Changing the narrative on suicide
Yesterday was Suicide Prevention Day, a day to raise awareness of the support available to prevent suicide.
Cllr Mariam Lolavar, Cabinet Member for Health, Adult Social Care and Borough of Sanctuary said: “Last year, over 6,000 people took their own lives in England and Wales. I want people to know that mental health is taken seriously in our borough and support is available. Just as we all have physical health, we all have mental health, and some days, our mental health can take a knock.
“There is something available for residents of all ages. It can be tough to take that first step, but we’re here to support you in doing that to enable you to improve your overall wellbeing. We want you here, we want you to stay, and we will help you feel that too.”
If you are concerned about someone being at immediate risk of physical harm, it is important that you call 999 for emergency services. If you need support now for yourself, you can call Samaritans for free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on 116 123.
You can also find online mental health services through livewellgreenwich.org.uk
Supporting others
Learning more about supporting people who are suicidal can help you feel prepared for conversations you may feel are daunting or difficult. Anyone can help someone who is having suicidal thoughts, whether by signposting to places to help, or allowing someone to feel comfortable talking about their mental health.
The Zero Suicide Alliance provide free 20-minute online suicide awareness training where you can gain skills to help someone who may be considering suicide.
See all the support available including the training at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ suicide-prevention-day
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Greenwich Beer Festival
Head down to the Duke of Greenwich for a festival celebrating all things beer. To mark the end of summer, the SE10 pub is serving up a day of brews, bites and beats for the all-day event.
For £10, you will receive entry to the festival, which includes a free pint of house larger, a branded tasting glass and tasters from the beer festival suppliers.
The Duke of Greenwich has partnered with independent craft breweries from all around London, each bringing their unique flavours and brewing philosophies to the festival.
Bijou Stories: Songbook
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Here’s who you can expect: Bianca Road Brew Co (Bermondsey); By the Horns Brewing Co (Wimbledon); The Bullfinch Brewery (Herne Hill); Drop Project (Mitcham); Ignition Brewery (Lewisham); London Beer Lab (Brixton); Mondo Brewing Company (Battersea); and Tooeasybeverages’ Margaritas (Mexico). Even though they can’t attend in person, you’ll also be able to taste beers from Kernel Brewery (Bermondsey), Distortion Brewery (Battersea), Bexley Brewery (Erith), Anspach & Hobday (Bermondsey), and Villages (Deptford).
Executive chef Dan Blucert will be serving a selection of wraps, with menu highlights being the crispy fried Korean short rib wrap with kimchi and the BBQ cauliflower wings with chipotle mayo. The perfect accompaniment to a pint.
Saturday 14 September 2024, 12pm to 11pm. Tickets: £10 on the door or book online 91 Colomb Street, SE10 9EZ www.dukeofgreenwich.com
World Knot Tying Day
Join Royal Museums Greenwich as it celebrates World Knot Tying Day at the Cutty Sark with a whole host of activities and talks, all included in your ticket.
The anniversary recognises Clifford W. Ashley, who wrote and illustrated The Ashley Book of Knots, which features over 3,500 different knots.
Did you know that the Cutty Sark uses 11 miles of rope in its rigging? Take part in the miniature rope walk – a table-top version of the huge walks once used to make rope in the traditional way – at the Dry Berth from 10am to 1pm, and 2pm to 4pm.
See how the Cutty Sark’s ropes were made, why they look the way they do, and hear some of the stories and lore of ropes and the sea. You may even be able to take home a bit of newly made Cutty Sark rope at the end of the day…
Among lots of other activities, you can also learn how to tie a bowline, reef knot or clove hitch on the day – find knot tying at the ‘Tween Deck from 11am to 4pm. It’s an opportunity knot to be missed.
Wednesday 18 September 2024, 11am to 5pm
Tickets: Free with entry to the ship, £20 adult and £10 child King William Walk, SE10 9HT www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/world-knot-tying-day
Dance classes for adults
Join Woolwich Works’ resident artistic company, Protein, for fun, creative and insightful dance classes every Thursday evening. These sessions invite you to discover your creativity, get moving and improve your performance skills while meeting new people and finding enjoyment through dance.
