Chris Best
@chrisbestuk.bsky.social
Labour Councillor representing Sydenham in the London Borough of Lewisham - www.chrisbest.labour.co.uk
Chair of SEE3 promoting shop local in our high streets of Forest Hill, Kirkdale and Sydenham - www.see3.uk
Chair of SEE3 promoting shop local in our high streets of Forest Hill, Kirkdale and Sydenham - www.see3.uk
Looking forward to chairing @lewisham.gov.uk
Safer Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee this evening - residents welcome to attend in person or online to watch the discussion on Resident Engagement and Consultation plus budget saving equalities monitoring with Vice Chair @daveyw73.bsky.social
Safer Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee this evening - residents welcome to attend in person or online to watch the discussion on Resident Engagement and Consultation plus budget saving equalities monitoring with Vice Chair @daveyw73.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Looking forward to chairing @lewisham.gov.uk
Safer Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee this evening - residents welcome to attend in person or online to watch the discussion on Resident Engagement and Consultation plus budget saving equalities monitoring with Vice Chair @daveyw73.bsky.social
Safer Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee this evening - residents welcome to attend in person or online to watch the discussion on Resident Engagement and Consultation plus budget saving equalities monitoring with Vice Chair @daveyw73.bsky.social
We have a fantastic programme for our FREE #Sydenham Fun Palace on Saturday 4 October from 12 - 4pm - take a look using the code below with creative activities for children through to Salsa with Yamile 🎉 @funpalaces.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We have a fantastic programme for our FREE #Sydenham Fun Palace on Saturday 4 October from 12 - 4pm - take a look using the code below with creative activities for children through to Salsa with Yamile 🎉 @funpalaces.bsky.social
Busy week catching up on resident issues including door knocking with @elliereeves.bsky.social - holding my advice surgery at the Sydenham Centre (next to Post Office) from 10.30 - 11.30am this Saturday morning - drop in if you have any queries @lewisham.gov.uk
August 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Busy week catching up on resident issues including door knocking with @elliereeves.bsky.social - holding my advice surgery at the Sydenham Centre (next to Post Office) from 10.30 - 11.30am this Saturday morning - drop in if you have any queries @lewisham.gov.uk
Lewisham in Bloom competition @lewisham.gov.uk closes Friday 27 June! Celebrate the role gardening plays in boosting wellbeing, supporting biodiversity & creating greener spaces. Open to residents, community groups, schools and businesses – enter here lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/eve...
June 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Lewisham in Bloom competition @lewisham.gov.uk closes Friday 27 June! Celebrate the role gardening plays in boosting wellbeing, supporting biodiversity & creating greener spaces. Open to residents, community groups, schools and businesses – enter here lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/eve...
Yesterday marked second year of @ageingbetter.bsky.social Age Without Limits Day - @lewisham.gov.uk Positive Ageing Council (POSAC) showed the film "Age has No Limits". Mayor Brenda Dacres gave a warm welcome followed by Cllr Susan Wise - rep on POSAC with Q&A - very positive + fantastic networking
June 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yesterday marked second year of @ageingbetter.bsky.social Age Without Limits Day - @lewisham.gov.uk Positive Ageing Council (POSAC) showed the film "Age has No Limits". Mayor Brenda Dacres gave a warm welcome followed by Cllr Susan Wise - rep on POSAC with Q&A - very positive + fantastic networking
Giving a shout out for Sydenham SEE3 market tomorrow, Saturday 7 June - wide range of traders including hot food and cakes in Ignition Brewery and upstairs in the large hall we have 20 stalls. Free activities for children including Paint a Smile - look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
June 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Giving a shout out for Sydenham SEE3 market tomorrow, Saturday 7 June - wide range of traders including hot food and cakes in Ignition Brewery and upstairs in the large hall we have 20 stalls. Free activities for children including Paint a Smile - look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Getting ready to Chair Safer Stronger Communities Committee @lewisham.gov.uk this evening - challenging budget savings to be made to avoid using reserves plus considering the Main Grants consultation with VC @daveyw73.bsky.social
agenda & papers here councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
agenda & papers here councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
June 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Getting ready to Chair Safer Stronger Communities Committee @lewisham.gov.uk this evening - challenging budget savings to be made to avoid using reserves plus considering the Main Grants consultation with VC @daveyw73.bsky.social
agenda & papers here councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
agenda & papers here councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Our SEE3 High Street Happenings team are getting ready for our much loved Easter Egg Trail. On Easter Saturday, we are inviting children under 10 to make an Easter Bonnet at Ignition Brewery between 12 noon and 2pm and then parade in the high street with some traders offering mini-eggs.
