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Photo of Zainab Agboola outside The Green Man, the home of Phoenix Community Housing
22 August 2019
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...
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13 August 2019
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...
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Home Makers lettings board outside a property for rent in Lewisham
12 August 2019
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...
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6 August 2019
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...
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The reopened Fellowship and Star in Bellingham
5 August 2019
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...
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26 July 2019
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,...
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Photo of Lewisham Link-up attendees including Bellingham Police's PC Ciaran
22 July 2019
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-...
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Chat and Chips at Launcelot
15 July 2019
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...
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Lewisham Mayor Damian Egan, Blondel Cluff of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Jim Ripley, Chief Executive of Phoenix Community Housing
8 July 2019
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,...
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Photo of our Grounds Maintenance service at work
8 July 2019
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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