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 competition (which raised over £1000 towards vital meals for local people during the winter months), we decided to launch a new challenge to celebrate love and friendship. People were asked to submit entries for a card that could be thought … [Read more...]

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 Services and Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG), has been providing food at adventure playgrounds, libraries and youth centres to kids in need. The meals are … [Read more...]

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 market, especially for young readers, and applied for a grant to the Council’s Black History Month project fund. She managed to win £2000, which was a fantastic … [Read more...]

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 Lewisham Community Food Hub was founded in April as part of the borough’s co-ordinated Covid-19 response, with GCDA’s Livia La Camera overseeing it. The Hub’s goal was to enable organisations across Lewisham to access surplus food … [Read more...]

Our shop Made in Greenwich remains closed for the time being, but we are seeing increased traffic to our web shop www.madeingreenwich.shop where you can buy the work of our 50 local makers on-line and read about them on our blog. We are constantly reviewing plans for re-opening and we will let you know how and when it happens! MARKET BUNDLES You may not know this, but the … [Read more...]