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Photo of Zainab Agboola outside The Green Man, the home of Phoenix Community Housing

The youngest ever graduate of our school of social housing

A 13-year-old who has lived in Grove Park her entire life earned a qualification from the Phoenix Academy earlier this summer. The Phoenix Academy, set up in 2014, teaches the history and values of social housing, as well as giving residents and...

Double win for Summer Fun!

We have two fantastic pieces of news about our popular Summer Fun events. Thanks to members of the public voting at the local Lewisham Tesco’s, Summer Fun secured a £2000 grant, through Tesco Bags of Help programme. These votes have helped bring...

Home Makers lettings board outside a property for rent in Lewisham

The launch of south-east London's new lettings agency

Home Makers, south London’s new private lettings agency, is welcoming landlords to its official launch on Wednesday 11 September. Specialising in lettings in Lewisham, Bromley and south-east London, Home Makers works with landlords to let and manage...

Calling all parents

Phoenix is starting a parent’s forum to improve our activities and outcomes for young people, and we want you to get involved. As a resident-led organisation, we want as much input from our residents as possible. You’ll be helping us decide the...

The reopened Fellowship and Star in Bellingham

Phoenix projects reach the final of national awards

Two of the projects that show our commitment to our community in south Lewisham have been shortlisted in the 24housing Awards 2019. Our work in restoring the Fellowship and on its arts projects is up for the Community Achievement award, and our...

Young south-east Londoners set to build better future for themselves

A south London community has celebrated a new group of graduates of an intensive course that tested their mental toughness and offered a chance to give back to their community. At a special ceremony held at The Green Man community space in Downham,...

Photo of Lewisham Link-up attendees including Bellingham Police's PC Ciaran

Lewisham Link-Up showcases talent of young people in our community

The first ever event in Lewisham for young people organised by young people saw teenagers from across the borough take part in coding workshops, spoken word performances and music production. Lewisham Link-Up was organised by our youth group of 16-...

Chat and Chips at Launcelot

Phoenix named among UK's top 10 landlords for 5th time running

We're pleased to be placed 8th in a new annual Top 50 Social Landlords list. It's the 5th time in succession that we have named among the top 10 in the list compiled by 24housing magazine. Judges noted: our resident-led model at Phoenix Community...

Lewisham Mayor Damian Egan, Blondel Cluff of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Jim Ripley, Chief Executive of Phoenix Community Housing

The Fellowship and Star officially reopens

A vast and historic Bellingham pub has been officially reopened by the Mayor of Lewisham Damian Egan following Phoenix's £4million Lottery-funded restoration project. The Fellowship and Star, run by the Electric Star Group, features a pub, cinema,...

Photo of our Grounds Maintenance service at work

We're clamping down on flytipping

Between the end of February and the beginning of July we issued 30 fines to people flytipping and dumping rubbish in our estates and blocks. We take flytipping seriously. Every year, we remove hundreds of tonnes of flytipping from our estates. In...

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