Catford Town Hall to become home to up to 60 artists

Tilt's design for Club Workspace in London BridgeLewisham Council has found the partners it needs to run the largest of its enterprise hubs, in Catford Town Hall. The Art Newspaper reports:Catford, once considered a cultural backwater, will gain 10,000 sq. ft of new artists’ studios in April 2016, thanks to Bow Arts. The educational arts ...

Made in Brockley – Online Now

Made in Brockley, the online store that sells only locally-designed or produced goods is now live.With eight different participating designer / makers contributing homeware, cards & prints, children's gifts and food, the projects is off to a strong start, but there's so much talent in Brockley, that they've only begun to scratch the surface and ...

Brockley becomes a Spar town

Peter writes:I recently took over the Nisa store on Mantle Road Brockley. We are changing the store to a Spar as we feel this brand will bring the something different that people seem to be asking for on Brockley Central.As part of our changes we are recruiting for someone to work in our new food-to-go ...

Solar for schools share offer launches

The SE London Community Energy Share Offer is now open, giving you the chance to invest in a £250,000 solar energy project, which aims to return 4% per annum to investors for 20 years while saving local schools money on their electricity bills. It's a canny way of cashing in on Feed In Tariffs before ...

Offshore Brockley

Private Eye has created a map of Britain, revealing the properties owned by offshore companies. The research reveals that a company called Cantel Investments owns a significant SE4 portfolio, including St Cyprian's, Brockley Police Station and a number of other houses and flats in the area. The Eye writes:Over the last year Private Eye has ...

Ladywell: Know your PLACE

The Ladywell PLACE consultation is now openRebecca Molina helped give The Deptford Project life as a railway carriage cafe and outdoor cinema, before it was ready to become a massive mixed use development. Now she's involved with a consultation about the future of Ladywell Leisure Centre. She explains:Feasibility work is being undertaken to investigate future uses ...

Fabrique en Brockley

One of Francois' mirrorsFirst, Brockley-based curator Helen Osgerby launched Simple Shape to celebrate great makers, now a local designer is launching a Brockley design showcase. François writes:I’m a French independent product designer living in Brockley. As a product designer I'm designing products for big companies, producing in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam to sell in Europe… ...

New art gallery and studios opening in September

 The long-awaited new gallery at the Seager Distillery (9 Brookmill Road) is finally taking shape.The Deptford development has been through many incarnations and the gallery was demoted from a location at the front of the building to a side street entrance, but it is now confirmed to open in September, incorporating seven artist studios and serving ...

New live / work / play plan for New Cross Road

I am a member of Goldsmiths' governing Council and have been waiting for a long time to share this news.I joined the Council ready to bend everyone's ear about the importance the local community attached to the issue of Goldsmiths' derelict shop fronts on New Cross Road - but they already knew and had been ...

Design a Lewisham business hub

Lewisham Council writes:We’ve had a really good response from local entrepreneurs and small businesses interested in our planned Enterprise hubs.Studio Tilt are now hosting a co-design workshop on Wed 10 June 5-8pm in the Old Town Hall, Catford, to get a better insight into what space, services and facilities are needed amongst people that are interested ...