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A modern council

 
Woolwich streets, children and proposed DLR station

We are making Greenwich an even better place to live, work and study by investing £800m into an exciting Modernisation Programme.

Our major regeneration programme to improve life in the borough and the delivery of our services includes upgrading and building new schools and housing.

We have opened integrated centres at Eltham and in Woolwich at the Riverside Centre, offering a range of leisure, educational, community and Council services. Two further centres are being built, one in Woolwich (to replace the Riverside Centre) and one in Greenwich.

We've built 23 Children's Centres across the borough with one more centre in development. These provide education, health, family support and other services for children under five and their families.

Eltham library has been refurbished and two new libraries are being built in Woolwich and Greenwich. The new libraries will benefit from up-to-date technology and working practices to ensure an improved customer experience.

We have also launched a major e-government programme to make sure that we have the best technology in place to help you contact the Council as quickly as possible, whether you get in touch by telephone, email, through our website or in person.

Find out more about the work we're doing to improve:

Value for your money

This investment will generate savings, halve the use of council office space, reduce the running costs of public buildings across the borough, and contribute to regeneration of town centres. It will not be paid for by raising Council Tax or housing rents.

Public service partnerships

We are developing high-quality, joined-up public services with our partners.

We have developed partnerships with the Primary Care Trust, Greenwich Leisure Limited, Greenwich Community College, English Partnerships, Jobcentre Plus and the Police.

We're also working with organisations including Berkeley Homes, the Southern Housing Group, English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation to build new homes - including 4,000 new homes at Kidbrooke.

What will happen when?

Work is under way and is set to continue until 2011.

  • The Eltham Centre opened in November 2007.
  • Construction of the new Woolwich Centre began in January 2009 and is scheduled to finish in summer 2011.
  • Planning consent for the Greenwich Centre was given in August 2009 and construction is intended to begin in December 2010.
  • Construction is in progress for two new secondary schools – Thomas Tallis and Crown Woods. These are new build projects.  Both of the new schools will be available for occupation in 2011.  Construction is expected to start on two further secondary schools in 2010, followed by a third in early 2011.  These will be a mix of refurbishment and new build.
  • Work is continuing on the development of the Council’s Customer Contact System.
The following services can be accessed from the Council’s Contact Centre and Service Centres:

    • Abandoned Vehicles
    • Antisocial Behaviour Team
    • Cleansweep
    • Enforcement
    • Highways
    • Mobility
    • Out of Hours
    • Pest control 
    • Waste services
    • Information and forms provision to support Riverside and Eltham Service Centres
    • Parking
    • Parks and open spaces
    • Revenues (Council Tax)
    • Housing Benefits
    • Complaints
    • Change of address / bereavement reports
See the links in the left menu to find out more about these developments. 

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