Today we celebrate the 75th year of our National Health Service (NHS). It’s where my mum, aunts, cousins, friends worked & still work. It’s been there for all of us, good times & sad times. Improved our lives, saved us. My niece born at 23 weeks and four days is alive and well today because of our NHS Staff, their
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As we look forward to commemorate the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush & this pioneering generation I am working with our #Lewisham MPs: Janet Daby MP, Ellie Reeves MP & Vicky Foxcroft MP to hold additional surgeries for those living in Lewisham. To book email Brenda.Dacres@lewisham.gov.uk with which date you’ll be attending ➡️ Lewisham Deptford- 3rd June, 10am-12pm –
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We all know money is tight at the moment and as parents, carers, family members and friends we do as much as we can to shelter our children and young people from our worries. I will be using this page to share activities for young people as I come across them. London Zoo Community Access Scheme – For more information
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Just sharing Lewisham Council Winter Holiday Programme of Food, Fun, and Other Activities for children and young people. 🔹Please look for the nearest activities venue. 🔹Also please share and spread the word. ♦️This winter, with funding from the Department of Education, Lewisham Council is providing a varied holiday programme, with free activities and lunches for school- aged children and young
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My thoughts are with the Royal family, all those who loved her and the nation. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II lived a life of service, duty and honour. May she rest in peace. Many of us will recall in recent years that she showed her personality and her sense of fun as she acted with Daniel Craig (James Bond) at
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It is a pleasure to be nominated by Mayor Damien Egan to return as Deputy Mayor and in a new role as the Cabinet Member for Housing Development and Planning. I would like to thank everyone I have worked with on recent years on Safer Communities. It’s been an honour and we have done so much to make a difference.
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One thing I enjoy doing as a councillor is going out in the doorstep and speaking to residents. It’s important to me to hear what concerns them. This week I have spoken to parents of teenagers who didn’t know what was out there for their young people to do. I hope this will help parents, carers, family members and friends
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What a lovely sunny day we had to not only be out speaking speaking to our residents but welcome our Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Sadiq has shown the difference a Labour Mayor makes to Londoners and especially Lewisham. From funding for housing, and projects for our young people and we are proud to also be his Borough of
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It was a pleasure to attend join The Museum of Slavery and Freedom (MōAaF) today for the launch of their map of Deptford’s links to Slavery and Freedom along with Cllr Obajimi Adefiranye, Sandra Adefiranye, Cllr Joan Millbank, Cllr Juliet Campbell, Mayoress of Lewisham: Dawn Atkinson, Christina Norman, Natasha Ricketts & many members of the community. The Museum of Slavery
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Help to shape the future for disabled residents in Lewisham The Lewisham Disabled People’s Commission has launched a survey across the borough to find out what barriers disabled residents face working and living in Lewisham. The Commission has been set up and funded by Lewisham Council and is an independent user-led organisation that aims to put disabled people at the
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New Cross Fire Anniversary Tuesday 18th January 2022 was the 41st anniversary of the New Cross Fire family and friends came together to remember the 14 young lives that were cruelly taken. We remember: Patrick Cummings, age 16 Andrew Gooding, age 14 Peter Campbell, age 18 Gerry Paul Francis, age 17 Steve Collins, age 17 Patricia Johnson, age 15 Rosaline Henry, age 16
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Saddened to hear of the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize recipient & Freeman of the Borough of Lewisham. A leader in the fight against apartheid, always standing up against injustice. My thoughts & prayers are with his family & love ones. The world will miss this great man who allowed us all to feel we knew him
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Lewisham Speaking UP is hosting their Annual general meeting (AGM) event Wednesday 1st December at The Albany Deptford where you can have some nibbles, watch their film on their past project and find their plans for the future. Call 020 8692 1862 or email info@lsup.org.uk for more info. They are independent. This means that we are not part of the
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Tonight I presented a new 5 year Domestic Abuse & Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy was agreed at Mayor & Cabinet. It is focused on Prevent, Protect, Recover, Pursue & Partnership. The timing of this renewed strategy to tackle domestic abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG) could not be more apt. Over the past few weeks, I
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Windrush Day is a day to celebrate a generation of pioneers who left the homeland, their families, and their loved ones to come to what they considered the Mother Country. Believing it was their duty, they came here during the Second World War to assist in the war effort. They then returned with others to help rebuild this country –
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I have been a postal voter for a few years. I changed to postal voting initially so that I could focus on encouraging others to vote in Election Day. Since then I have discovered how easy it is to do and I no longer have to plan when I am going to vote on Election Day or worry if I
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It’s been a tough week where we have seen a young woman, Sarah Everard, who should have been able to go home safely in the evening, disappear from the streets of London. It then transpires that under suspicion for her abduction is a man, a police officer. A man who has an greater of duty of care for woman is
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This year Census 2021. We must complete our household census by 21st March 2021. Completing the census can help to assist in better funding for areas like Lewisham and our local authority. It will help to give a better understanding of services we all need , including transport, education and healthcare. Look out for a letter coming to your address
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It has been nearly a year since I have been able to give my parents a hug. We have had an exponential rise in the number of deaths due to Covid-19, and as time has gone by we have lost loved ones and friends. A world-wide effort has gone into developing vaccines that will protect and limit the devastating effects
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None of us can be free – unless all of us are free. So often people think that slavery is something of a by gone day. That it is restricted to the pages of our history books. This is not the case. Knowingly and unknowingly, recognised and unrecognised it is all around us. It is around us locally, nationally and
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Brenda Dacres 