Led by one of Protein’s professional dancers, the classes include a physical and vocal warm up and elements of contemporary dance technique, covering lots of themes. The sessions are suitable for all adults (over 18), and no previous experience is required.
Thursday 12 September to Thursday 24 October 2024, 7pm
Price: Full Term £92.30, pay as you go £11.90 per session Fireworks Factory, 11 No. 1 Street, SE18 6HD www.woolwich.works/events/dance-classes-foradults-autumn-term
The year is 1966 and Selena is about to transform her small semi in Woolwich into a clandestine gay bar where she serves Babycham, consults her crystal ball and has visitors from the future who share their stories through the prism of pop culture.
Songbook was developed as a way of collecting stories from the LGBTQ+ community by asking about favourite pieces of music and the memories they conjured.
Following on from that, the participants began working with professional performers to decide how they could include their story in a variety show using a short performance or song.
This performance at The Albany is the culmination of many workshops and meetings spent trying to shape these stories into a narrative that reflects the LGBTQ+ experience through music and performance.
Saturday 14 September, 8pm
Tickets: Pay what you decide – 16+ age requirement Douglas Way, SE8 4AG www.thealbany.org.uk/shows/bijoustories-songbook
Mend and Tend Our Planet, Ourselves
Join artist Kelly M O’Brien in an informal gathering to make and mend while discussing excerpts from nature writers. Bring your own small project (mending, knitting, doodling) to work on while you talk as a group.
Friday 4 October 2024, 11am to 12:30pm
Tickets: Free, registration required APT Gallery, 6 Creekside SE8 4SA www.unaskedpossibility.art
Chromatic Landscapes: drawing with designer Kitty Joseph
Using pastels and pencils, participants will capture the area’s natural beauty, cloudscapes and riverside views in this session as part of London Design Festival.
Designer Kitty Joseph, known for her vibrant textile designs, will lead an artistic journey inspired by her installation, Chromatic River Walk, at Greenwich Peninsula.
This workshop is for all skill levels, and offers you the chance to relax, connect with nature and express creativity. All materials will be provided, too.
Thursday 19 September 2024, 6pm to 8pm
Tickets: Free, registration required NOW Gallery, The Gateway Pavilions, Greenwich, SE10 0SQ londondesignfestival.com/ activities/chromatic-landscapesdrawing-with-kitty-joseph
Human Stories: Unreported Uprisings
The NOW Gallery exhibition will see work by documentary photographer Inès Elsa Dalal taken during workers’ strikes in 2023
This October, Greenwich Peninsula’s NOW Gallery presents its annual photographic exhibition Human Stories, featuring a solo exhibition by documentary photographer Inès Elsa Dalal.
Running from 11 October until 17 November, the free exhibition ‘Unreported Uprisings’ will explore the art of protest photography.
Dalal will present a series of powerful photographic essays documenting the protests of striking workers in the UK.
Documented in the first quarter of 2023 during the strikes of firefighters, train drivers, teachers, junior doctors, nurses, public civil servants and many more disenchanted groups within society, Dalal shares an unpublished contemporary archive and commentary of the prevailing
British social landscape, at a time when the country came very close to mobilising a General Strike.
Dalal’s journey as a documentary photographer documenting social justice campaigns began in the summer of 2011, when she was deeply moved by the five days of uprisings across England in response to Mark Duggan’s death after he was shot by the police. The uprisings prompted her to consider the urgent question: “Who am I photographing, and why?”
During her 15 years of artistic practice, Dalal actively communicates solidarity through photography, audio and video archives.
‘Unreported Uprisings’ is the story of the days she spent between January and March 2023 among varying workers taking strike
action; documenting the protestors defending their right to strike as well as demanding fair pay.
The exhibition celebrates the power of photography in the art of protest and captures a palpable spirit of free speech, solidarity and community – holding space for citizens to tell their own stories in their own words.
