News Archive - Greenwich Community Network

February 2007

Draft Greenwich Strategy 2006 to 2015 consultation: February 2007; The draft Greenwich Strategy 2006 to 2015 sets out the borough's long term vision for improving the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of everyone who lives, works, studies in or visits Greenwich.

August 2006

Community Conference — Older People: August 2006; Anyone interested in services for older people is urged to attend the upcoming GCN conference. This community conference is giving people the chance to have their say about Greenwich Council's draft strategy, Living Longer-Living Well in Greenwich.
GCN welcomes new BME rep: August 2006; The black and minority ethnic (BME) community has a new representative on the Greenwich Community Network — Adam Mohammed. He works closely with the Somali community and other organisations in Greenwich.
Disability consultation: August 2006; Are you disabled? Do you provide support for someone who is disabled? And do you live, work or study in Greenwich? If so, you have the chance to share your views about public services in Greenwich and how you think things should change in future.
GCN 'gets together' with the community: August 2006; The GCN team has been out and about this summer attending the Greenwich Council's many Great Get Together events. The events have given us the opportunity to spread the word on the good things the network is doing and the chance for people to meet the representatives.

June 2006

The Compact: June 2006; The Compact document is a vision document; a statement of shared principles and undertakings that underpins the relationship between statutory authorities and voluntary, community and faith sector in the future.
Consultation on the Local Strategic Partnership: June 2006; The Council is currently looking at the way in which the Local Strategic Partnership (The Greenwich Partnership) is structured. Consequently, the Network is also soon to examine the way it works, to ensure it responds adequately to whatever changes occur.
Volunteers week: June 2006; Find out about volunteers week and get involved! If you interested in volunteering and want to find out about the different opportunities available, these events could be just the thing!
Greenwich Partnership Board meeting: June 2006; The Greenwich Partnership is due to meet on 15th June. As ever, several Greenwich Community Network representatives will be attending to ensure the community is represented.
CVS Consultation Day: June 2006; Unfortunately for the voluntary and community sector in Greenwich, there is currently no CVS (Council for Voluntary Services) in operation. A CVS has an important role to play in any area, and Greenwich is no different, so plans are being laid to develop a new organisation. A consultation event was held on May 17th - find out more about this day here.
HER Centre - services for women: June 2006; Women's network representative Rose Waites works with the HER Centre, a group dedicated to the empowering of all women. Rose is keen to raise the profile of the HER centre, as it runs a number of specialist support groups and training to help the process for personal change and growth.

May 2006

What have the Networks addressed in the past? (2005-2006 financial year): May 2006; Whilst the future events will look at LAA themes previous events have a covered a number of topics. If you are unsure about the LAA please visit the About Us section for more details. Last year the Network organised community events around the following topics...
Current themes of interest for the Greenwich Community Network: May 2006; The Greenwich Community Network is focussing on a variety of issues affecting the residents of Greenwich. These issues form the basis of community conferences, where groups and organisations are invited to listen to guest speakers who can provide insight into each area. Future community conferences will focus on the four different themes of Local Area Agreement (LAA).
Consultation on the Local Strategic Partnership: May 2006; The Council is currently looking at the way in which the Local Strategic Partnership (The Greenwich Partnership) is structured. Consequently, the Network is also soon to examine the way it works, to ensure it responds adequately to whatever changes occur.
Free websites for community and voluntary groups: May 2006; Having a presence on the web is quickly becoming an essential ingredient for any organisation. Where once a listing in the phone book proved necessary, a site on the internet has quickly become the way to ensure people can easily find you, find out about you and get in contact with you.