Whether you’re interested in food, gardening, health or business, GCDA would love you to get involved in our many programmes across Greenwich, Lewisham and further afield.  We run cookery clubs, skills workshops, market stalls and growing projects as well as co-ordinate the Good Food in Greenwich partnership, the Lewisham Food Partnership, the BE Inspired programme in … [Read more...]

Congratulations to GCDA’s Fay Williams and the Cookery Club team for clocking up a special mention in the South East London Journal. Fay, who runs cookery clubs for GCDA throughout the whole of Lewisham, was commissioned to run a series of workshops for Deptford-based 999 Club, which is a charity for homeless and vulnerable people in South East London. Through a series of … [Read more...]

The new Living Wage has been set at £10.55 in London and £9 outside the capital. The new rate is £2.72 higher than the statutory living wage for London workers and £1.17 higher in other parts of the UK. The London Living Wage highlights the importance of paying people a real living wage based on what they actually need to live day to day. Employers pay it … [Read more...]

Exciting news from Friday21st September we are setting up more rewards in a wider area to encourage users to leave cars at home and actively commute, to increase their physical activity and improve the air quality in the area. A wider reward zone... We have extended the geographical boundaries of the programme so that residents across the whole … [Read more...]

GCDA’s Livia La Camera, who runs low cost fruit and vegetable stalls at various venues throughout the borough of Greenwich has just been featured in the Autumn edition of Jellied Eel – London’s magazine for good food! Livia’s been talking to Jellied Eel about Lewisham’s Veg City campaign – part of a bid to get people eating more healthily. Check out what Livia has to … [Read more...]