Every year Lewisham council allocates £10,000 to each ward to be spent on a variety (or one larger) of schemes from the Localities Fund. In addition to this fund there will be an opportunity to bid for the Mayor's fund.
The
council website says that the funding is made available for the purpose of the following:
- The engagement of local residents to deliver improvements in their ward via the assembly process and other methods.
- Action or activity which directly benefit the local neighbourhood.
- Action or activity that will make a visible difference.
- Physical, sustainable improvement(s) to the neighbourhood.
- ‘One off’ costs for personnel who will be directly responsible for delivering the improvement, i.e. artists. Funding can not be used to employ staff.
- An improvement that can be delivered by 31 March 2009.
- The money can be added to funding that has already been identified for a particular activity.
It would be a good idea for local residents of Ladywell to discuss what they might like to see done with the money. Members of LVIG will be going to the next Ladywell Assembly (8th October) meeting to put popular ideas generated here forward to the assembly.
Hopefully we will all be able to come up with some fantastic ideas between now and the meeting!
