practise creativity and spontaneity. It’s a chance to reclaim joy and fun in the everyday mundane.
HOM: You’re leading a one-off session at the Old Royal Naval College this Saturday, but where do you typically teach and who attends your classes?
DK: I offer regular classes in east London and share pre-recorded classes online. These sessions are attended by curious movers of all ages, from the next door neighbour to the professional circus artist. What unifies them is a desire to
explore movement as a creative practice. My classes are brave spaces offering wild permission for us to embrace our differences and misbehave beautifully.
HOM: January is typically a month where people strive to get fit and take up new year’s resolutions. Do you have any advice for someone keen to give yoga a go for the first time?
DK: Before anything else, try first. Don’t let yourself be paralysed by assumptions. One other helpful thing is to go with someone else. One of my favourite things about yoga is that I see it as quality time with my mum. Who would you like to spend more time with?
HOM: What are some of the pitfalls and hurdles that typically get in the way of people committing to practising when they’re starting out?
DK: A big one is the pressure that you need to have figured everything out. You come to a class precisely to practise, not perform. So allow yourself to not know and make mistakes. Also, try different styles of yoga and different teachers before deciding whether it’s for you.
HOM: What do you hope attendees take away from your movement celebration class this Saturday?
DK: I hope they experience the nourishing powers of movement, conversation, community and deep connection. Most importantly, a visceral experience of aliveness.
Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 9NN. January 28, 8am9:30am. Admission: £23.50. www.ornc.org/whats-on/ to-be-human-a-movementcelebration-with-david-kam/
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Described by the Guardian as “The most original duo on the British folk scene” and by the Sunday Times as “Simply Brilliant”, husband-and-wife duo Megson are a band to know. Comprised of vocalist, whistle and piano accordion player Debs Hanna, and guitar, mandola and banjo player Stu Hanna, Megson’s music is a mesmeric fusion of close harmonies, moving lyrics and catchy rhythms. While the duo have spent much of the last year promoting their latest studio album Unknown Waters, they’ve also been touring their popular Family Folk Show, which they’re bringing this weekend to Woolwich Works. Featuring children’s songs from their albums When I Was a Lad and Little Bird, this introduction to traditional music is a chance for your little ones to stamp their feet and clap their hands.
Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. January 29, 11am - 11:45am. Admission: £11.50/£9.75 concessions/under six months go free. www.woolwich.works/ events/family-folk-show
All aboard the good ship Cutty Sark for a Burns Night concert performed by folk cooperative The Salts. The five piece band comprises Brian Doran on vocals, mandolin and whistle; Lee Collinson on vocals, banjo and acoustic guitar; Jeremy Hart on vocals and acoustic guitar; Richard Nash on vocals and drums; and Tim Cantrell on double bass and vocals. (Who needs a folk fiddle, when you’ve got all that going on, eh?) Grabbing the trad genre by its wiry beard and shaking off the dust, the band interlaces energetic, contemporary, original compositions with olde worlde folk tunes you’re bound to recognise. And there will be plenty of opportunities to join in
by singing, dancing and stamping your feet. There’s a ban on booze in the Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, mind, but you’ll find a dram of whisky and more in the Dry Berth bar.
Cutty Sark, King William Walk, London SE10 9HT. January 25, 7:30pm - 9:10pm. Admission: £15. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cuttysark/cutty-sark-concert-the-salts
If you’ve got an afternoon to yourself this Friday and you’re looking for an activity that’s simultaneously enchanting, uplifting and grounding, take a stroll to the Old Royal Naval
College, where Trinity Laban’s Brass Ensemble is playing in the atmospheric setting of its Chapel. Joining the aspiring musicians of Greenwich’s conservatoire is trumpet soloist John Wallace, who was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music for his services in 2021, and brass ensemble
The Wallace Collection, which John also founded. Just turn up, no booking required, and listen to the musicians of tomorrow supported by some of the best of today.
Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 9NN. January 27, 1:05pm. Admission: FREE. www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/ whats-on/event/trinity-laban-brass-ensemble/
The Glenn Miller Orchestra in its current formation is coming to the Churchill Theatre, steered by musical director and band leader Ray McVay. The original American swing dance band, founded by the titular Glenn Miller, shot to commercial success in the 1930s, becoming one of the greatest charting-hitting acts of the 20th century. In the hands of veteran performer Ray, the group’s original formation is maintained, with a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, while three further saxophones play harmony. There’s also trumpets, trombones and percussionists in the mix, plus a male and female vocalist, who for the current tour are Catherine Sykes and Mark Porter. The Glenn Miller Orchestra’s library comprises more than 200 scores in total, but you can count on hearing ‘Moonlight Serenade’, which remains the band’s signature tune.
Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. January 28, 2:30pm. Admission: £25. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/ticketsglenn-miller-orchestra-bromley-2023
Help us to understand the effects of physical activity on how the body changes with age.
Are you aged over 64, consider yourself to be in good health, but do not perform regular exercise (e.g. you do not go to the gym, run or cycle) and do not smoke?
are conducting research on how physical activity effects the body as we grow older and are undertaking a detailed laboratory study comparing people who don’t exercise with very active older cyclists.
This is an opportunity for you to get to know more about how your body ages, with your results being made available to you after testing.
expenses for two days of testing at King’s College London (Guy’s Campus, London Bridge) will be covered.
further information please contact: healthy-ageing@kcl.ac.uk
It has helped launch the careers of several emerging theatre practitioners in the past, and now the LET Award showcase, from the Olivier award-nominated company Les Enfants Terribles (Alice’s Adventures Underground), returns to Greenwich Theatre for another round. You, the public, are invited to watch ten theatre companies perform ten-minute sketches, with a panel of industry professionals eventually crowning one the winner of the 2023 LET Award, writes Holly O’Mahony…
The ten companies presenting work have been whittled down from hundreds of applicants.
The prize? A serious booster package to help them find success next summer at the ultimate stomping ground for junior theatremakers: Edinburgh Festival Fringe. From the ashes of the festival, several household names have sprung, including Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mr. Bean’s Rowan Atkinson and Harry Potter’s Alan Rickman. It launched the career of Les Enfants Terribles, too, and for this reason, the company uses its name and success to run the LET Award scheme.
So, what’s in it for the winning company? Firstly, there’s a sizable cash injection of £1,300 to put towards their production costs. There’s also a guaranteed slot at prestigious Edinburgh Fringe venue The Pleasance, and mentoring from the Les Enfants Terribles team to help them prepare.
Another contributing factor to a successful Edinburgh Fringe is spreading the word and drumming up some hype about your show. The LET Award also offers the winning company three mentioning sessions with leading theatre PR company Chloé Nelkin Consulting, plus additional support from Les Enfants Terribles’ marketing manager, and help for social media and press promotion from The Pleasance.
Last year saw Alex Roberts & Co, a network of artists dedicated to telling LGBTQ+ stories, win the LET Award for their music, dance and spoken word-led odyssey on gay
club culture, No Place Like Home.
Head on over to see 2023’s winner crowned and who knows? You might catch some big names of tomorrow performing in their infancy.
Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8ES. January 27 at 7pm. Admission: £8 concessions. www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk/ events/let-award-showcase-2023/
Creative Futures: Maxine Doyle interviewed by Misha Myers
Regardless of whether or not you’re interested in the performing arts, if you live in the Woolwich vicinity, by now you will have heard the name ‘Punchdrunk’. It belongs to the trailblazing immersive theatre company which has recently made new arts venue Woolwich Works its home, transforming vast swathes of it into the sprawling labyrinth of ancient Troy for its latest choose-your-
own-adventure show, The Burnt City. Integral to the company is its associate director and choreographer Maxine Doyle, whose CV spans theatre, opera, TV and film. As part of a new creative partnership between Woolwich Works and the University of Greenwich, Maxine is sharing her insights from working inside the sector and tips for getting into it, in a live interview with Dr. Misha Myers, a Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance. Maxine is also expected to speak about her love of dance, her extensive work with Punchdrunk and how she and the company’s co-founder Felix Barrett made their vision for The Burnt City a reality.
