· Services provided to the community by Dulwich Almshouse, Catrin Waugh
· Cleaner Greener Safer 2017-18
· Neighbourhoods Fund
· BluePatch.org, Jane Langley
· Metropolitan Police, PS Boniface
Minutes:
Dulwich Almshouse
Catrin Waugh from the Dulwich Almshouse spoke about the main service provided by the organisation: sheltered housing for vulnerable people experiencing hardship, need or distress. The current almshouse overlooked Dulwich Park and had a warden on duty 7 days a week throughout the year. There were various activities for residents, for example new keep fit classes, for which the organisation had received a £500 contribution from the community council’s neighbourhoods fund, and a befriending service. For more further information, eligibility criteria and an application form see www.dulwichalmshousecharity.org.uk
Cleaner Greener Safer (CGS) funding 2017-18
Andrea Allen, Senior Project Manager, announced that the next round of CGS funding was open now, and had been opened out to include “healthier” projects. Dulwich Community Council would have £270,000 to allocate to local groups. In 2016-17, there had been 91 applications to the CGS fund overall, 52 of which had been successful. The closing date for submitting applications was Monday 31 October 2016, with the decisions made by the community council in January/February 2017 and works on the projects starting in April 2017. More information at:
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200256/cleaner_greener_safer/1554/applications
Neighbourhoods Fund 2017-18
Fitzroy Lewis announced that the Neighbourhoods Fund 2017-18 would be launched in early November and close just before Christmas. Adverts would be placed in Southwark News and on the council’s website. He explained that applications were sought to fund activities, workshops and events by local groups. The funding available for Dulwich Community Council was £90,000. More information at:
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200555/neighbourhoods_fund
BluePatch.org
Jane Langley from the organisation informed the meeting that on Saturday 1 October 2016 10am-6pm, there would be a “pop-up department store” event in St Barnabas Parish Hall with donations in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust encouraged. There would be about 100 independent and sustainable business from all over the UK promoting their products. The organisation worked with 250 not-for-profit social enterprises and supported start-ups.
Metropolitan Police
PS Matthew Boniface introduced himself saying that he had only been working in College ward for 2.5 weeks. There were two officers dedicated to the ward who could not be deployed elsewhere. The priorities in College ward were burglaries, anti-social behaviour and car crime. The Met continued to employ stop and search to combat knife crime. He went on to say that there was a traveller encampment with two vehicles on Alleyne Park, and the Met’s traveller liaison officer had made contact with them. PS Boniface explained that unless there were six vehicles parked up, the police could not ask them to move on.
Old Alleynians RFC and “Give it a try”
Spike Kenny from the club and the “Give it a try” social enterpriseexplained that the organisation worked with 22 local schools to get young people into playing rugby. Out of the 750 children they had engaged with, more than 60 now played regularly in leagues including 12 girls.
Quietway 7
The chair read out the following announcement regarding Quietway 7:
“The cabinet member requested officers, following feedback at the last community council meeting, to reconsider various aspects of the design and related issues. In particular officers were asked to conclude the Foundation Schools Coach service study (working in partnership with the Foundation schools) and this work has now been completed and an action plan around the high priority issues has been developed. It is expected that this will lead to significant improvements in the impact of the service on the local community, including the removal of 10 of 11 coaches from Calton Avenue each morning and significantly less coach congestion on Townley Road in the afternoon.
He has also secured a commitment from TfL to attend a stakeholder meeting in Dulwich in the coming weeks, and if the Quietway proposals are to proceed, the cabinet member is committed to continued working with TfL and the community on a holistic study of traffic issues in the Dulwich area over the next year.”
The chair thanked the transport officers and the cabinet member for taking on board the community council’s feedback.
Northcross Road
The chair read out the following announcement regarding Northcross Road:
“Southwark Council will be talking to people over the coming months about ideas to improve North Cross Road street market, including possible increase to the number of market stalls, and introducing permanent road closure for North Cross Road on Saturdays from Lordship Lane to Archdale Road.”
Contact: Helen Laker, Community Involvement, Telephone: 020 7525 0848
Leader’s Question Time
The chair informed the meeting that this event would be taking place on Wednesday 19 October 2016, Canada Water Culture Space, Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays Road, SE16 7A. Doors opened at 6.30pm, with the event beginning at 7pm.
The event was free and everyone was welcome, but due to limited capacity at the venue, people were asked to register in advance to guarantee entry. To register, to submit questions or to get more information about the evening, people should go to www.southwark.gov.uk/asksouthwark. Residents could also tweet their questions to @lb_southwark by including the hashtag #asksouthwark.