Councillor Liz Johnston-Franklin

Anti-Social Behaviour Task and Finish Group - Wednesday, 26th February, 2025 6.00 pm

This meeting was to consider the scope of a review into how the Lewisham Council and its partners respond to anti-social behaviour in the borough. Councillors were scheduled to be asked to consider a scoping report that outlined the issues, to define the intended outcomes of their review, agree what questions they would ask, who they would ask them to, and how they were going to get it done.

Standing Advisory Council of Religious Education (SACRE) - Wednesday, 12th February, 2025 6.30 pm

This meeting was to receive a report on the recent Jewish Life Exhibition at Catford & Bromley Synagogue, consider advice for schools about the upcoming month of Ramadan, and review a report on religious education in Lewisham schools. It also included the formal proposal that the committee request that Lewisham Council convene an Agreed Syllabus Conference to review the current Religious Education syllabus in Lewisham schools.

EGM, Council - Tuesday, 11th February, 2025 7.30 pm

The Lewisham Council meeting on 11 February 2025 was scheduled to include discussions about a range of topics in the council’s draft local plan, including a proposed increase in the target for new housing delivery. Proposed changes to the plan included a series of modifications to the “Lewisham Local Plan: Proposed Submission Document”, an addendum to the “Integrated Impact Assessment”, and a schedule of policy map changes. These documents were provided to the attendees for the meeting, but no information is available about what was actually discussed during the meeting.

Ladywell Assembly - Thursday, 30th January, 2025 7.00 pm

Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was a broad overview of Children and Young People services in Lewisham. It considered reports on the performance of services for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), the performance of children's social care and Lewisham's Safeguarding Children Partnership, as well as looking at what Lewisham's young people are doing after the age of 16. Please note, this summary only reflects what was scheduled to be discussed in the meeting, and does not describe any of the discussions or decisions that were actually made.