Inès Elsa Dalal says: “‘Unreported Uprisings’ is born from an urgency to show solidarity; respect for striking workers through actively advocating their demands to be met is central to this exhibition.
“Unfair pay causes unsafe working conditions. These are real, live, ongoing issues millions are confronted by on a daily basis across our nation. Wages are the lowest they’ve been
since 2008. The persistence of these injustices is relentless.
“We must take the trajectory of history into our own hands, we must take action for meaningful change to occur.”
Human Stories curator Kaia Charles says: “The ‘Unreported Uprisings’ exhibition is a powerful missive, capturing the spirit of the right to strike.
“Inès Elsa Dalal’s body of work at NOW Gallery reflects brave, diverse communities galvanising in solidarity with workers’ rights.
“In our charged and rapidly evolving political landscape, Dalal has dedicated her work to documenting movements within social justice. She combines documentary and street portraiture to photograph in a human-centred, tender way.
“We are pleased to be able to bring that to life and create a contemplative space for audiences to learn, pause and reflect.”
In 2024, Dalal continues to work on self-initiated projects centred on social justice, presently advocating workers’ rights to rest and fair pay.
The Gateway Pavilions, Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0SQ http://www.nowgallery.co.uk/ exhibitions/human-storiesunreported-uprisings
Interview: Pianist Rob Hao
Ahead of his Totally Thames festival show, the artist tells The Weekender how it’s ‘an honour’ to be involved – and why piano composition holds ‘a certain historical weight’
Totally Thames festival is back for another year and presents a night of performances in the unique environment of The Master Shipwright’s House in Deptford.
This September, pianist Rob Hao, who has recently performed at the Sydney Opera House, will perform pieces inspired by water, with a particular focus on works from the 20th and 21st centuries, including Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert and Hao’s own compositions.
Crowds can expect, “not in any particular order”, a cosy GradeII listed riverside venue (with a resident cat) and a potpourri of creatives: dance, lighting projections and music, says Rob.
Rob started learning how to play the piano at quite an early age, around 4 and a half – “or so I’m told”. But he didn’t take it seriously until he was 16.
He said: “In this way, it was a ‘late start’ and I did have to do lots of catching up later on but, on the other hand, not having an intense musical dogma at a young age is probably why obscure and contemporary repertoire forms a large part of my music-making now.
“I had dabbled in writing music as a teen (not very successfully), but similarly only worked more intensely later on at conservatoire when it happened to be some extra lessons I could take. But now, doing it more professionally has been lots of luck and randomness in the way things have developed.”
When it comes to composing his own work, Rob explains how he has played the instrument for many years, and for hours every day, and has developed a natural instinct for the physicality of the piano, “which makes it intuitive to write for”.
“Of all the instruments, the piano
has perhaps the largest repertoire, so every time I compose there is a certain historical weight – probably both good and bad – but to write music, one has to be aware of what has come before,” Rob explains.
And of his feelings about bringing his work to Totally Thames this year, it is “an honour to be involved” and also to “share the festival with not only other musicians but a huge range of other art forms and community events”.
He adds that it is special to be able to celebrate the River Thames, which is “a centrepiece of life in London”.
Of the recital, he explains: “Similar to most concerts, I spend many hours practising and researching. Routine is good for preparation, and I like to work earlier in the day.
“But before all that, there’s a long list of pieces I’d like to play, and when opportunities to play these works appear, then I try to build the rest of the programme. This time, I’ve drawn upon various time periods as more recent works can project and reveal new aspects in older music, too.”
The show at The Master Shipwright’s House will be a solo piano concert, inspired by various themes of water. Rob’s main idea was to look at composers’ changing attitudes to rivers and water, which he says have shifted as our world has changed.
He says: “Almost every piece has, to some degree, also tried to recreate the sound or ‘image’ of water on the piano, which is a profoundly ‘un-watery’, hammer-and-string instrument.
“The earliest music is by Schubert who I think saw rivers as an antidote to the waywardness in his life. There’s also music by Debussy of the early 20th century. I find his music often sees water as something mysterious, powerful, perhaps terrifying but at
the same time profoundly beautiful.
