- RELESE pilot projects for Camberwell
- Any other community announcements
Minutes:
Step Up Service
Denise Vilanou, Thames Reach Employment Academy, explained that this new service had been set up to help people currently in low paid jobs to find new better paid positions. Step Up, the upwardly mobile network, is live and registering new members online through the Employment Academy website.
Camberwell Choir School
The school was celebrating 25 years of serving the local community. During those years the choir had worked with about 2,800 children and helped to improve their social and life skills through music.
Youth Service
A group of young people in attendance expressed their concerns about proposed cuts to youth services. Councillor Peter John explained that there were pressures on all services through an overall reduction in the budget of £96 million. He added that there would continue to be a youth service and it was vital that the resources available be used effectively across the borough.
RELESE pilot projects for Camberwell
Martin Kovats, from housing and community services, explained that officers had carried out a consultation so as to identify the main problems in services delivered to tenants and leaseholders. The consultation had highlighted that residents would like to have more influence on local services. There was a proposal to set up a housing panel consisting of residents from housing forums along with housing staff. Each panel would receive training and support with the aim of improving delivery and accountability for the delivery of services. Further information would be circulated in due course. Contact: martin.kovats@southwark.gov.uk or Tel. 020 7525 1251.
SE5 Forum
Craig Stansfield, from the SE5 Forum, said that the group was putting together a draft vision of what it would like to see in the next local Southwark plan. Further information available at: www.se5forum.org.uk.