To make this event as useful as possible to attendees, there will be an opportunity to network in the Visitors’ Book Café after the talk.
Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. January 25, 6pm.
Admission: FREE, but places must be booked in advance. www.woolwich. works/events/creative-futures-maxinedoyle-interviewed-by-misha-myers
Okay, so this one is not exactly aimed at creatives, but hear us out: the Albany in Deptford, which is as much a community hub as a performing arts venue, is opening up its doors to 16-24 year olds with an interest in tech and coding (and hey, they might one day put those skills into making a website for
a creative organisation). Spread over 12 two-hour sessions and six weeks, beginning this week on January 23, the course offers an introduction to web app development, covering HTML, JavaScript, CSS, BootStrap, WordPress and SQL. Attendees will be paired up with a mentor for additional support, and those who complete the course may also be offered work experience placements. All hardware and software is provided.
The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG. January 23 - March 7. Admission: FREE. www.thealbany.org.uk/projects/ccc/
It was a highlight of that forgotten fragment of 2022, before words like ‘Covid’ and ‘lockdown’ were in our vocabulary: Canary Wharf’s Winter Lights festival. While there have been bright lights and art trails in the city’s financial hub since then, its festival of light has been on hiatus until now, when it returns for 10 days this January, boasting 22 installations, writes Holly O’Mahony…
The art trail is free to visit after dark between January 18 - 28, and features artworks by names including Camille Walala, Julius Popp and Tom Lambert. Five pieces are from the estate’s permanent collection, while 17 have been installed specially for the festival. The installations have been designed to draw people together in a shared experience, either to marvel at the impressive visual effects or to highlight serious issues, including the climate crisis.
We spoke to Pippa Dale from the Canary Wharf Group to find out more about the 2023 festival…
Holly O’Mahony: The light festival is now in its seventh year. What can visitors expect from the 2023 event?
Pippa Dale: Winter Lights is the largest event we organise, so it is always a challenge, but we are all really excited about finally being able to host a large scale festival like this again and bring people together to share in light art. There are 22 artworks from some talented local artists as well as international artists. We are also really pleased to have a great range of food traders who will be serving street food and hot drinks on site. As always, the festival is free to attend and there is no need to book so people can just come along and explore at their leisure.
HOM: Is there a highlight installation – an absolute must-see – visitors should catch while they’re there?
PD: We always try to choose a range
of artworks and there are lots of highlights this year, but in particular I would recommend people visit PING! in Westferry Circus, which is a 125m long track of lights which will weave in around the gardens like a mini rollercoaster of lights. Another must-see is Crystal Greenhouse in Jubilee Park, which uses 3D mapping techniques to transform a simple greenhouse into something spectacular. For families, Permafrost – Sleeping Giants at Canary Riverside and The Light Snails in Crossrail Place Roof Garden are both really engaging pieces to keep our younger audience members entertained.
HOM: Is it possible to see all 22 installations in a single visit? If so, is there a recommended route?
PD: It takes around 2-3 hours to tick off all of them, so it can be done in one evening, however it depends how long you spend at each installation and how many pit stops you make along the way. You could also easily come over two evenings and explore everything in a bit more detail. We have a recommended route which starts at Jubilee Plaza by our giant Winter Lights sign. You can download a map from the Canary Wharf website, or pick up a paper copy from one of our stewards.
HOM: Similarly, is there a prime time to visit?
PD: We’re expecting Winter Lights to be the busiest one yet so we would encourage visitors to come during the week if possible as the
weekends can be incredibly busy. The installations are visible daily after dark, from 5pm - 10pm.
HOM: There are some big-name artists taking part. Is there anyone you’re especially excited to have showcasing work this year?
PD: We are really excited to announce we will be working with installation artist Luke Jerram [whose Museum of the Moon is currently hanging in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College] to present his piece Floating Earth in Middle Dock. We have worked with Luke in the past and are delighted we are able to showcase this piece as part of our Winter Lights event.
HOM: Is there a theme to this year’s light festival?
