Minutes:
The chair made the following announcements:
The chair went on to announce the following other events:
At this point, Councillor Mark Gettleson joined the meeting.
Sally Causer, Development Manager at Southwark Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB),informed the meeting that outreach advice sessions by the CAB had started at the Canada Water Library every Wednesday from 10am to 12noon. There was also a special advice session around energy and fuel bills on 24 October 2012 from 11am to 3pm. Another event for council leaseholders would be held in Camberwell on 7 November 2012 in the evening. This event would provide advice around leaseholder and major repairs charges and other leasehold related issues. More information would be sent out with the council’s quarterly service charge statements.
Ray Boyce, Head of Older People Services, informed the meeting that a consultation was underway looking at the council’s provision of day services for people with dementia. There were currently two day centres - in Southwark Park and Dulwich - both of which did not meet the needs of service users and their carers. The council was looking into launching a new service in a centre of excellence. Ray offered to send more information to any residents who left their contact details with the Constitutional Officer.
Claire Sexton, from London Bubble, told the meeting about the “Docks to Desktops” intergenerational project. The project included collecting local people’s stories about working in the factories and docks which had previously been in the area. The stories would be made into a performance piece. She encouraged people to submit their stories or pictures, or to volunteer for interviewing, transcribing and researching. Responding to a question from the floor, Claire said that the stories and pictures collated would be archived and displayed on a website, as this was part of the stipulations by one of the funders, the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Gary Glover informed the meeting that the Alfred Salter statue project was progressing well, that a website was up and running. People would also be able to pledge money on a ‘JustGiving’ webpage soon. The money raised in this way would be matched by Southwark council. He said the project was going to work with the artist who had made the original statues. The group would also be meeting on Sunday 13 Jan 2013 4pm at St Peter’s, Paradise Street to discuss options.