What has happened and what is happening next?

The past years have seen significant progress in Community Development. Some of the past and current projects and services include:

• Ham: Ham Mosaic, Young Mums group, outings for older people, Money Matters Course
• Hampton: Street Dancing, Money Matters Course, All Together Crèche, Stay and Play
• Heathfield: Street Classics, Family Fun at Crane Park, Heathfield Street Party, Gentle Exercise and Coffee Morning
• Castelnau: Community Internet Suite, Youth Club, Young at Heart group, Community Cafe
• Mortlake: Chair based exercise, Health Walks, Coffee Morning, Positive Living Group

In each of the 5 areas Working Together Groups, made up of local service providers, councillors, representatives from community groups, schools and individuals, have developed Action Plans to set out priorities and projects for 2009-11. In some of the areas Focus Groups were carried out at the end of 2008 to establish the communities’ needs and concerns and to inform the Action Plans.

Community Development Conference

The Community Development conference took place on 23 April 2009 and was attended by a variety of voluntary sector organisations, statutory bodies and the Local Authority. The conference was a success in raising the profile of Community Development work, bringing partners together and identifying potential areas to take forward.

View a report on the conference(pdf, 223KB).

More information on Community Development projects

Further details of projects can be found on the Community Development section of the Richmond Housing Partnership website. Area Newsletters can also be accessed on these pages.