PD: We don’t have a specific theme, but as always sustainability is something we try and incorporate into the festival, and we have chosen artworks that are inspired by or enlighten us about environmental issues such as climate change. In particular, keep an eye out for Elantica which has been created using thousands of recycled circuit boards and Permafrost –Sleeping Giants which aims to raise awareness of the climate crisis.
HOM: While most of London’s winter light shows run in the
lead up to Christmas, Canary Wharf’s Winter Lights festival runs in January. How come?
PD: We think January is the perfect time to host the event as it can be a gloomy month after all the festive celebrations have ended. We hope Winter Lights brings some sparkle and light to those long, dark evenings and gives people something to look forward to in the New Year.
Winter Lights is running throughout the estate at Canary Wharf, London E14. January 18 - 28, 5pm - 10pm.
www.canarywharf.com/ whats-on/winter-lights/
For three weeks I’ve been writing about powered road transport in Greenwich and the surrounding area. One of the last steam cars to run experimentally on Kent roads was that built by the man who later became A shipbuilder, Sir Alfred Yarrow. He was born in Islington and trained in London as an engineer - later he came to live in Greenwich. As it will be seen future articles, powered road transport was taken on by the rather larger firms, although many individual experimenters remained...
At the age of fifteen Yarrow was apprenticed to the firm of Ravenhill & Salkeld, who made marine steam engines for naval vessels. As a boy, along with a friend, he had invented the first private electric telegraph, which ran between the two homes. When he was eighteen, he founded a society with friends which included James Hilditch. This was called the Civil and Engineering Society and they held discussions on papers about engineering. In May, 1861, he read a paper, entitled “Steam on Common Roads,” before the Society of Engineers at Exeter Hall.
Alfred Yarrow and James Hilditch seem to have had little time outside their engineering hobbies for the usual things young men get up to – although there were, and are, many now whose main interest is cars. However, Yarrow and Hilditch looked at vehicles beyond fast cars and while still in their teens they patented a steam plough – this was later manufactured by Coleman’s, agricultural engineers, of Chelmsford. They also became one of a group of
young men interested in building a car. With Hilditch, Yarrow designed and patented a steam carriage for use on the road. The invention was taken up by a Mr T W Cowan, of Greenwich.
I have written in the Weekender before about Kent Wharf and I hope people don’t mind if I briefly recap. In Creek Road at the end of Norway Street is a wide strip of pavement with a flower bed on it. This tiny area was once Kent Wharf which, as might be expected in the 19th century, was used for coal transhipment until the late 1850s, when it had become the Kent Iron Works and was in occupation by Todd & Co.
In 1860 the site was sold by auction. “The Kent Iron Works ... fit for many other purposes” together with a list of machinery on the site was to be disposed of.
Todd’s successor at the Kent Iron Works was Thomas Cowan, who had been born in Russia, where his father worked, but by 1861 was living in Deptford with
his mother and sister, aged about 20 and described as a ‘Civil Engineer’.
Cowan seems to have been one of the group of young men interested in building a car. In 1861 Yarrow and Hilditch steam car was built and ran between Greenwich and Bromley - a distance of ten miles - once a week, late in the evening. It was shown at the International Exhibition of 1862, where it attracted a good deal of attention. It did not receive an award because the jury deputed to deal with engines considered it to be a Carriage, while the jury dealing with a carriages regarded it as an Engine!
In Bromley they party would stop for ‘some refreshment’ before returning to Greenwich. People along the route were clearly disturbed by the noise of the engine. It is said that one old lady seeing it go past ran to her window and the flames and smoke meant she thought the devil was there. It has not proved easy to discover the truth of this story. Many of the early road vehicles are supposed to have led to stories of how people thought they were ‘the devil’ . It is hard to believe that by 1862 there could have been any old ladies left on the roads around Bromley who did not know what a steam vehicle looked like! She probably had good reason for disliking the smoke and noise - perhaps ‘the devil’ is the term she was using for Yarrow and his noisy young friends!
