Would love for the rest our members to find out how this works! WFCitizens Redbridge Citizens NewhamCitizens TowerHamletsCitizens Hackney Citizens B&DCitizens London Citizens Citizens UK

Community's last ditch attempt to save market from 'increasing gentrification' mylondon.news/news/west-lond… Friends of Shepherd’s Bush Market have submitted an application to H&F Council to list #ShepherdsBushMarket as an Asset of Community Value. #ProtectOurPlaces

Neil Gray And this is on the London (England) fauilure to deal with density michaeledwards.org.uk/2019/03/05/den… triggered by Patrick Condon Patrick Condon

Port of London Authority 10 points for guessing who is the unaccountable, unelected quango who let *180 tonnes* of wet wipes build up on their land for decades without doing anything about it?

This is a growing scandal. Not only are Environment Agency not enforcing the law on environmental crime & stopping the destruction of Nature. Not only are they failing to restore Nature themselves & undo the damage they & their predecessors have inflicted upon on rivers & natural

"The bread of life is worth less than rusty metal". Me + Amy Gibbons (she/they) spent months interviewing English farmers about the future. Upshot: epic political failure, brutal weather and predatory markets are driving out family farms. The consequences will be dire. theconversation.com/family-farmers…

Coercive isomorphism happens when organisations change not by choice but by obligation—more box-ticking than passion. Equality means same treatment whereas equity gives what people truly need. Forcing square pegs into round holes creates harm. We lead with heart.

When L&Q ignored the compensation order and failed to pay, Dean took the extraordinary step of sending in the bailiffs. It was stroke of empowerment against a giant landlord that thought itself above the law, and believed it could ignore residents until they went away.

From Wye to Canterbury! Over 100 hikers, one long trail, and a community that keeps growing. Kent Downs National Landscape North Downs Way

Are you in need of housing advice in Canning Town / Custom House? Join PEACH housing drop-in, hosted by our organiser, Boglarka, every Wednesday: 10:30am-12:30pm. In partnership with St Margaret's Catholic Church food bank. Barking Road, Canning Town. #Hope #Change #SafeHomes

In Conversation with Jennie & Mark: Luke 13:10-17 - Playing by the rules? Join Jennie & Mark as they look at Jesus' confrontation in the synagogue after healing a woman who had only seen her feet for 18 years. Does the synagogue leader have a point? youtu.be/iXzQ_7_x4K0

This scandal is not just about landlords thieving from individuals, but from the public purse too. If Angela Rayner & govt are serious about reducing benefit spend, implement the scheme to end this industrial scale benefit fraud!

Meg and Laura from Natural England visited Barking Riverside shoreline and Ripple Nature Reserve to assess opportunities for green and blue social prescribing. Green connects people with green spaces while blue uses water-based environments to leverage therapeutic engagement.

Former St Thomas’s staff homes to be demolished to make way for… 1.7m sq ft of speculative offices. Progress?

The Teddy Bears are having their picnic today at Eastbrookend Country Park. Lots of families currently enjoying the Punch & Judy, Storytelling in the woods, Snakes Alive reptile experience and Face-painting... all for FREE! #FamilyFun #Summer #holidays

From 8am tomorrow morning we warmly welcome YR11 in to pick up their results and enroll for 6th Form! 🙏🏻🫶🏻👏🏻 The Barking and Dagenham Post Barking and Dagenham Council Diocese of Brentwood London Children’s Flower Society

User-centered design puts people first; business-driven models chase profit, often at users’ expense. Done right, user-focus builds trust and profit. Are our borough’s leaders profit or people driven and can we shift to user-first solutions that remain sustainable for providers?

Health centre ❌ Supermarket ❌ Restaurants / cafe’s / Leisure space ❌ Gym ❌ Another PR stunt “community event” ✅ BRL isn’t serious about creating a great place to live, just maintaining the image of their “investment opportunity”

This evening, London Assembly Members attended the annual commemoration of UNESCO International Day for Remembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition with a speech from Deputy Chair of the London Assembly, Andrew Boff AM.

💬 “Everyone mattered. Every voice lit up the room.” Young leaders from West London Citizens brought their safety campaign to life at the Youth Assembly. Now the park’s being redesigned, & relationships are growing with MPs, schools & allies. Read the blog: citizensuk.org/chapters/west-…