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2018 is Thamesmead's 50th Anniversary.
To celebrate, we’re launching a new community fund. for individuals, community groups and local businesses to make a difference to Thamesmead. Grants of between £200 and £2,000 will be awarded throughout the year.
There's no deadline and applications will be assessed by a resident steering group throughout the year. For more information and to downlaod an application form, visit www.thamesmeadnow.org.uk/50thfund
Thamesmead is getting five new reedbeds and we need your help to build them!
Reedbeds are great for rivers and canals. They provide wildlife with food and places to live and they act as natural filters removing pollutants from the water. Around 200m2 of new reedbeds, an equivalent area to over seven London Routemaster buses, will be installed at five sites in Thamesmead as part of the Habitat Enhancement Project, run by Thames21 and London Wildlife Trust.
The project is funded by Peabody, The Environment Agency, and The Greater London Authority.
Reedbeds will be installed at the following five sites:
• Harrow Canal, by Windrush Primary School, 1 Titmuss Avenue, SE28 8BQ
• Harrow Canal, Claridge Way, SE28
• Gallions Canal, Thamesmead Town Centre, Meadowford Close, SE28 8GF
• Crossway Canal, 28 Glendale Way, SE28 8HA
• Birchmere Lake, Lakeside Avenue, SE28
Thames21 are also offering free training on how to look after reedbeds so wildlife can flourish. A prize draw will be held at each of the five sites on the day of installation, with some great prizes including Marks & Spencer vouchers and Elephant eco lunch boxes.
The free training sessions will take place at Tump 53 nature reserve, near Hawksmoor School.
Sign up here by 16 March 2018 to book your place.
Did you know that a major green space project in Thamesmead has won two prestigious awards?
The first phase of the Lesnes to Crossness pathway won “Landscape Project of the Year” at the 2017 Architects Journal Architecture Awards. It was also highly commended in the “Design for a Medium Scale Development” category at the Landscape Institute Awards.
Judges were impressed with how the project has improved accessibility, and the detail and level of community and stakeholder engagement involved.
Designed by Landscape Architects, Untitled Practice, phase 1 was completed in September 2015. It has created a new public square in Southmere Park, along with improved footpaths and two play spaces. Rain gardens and other features to manage surface water have been incorporated, and meadows converted to provide a habitat for biodiversity.
As part of our 4-year programme of upgrading public spaces in Thamesmead, we’re making improvements to the spaces outside homes in the Parkview and Southmere areas.
Your feedback is very important to us and will help shape our plans. To find out more and share your views, please comment here .