They later took a longer trip, to Horsham –‘a distance of nearly forty miles ... in which its capability at ascending hills was severely tried’ and in which it ‘acquitted itself in manner which fully justifies its maker in believing that its usefulness will generally acknowledged’. This must have been a difficult journey and there must have
been a good reason for undertaking it. Surely it cannot be a co-incidence that a year later Thomas Cowan married Fanny Mitchell, from Horsham.
In Yarrow’s biography it says that on another occasion the carriage met a mounted policeman. His horse took fright and threw him, breaking his leg. His biographer comments that it was this incident which led to the notorious ‘red flag’ act where all steam vehicles had to proceed at the pace of a man who had to walk in front holding a red flag. Again this story has not been easy to prove. The Act of Parliament in question was the Highways and Locomotive Act of 1861 and as usual this was not quite what it seemed. Many of these road vehicles were very big and heavy. We have seen how many of them were in fact the size of small buses or coaches and they were being joined by some enormous stream traction engines. Local Authorities were becoming concerned as to who was to
pay for damage to road surfaces. In the Parliamentary Committee which took place before the Act was passed and in the House of Commons discussions Members of Parliament were very concerned about road surfaces and about giving the various local authorities control over where these vehicles were allowed to go and where not. Many Members were at pains to say that horses could be frightened by them, but that they soon got used to them passing and that sensible grooms held a horse’s head as the steam vehicle went past.
In the back of Parliament’s mind must also have been the dangers involved in these very young men (Yarrow, like Cowan, was only 20) driving heavy vehicles over ordinary roads at night while fuelled with drink from the numerous ‘entertainment’ stops. However Sir Alfred Yarrow clearly remembered his accident in later life and believed that it was a trigger for the 1861 Act.
On Tuesday 17 January, Charlton Athletic’s Sean Clare and Beth Roe joined Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) Apprentice Alfie Maloney as he led an education session for students at Ravensworth Primary School in Mottingham as part of the EFL Week of Action.
The players visited Alfie in action as he ran a session with two groups of Year 4 pupils around reading and the importance of setting goals and having dreams. This was followed by an assembly Alfie led as Sean and Beth took questions from all of Year 4 and Year 6.
Reflecting on the visit, Sean Clare said:
“We’ve been meeting some of the Year 4 kids and coming in to do some work with Alfie, talking about their goals and reading and just getting to know them through a few fun games. They asked us a few questions about football and books.”
Beth Roe added:
“There’s so many little kids, boys and
girls, who love sport and for us to be able to give back it’s just amazing. For them to see us in here speaking and chatting, it gives them someone to look up to, especially the ones who probably don’t know anything about us but maybe they enjoy football, and they want to get involved. This just shows them that they can actually achieve their goals because we’ve been in the same situations that they have.”
Alfie has been working in Ravensworth Primary School since he joined CACT as an Apprentice in September. The players joined a regular session Alfie runs with a group of young people focused on inspiring children aged 5-11 through learning, developing important life skills and promoting an active lifestyle.
Paul Murphy, Ravensworth
Primary School’s Headteacher, commented on the importance of Alfie being a role model:
“Always for the kids, young role models are instantly accessible, and the fact is that Alfie’s experience is more recent. Alfie is working in
today’s world, in today’s society.
“When Alfie comes here in person, he is instantly developing that relationship with talking and listening, even down to turn taking. He’s got that experience direct from
education about what it can be, but also, he knows the pitfalls.”
To help support CACT’s work in the local community, please consider setting up a regular donation here, by visiting: https://cact.gives/donate
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
[Blackwall Lane]
PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out new main placement.
2. The Order will come into operation on 26th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 10 months. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Blackwall Lane south bound under the A106 flyover. Blackwall Lane South bound at the west bound off-slip including the off-slip for the A106. Prohibition for vehicles turning right from Blackwall Lane into Salutation way and Telcon Way. And the suspension of bus lanes in Blackwall Lane between Tunnel Avenue and the A106 in both directions. This are to be completed in phases and not all in place at once.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via appropriately signed routes. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Assistant Director, Transport
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 20th January 2023
(INTERNAL REF: PL/487/LA432383)
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to prevent danger to the public under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
2. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily: (a) introduce double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on Gilbourne Road (west to east arm), both sides, from a point 8.5 metres east of its junction with Gibourne Road (north to south arm) for 49 metres in an easterly direction.
