'It was a lifeline': LGBTQ+ charity Metro closes with fears for young service users
In a funding environment increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ communities, Metro closed its doors, with a loss of around 64 jobs.
Young people
Youth Lates: £30m investment to reverse 'catastrophic' youth club closures
City Hall announced funding for at least one late-night youth club in every London borough, offering young Londoners 'somewhere safe to go'.
Lewisham council and UCKG: survivor's complaint dismissed, but safeguarding concerns remain
The investigation found that mayor Brenda Dacres and councillor Kim Powell had not breached the council code of conduct, but survivors say safeguarding concerns about the council's dealings with UCKG are 'unresolved'.
'Environmental racism': council approves rubber crumb football pitch at Whitefoot Lane, Downham
Local GP and Public Health expert Jacky McLeod objected to the plan saying 'putting this kind of thing in an area, which in other areas would have been rejected' is environmental racism, but councillors overruled GP and community concerns.
Child-unfriendly? Fewer children every year in Lewisham and across London
In Lewisham and across London the number of primary school-age children is plummeting, and the London mayor was told to adjust policies to make the capital more child-friendly.
Council ignores health risks in plans for rubber crumb pitch at Whitefoot Lane, Downham
Cabinet member Sakina Sheikh presented officer advice on rubber crumb which ignores health risks to players and workers, in her answers at the full council meeting on 28 January.
Calls to scrap plans for crumb rubber football pitch at Whitefoot Lane, Downham
Lewisham council have raised a planning application for a 3G football pitch at the playing fields, which include protected nature conservation areas. But local campaigners are calling for a halt and health impact assessment.