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 have produced and we are very proud to share with you all our exciting news. Click here to read or copy and paste this link … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue Reading
Lewisham Food Hub Hits 50 Tonnes
GCDA along with its partner Lewisham Local has now clocked up 50 tonnes of food aid to help support the borough’s most vulnerable residents. The … Continue Reading
A Feeding Tower
Echium pininana is a stunning sight when it is in full flower. Endemic to the Canary Islands, it makes a stout rosette of coarse, hairy leaves, … Continue Reading
GCDA Cookery Clubs Now Online
We are delighted to tell you that our FREE GCDA Greenwich Cookery Clubs are back, but this time we are online. Starting on the 26th of … Continue Reading
Wild about Cherries
Cherries are one of my favourite fruits. Luckily for me, there is a stand of wild cherries not too far from where I live. When the weather is … Continue Reading
A Staggering Sight
Last week in our Plumstead garden site, one of the residents made a guest appearance, to wit a female stag beetle which must have popped out from the raised beds for a short perambulation before tucking … Continue Reading
Purple Flower Power
Even before the recent rain finally arrived, there were still several randomly self-seeded plants. Tucked away in apparently inhospitable situations valiantly flowering in the dry conditions, doing their bit for … Continue Reading
Walking with Dinosaurs
Walking with Dinosaurs was produced by the BBC in 1999. It was narrated by Kenneth Branagh, featuring state of the art CGI and original music. Naysayers criticised it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The warm, woody … Continue Reading