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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just one week to go! Don’t miss the Sydenham Fun Palace - FREE FUN filled afternoon from 12noon -5pm on Saturday 3 October at the Sydenham Centre (next to the Post Office). Dancing, singing, storytelling, children's activities, beer tasting +++ full programme here - funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s...

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Sydenham Fun Palace

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Calling children under 10 to make an Easter Bonnet from 12 - 2pm in the Ignition Brewery space. Followed by a parade around Sydenham high street from 2 - 3pm collecting mini eggs from traders - led by our very own Easter bunny.

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David Walker @daveyw73.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Really constructive Safer Stronger Communities Ctte tonight @lewisham.gov.uk Good discussions and presentations on policing, Becoming an Age Friendly Council and Disabled People’s Commission @chrisbestuk.bsky.social

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Looking forward to chairing @lewisham.gov.uk Safer Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee - residents welcome to attend in person or online - talking to the Police, discussing ageing well and progress on Disability Commission with Vice Chair @daveyw73.bsky.social @brendadacres.bsky.social

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Looking forward to chairing @lewisham.gov.uk Safer Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee - residents welcome to attend in person or online to as we develop new strategy for Domestic Violence and Violence against Women and Girls sharing @elliereeves.bsky.social + Vice Chair @daveyw73.bsky.social

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Looking forward to chairing @lewisham.gov.uk Safer Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee this evening - residents welcome to attend in person or online to watch the discussion on Resident Engagement and Consultation plus budget saving equalities monitoring with Vice Chair @daveyw73.bsky.social

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

We have a fantastic programme for our FREE #Sydenham Fun Palace on Saturday 4 October from 12 - 4pm - take a look using the code below with creative activities for children through to Salsa with Yamile 🎉 @funpalaces.bsky.social

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Busy week catching up on resident issues including door knocking with @elliereeves.bsky.social - holding my advice surgery at the Sydenham Centre (next to Post Office) from 10.30 - 11.30am this Saturday morning - drop in if you have any queries @lewisham.gov.uk

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Lewisham in Bloom competition @lewisham.gov.uk closes Friday 27 June! Celebrate the role gardening plays in boosting wellbeing, supporting biodiversity & creating greener spaces. Open to residents, community groups, schools and businesses – enter here lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/eve...

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Yesterday marked second year of @ageingbetter.bsky.social Age Without Limits Day - @lewisham.gov.uk Positive Ageing Council (POSAC) showed the film "Age has No Limits". Mayor Brenda Dacres gave a warm welcome followed by Cllr Susan Wise - rep on POSAC with Q&A - very positive + fantastic networking

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Giving a shout out for Sydenham SEE3 market tomorrow, Saturday 7 June - wide range of traders including hot food and cakes in Ignition Brewery and upstairs in the large hall we have 20 stalls. Free activities for children including Paint a Smile - look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Getting ready to Chair Safer Stronger Communities Committee @lewisham.gov.uk this evening - challenging budget savings to be made to avoid using reserves plus considering the Main Grants consultation with VC @daveyw73.bsky.social agenda & papers here councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/ieListDocume...

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Our SEE3 High Street Happenings team are getting ready for our much loved Easter Egg Trail. On Easter Saturday, we are inviting children under 10 to make an Easter Bonnet at Ignition Brewery between 12 noon and 2pm and then parade in the high street with some traders offering mini-eggs.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/02/2025

The consultation for the new Bakerloop express bus service from Lewisham to Waterloo is now open. The proposed route would mean quicker, easier bus journeys, and will also help to demonstrate how the Bakerloo line tube extension would benefit South East London.

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Map shows where new fast London 'Bakerloop' bus route will run within months

Londoners have until March to say where they want the new bus stops.

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Have your say 11am Saturday 1 February Sydenham Assembly - £74,000 funding - £35,000 recommended for improvements to Sydenham Library + repairs to the roof being undertaken by @lewishamcouncil.bsky.social. The remaining £38,000 for local groups - community talking about local issues with Cllrs Q&A

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Government reverses previous govt’s plan to destroy millions of wills dating back to 1857 after uproar from historians bit.ly/4a9hKSc link is to paywall free story. Telegraph story below

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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 27/12/2024

Could 2025 be the year of a co-operative renaissance? Co-operative ideas are part of the Government's agenda, from the new Mutual and Co-operatives Business Council to the new Community Right to Buy.

party.coop

A Co-operative Renaissance?

With a newly elected Labour government is now the time for a co-operative renaissance? General Secretary Joe Fortune explains why this could be a once in a generation chance.

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

VOTE FOR ALEX YEE ON TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER in BBC Sports Personality of 2024. Lewisham born and raised Alex won the Olympic gold medal in the triathlon in Paris - he was also part of the GB team that won bronze in the mixed relay. On top of the Gold & Silver medal for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 14/12/2024

For the sixth time since becoming Mayor in 2016, I’m freezing bus fares in London. More people use the bus in our city than any other form of public transport. Freezing these fares will help Londoners on lower incomes struggling with the cost of living. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H7...

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Freezes Bus Fares For Sixth Time

YouTube video by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Shout out for the activities at Sydenham Library today - Santa is getting ready for a busy weekend in #sydenham #SE26 at the library from 12 - 3 along with a day of fantastic entertainment for all ages - can't wait to taste the fabulous cakes!

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

On 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the six-mile perimeter fence of Greenham Common in protest against the UK government's decision to site American cruise missiles there. For nineteen years women maintained their presence at the Greenham Common peace camp. #OTD

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

2/2 ... as a result she was detained in an asylum in Brentford as a ‘difficult woman’. She was released after a public outcry. She spent her last years living as recluse at Glenomera, Longton Grove, Upper Sydenham

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12/12/2024

Jill Viner was the first woman to drive a London bus licensed to carry passengers back in May 1974. Today, she will be honoured with a new plaque at Cromwell Road bus station. This plaque will help Londoners learn more about her story and be inspired by her pioneering legacy.

londonist.com

Jill Viner: London's First Female Bus Driver Gets A Plaque

A memorial to London's first woman bus driver.

