Conservation

Evelyn Community Store is a community-run grocery shop in Deptford, Lewisham, providing affordable food and essential goods for local residents. Alongside groceries, the store supports the community through advice, activities and initiatives aimed at tackling food insecurity and strengthening neighbourhood connections.

Farmstead Road Community Garden is a volunteer-run community growing space in Lewisham created from a neglected group of allotments in 2009–2010. Local volunteers transformed the site with support from Phoenix Community Housing and organisational help from Groundwork, creating a shared garden for residents and the wider community. Current projects include a sensory garden, a developing nature trail, a small community vineyard, a food-growing project supporting a local food bank, and community outreach activities at local events to encourage participation and awareness.

The Lee Manor Society is a local civic and residents’ society that works to preserve the heritage, character and environment of the Lee Manor Conservation Area in the London Borough of Lewisham. The organisation promotes the protection of historic buildings and green spaces, monitors local planning developments and encourages community involvement in maintaining and enhancing the area’s architectural and environmental heritage.

Bold Vision is an umbrella charity covering North Lewisham. Its project include a social food delivery and social supermarket, New Cross Learning (library), grow to eat and community gardens and environmental projects

RMUK Wellbeing is a South London–based organisation delivering culturally relevant food and wellbeing support projects that address food injustice, poverty, financial hardship and widening health inequalities affecting vulnerable communities across Southwark, Lewisham and Lambeth. It is also involved in environmental initiatives and volunteering activities that support community resilience and local engagement.

Friends of Quaggy Playing Fields is a volunteer community campaign in south east London dedicated to protecting and preserving the Quaggy playing fields and surrounding green spaces for sport, recreation and nature against development pressures, while supporting community access, environmental stewardship and local sports clubs.

Brockley Station Community Gardens was established in 2000 as a way of creating a more engaged active community through events and spaces. The garden you see today was developed in partnership with BCAG, Lewisham Council and Network Rail. It was designed and planted in 2010 by local volunteers and is cared for by the group. We have colourful flower beds, a woodland area and a herb garden, as well as seating and chilling out areas in amongst nature.

The local Greenpeace branch run events and meet ups and is involved in climate action and engagement.

The SLBI has an extensive botanical library, herbarium (dried plant collection), lecture room, as well as a beautiful botanical garden. Situated in Tulse Hill, the SLBI runs botanical events, talks, walks and educational activities

London in Bloom is a UK charity and community campaign that runs the annual London in Bloom programme to encourage greening, horticulture and community environmental improvement across Greater London. It supports volunteer groups, local authorities, schools, businesses and residents to enhance parks, squares, streets and green spaces, increase biodiversity and improve quality of life through gardening, planting and sustainable environmental activities, and it also runs competitions and recognition schemes as part of the regional “Bloom” movement linked to the national Britain in Bloom campaign.

A community growing project and local event space in SE15. The project seeks to activate the existing and create new public spaces with the community along Rollins Street and Winslade Estate, focused on greening, cultural and community infrastructure, food growing, education and recreation to explore alternative approaches to community cohesion and just futures. 

Creekside Discovery Centre is a charity working in one of the most biodiverse landscapes in London with a nature park and creekside. We work with schools, people and companies through river and wildflower walks and talks, sharing our knowledge and know-how.