Plumstead & Glyndon Newsletter
Edition 3 - October 2022
Councillor’s Reports
🚨Road Closure🚨
This is to inform you that the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an order for a road closure at Conway Road SE18, to facilitate Open Reach who need to carry out replacement works.
The Order would come into force Tuesday 25th October 2022 The works are expected to only take1day.
(All Planned Orders can be in force for up to 18 month’s if necessary or untill the works have been completed, whichever is the sooner).
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 Conway Road.
Conway Road will be closed from outside number 48.
The Diversionary route is as follows
Ingledew Road, Brewery Road, Liffler Road & vice versa
Greenwich Supports
Greenwich Supports: Get help with the cost of living
We know times are tough. You can find lots of information on the RBG website about support from the council, local charities, and community groups.
If you need help now, call our advisors at Live Well Greenwich for free on 0800 470 4831
Have your say by clicking on the button below to complete the Cost of Living Survey
The rising cost of living and energy costs are a massive concern to many of our residents who may already be feeling the strain, but we are here to support you. We plan to address this with the support of our local partners and charity organisations.
Advice Hubs are here to help you when you need it, Speak to our friendly advisors about:
Welfare Benefits
Pension Credit
Rising costs
Housing concerns
Council Tax Rebate
Visit us on:
Thursdays at @GlyndonCGroup
Please click the buttons below for more details!
Safer Neighbourhood Panel
Are you concerned with policing and crime in your area? Do you want to have a say in setting priorities for police in your neighbourhood?
Then why not join your local Safer Neighbourhood Panel?
The Metropolitan Police, Safer Greenwich and The Safer Neighbourhood Board are setting up new community engagement and accountability panels across the whole of Greenwich.
They are working to establish one panel, known as Safer Neighbourhood Panels, in each ward in the Borough.
A series of public meetings about local Ward Panels are being held across the Borough throughout October and early November.
A joint meeting for Plumstead & Glyndon Ward and Plumstead Common ward will be held on Wednesday 19th October from 7pm - 9pm at the Slade Community Centre, Pendrell Street, Plumstead SE18 2PJ
Click the button below if you’d like to attend:
Ward Budgets
The Ward Budget Scheme is now open! Applications are welcome from community and voluntary groups, charities and schools that benefit residents.
The Ward Budget Scheme can fund projects within one ward or be used to fund joint projects across multiple wards, providing each ward has identified the project to benefit its residents.
Applications must focus on specific projects in the ward which may include:
specific items or activities to support local community groups
environmental projects to improve and enhance the public realm
connecting communities to help reduce social isolation, bringing people together through community engagement and events
initiatives that support and promote community safety
activities that encourage and promote healthier communities
How to apply
The Ward Budget Scheme opened for applications on 1 September 2022. If you have a proposal in mind or an idea for a local project which might benefit from a small contribution, please contact your local councillors by clicking the button below.
Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund
Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund (GNGF) is now open for applications!
The closing date is Sunday 11 December 2022 and decisions will be made in Spring 2023.
You must bid for a minimum of £5,000 and projects will be voted on by the public.
Community groups are welcome to come forward and bid for funding to do any of the following:
Upgrade sports facilities
Refurbish community buildings
Improve children’s play spaces
A digital inclusion programme
A community crèche
And much, much more!
GAIN Event
Local mental health charity GAIN (Greenwich Area Involvement Network) would like to invite you to an online event on 1st November at 6pm. GAIN is working to build a fuller picture of how people in our borough experience wellbeing and mental health, and people’s experiences of using mental health services.
They are particularly keen to engage with those whose voices are not always heard. The event is open to all individuals, professionals, volunteers and community groups. We will be asking the question “what can we do to improve mental health in Greenwich”.
Voice and Engagement Officer Myles Thorpe is running a survey and collating responses so that service providers can have a better picture of people’s experiences.
Please feel free to share the survey link and the invitation with anyone, or any groups, you think might be interested.
🏘️Speranza Street 🏘️
Work is taking place in Speranza Street Plumstead to make way for 17 new net zero-carbon council homes. The former Plumstead Leisure Centre (now replaced by the award-winning Council-built Plumstead Centre) was knocked down.
The Speranza Street scheme consists of two one-bedroom flats, two wheelchair-adapted bungalows and 13 two and three-bedroom houses. A children’s play area is also incorporated in the design. Tenants of the Speranza Street development will benefit from living next door to the Plumstead Centre, which opened in 2020 following a multi-million pound investment by the Council, as part of a package of regeneration initiatives in Plumstead. Housed in a Grade II listed building, it is home to a leisure centre, community rooms, café and new library.
Notice Board
You’ll find lots of useful information here regarding contact details for helpful advice organisations and initiatives available locally.
This is also where we are happy to publicise upcoming events on behalf of some of the brilliant voluntary and community groups in our area and beyond.
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