To commemorate its 40th anniversary, GCDA has launched its own stunning tea towel featuring a wonderful design by local artist Ellen Strachan from Pigeon Loft Prints. Ellen has incorporated all of GCDA’s community activities in her design and you can even spot much-loved local characters if you look closely … Continue Reading
Black History 365 Artist Residency Programme
We’re incredibly proud to be launching our GCDA artist residency programme for local creatives from the African and Caribbean diaspora. With … Continue Reading
Call out for surplus food
Call out for surplus food If you are a food business, food production, hospitality, market trader or organisation And find yourself … Continue Reading
World Breastfeeding Week
The 1st August sees the start of World Breastfeeding Week, with a focus on helping support women to breast feed. GCDA has always been infant … Continue Reading
Summer Market Events
There is no better way to shop for fresh sustainable produce or taste exciting new dishes than at an open-air market. Not only that, but … Continue Reading
Silver Award for Borough-Wide Initiatives
Good Food in Greenwich (GFiG) is proud to announce that the borough has received the Sustainable Food Places silver award, recognising the … Continue Reading
Celebrate Co-op Fortnight
Did you know that GCDA started out four decades ago as a small co-op focused on helping local people access affordable healthy food, green spaces … Continue Reading
GCDA 3rd Annual is out
Read all about what we have been up to over the last year and a half. Meet our new members of the team. This is the third annual We … Continue Reading
GCDA AGM
We normally hold our AGM before Christmas, and it is usually a great opportunity for us to share some home-cooked food and let you all know what … Continue Reading
Holiday Meals at half term
Increased publicity in 2020 for the plight of thousands of UK children who go hungry during the school holidays has given added impetus to GCDA’s … Continue Reading
Seeds of Hope – You are loved
Here at GCDA we have been trying to sow the seeds of regeneration and hope this Spring. After the huge success of our Christmas card design … Continue Reading
GCDA End of Year News
It's especially hard to know how to draw this year to a close. Many people have lost dear ones during 2020 whilst others have also struggled with ill health, loneliness, hunger and financial hardship. At GCDA, … Continue Reading
Half Term Meals Help Feed Hungry Kids
GCDA staff and volunteers were once again out in force throughout October half term offering holiday meals to school kids and their families. For the past four years, GCDA alongside its partners, GLL, CACT Youth … Continue Reading
BAME Library Opens At Woolwich Common Community Centre
We are proud to announce that GCDA has opened a new library at our community centre, WCCC, featuring the best of BAME writers. Our Centre Manager, Jane Downes, came up with the idea after seeing a real gap in the … Continue Reading