“And the piece which kickstarted this project for me, ‘Pebbles in the Water’ (composed in 2018) by Tristan Murail – a great heir to Debussy. His piece shapeshifts Debussy’s music into something very much contemporary, while scaffolded by history. For me, his piece pushes Debussy’s idea of water to its extreme with all the antagonisms of our world.”
And then Rob will perform two short pieces called ‘River Shanties’, which he has written for the concert.
He says they take the social role of old sea shanties as work songs, and he then applies them to themes related to rivers. The first piece uses the ending of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Water Music’, which premiered on the Thames in 1717, as its springboard, and the second is a play on Johann
Sebastian Bach (his name roughly translates to a ‘stream’/’brook’).
The evening is set to be a musical haven that will look at how our river winds.
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CACT achieve record charitable spend for year
Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) are delighted to confirm a record committed charitable spend for the financial year.
For the year ending March 2024, CACT achieved the largest turnover in the organisation’s 32-year history, which has allowed for a record committed spend of £6.8m on charitable work within the community.
Charlton Athletic were named as the EFL Community Club of the Year for their outstanding, lifechanging work in the community.
Over the last year, CACT have worked with more than 26,000 people, including 8,762 unique clients supported by Live Well Greenwich, while there were a total of 3,662 unique attendees as part of the Young Greenwich programme, CACT’s youth service that offers a range of activities and support for
young people and families.
Meanwhile, there were 62,730 calls to and from the Livewell line, our contact centre providing advice and social prescribing for Greenwich residents, giving just a snapshot of the vital work that is carried out.
CACT CEO, Jason Morgan MBE, said: “It’s been another year to be proud of as CACT continues to go from strength to strength.
“Our record turnover and committed spend, alongside being named as EFL Community Club of the Season, reflects our dedication to the community that we serve.
“I would like to personally thank all who have served as trustees throughout the past year. I
am also grateful to all local authorities and funding bodies which support our work, plus corporate partners, individual donors and our ambassadors.
“The year we have had would not have been possible without the commitment of CACT’s talented and resolute staff, who have worked tirelessly to support participants across more than 65 hugely-important programmes. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to you all for your hard work over the past 12 months.
“The new ownership took over the club in July 2023, and I’m delighted to say our excellent working relationship with the club is one of mutual respect and total cooperation. We are collaborating closely, thereby creating a cohesive approach to the ‘One Club’ vision.
“Charlton’s Managing Director, James Rodwell, also joined our Trustee Board, further strengthening our bond with the club.
“We wouldn’t be the Community Club of the Season without the incredible work and support from everybody.”
Woolwich Dockyard station and some huge mystery gates...
Mary Mills
I don’t know if anyone has noticed that I have been looking intermittently at railway stations on the Greenwich Line. I did Maze Hill and then I sort of did Westcombe Park in articles on Coombe Farm and Westcombe Hill – and then, most recently, Charlton. So what is next? It must be Woolwich Dockyard. But there doesn’t seem to be an awful lot to say about it!
The North Kent railway came here in 1849, having built the Blackheath Tunnel so trains could get to Woolwich via Charlton. Woolwich Dockyard Station was opened between the two. I assume it was built to serve the Dockyard, which was nearby - although it would be closed after only a few more years.
The station was built in an old sand pit which it entered after a series of tunnels running under an area of more sand pits, on the site which is now Maryon Park. In order to get the railway through the built up streets of Woolwich the railway was built to run underneath the town centre by use of a series of cuttings and tunnels. That is why Woolwich Dockyard’s platforms are below street level.
The station was clearly built with aspirations to an importance it never achieved. The engineer was Peter William Barlow – Woolwich born son of Professor Peter Barlow and one of a family of railway engineers. The architect was Samuel Beazley,
playwright, in his last important work, which was designing stations on this line for the South Eastern Railway.
Originally there was a station building on both sides of the line with a ticket halls, offices and waiting rooms. It was a station ‘of some architectural note’. It was a single storey building at street level, with an additional storey below at platform level. The platforms had ornate canopies; there was a central track foot crossing and a staircase to the “up” side. There was no goods yard, but there were two sidings. There was a signal box at the eastern end of the “up” platform. The station opened with the route on 30th July 1849.
