The Lewisham Compact sets out an 'action agenda' of work to be done -the challenge is to put this agenda into effect. The Compact provides a framework for improving relations with Lewisham Council - the more organisations are involved, the more effective it will be.

So far, more than 60 voluntary and community organisations have signed up to the Lewisham Compact:

• Ackroyd Community Centre
• Ackroyd Under-Fives Group
• African Welfare Organisation
• Alcohol Recovery Project
• Bellingham North Community Centre
• Both Parents Forever
• Bangladeshi Welfare Association in Deptford and New Cross
• Carers Lewisham
• CASSEL Centre
• Catford Southend Residents Association
• CHAS (Catholic Housing Aid Society) Lewisham
• Champion Hall Community Association
• Children's Education Group
• Christian Church of God
• Dalmain Home School Association
• Eaves Housing for Women
• Federation of Refugees from Vietnam in Lewisham
• Forest Hill and Sydenham Voluntary Care Association
• Friends of Beckenham Place Park
• Global Bridges Ltd
• Good Neighbours in Silwood Scheme
• Greenwich and Lewisham Young People's Theatre
• Groundwork Thames Gateway London South
• Grove Centre Church Sydenham
• Grove Park Community Group (GPCG Ringway)
• Hughesfield Supplementary School
• International Welfare Association
• Lewisham Action on Mediation Project
• Learning From Experience Trust
• Lee Ash Pre-School
• Lee Manor Society
• Lewisham Black Women's Support Centre
• Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureau Service
• Lewisham Community Transport Scheme
• Lewisham CV Service Ltd
• Lewisham Friend
• Lewisham Independent Living Schemes Users Group
• Lewisham Shopmobility
• Lewisham Turkish School
• Lewisham Victim Support
• Lewisham Voluntary Sector Training Network
• Limelight Family Centre
• Multi-Cultural Education and Youth Project (Lewisham)
• Multiple Sclerosis Society - Lewisham Branch
• 999 Club Trust
• Platform 1
• Positive Place
• Providence Project
• Quaggy Waterways Action Group
• Ravensbourne Project
• South East London Tamil Elders and Family Welfare Association
• Sabre Employment Ltd
• St Christopher's Hospice
• Salvation Army Deptford
• Samaritan Youth Project
• Second Wave Centre for Youth Arts
• Secular Organisation for Sobriety (SOS)
• Somerville Adventure Playground
• Thames Reach Bondway
• Under Pressure
• Users and Friends of Manor House Library
• Vista Reminiscence Group
• Voluntary Action Lewisham
• Women In Need Foundation
• Youth Expression

By signing up to the Compact, your organisation will be demonstrating its commitment to co-operative working, and will be able to take part in nominations and elections for the Steering Group that oversees the Compact's further development.

To sign up to the Lewisham Compact, click here.

For more information, call Sheila Murphy on 020 8314 9411.