Empowering Communities Development Officer

The Empowering Communities Development Officer works with the local councillors and community to organise ward meetings. They also organise the multi-ward forum meetings for their area.

You can contact the local Development Officer with questions, event feedback, and to be added to the mailing list for your ward and multi-ward forum. You can find your Development Officer's name and contact details in the table below.

Find out which forum you're in here.

Forum	Name	Contact Details
North-East Forum	Bridget Galloway	[email protected]; 020 752 1780
North-West Forum	Pauline Bonner	[email protected] ; 020 7525 1019
East-Central Forum	Gill Kelly	[email protected] ; 020 7525 3690
West-Central Forum	Grace Semakula	[email protected] ; 0207 525 4928
South Forum	Fitzroy Lewis	[email protected] ; 0207 525 3084

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Benefits of volunteering
Southwark LGBT Network Meeting

Meeting for the Southwark LGBTQ+ community on Housing and the Census
School Food Matters are recruiting a Project Officer (Healthy Zones)

Deadline: midnight on Sunday 7 March 2021
Culturally Appropriate Food Survey

We need to hear from you to see what culturally appropriate food is being offered, where the gaps are and what the barriers are to offering these foods - (published 1 March 2021)

Community Champions

In each multi-ward forum, a Councillor will be a community champion and will chair these meetings, ensuring they operate effectively.
Area Multi-Ward Forums

Twice a year, the council hosts a multi-ward meeting for residents across several wards. These meetings are mainly for funding programmes information, process, and announcement of decisions.

Community Researchers Wanted for Paid Local StreetSpace Project with Southwark Council

Southwark Council are working with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity to deliver trial street changes in three neighbourhoods in Southwark. They are offering community researchers £1,000 for a 10-12 hour commitment per week for roughly 3 months.
Volunteering During a Lockdown

Find out how you can volunteer in Southwark, and help your community get through this lockdown.
New London Community Response Fund: Launching 14 Jan

New funding from the London Community Response is launching on 14 January.
National Lockdown Response Survey

In wake of England's third national lockdown, we wanted to reach out to the VCS to hear what support you need at this time.
Thank you for coming to our Community Southwark AGM!

Yesterday we held our Community Southwark AGM, a big thank you to all of you who joined us.
New projects coming to Southwark

Find out where the funds raised by the Community Infrastructure Levy are going to be spent.
Are you in private rented housing? Find out the support available from Southwark Council's Private Rented Sector Team.

If you are a renting privately, or often supporting people who do, please see information below.
COVID-19 Vaccinations in Southwark

Find out how COVID-19 vaccinations are being rolled out in Southwark - (updated 24 Feb)
Covid-19 Response

We ran a monthly State of the Sector Survey for six months to gather the changing needs of the sector. Then, in response to this third lockdown, we sent out a National Lockdown Survey in Jan 2021. See the results here...
The Southwark Community Hub - Supporting vulnerable people during the second lockdown

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have created a protocol on dealing with Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) people. Read the new updates and advice here.

The Empowering Communities Development Officer works with the local councillors and community to organise ward meetings. They also organise the multi-ward forum meetings for their area.

Forum

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Contact Details