Agenda item

• Marion Gibbs CBE, Headmistress of James Allen’s Girls’ School
• South of the Borough Event update – East Dulwich Christmas Cracker
• Civic Awards Nominations
• Community Council Fund Launch 2013/14
• Cleaner Greener Safer update
• New Corporate Complaints Policy consultation

The meeting heard from Marion Gibbs, Headmistress at James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), who welcomed the community council to the school, and informed the meeting of some of the activities, which took place at the school, including sports event and the choir. The school’s aim was to educate young, active citizens, and it wanted to get all parts of the community involved. The school was also still fundraising for the community music centre, but were getting close to being able to build it. Once built the centre would be open to all in the community. The chair thanked JAGS for hosting the meeting.

Christmas Cracker Event

Fitzroy Lewis, Community Council Development Officer, announced that the Christmas Cracker event would be happening on Saturday 1 December 2012 from 10am until 5pm in Northcross Road and Lordship Lane. Councillor Jonathan Mitchell added that the event would include carol singing, food and refreshments, music, prizes for children and entertainment. There were different-size posters available for attendees to take away and to display in their properties, in order to spread the word about the event. The idea was to support local businesses in Dulwich.

Southwark Civic Awards

Fitzroy informed the meeting that the nomination process for next year’s Southwark Civic Awards was now open, and that forms were available from him and on-line. The deadline for nominations was Thursday 31 January 2013. For more information see: http://www.southwarkcivicassociation.org/

Community Council Fund Launch

Fitzroy informed the meeting that the application process for the 2013/14 round of the Community Council Fund had been launched, and that application forms were available at the back of the hall. The deadline for applications was Friday 14 December 2012 at 12noon. For more information see: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200047/grants_and_funding/392/community_council_fund

Cleaner Greener Safer Fund

Fitzroy explained that the Cleaner Greener Safer Fund application process for 2013/14 was still open until Friday 30 November 2012. For more information see: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200256/cleaner_greener_safer, or contact: Tel: 020 7525 1259, or cgs@southwark.gov.uk

Corporate Complaints Policy consultation

Zoe Bulmer, from Southwark’s Customer Resolution Team, informed the meeting that the proposals for the council’s new corporate complaints policy were out for consultation. Part of the proposals was replacing the current three-stage model with a two-stage model. The deadline for responses to the consultation was Friday 1 February 2013 at 5pm.

For further information, please see: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/downloads/file/7841/consultation_paper%20