Lewisham
Octavia Hill, one of the National Trust's founders, had a strong connection to Lewisham, having fought to save Sayes Court for public use in 1884. She believed that access to nature should be for everyone, for ever.
Greening Evelyn
We are working with a coalition of organisations in Lewisham – including DeptfordFolk, Lewisham Council, Lewisham Homes, Everest, local Tenants and Residents Associations for the Pepys Estate, to develop a ‘Greenspace Toolkit’ for Evelyn Ward. This plan will look at how green spaces can be created, enhanced and managed with communities, for communities.
A £40,000 Development Grant from the Greater London Authority’s Green and Resilient Spaces Fund, coupled with £30,000 of Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy funding from Lewisham Council, has been secured to develop designs for several under-utilised fenced green spaces in the Sayes Court and Prince Street area. This Development funding will facilitate community engagement work to develop the ideas the community has for using these areas as play spaces and community gardens and for growing.
Find out more about Greening Evelyn here: Greening Evelyn vision
Lewisham Blossoms
We’ve also partnered with Street Trees for Living to support their ambitious work to plant blossom trees throughout the borough. Over 300 trees have been planted since 2020, with hundreds more planned.