About us
The Crystal Palace Community Development Trust, launched in March 2004, is a community-
based, not-for-profit enterprise that operates for the benefit of those who live and work in the neighbourhoods and estates that comprise the Crystal Palace area of south London.
Like many other geographically-focused charities in the UK, we aim to help empower local people and bring about improvements to their neighbourhood and their quality of life. We are also a member of Locality.
Our history
The Trust was created by a consortium of community and voluntary organisations that had been meeting together as the Crystal Palace Community Forum since 1997. The purpose of the forum was to provide community input into the Crystal Palace Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) through consultation, project development and monitoring, and to deliver a small grants programme. It brought together community and voluntary sector representatives from the five different local authority areas covered by the SRB scheme, many of whom had had little contact with each other prior to 1997.
Our vision
To provide the means by which the communities of Crystal Palace and its surrounding areas can play an active part in the regeneration of their neighbourhood, thereby increasing opportunities and enhancing the quality of life of its residents.
All of our initiatives will follow our values and guiding principles:
• To remain rooted within the local community
• To be inclusive, representing the diverse, cultures and age groups in our communities
• To support small, local initiatives, rather than larger, regional or national ones
• To develop sustainable initiatives.
Eleven years on the CPCDT has developed a number of different projects including:
• Managing the Anerley Business Centre and Halls in Anerley, Bromley, to provide support for small
businesses, as well as activities for people of all ages.
• Opening of the Kingswood Estate Community Shop in Southwark, equipped with computers and
internet access for use by the people living on the estate
• Youth activities, including a youth club for children of all ages and art classes for children
aged 8 to 15 years with support from the Jack Petchey Foundation
• Activities for the elderly, as well as learning and employment support.
Areas the CPCDT serves
Bromley:
Penge and Anerley wards
Croydon:
Upper Norwood ward
Lambeth:
Gipsy Hill ward
Lewisham:
Sydenham ward
Southwark:
College ward
The Trustees
Patricia Trembath MBE - Chair/Secretary
John Gazeley – Treasurer
Elsie Sutherland - Vice Chair
Clarence Levy
Bernard Glazier
Sophie Wellings
Rochelle Malcolm
Marina Pacheco
Non-voting Local Authority Nominees
Councillor Richard Williams (Bromley Representative)
Councillor Jon Hartley (Southwark Representative)
Staff Members
Tracey Skillern – Manager
Gita Bakare – Trust Development Manager
Shernet Cameron – Administrative Officer
Rebecca Knowles – Kingswood Shop Co-ordinator
Lead Youth Worker - David Frazier
Youth Workers; Aaron Duncan, Odette Ukandu, Giuseppe Lomeo.
Caretakers; , Robert Thompson, Cleveland Gayle, Chris James,Tyrone Smith, Glen Goode & Leroy Robinson
