From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
Network Arts is an arts-based project for people with mental health support needs. It’s based in the Lee Centre, on Aislibie Road, just off Lee High Road.
Unfortunately, due to a review of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust’s Community Opportunities Service, the project is threatened with closure.
However, the centre’s users aren’t taking this proposal lying down, and have enlisted the support of local people and politicians in their campaign to save the project. Back in May, my colleague Cllr Dave Edgerton proposed a motion at full council, supporting the project. Colleagues on the Healthier Communities Select Committee have also expressed their support for the project.
Now Network Arts are raising their profile with an excellent new website. I particularly recommend the gallery of members’ work.