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Great to see Transport for London promoting Christmas events - just so much to do 🎄🎄🎄@london.gov.uk

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Good news from Transport for London (TfL) - the £15-a-day charge for driving in London's congestion charge zone will be suspended from Christmas Day (Wednesday 25 December 2024) to Wednesday 1 January 2025 (inclusive). ULEZ will not operate on Christmas Day

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 06/12/2024

NEW: The consultation on my 2025–2026 Budget is now open. We want to hear your views on how City Hall can continue to build a fairer, safer and greener London for everyone. Join @talklondon.bsky.social and take the survey and help inform the final Budget. www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...

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Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We hear a lot about the costs of Temporary Accommodation crippling councils financially - but less about why this is. - Central Government is benefiting financially from households being in homeless accommodation rather than the PRS, because they pay just *90% of the LHA rate from 20211*

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Ellie Reeves @elliereeves.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

On #SmallBizSatUK, I did the Christmas tree lights countdown on Kirkdale, kindly supported by The Journey Cafe. It was lovely to join members of the community in some carol singing, and meet Father Christmas!

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Ellie Reeves @elliereeves.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Lovely to unveil the new mural at Forest Hill Station and sing carols around the Christmas tree. Initiatives like this help make our high streets vibrant and welcoming places. Thank you to @fhsoc.bsky.social & @lewishamcouncil.bsky.social for making this happen

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Forest Hill Society @fhsoc.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Last night's event in Forest Hill #SE23 was a great success, despite the best efforts of #stormdarragh Thank you to everyone, including kids, who came by to sing carols and hear about the #mural. Our grateful thanks to our special guest @elliereeves.bsky.social Have a wonderful Christmas!

Ellie Reeves MP unveils the plaque for the Forest Hill Mural in SE23

The crowd sings together, with the choir all wearing santa hats

Ellie Reeves MP and Robert McIntosh speak to the crowd

The crwod, wearing santa hats, admires the mural which is lit by spotlights

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Sydenham Photos @sydenhamphotos.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The Nutcracker, Spontaneous Productions' latest show, now on at St Barts Church, #Sydenham #SE26. Production shots by @SydenhamPhotos Performances this weekend and next weekend. spontaneousproductions.co.uk/whats-on/

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Great team effort to organise and support Sydenham Christmas market today - #Small Business Saturday - bringing footfall to the high street on a wet and windy Saturday

Great team effort to organise the Sydenham Christmas market today supporting Small Business Saturday

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Giving a shout out for our #Sydenham Christmas market on Saturday 7 December from 11-4pm - lots of affordable gifts plus fabulous food

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

Fashoined from whalebone thousands of years ago on Orkney, Buddo might seem an unlikely means of conveying the bookseller's strange mixture of sadness and joy at contemplating the sixty minutes which remain of this day's trade. And yet, who knows what profundities of human expression might be conveyed by, well, frankly, various holes which have been positioned on the body of Buddo? What pleasures, what torments? What insatiable hungers, what implacable hostilities? What desires for things like tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, and so many other stuffs that Buddo could never yet have apprehended from his Neolithic fastness? Know what I mean? Eh?

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Jack Lavery @jacklavery.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Sydenham has officially launched Christmas 🎄

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Fabulous to bring our community together for the turning on of the #Sydenham street and Christmas tree lights with the talented Our Lady & St Philip Neri Brass Band, the amazing Befrienders choir and the spectacular cast of the Nutcracker being performed by Spontaneous Productions Theatre Company

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Huge thank you to everyone attending the #Sydenham Assembly this afternoon - @amandaderyk.bsky.social covering Cost of Living Support with Sydenham Arts preparing the Warm Welcome programme and Sydenham SNT sharing their work on community safety. Plus many community updates with support #shoplocal.

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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Today the Mayor of @london.gov.uk has launched a consultation on his manifesto pledge to build rent-controlled Key Worker Living Rent homes for Londoners. They could save key workers up to £600pm on rent, and Sadiq Khan has pledged to deliver 6,000 by 2030. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

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Sadiq Khan unveils his plans for 'key worker' rent-controlled homes

Londoners with household incomes of less than £67,000 per year would be eligible for the homes, with rent increases potentially pegged to wage rises

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Ellie Reeves @elliereeves.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Great to visit University Hospital Lewisham and meet with CEO Ben Travis, and to get a tour of the facilities. I was delighted to see the progress on the Lewisham Surgical Centre, which will help cut waiting times across South East London.

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Forest Hill Society @fhsoc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Still some tickets left. Our quizmaster Gary always goes above and beyond to make this entertaining. Do come along and raise money for Lewisham Foodbank #se23 #christmas #charity

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GMB Union @gmb.org.uk · 29/11/2024

Solidarity to the outsourced ISS workers at 5 south London hospitals on strike today over low pay, understaffing and bullying. ✊ Domestics, porters and catering staff are essential to the safe running of a hospital - it’s time they were valued and respected.

Picture is of a group of GMB members gathered outside a hospital holding GMB Union Southern Region placards and flags protesting against low pay, understaffing and bullying.

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Chris Best @chrisbestuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Looking forward to our #Sydenham Assembly with @amandaderyk.bsky.social talking out Cost of Living Support and Warm Welcomes - with mulled wine and mince pies ready for turning on of the Christmas Tree and street lights to bring festive cheer to our high street

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