Later the station acquired a covered lattice footbridge and eventually the platforms were lengthened into one of the tunnels. When electrification came in the sidings and the signal box were closed but about 360 yards to the west of the station was a second signal box, which remained after the one to the east had been removed.
Research in the press cuttings about any events which might have taken place at the station is dispiriting. There seems to have been an enormous number of nasty accidents, some of which led to fatalities. Some of them were people who had stuck their heads out of the window of the train as it went through the Blackheath tunnel or got out the wrong side of the train and were killed.
There is one very dramatic newspaper story about a basket being left in the station apparently holding a cat. Station staff investigated to find six starving cats. The kind railwayman went out and bought milk and fish and reported the people who had left the basket for cruelty to animals.
When I started commuting in the early 1960s the trains on the fast route to Gravesend - the notorious 5.40 pm - used to crawl through this section and we were in a canyon of grey brick.
At that time I had no idea what any of it
was about - although I had some inkling that there were important factories nearby. Somewhere on the route you could see two vast wooden doors over on the left side of the line. They were so huge they would have taken a whole pile of double Decker buses. I am not sure that I really remember where they were but we used to stop just outside Woolwich Dockyard station and they may have been there. I assumed they went off to some sort of riverside works but I knew nothing about them at all.
I don’t remember the signal box which the books say was east of the Station. They describe a single storey wooden building with a sign saying ‘Woolwich Dockyard’ on it. It controlled a single-track connection which went into the area of the old dockyard. This branch into the Dockyard ran off the “up” line going north east and subsequently plunged into a tunnel before reaching the Dockyard itself.
One of the difficulties of finding out about the rail line in Woolwich Dockyard
itself is that it was actually part of the Royal Arsenal Railways. They had taken some of the Dockyard area over when it closed in the 1860s and the new internal railway was built and administered by them. However it does not seem to have been joined up with their main system on the Arsenal site itself.
The Dockyard area changed following closure. Infilling of 3 Slip opened up a long wharf frontage which could be used in conjunction with a new railway network. In 1873 a new branch line was built which passed through a tunnel from the North Kent line east of Woolwich Dockyard Station, going under the main road to link to the Dockyard. Building this railway was a substantial undertaking that required the demolition of fourteen houses. It was designed by Maj. Peter Scratchley, Royal Engineers. He was the Inspector of Works at the Arsenal and he had overseen the installation of that site’s narrow-gauge railway.
So the line into what was the Dockyard
Entry to subway from Dockyard Estate
Map of Woolwich dockyard showing railway (Thanks Ian Bull)
is now a pedestrian underpass going from the Dockyard Estate through to the corner of Prospect Vale. However that leaves the bit between the main line and what is now the underpass unaccounted for. I remembered those huge doors being in a vast grey brick canyon - but now the bit of the line seems completely flat and open. There is no obvious sign at all that a branch ran off the line here or that there was a signal box. However, investigation in the nearby adventure playground shows a tunnel portal with gates on it - although nothing with the dramatic sense of those huge wooden gates.
Where were those gates? Did anybody ever take a photograph of them? I thought they were amazing. Prospect Vale seems a long way from Woolwich Dockyard Station. Perhaps they were somewhere else?
The bit of the line that went into the Dockyard is now a pedestrian subway and is now locally listed as ‘a rare surviving feature associated with the Royal Arsenal railway and its engineer; still in use as a pedestrian route under heavily trafficked Church Street’. A lot of that great grey brick wall is still there in roads parallel to the railway on the left of the line as you come in from Charlton.
So that was the line into Woolwich Dockyard. It seems very hard to find much out. It is too late for the sort of maritime histories which usually describe the Royal Dockyards and ignored by Arsenal historians as not
being on the main site. ‘Industrial railways of London’ mentions it in just one sentence – which says that it existed – and that is all.
