The chief executive of bailed-out mental health charity Greenwich Mind lacked financial skills and “kept things to himself”, councillors heard last night as part of an investigation into its near-collapse. Greenwich Council’s Healthier Communities and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Panel heard candid and damning testimony about how the organisation came close to collapse this summer, […]
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Greenwich Council ups 2017 Blackheath fireworks funding to £15,000 ‘to keep A2 open’
Two weeks after this website revealed Greenwich Council was refusing to increase its funding for Blackheath fireworks, it has now decided to give an extra £5,000 to the annual event, which takes place this year on Saturday 4 November. The costs of the event, which takes place on the border between Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs, […]
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Woolwich Tesco tower public meeting planned as MP leads protests
A public meeting has been organised about a controversial plan to build a 27-storey tower block in front of Woolwich’s Tesco store. Developer Meyer Homes wants to build the tower along with three other blocks of between nine and 16 storeys behind the store, providing 804 flats in total. But there are no homes planned […]
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Greenwich Conservative councillor predicts Tory losses in 2018’s election
A senior Greenwich Conservative councillor has predicted his party will lose seats in May’s council election because their Labour rivals will “promise gifts for everyone”. Former leader Spencer Drury was speaking during last week’s full council meeting, where he said the government’s austerity programme had “failed” and that the public sector pay cap had “gone […]
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Can you help transform Woolwich’s Covered Market? Greenwich Council is offering the lease
Greenwich Council is looking for an operator to transform Woolwich Covered Market, which closed down earlier this year after decades of decline. The site is slated for long-term redevelopment as part of the council’s Spray Street Masterplan, with 600 new homes, shops, restaurants and a cinema. But the council is now offering the market on […]
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Greenwich Council not objecting to Eltham police station closure
Greenwich Council has not objected to the closure of Eltham police station, which is set to be sold off as part of cutbacks at the Metropolitan Police. The council’s response to a consultation on plans to reduce the number of police front counters in London asks for “more detail” about how the Met would address […]
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Mental health charity Greenwich Mind to be rescued by £200,000 council grant
Greenwich Council is to spend £200,000 rescuing mental health charity Greenwich Mind, which is just three days away from going out of business. The charity has run out of funds and will be unable to pay its staff if it does not receive an emergency cash injection by Friday. Council leader Denise Hyland formally approved […]
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‘Bold’ £20.8million Eltham cinema scheme gets new council backing
Greenwich Council leader Denise Hyland has called its plan to build a cinema in Eltham “bold” as senior councillors approved spending an extra £6.8 million on the scheme. Costs of the scheme have shot up from £14million to £20.8million because of construction issues and operator Vue doubling the fit-out costs. The council sees the scheme […]
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