Decision

RESOLVED that members be appointed to serve on outside bodies as set out below:

Organisation

Appointments 2026/27

Notes

Albany 2001 Council of Management (1)

El Fry

1 day work per month

Albion Millennium Green Trust (1)

Annabelle Roberts

Blackheath Joint Working Party (3)

Pauline Dall Rebecca Jones

Tracey Martin

Blackheath Ward Councillors only

Deptford Challenge Trust (1)

Daniel Jenkins

1 meeting a month (3 hours)

Lewisham Local History Society (1)

Dylan Cooper-Stubbs

London Youth Games (2)

Dylan Cooper-Stubbs Hibaaq Aden

1 -2 days at Games in July & support to Team Lewisham

1 position reserved for LYG Trustee

Marsha Phoenix Memorial Trust (1)

Kate Anderson

1 meeting every 6 weeks (2 hours average)

Trinity Laban (1)

Laura Sessions

1. 5-1 day per month

Our Healthier South East London (OHSEL) JHOSC (2)

Rebecca Jones Mike Podmore

4 meetings a year & travel to different Boroughs

1 position reserved for HC Chair

 MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS 2026/27

Brent, Lewisham, Southwark IT Committee (1)

Cabinet appointment – Ade Adewunmi

IThrive (formerly CYP Stategic Partnership) (1)

Cabinet appointment – Rotimi Skyers

Corporate Parenting Group (4 non-cabinet)

Fergus Navaratnam-Blair; Justin Calcutt-Cheadle; Maria McKenna

Chair of CYP - Eleonora Aiello Cabinet Appointment – Rotimi Skyers

Cabinet Appointment – Samantha Gardiner

Health & Wellbeing Board (3)

Liam Shrivastava

Cabinet appointment – Samantha Gardiner Cabinet appointment – Rotimi Skyers

Intercultural Cities: Group Spokesperson

Hau-Yu Tam

Lewisham College (1, appointed on a 4 year cycle)

Eleonora Aiello

LGA General Assembly (Mayor + 3)

Liam Shrivastava, Rudi Schmidt, Shireen Asaw, Ruth Persian

London Councils:

a.              Leaders’ Committee (1 + deputy)

b.             Grants Committee (1 + deputy)

c.              Greater London Employment Forum (1 + deputy)

d.             Transport & Environment Committee (1 + deputy)

a)     Liam Shrivastava, Rudi Schmidt (Deputy)

b)     Rudi Schmidt, Ade Adewunmi (Deputy)

c)     Shireen Asaw, Samantha Gardiner (Deputy)

d)     Corin Ashwell, Shireen Asaw (Deputy)

Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) (3 + 1 reserve)

Fergus Navaratnam-Blair; Robin McGhee; Shireen Asaw

Reserve – Eleonora Aiello

Positive Ageing Council Steering Group (1 – daytime meetings)

Maria McKenna

SLaM Governor (1) – daytime meetings

Tanya Dunne

South East London Combined Heat & Power (SELCHP) Board (1)

This appointment is to follow and will be confirmed at a future meeting of Full Council.

London South East Flood Risk Partnership (1)

Cabinet Appointment – Corin Ashwell

London Road Safety Council (2)

Tracey Martin and Persian

Lewisham Safer Neighbourhood Board (1)

Aaron Regisford

Lewisham Collaborative (1)

Mark Kowalski

Newable (Greater London Enterprise) (1)

Shireen Asaw

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (1 +1)

Dylan Cooper-Stubbs

Fostering Panel (1 – fortnightly)

Annabelle Roberts

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association (1)

Aaron Regisford

Capital Letters

Natalie Thomas

Champions 2026/27

Active Travel Champion

Cllr Laura Sessions

Arts, Heritage & History Champion

Cllr Fergus Navaratnam-Blair

Migrant Champion

Cllr Wellington Gil

Disabled People’s Champion

Cllr Maria McKenna

Night-time Economy, Hospitality and Pub champion

Cllr Heather Farnworth

Youth Champion

Cllr Hibaaq Aden

Wellbeing Champion

Cllr Nick Torry