One of our local historians has drawn up a map of where the line went on the Dockyard site. It seems to have run down the line of what is now Antelope Road to the River and to have a number of short branches off to left and right–or am I misinterpreting that map?
There was a locomotive shed on site there initially for a narrow gauge line and then, another one on a different site for a standard gauge system. The railway in the dockyard area seems to have continued to operate into the late 1940s.
Woolwich Dockyard station itself has always seemed very isolated. I am not sure I have ever used it myself. Information about both the station and the internal railway on the old Dockyard seems to be very sparse and I am very grateful to members of the Arsenal History Group who seem to be the only people who know anything about it – please let me know if there is another expert out there.
I am told that there are still tiny remains of rails here and there on the site... Perhaps I should issue a challenge to readers – tell me if you know where they are. A photograph would be nice which we can copy to the Greenwich Industrial History face book page.
Thanks, as ever, to Ian Bull.
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Applicant: Tanya Rainsley TMR-Studios Ltd 24/2857/L
Site Address: 55A LEE ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE3 9RT
Development: Demolition of conservatory and replacement with rear ground floor extension. Internal modifications and installation of double glazed windows and associated internal and external alterations (Resubmission, altered window arrangements)
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Listed Building: Grade 2
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1)
ROAN STREET AND STRAIHGTSMOUTH PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
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 OCU Group who need to build a new duct section.
2. The Order will come into operation on 23rd September 2024 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 Roan Street at the junction with Straightsmouth and in Straightsmouth at the junction with Roan Street. Both roads will not be closed at the same time.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. 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.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 16/08/2024
INTERNAL REF - PL / LA475518 & LA475519 FN691/ Lic. No: 71825
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003
Notice is given that: Mr Adesoji Alayo for and behalf of Just Suya Ltd has applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises: Suya Spot, 13A Spray Street, Woolwich SE18 6AG.
A record of this application may be inspected by appointment. Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than Wednesday 18 September 2024 (Last day for making representations). Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details below. Licensing Team, 4th Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6HQ. Tel: 020 8921 8018; Fax: 020 8921 8380; Email: licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
Representations can only be made on the grounds of one of the four licensing objectives, namely:
• Prevention of Crime and Disorder
• Prevention of Public Nuisance
• Public Safety
• Protection of Children from Harm
Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine of £5,000.
It is proposed that the following licensable activity/ies will take place at the premises:
• Late night refreshment (provision of hot food &/or cold drink from 11pm) between 23:00 hours and 00:00 midnight daily - one hour.
This application does not seek the sale / supply of alcohol. Customer capacity at any one time is six. Opening times of the premises are 14:00 to midnight daily.
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) Replace part of the existing ‘Permit Holders or Limited Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm Max stay 2 Hours No return within 3 hours Zone W’ bay with single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm’ restrictions on Foyle Road, north-west side, from a point 10.5 meters north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 18 and 20 Foyle Road for 4.5 metres in a north-easterly direction.
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 traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 18 Foyle Road 24-09).
4. Further information may be obtained by emailing traffic-orders@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 2nd October 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 18 Foyle Road 24-09).
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 11th September 2024
Our Greenwich Green Investment: Empowering you to make a positive impact and earn money along the way
We’ve officially launched the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s first-ever Greenwich Green Investment scheme, allowing you to invest in climate projects while making a profit.
In a big move towards environmental sustainability, Our Greenwich Green Investment will help raise vital funding for projects with positive environmental impacts, from improving parks and open spaces to installing solar panels that benefit the community.
We’re looking to raise £1million towards making a greener borough, and you can be part of the movement.
Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich said: “We’re excited to launch our Greenwich Green Investment which will be a cornerstone for improving local communities and creating a greener, cleaner borough.
“We’ll be channeling investments made by our community back into the community, funding initiatives that contribute to tackling climate change, promoting sustainable development and protecting the environment.”
Councillor Denise Hyland, Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Social Value: “Climate change affects us all, which is why we believe everyone should be offered the chance to make a positive difference, no matter how small.
“This scheme offers a return through a low-risk investment while also bridging the gap created by poor access to modern and environmentally friendly infrastructure. This will allow us to support and build stronger communities.”
