Our Communications and Participation Officer Len Dalrymple will be leaving the JMB to take up retirement on the31st August despite looking far too young and energetic for such a transition. Len was the Deputy Manager of the JMB when it was set up in 1996 but left in 2000 to take up management postsRead more
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JMB kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the Unicorn Theatre on Saturday. Youngsters from the Lawson Estate and the Bermondsey Street Estates went to see the Christmas musical Baddies, which has been getting some great reviews. The tickets where made available to the JMB, free of charge, by the wonderful Sally Pembrooke (Unicorn Community Projects Director)Read more
We unveiled The Shared on Tyers Estate in September 2014 and now you can help choose the location for the next sculpture. Throughout October 2013, artist Austin Emery with the Leathermarket JMB, held the Leathermarket Community Sculpture Workshops on Whites Grounds Estate (behind the Fashion & Textile Museum). Over 100 members of the public participatedRead more
Notices of intention have been posted to leaseholders on the two blocks on the Whites Grounds estate nearest to the enclosed football pitch. These are numbers 65 to 88 and 58 to 64. The Leathermarket JMB proposes to invite tenders for the installation of door entry security systems on these two blocks as they sufferRead more
Fire safety meeting: Thursday 17th April 6.30pm @JMB office Andy Snazzle, the Fire Brigade Borough Commander, is coming across to talk to JMB residents about fire safety issues, such as: How to prevent a fire What to do in the case of fire The importance of functioning smoke alarms Why residents should not fit metalRead more
The Bermondsey Street estates (Tyers, Whites and Snowsfields) have benefitted from a variety of funding from Southwark Council, the JMB, Drain London and Team London Bridge to deliver a gardening and sculpture project over the past 15 months. The project has now reached an exciting stage. The next phase will involve the creation of aRead more
Well done to local resident, Austin Emery, whose Leathermarket Community Sculpture Project won the category for Best Community Arts Project at the Southwark Arts Forum Awards on the 29th October. Austin, a resident of the Whites Grounds Estate, conceived and organised a series of free workshops mainly for residents living on the Bermondsey Street JMBRead more
The successful gardening workshops, which were taking place in the vegetable garden on the Whites Grounds Estate, are now moving indoors for the winter months. The venue will be the Bermondsey Village Hall, Kirby Grove, SE1 3TD. Although these free workshops are primarily for the residents of Whites Grounds, Tyers Estate, Snowsfields and Tanner House everyoneRead more
During October free sculpture workshops will be taking place every Saturday and Sunday afternoon near the football pitch on Whites Grounds. So far the workshops have been a huge success, despite some poor weather conditions. Whites Grounds resident and artist, Austin Emery, who organises the workshops, says the response has been fantastic. Austin is planning toRead more
Following a series of anti social behaviour issues associated with the late night use of the estate football pitch, by youngsters who do not live on the estate, the residents association decided to conduct a survey to determine its future. The survey essentially asked three questions: Were there residents willing to lock up the pitchRead more