SPORTS

The Lewisham Sports Consortium was established as a constituted voluntary organisation in June 1998, became a Company Limited by Guarantee (November 2001) and a registered Charity in May 2005. The board of trustees are volunteers with experience of running sporting activities for all age groups. There are currently no paid workers; all the work done is on a voluntary basis... The group originally came together because of a lack of open space and places to play football and other sports in the Borough of Lewisham. In addition there was concern about the lack of access to provision and disadvantage suffered by sports people in the Borough who are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds... The group first worked successfully with the Council to bring back into use Summerhouse Playing Field, which was managed by the Consortium until the Council contracted out all its parks and green spaces to a commercial company.

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