The money invested will help fund a range of green measures across our parks and councilowned buildings, such as:
• installing solar panels
• decarbonising council properties, community buildings and schools
• installing energy efficient street lighting.
Everyone is welcome to invest – you do not need to live in Royal Greenwich to take part.
For more information on our Greenwich Green Investment and how to get involved, please visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/greeninvestment
Investments are long term and may be hard to sell. This is not a savings account. Changes in market interest rates may affect the value of your investment if you sell before maturity. (FRN: 525432)
Approver: Abundance. Approval date: 4 September 2024.
Get on the list
First, you’ve got to be on the housing waiting list to join the scheme. If you’re not, register an application online at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/homes
Find your applicant number
It will be on the letter you’ve already had from the Royal Borough of Greenwich about the new scheme. You’ll need that number and the reference number of the property you’re after, which will be on the advert.
Pick out your ideal property by looking in Greenwich Info or regularly checking the website: royalgreenwich.gov. uk/homes. Click on your preference on the website. If you don’t have a computer, you can always use one for free at either The Eltham or Woolwich Centre or a local library.
Apply in one of three ways
• Text bidding is now available and the number to use is 07786207913. For further information please see page 2, or
• Via the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s website royalgreenwich.gov.uk/homes or
• Phone the 24-hour hotline 020 8921 4340. It’s an automatic push-button system and calls will be charged at the normal local ratell be charged at the normal local rate
HOW TO BID FOR ADVERTISED PROPERTIES BY TEXT
If you would like to bid by text, please use the following Text Bidding Number: 0778 620 7913 and type: CBL, the property reference number and your applicant number.
The property reference will be on the advert and your applicant number is on the letter we sent to you when you registered for housing. A successful bid will look like this: CBL 179104 12191
You will need to do a separate text for each property you wish to bid for and the text is charged at your mobile provider’s standard rate. You will receive a text response to confirm your bid within 5 minutes.
If you are unable to bid for advertised properties and have no one that can do so for you please contact the Allocations team on 020 8921 2941 and we will help you with bidding or will bid on your behalf. If you are in temporary accommodation, then please contact your Temporary Accommodation Officer for help with this.
CBL BIDDING
Please be aware that users must now enter the date of birth of the main applicant when logging into this site. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/homes
BIDDING FOR PROPERTIES
People on the Housing register are able to bid for all properties, regardless of their banding. You must be eligible for the size of property and bids will be considered in the following order: First Band A,
SEASIDE & COUNTRY SCHEME
This scheme offers one and two bedroom flats and bungalows on the Coast and in the countryside, in the South East and West of England. In order to be considered you must be:
• A Council or Housing Association tenant
• At least 55 years old. If you intend to add a household member under the age of 55 they must be either your spouse, current joint tenant, registered carer or dependent adult child.
Your removal costs will be met if you are a Council tenant and you do move to a Seaside and Country home.
To register, or find out more about the scheme, contact the Access and Allocation section on: 020 8921 2941
If you are a Housing Association tenant you need to contact your landlord to register. Further information is available from the scheme management organisation at housingmoves.org
BAND
B1 or B2 is for applicants the Royal Borough of Greenwich must prioritise according to the law, particularly homeless people, and others with an urgent need to move for medical or welfare reasons.
is for all applicants on the housing register, including those that are in priority bands A and B1/B2.
information or assistance Contact our Allocations Team on: 020 8921 2941 or email: housingallocations@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
If you are unable to bid for advertised properties and have no one that can do so for you please contact the Allocations team on 020 8921 2941 and we will help you with bidding or will bid on your behalf. If you are in temporary accommodation, then please contact your Temporary Accommodation Officer for help with this.