April 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our SEE3 High Street Happenings team are getting ready for our much loved Easter Egg Trail. On Easter Saturday, we are inviting children under 10 to make an Easter Bonnet at Ignition Brewery between 12 noon and 2pm and then parade in the high street with some traders offering mini-eggs.
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Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024
Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024
Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023
A record 50% more raw sewage was discharged into rivers in England by Thames Water last year compared with the previous 12 months, data seen by…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024
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The consultation for the new Bakerloop express bus service from Lewisham to Waterloo is now open. The proposed route would mean quicker, easier bus journeys, and will also help to demonstrate how the Bakerloo line tube extension would benefit South East London.
Map shows where new fast London 'Bakerloop' bus route will run within months
Londoners have until March to say where they want the new bus stops.
metro.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The consultation for the new Bakerloop express bus service from Lewisham to Waterloo is now open. The proposed route would mean quicker, easier bus journeys, and will also help to demonstrate how the Bakerloo line tube extension would benefit South East London.
Have your say 11am Saturday 1 February Sydenham Assembly - £74,000 funding - £35,000 recommended for improvements to Sydenham Library + repairs to the roof being undertaken by @lewishamcouncil.bsky.social. The remaining £38,000 for local groups - community talking about local issues with Cllrs Q&A
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Have your say 11am Saturday 1 February Sydenham Assembly - £74,000 funding - £35,000 recommended for improvements to Sydenham Library + repairs to the roof being undertaken by @lewishamcouncil.bsky.social. The remaining £38,000 for local groups - community talking about local issues with Cllrs Q&A
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Government reverses previous govt’s plan to destroy millions of wills dating back to 1857 after uproar from historians bit.ly/4a9hKSc link is to paywall free story. Telegraph story below
January 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Government reverses previous govt’s plan to destroy millions of wills dating back to 1857 after uproar from historians bit.ly/4a9hKSc link is to paywall free story. Telegraph story below
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Could 2025 be the year of a co-operative renaissance?
Co-operative ideas are part of the Government's agenda, from the new Mutual and Co-operatives Business Council to the new Community Right to Buy.
Co-operative ideas are part of the Government's agenda, from the new Mutual and Co-operatives Business Council to the new Community Right to Buy.
A Co-operative Renaissance?
With a newly elected Labour government is now the time for a co-operative renaissance? General Secretary Joe Fortune explains why this could be a once in a generation chance.
party.coop
December 27, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Could 2025 be the year of a co-operative renaissance?
Co-operative ideas are part of the Government's agenda, from the new Mutual and Co-operatives Business Council to the new Community Right to Buy.
Co-operative ideas are part of the Government's agenda, from the new Mutual and Co-operatives Business Council to the new Community Right to Buy.
VOTE FOR ALEX YEE ON TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER in BBC Sports Personality of 2024. Lewisham born and raised Alex won the Olympic gold medal in the triathlon in Paris - he was also part of the GB team that won bronze in the mixed relay. On top of the Gold & Silver medal for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics.
December 15, 2024 at 9:54 PM
VOTE FOR ALEX YEE ON TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER in BBC Sports Personality of 2024. Lewisham born and raised Alex won the Olympic gold medal in the triathlon in Paris - he was also part of the GB team that won bronze in the mixed relay. On top of the Gold & Silver medal for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics.
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For the sixth time since becoming Mayor in 2016, I’m freezing bus fares in London.
More people use the bus in our city than any other form of public transport. Freezing these fares will help Londoners on lower incomes struggling with the cost of living.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H7...
More people use the bus in our city than any other form of public transport. Freezing these fares will help Londoners on lower incomes struggling with the cost of living.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H7...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Freezes Bus Fares For Sixth Time
YouTube video by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM
For the sixth time since becoming Mayor in 2016, I’m freezing bus fares in London.
More people use the bus in our city than any other form of public transport. Freezing these fares will help Londoners on lower incomes struggling with the cost of living.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H7...
More people use the bus in our city than any other form of public transport. Freezing these fares will help Londoners on lower incomes struggling with the cost of living.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H7...
