Emily's looking for volunteer actors for a charity film:
I'm currently volunteering at a charity which helps people regain skills after head injury to go on to lead fulfilled lives. The charity is called The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust and is part of The Disabilities Trust.
My background is in TV (I'm now re-training to be a psychologist) and the charity has asked me to film some little sketches (they've given very short scripts) set in the work-place. These films will be used as resources in specialist brain injury centres to help people prepare to return for work after a brain injury.
3 of the sketches are set in a supermarket and Sainsbury's are kindly allowing me to film at Sainsbury's New Cross but I need to find 3 volunteers who are free on a weekday (any day) before 4pm.
Evenings and weekends are too busy for Sainsbury's to let us film then and unfortunately all my friends who had volunteered to take part aren't free during the day.
- the scripts are very short and good fun to film
-filming takes maximum an hour
-the films will only be shown to people in specialised brain injury rehabilitation centres in the UK
-acting ability is a bonus - but certainly not essential! Lots of my friends have helped out and all that's needed is enthusiasm and a sense of humour
Please do get in touch if you're free in the daytime and are interested to find out more. I can send you more info, answer questions and send you scripts...
Top 10 Things To Do In Lewisham
Who knew that almost all of the best things in Lewisham were in or around Lee? You know, Lee.
Some of the decisions are a little bizarre: Mountsfield Park gets the sympathy vote, The Dacre Arms in Lee is 'best pub' (we've been, it really isn't) and there's no nomination for Browns in the 'Best Coffee Shop' category, but two for El's Kitchen and Degustation, despite the fact that neither is a coffee shop and Degustation recommended we pop to Costcutter when we once asked if they sold ground coffee.
Overall, New Cross, Blackheath, Brockley and Deptford have been robbed, but it's a good reminder of how much lurks on our doorstep:
1. Best restaurant: Villa Moura, Blackheath/Lee
2. Best museum: Horniman Museum, Forest Hill
3. Best venue: Dirty South, Lewisham
4. Best pub: The Dacre Arms, Lee
5. Best coffee shop: Cafe of Good Hope, Hither Green
6. Best random activity: The Green mini golf, Hither Green
7. Best shop: Gennaro Delicatessan, Lewisham
8. Best takeaway: Babur, Crofton Park
9. Best park: Mountsfield Park, Catford
10. Best library: Manor House library, Lee
Who wants a cat?
Now, I can imagine your listeners at home are saying “Oh, no, they’re using some kind of tranquilizer dart gun on my relatives to keep them in.” But let me assure you: these guns are very accurate.
- On The Hour
Ryan wants to give the greatest gift of all - a cat:
A few months ago i found a cat in my garden. It was obviously abandoned, and very friendly, so I took it in. I advertised it, and even took took it to Celia Hammond, but it's owner couldn't be found.
Anyway, I am looking to move, and can no longer look after it. So, I was wondering if it would be possible to ask our BC readers if they would like a lovely, friendly, house trained cat. It's just over 1 year old, needs his balls chopped off and very very friendly. I have tried Calia Hammond again, but they don't want to take him. Battersea Dog and cat home "will" take him, but I really want to see him in a good, stable home.
If you;'d like to give the cat a good home, email us.
Lewisham Library bid event, April 12th
Lewisham Council is organising an event for people interested in the fate of local libraries on April 12th, 4-8pm, Civic Suite, Catford:
Lewisham Council is currently inviting bids from enterprising organisations that are interested in taking on the management of one or more of four library buildings earmarked for closure, including Crofton Park, Grove Park, New Cross and Sydenham libraries.
Lewisham Council recognises the broader role that library buildings can play within communities, as a meeting place, a source of community information and focus for community activity. Therefore, before a decision on which organisation should be recommended to take on a lease for each building, the Council will assess the proposed use of the building and associated community benefits including plans for community library services. As part of this assessment the Council is holding a Community Interest Event to enable local residents to view the proposals and comment on them. A representative from each organisation will be present as well as key council officers.
The event will be held in the Civic Suite, Lewisham Town Hall, Catford SE6 4RU. The event runs from 4-8pm and residents are invited to drop in at anytime during those four hours to view the displays, speak to the organisation representatives and council officers and leave their comments.
Karen Jonason, of the Save Crofton Park Library Campaign says:
Our preferred bidder for Crofton Park is Darren Taylor of Eco Computer Systems, who has established a community library at the Pepys Resource Centre, Deptford Strand.
He is the only bidder who has sought contact with community groups and has consulted with residents. He is also committed to retaining the current library services in their entirety, indeed expanding them as funds allow. Lewisham Council will support transition. It is intended to employ at least one librarian initially.
The bid has been informed by our vision for the library. We have met regularly with Darren since January to formulate the bid and on Saturday 2nd April held a very successful public meeting, attended by over 50 residents. Endorsement of the bid was unanimous and large numbers took copies of the volunteer recruitment sheets.
Volunteers will be trained by Lewisham Library Service. Lewisham will continue to supply books, outreach sevices, and will install self-issue machinery.
Jude unobscured
While still some weeks off completion, Jude Court's station-facing facade has been unwrapped and doesn't look too bad. It looks like it belongs on a university campus and it more wood-effect laminate cladding than we'd have plumped for, but it's a good deal better than the block on the opposite side of Mantle Road and has cheered up the view from Brockley Station.
View Model Army
At the foot of Florence Road, near The Royal Albert, there's a ramshackle wooden workshop propped between a couple of terraces. Whoever owns it has decided to prop some action figures up in the window, for our entertainment - possibly a war scene, like an oversized version of a Games Workshop diorama.
We like to think that if we owned a ramshackle workshop and couldn't think of anything else to do with it, we'd decorate it with our toys too.
The Jubilee Line - six more trains per hour by Christmas
Out of an intrinsic need to remind ourselves that the pain will ultimately be worthwhile, we've written quite a lot about the benefits the Jubilee Line will ultimately deliver for Brockley residents.
Statistics have been flying around, but on Friday, at the launch of London & Partners, Boris commented that the Jubilee Line improvement works will deliver three more trains per hour by July and a further three trains per hour by December. That's the clearest description we've heard of how it will add capacity to the line, but also the first time we've heard that it'll take until Christmas to realise the full benefits from the upgrade.
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