Slessor
Slessor
Slessor House Tudway Road SE3 9SE
Slessor
Slessor
Slessor
Slessor
SE3 9SE
Slessor House Tudway Road SE3 9SE
Slessor
SE3 9SE
Slessor
SE3
Slessor
SE3
Peel Yates House Carr Grove SE18 5HH
Greenwich Council (in foyer)
6 Mitre Passage, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0ER
Greenwich Theatre
Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES
West Greenwich House
141 Greenwich High Road London SE10 8JA
West Greenwich Library
146 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8NN
Royal Standard
67 Pelton Road, London SE10 9AH
Forum@Greenwich Trafalgar Road, London SE10 9EQ
Greenwich University
Cooper Building, Students Union, King William Walk, London SE10 9JH
Greenwich Communications Centre
164 Trafalgar Road Greenwich, London SE10 9TZ
Maze Hill Station
Tom Smith Close, London SE10 9XG
Blackheath Library
Old Dover Road, Blackheath SE3 7BT
Westcombe Park Station
Station Crescent, Westcombe Park, London SE3 7EQ
Blackheath Newbridge Working Mens Club
22 Charlton Road, Blackheath SE3 7HG
Waitrose
Dreadnought Wharf, Victoria Parade, 1 Thames Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9FR
Greenwich Square Health Centre
12 Lambarde Square SE10 9GB
Woodland Surgery
Woodland Walk SE10 9UB
Vanbrugh Dental Centre
Vanbrugh Hill SE10 9HQ
Greenwich Launderette
174 Trafalgar Road SE10 9TZ
Slade Library
Erindale SE18 2QQ
Woolwich Community Centre
Leslie Smith Square SE18 4DW
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Station Road, London SE18 4QH
Clockhouse Community Centre
Defiance Walk, Woolwich Dockyard Estate SE18 5QL
Waterfront Leisure Centre
Woolwich High Street SE18 6DL
McDonald’s
56-58 Powis Street SE18 6LQ
Greenwich University 54-58 Powis Street SE18 6NL
Woolwich Centre
35 Wellington Street SE18 6PW
Post Room Woolwich Service Centre
Wellington Street SE18 6PW
Town Hall
Wellington Street SE18 6PW
Woolwich Centre Library 21 Love Lane SE18 6QT
Brookhill Children’s Centre 130 Brookhill Road SE18 6UZ
Charlton Athletic Football Club
Reception The Valley, Floyd Road SE7 8BL
Time Court
Woodland Terrace SE7 8DD
Charlton Library
Charlton House, Charlton Road SE7 8RE
Gllab Work and Learn Centre
Old library Calderwood Street SE18 6QW
The Point
47 Woolwich New Road, SE18 6EW
Smile With Pride Dental Care Ltd 81A Powis Street SE18 6JB
Equitable House
General Gordon Place SE18 6AB
St.Marks Medical Centre 24 Wrottesley Road SE18 3EP
Plumstead Library
Plumstead High Street SE18 1JL
Greenwich Community College 95 Plumstead Road SE18 7DQ
Glyndon Community Centre 75 Raglan Road SE18 7LB
Abbey Wood Community Group 4 Knee Hill, SE2 0YS
Abbey Wood Library Eynsham Drive SE2 9PT
Thamesmead Leisure Centre
Thamesmere Drive SE28 8RE
Gallions Housing Association 90 Titmuss Avenue SE28 8HL
Conway Medical Centre 44 Conway Road SE18 1AH
Basildon Road Surgery
111 Basildon Road SE2 0ER
Heronsgate Medical Centre
Goosander Way SE28 0ER
Middle Park Community Centre
150 Middle Park Avenue SE9 5SD
Vista Childrens Centre
Middle Park Avenue SE9 5SD
City Point Concierge Suite
Campbell Court, Meadowside, Kidbrooke SE3 9XT
Kidbrooke Dental Centre
Telemann Square SE3 9YR
Briset Corner Surgery 591 Westhorne Avenue SE9 6JX
Eltham Centre & Eltham Library
2 Archery Road SE9 1HA
Cold Harbour Library
Wiliam Barefoot Drive SE9 3AY
Cold Harbour Leisure Centre
Chapel Farm Road SE9 3LX
New Eltham Library
Southwood Road SE9 3QT
Eltham Community Hospital
30 Passey Place SE9 5DQ
52 Well Hall Road
52 Well Hall Road SE9 6SH