3. The Order would come into force on 26th January 2023 and will remain in force for 18 months.
4. Queries concerning these works should be directed to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 01-23 Gilbourne Road.
Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 25th January 2023
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Riverlinx who need to carry out Installation of dewatering pipe.
2. The Order will come into operation on 7th February 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 1 night. With a further 10 single night Closures to take place. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, West Parkside northbound between John Harrison Way and Edmund Halley Way.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via John Harrison Way, Millennium way and Edmund Halley Way. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 20th January 2023
(INTERNAL REF: PL//LATBC)
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to prevent danger to the public under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
2. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit any motorised vehicle entering certain streets or lengths of streets near the schools listed below during Monday - Friday 8:00 - 9:30am and 3:00 - 4:00pm, during term time:
(a) Montbelle School:
i. Milverton Way, from its junction with Adderley Gardens to its junction with Lambarde Avenue;
ii. Beanshaw, from its junction with Green Lane to its junction with Crouch Croft;
(b) St Thomas More School:
i. Shortway, from its junction with Appleton Road to its junction with Whinyates Road;
(c) Deansfield School:
i. Glenesk Road, from its junction with Rochester Way to its junction with Dairsie Road;
ii. Dairsie Road, from its junction with Glenesk Road to its junction with Westmount Road;
3. The above restrictions would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing or covering of the appropriate traffic signs and the measures on all the streets and lengths of streets listed above will be enforced accordingly. Access will be permitted for pedal cycles and emergency vehicles.
4. The Order would come into force on 26th January 2023 and will remain in force for 18 months.
5. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 01-23 School Streets.
Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich
BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out new service connection.
2. The Order will come into operation on 30th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Erindale outside Greenslade primary school.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Erindale Terrace, Plumstead Common Road, Garland Road and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Assistant Director, Transport The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 20th January 2023
(INTERNAL REF: PL/460/LA442819)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out Water main repair.
2. The Order will come into operation on 6th February 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) Rennets Wood Road outside number 22.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Crown Woods Way, Bexley Road and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Assistant Director, Transport
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 20th January 2023
(INTERNAL REF: PL/462/LA443721)
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Introduce double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on Ogilby Street, north side, from a point 15 metres east to a point 15 metres west of its junction with Dairy Lane. b) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Ogilby Street 23-01).
4. Further information may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 15th February 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Ogilby Street 23-01).
6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 25th January 2023
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The Council has relaunched a new borough-wide Additional Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing Scheme, following feedback from the community.
Residents, tenants, landlords and letting agents can take part in the consultation until Friday 25 March for the five-year scheme. The scheme continues our commitment to ensuring all HMOs health and safety standards, as well as providing essential bathroom and kitchen facilities for tenants.
Cllr Ann-Marie Cousins, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement, said: “The majority of local landlords manage their properties responsibly and voluntarily take action to repair defects when we ask them to.
“Licensing also benefits these landlords who can advertise a certified property to estate agents and prospective tenants showing that their property is maintained in a responsible manner and meets legal standards.”
royalgreenwich.gov.uk/additional-licensingconsultation
The Council is asking residents to comment before it sets its annual budget for 2023 to 2024 as the cost of living crisis continues to create huge pressure on local government.
Council Leader, Cllr Anthony Okereke, said: “The Council will have to make difficult decisions on how we spend our one-year settlement from central Government. We're committed to using the money we have, to help those most in need and have already seen council funded programmes offer vital support to residents.
“We want to continue vital services such as our Advice Hubs and Emergency Support payments for residents going through hardship.
“We know things are difficult and we don't want to be asking for more from people, but the harsh reality is that we need our budget to be able to support as many people as possible.”
Before the Council takes a decision, we’d like to hear your views on how we should set the budget for the coming year.
The consultation is open until Friday 10 February.
royalgreenwich.gov.uk/annual-budget-consultation
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