Lucyd30

So glad there are some street parties happening - is there a website or info somewhere of how to get involved (who is organising etc) Thanks Lucy

It seems that perhaps we should let Dulwich Helpline stay in charge of the organising, especially as there are so many concerns. I would still very much like to help so please private message me if you do find someone on Crystal Palace Road area who needs a hand. Shame the people we want to help, proabably don't go online - or I am sure we would be inundated! Its back to freezing at the weekend and maybe snow, so perhaps we can just help out organically, be extra watchful for people. Its nice to know that there are people out there with a sense of Community even if we haven't been able to formalise it. l

"1) Publicise this fledgling service now and make people find out who their local contact is ahead of time. With this option, we perhaps leaflet/post flyers now asking people to let us know if they might need help in the future so we can put them in touch with someone who lives nearby. Since this wouldn't be time-sensitive if done in advance, there's a chance that one person (maybe me) could do the matches. Obviously, it isn't such a great system for handling things once there's actually an emergency situation, because I can't guarantee I'll be able to respond in a timely manner. " I think this is a great idea JS33- I think the organising will work itself out, but actually promoting what we are doing so those who need some help seems to be key here. I have volunteered with Dulwich helpline but haven't heard anything yet, so perhaps we need to find the people in need ourselves. for the record - Lucyd30 - can offer shopping, lifts, company, making tea (Crystal Palace Road Area evening and weekends). I was thinking perhaps we could do a tea and mince pies evening somewhere (not sure if the hall next to DMC might let us use it, I can enquire), leaflet to let people know what we are doing, so they can come along and meet us (and we can meet each other. I am not missing the point that people may not be able to get out, but we could give contact details and list of services being offered. But perhaps by offering a public meeting place, people will feel more at ease?

Also just to re-iterate in case I am not being clear- I contacted them to offer support, should they have requests in my area - I didn't specifically mention the snow clearing (which is a great idea). I thought initially the issue some of us our having is knowing how to reach out to those who need a helping hand.

Do you mean the contact at the helpline? I just took this from Jame's Barbers earlier post.

Dulwich helpline responded - they would like to accept offers of those people looking to help in these extreme weather conditions (and also over a longer term basis for those interested). They can put us in touch with people if they get contacted for support. I would advise emailing and letting them know what area you can over. L

Hi I have emailed Dulwich Helpline to see if they have anyone in this area who needs some help. I will keep you posted! Lucy

Hi Zeban, Yes we should try that, please feel free to private message me or just contact me through here. It would be great to make a difference to people. Lucy

Hi, I would love to offer some help, company, shopping, tea and cakes(!) for those who don't have a support network around them-have been googling charities etc for about an hour and came across Zeban's post, I am on crystal palace road and would love to help the elderly in the community somehow-especially in the run up to Christmas. Would love to join forces? Work full time but available weekends/eve Lucy