About
Working to bring our local community together to improve lives
Who are we? The Moorings Neighbourhood Forum is a group of local residents, businesses, service providers, and community organisations working together to improve our area.
Where do we cover? We cover central Thamesmead, focusing particularly in and around the “bullet”-shaped roads of Central Way, Carlyle Road, and Eastern Way.
What is our aim? The Moorings Neighbourhood Forum seeks to give our community a voice to bring about improvements to the area, enhancing the quality of life for everyone who lives, works, or spends time here.
How are we doing this? We are working to bring our community together to achieve our aim in several ways:
- Four times a year, we meet as the Thamesmead Moorings Ward Panel to hear updates from the local Police Safer Neighbourhood Team and discuss community concerns.
- We work alongside Peabody and local councillors to raise awareness of local issues.
- We share local news and information through our website, email newsletter, and public forums. We actively help keep the area clean through community litter-picking events.
- We support and promote local businesses and community enterprises.
- We do this by raising awareness through our newsletters and by running local projects ourselves (funding permitting).
The Committee
The Moorings Neighbourhood Forum Committee is a smaller group of upto 12 local people that meets three times a year to discus and develop initiatives prior to decisions being taken by the full Forum. In addition to the committee there are a number of key officer posts which are detailed below:
Deborah Frimpong (Co-chair) is a mum of nine who believes in seeing Thamesmead the best place it can be. Initially, a Dental Nurse living in Canada, she returned to the UK where she has been actively involved in the community in a variety of roles for over 20 years as well as supporting her husband’s church ministry.
Derek Sewell (Co-chair) is a relative newcomer to Thamesmead having moved here from central London nearly 15 years ago. Since moving here, he has sought to help the community. He is a keen photographer and pastor of Titmuss Avenue Baptist Church.