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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Goldsmiths Accounts

Jan

2015

Goldsmiths College's most recent annual accounts, for 2013/14, are not exactly riveting reading but there are some mildly interesting facts and figures. [...]

Supporting our Tree Wardens

Oct

2014

At a recent Tree Committee meeting we decided to try something new to gather together and support the considerable number of Tree Wardens who have come forward to offer their support. We are very pleased to announce the first of a series of events to celebrate our Tree Wardens and the work that they do in helping ...

Trees in the City – 26th April 2014 – Conference Report

May

2014

The Brockley Society Tree Committee are delighted to report a little more fully about the presentations given at our hugely successful conference last month. Wake up and smell the pollutionLewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock opened the conference by raising the issue of rising city pollution and the need for more trees to make the urban environment sustainable. He kindly ...

Health Trees, Healthy People – Arboricultural Association Conference

Mar

2014

Following on from an increasing body of evidence of the link between human health (physical and psychological) and the wider green environment, the Arboricultural Association is holding a conference this September in London on the subject. It will run for three days between 14-17 September at The Royal Holloway, University of London. Details here: http://www.trees.org.uk/Amenity-ConferenceAnd here's a reminder of ...

Teachers Strike in Lewisham

Oct

2013

Teachers picketing Prendergast-Ladywell Fields College yesterdayYesterday's teachers strike seems to have been pretty effective in Lewisham. Martin Powell-Davies (National Union of Teachers) reports that 75% of local schools were either completely or mainly closed. The strike focused on three big issues, as described by the NUT :'Pay – no to dismantling the national pay systemConditions – ...

Remembering the New School for New Cross Campaign

Mar

2013

Ten years ago the biggest local issue in New Cross was not the NHS - nobody dreamt then that Lewisham Hospital's services could one day be under threat - but education. Specifically the shortage of secondary school places had become a crisis with many local children being unable to get into local schools and only ...

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Featured local business - Clubtek

Goldsmiths Accounts

Supporting our Tree Wardens

Trees in the City – 26th April 2014 – Conference Report

Health Trees, Healthy People – Arboricultural Association Conference

Teachers Strike in Lewisham

Remembering the New School for New Cross Campaign