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On 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the six-mile perimeter fence of Greenham Common in protest against the UK government's decision to site American cruise missiles there. For nineteen years women maintained their presence at the Greenham Common peace camp. #OTD
December 12, 2024 at 9:01 AM
On 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the six-mile perimeter fence of Greenham Common in protest against the UK government's decision to site American cruise missiles there. For nineteen years women maintained their presence at the Greenham Common peace camp. #OTD
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2/2 ... as a result she was detained in an asylum in Brentford as a ‘difficult woman’. She was released after a public outcry.
She spent her last years living as recluse at Glenomera, Longton Grove, Upper Sydenham
She spent her last years living as recluse at Glenomera, Longton Grove, Upper Sydenham
December 11, 2024 at 8:12 AM
2/2 ... as a result she was detained in an asylum in Brentford as a ‘difficult woman’. She was released after a public outcry.
She spent her last years living as recluse at Glenomera, Longton Grove, Upper Sydenham
She spent her last years living as recluse at Glenomera, Longton Grove, Upper Sydenham
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Jill Viner was the first woman to drive a London bus licensed to carry passengers back in May 1974. Today, she will be honoured with a new plaque at Cromwell Road bus station.
This plaque will help Londoners learn more about her story and be inspired by her pioneering legacy.
This plaque will help Londoners learn more about her story and be inspired by her pioneering legacy.
Jill Viner: London's First Female Bus Driver Gets A Plaque
A memorial to London's first woman bus driver.
londonist.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Jill Viner was the first woman to drive a London bus licensed to carry passengers back in May 1974. Today, she will be honoured with a new plaque at Cromwell Road bus station.
This plaque will help Londoners learn more about her story and be inspired by her pioneering legacy.
This plaque will help Londoners learn more about her story and be inspired by her pioneering legacy.
So much on offer from our small independent businesses #shoplocal to sustain our vibrant high streets @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social @lewishamcouncil.bsky.social
@elliereeves.bsky.social
@labouruk.bsky.social
@elliereeves.bsky.social
@labouruk.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 8:30 AM
So much on offer from our small independent businesses #shoplocal to sustain our vibrant high streets @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social @lewishamcouncil.bsky.social
@elliereeves.bsky.social
@labouruk.bsky.social
@elliereeves.bsky.social
@labouruk.bsky.social
Great to see Transport for London promoting Christmas events - just so much to do 🎄🎄🎄@london.gov.uk
December 10, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Great to see Transport for London promoting Christmas events - just so much to do 🎄🎄🎄@london.gov.uk
Good news from Transport for London (TfL) - the £15-a-day charge for driving in London's congestion charge zone will be suspended from Christmas Day (Wednesday 25 December 2024) to Wednesday 1 January 2025 (inclusive).
ULEZ will not operate on Christmas Day
ULEZ will not operate on Christmas Day
December 10, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Good news from Transport for London (TfL) - the £15-a-day charge for driving in London's congestion charge zone will be suspended from Christmas Day (Wednesday 25 December 2024) to Wednesday 1 January 2025 (inclusive).
ULEZ will not operate on Christmas Day
ULEZ will not operate on Christmas Day
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NEW: The consultation on my 2025–2026 Budget is now open.
We want to hear your views on how City Hall can continue to build a fairer, safer and greener London for everyone.
Join @talklondon.bsky.social and take the survey and help inform the final Budget. www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...
We want to hear your views on how City Hall can continue to build a fairer, safer and greener London for everyone.
Join @talklondon.bsky.social and take the survey and help inform the final Budget. www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...
December 6, 2024 at 1:12 PM
NEW: The consultation on my 2025–2026 Budget is now open.
We want to hear your views on how City Hall can continue to build a fairer, safer and greener London for everyone.
Join @talklondon.bsky.social and take the survey and help inform the final Budget. www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...
We want to hear your views on how City Hall can continue to build a fairer, safer and greener London for everyone.
Join @talklondon.bsky.social and take the survey and help inform the final Budget. www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...
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Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...
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We hear a lot about the costs of Temporary Accommodation crippling councils financially - but less about why this is.
- Central Government is benefiting financially from households being in homeless accommodation rather than the PRS, because they pay just *90% of the LHA rate from 20211*
- Central Government is benefiting financially from households being in homeless accommodation rather than the PRS, because they pay just *90% of the LHA rate from 20211*
December 9, 2024 at 11:09 AM
We hear a lot about the costs of Temporary Accommodation crippling councils financially - but less about why this is.
- Central Government is benefiting financially from households being in homeless accommodation rather than the PRS, because they pay just *90% of the LHA rate from 20211*
- Central Government is benefiting financially from households being in homeless accommodation rather than the PRS, because they pay just *90% of the LHA rate from 20211*