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It was announced at last week?s Community Council meeting that there was about ?50k un-allocated for the Cleaner Greener Safer Fund. This was due to a shortage of applications. A late application is being prepared for large scale outdoor board games for open spaces around Dulwich. The games will include chess and draughts and scrabble, played on permanent walk-on ?boards? made up of 18 inch concrete squares.

It is hoped that the initiative will encourage inter-generational play and keep older minds active. Scrabble, in particular, is very popular with older residents, and it is hoped it will improve literacy in younger players.

In support of the grant application the applicants will be inviting sponsorship for the playing pieces and help in making the bags for the scrabble tiles.

MarkT

Hi Sally Eva,


For East Dulwich ward we have ?20,000 unspent capital. BUT we've been holding this back for physical measures to help protect the new North Cross Road market where pedestrians will be more vulnerable than present if the security assessment advises these are needed.


We have ?12,000 of Neighbourhood Funding revenue spending to allocate. This has come from an extra third of a street cleaner not being provided by the council as decided upon for last year. We've been faithfully promised we will get this financial year 17/18 and that they'll use the street cleaning machine East Dulwich ward councillors bought using CGS capital funding several years ago. Any one wants the depressing dull whole story ping me an email.

" physical measures to help protect the new North Cross Road market where pedestrians will be more vulnerable than present if the security assessment advises these are needed."


is this an April fool as well ?


I can't understand it .Which may of course just mean that I'm stupid .James can you explain ?

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