The 999 Club – Volunteer

Julia writes:I work for the 999 Club on Deptford Broadway. We work with homeless people and our Winter Night Shelter is now open. We rely on volunteers to keep the shelter running. We are still short of people willing to volunteer on the weekends, so we are having an extra drive to try and recruit ...

Adventures in Dogsitting

BCer Fiona just got "a sweet little rescue dog who is very well trained" and needs occasional help for dog-sitting either in her house or to drop-off.So please use this thread to offer your services to Fiona or others like her. Post your contact details below if you're interested.

Brockley Voices at the Amersham Arms

I didn’t choose LFUG life, LFUG life chose me

Robert Sheppard has been doing good work for two decades, in service of the wonderful Ladywell Fields. He writes:Dear friends of Ladywell Fields, After nearly 20 years, first as Chairman and latterly as Secretary, I have decided to step back from active involvement in the Ladywell Fields User Group. I have just been appointed a ...

Lewisham Toy Library needs a chairman of the boardgames

Lewisham Toy Library is looking for a new chairman. They say:We've been operating for 38 years but recently lost a big chunk of our council funding, so we're likely to be moving from our home in Catford to a new home, likely to be in or around New Cross.The Chairman retired last year, and since ...

How to attain your dragon

Freya writes: WaveWalkers is London's first dragon boat team for people affected by cancer - some of us have cancer, some had cancer, some care for people who have or had cancer. We train most Sundays at Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre.In May we took part in an annual event for non-motorised boats in Venice ...

Music Geek Monthly

Alex writes:I've started a new free event called Music Geek Monthly. It's like a book group - but for music. It's a completely free event at the Ladywell Gallery (part of the Ladywell Tavern) on the third Tuesday of every month.Visit the Ladywell forum for more details.

The Ladywell Fields Volunteer Day

The Ladywell Fields Users Group is a highly-effective group that has helped make all sorts of little improvements to the park in recent years. If you want to get involved, there is a great opportunity on Sunday 28 June 11.00am-2.00pm, when they will be holding a volunteer workday and open day at their orchards. Robert ...

New Cross charity needs board members

Ben Farber, Chair of the New Cross Gate Trust - a social regeneration charity working to improve the New Cross Gate area - writes:We're currently looking to fill a couple of vacancies on our board and I hope Brockley Central readers might be interested.In particular we are seeking a new Chair (I am being relocated ...

A Field in New Cross

The Field is a community project designed to create a new public garden space on the west side of New Cross. The team behind the vision want to convert a Queens Road garden into a place with facilities to support local self-organised activities, events and projects.They explain:This isn't just a community garden! This is an ...