Thamesmead on the Telly

3:50pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

BBC1's Inside Out current affairs programme visited Thamesmead over several months this year and spoke to various members of the community including Vice Chair of Trust Thamesmead Ted Claridge, Director of Operations of Gallions Housing Association Alison Breese and the first resident of Terry Gooch.

	Thamesmead Resident Bows out of The X Factor
	3:37pm Tue 7 Oct 08
	Trust Thamesmead's 2008 T Factor winner, performer at this year's Trust Thamesmead festival and Thamesmead resident Annastasia Baker made it through to the final 24 of ITV1's X Factor.

Walk Leader Training Volunteers Needed

3:30pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Trust Thamesmead is working in partnership with Greenmead Children's Centre and the Bexley Care Trust in holding Volunteer Walk Leader training, 10:00am-3:00pm on Friday 24 October.

Kaiser Chiefs Film New Video in Thamesmead

1:48pm Friday 19th September 2008

British chart toppers Kaiser Chief's recently filmed their latest video shootin Thamesmead!

	Trust Thamesmead Announces Schools Initiative
	1:43pm Fri 19 Sep 08
	Trust Thamesmead has announced the start of a £15,000 'Schools Plus' initiative that will offer schools in Thamesmead an award of up to £1,500 each for projects and activities that promote social inclusion.

	Open Day Review
	4:52pm Tue 16 Sep 08
	Friday's Trust Thamesmead/Greenmead Children's Centre at Greenmead Community Centre in Lime Road, Thamesmead proved a huge success, attracting a steady flow of residents from the area; a lot of which signed up to service providers projects; everything from enrolling on courses to signing up to receive Trust Thamesmead's newsletter.

	Sharp rise in metal thefts
	10:21am Tue 9 Sep 08
	So far this year, Gallions Housing Association and neighbouring councils, Bexley and Greenwich have experienced a sharp rise in metal thefts. All three organisations have spent thousands of pounds replacing items stolen by thieves.

	Volunteers Needed
	3:20pm Fri 5 Sep 08
	Bexley Age Concern is looking for two volunteers to assist in making a difference to older people's health and wellbeing and address the inequalities in health as a part of a national initiative.

	International picnic in Thamesmead
	1:05pm Wed 3 Sep 08
	Trust Thamesmead worked in partnership with Gallion's Urban Village Neighbourhood Action (GUVNA) this year on their international picnic which took place at the Reach, West Thamesmead on Sunday, 31 August.

Gallions receives a 'green light' from housing regulator

1:04pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Gallions Housing Association has received top marks from the Goverment's funder and regulator of housing associations, Housing Corporation, following an assessment completed last month.

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