Tim Anderson, Chair of the Maryon Park Community Garden invites everyone to take part in Capital Growth's Urban Harvest week by coming along to their drop in open day in Saturday 16th September between 10am and 4pm. This fund raiser will feature a Plant & Damson Jam sale, a Wood Crafts Stall, Children's Activities, teas,... Continue Reading →
Charlton & Woolwich Free Film Festival 2023
Here's your handy Valley Hill Hub guide to this year's very wonderful Charlton & Woolwich Free Film Festival. All of the films are free. Enjoy!
Summer 2023 Beats, Boards, & BBQ Event a Success for Friends of Charlton Park
Saturday 15th July 2023 saw the well established Friends of Charlton Park run a very successful Beats, Boards, & BBQ event at the skate park in Charlton Park with around 900 locals attending. It was well attended despite being an insanely windy day, a reminder that you are always in the lap of the Gods... Continue Reading →
Upcoming Charlton Safer Neighbourhood Team meetings
After the recent post about an apparent surge in petty crime in the area, find below the dates and venues of the upcoming Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) meetings in our area... The Greenwich Carers Centre The Stables, 76 Hornfair Road Wednesday 24th October, 1300-1400 The Co-Op Charlton Village Wednesday 31st October 1000-1100 If you can't... Continue Reading →
Hub Alert – Rise in Crime
Sorry to have to suggest this, but a few of you will already know that we seem to be experiencing a significant rise in crime at the moment in the Valley Hill Hub area. There have been a few break ins (both houses and sheds) on Pound Park Road as well as break ins to... Continue Reading →
All Charlton Candidates sign up to Charlton Accords
More and more we see Charlton residents wanting to get involved in local decisions. People want to know and understand more about how the council works and the impacts it has at local level. With that in mind, Valley Hill Hub drafted 'the Charlton Accords', a short and simple list of things that a local... Continue Reading →
The Charlton Accords – towards greater community engagement in Charlton
Over the last few days, Valley Hill Community Hub has asked all candidates in the Charlton ward in the May 2018 local elections to commit to an even more open, immediate, and transparent dialogue with their ward voters and residents over the next term of office. We asked all candidates in Charlton ward to commit... Continue Reading →
Charlton ward Council Elections – Candidate Priorities
With the upcoming Council Elections on May 3rd, Valley Hill Hub invited all the candidates standing in Charlton ward to send us their three main priorities, should they be elected. So far we've had responses from 5 of the 11 candidates, with at least a couple more promised. The priorities sent in are listed below in... Continue Reading →
ILLEGAL AIR POLLUTION LEVELS FOUND IN CHARLTON
The first Valley Hill Hub air survey has revealed illegal levels of air pollution at three sites around the Valley Hill Hub area including outside a local primary school writes Andrew Donkin. Last autumn, thirteen air pollution monitors were placed at locations in and around the Valley Hill Hub area. After recording data for a... Continue Reading →
Fun on the Slopes
Fun on the slopes from the recent snow season in Valley Hill Hub.