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To mark one year of Our Greenwich, the council’s four-year joint vision with residents for the borough, we’re going to be out and about over the next few weeks to show our progress and get feedback on where we should be focussing. 

This will help us write our annual plan, which provides an update on our 20 missions and sets out our priorities.

One of Our Greenwich’s missions is for the council to be better at listening to communities and that communities feel heard, and we’re putting that into action by establishing special phone booths with a direct line to our OG voicemail.

Every message left will be listened to and used alongside other resident feedback to shape our annual progress report to make sure we’re heading in the right direction on all our key themes.

You can have your say on Commonplace, or head to an in-person engagement event where you could even use our OG phonebooths! 

In person engagement and phone booths
(*Updated since publication of GI on 20/02/2024)

Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “Our Greenwich is exactly that, it’s ours. This borough belongs to everyone and we’ve been doing our best over the last year to focus on what you told us was important.

“A lot can change in 12 months and so we want to keep this conversation going. Over the next few weeks we’re going to be on high streets, outside stations and in community spaces listening to you, and showing you what we’ve been doing.

“We want to hear from as many people as possible, so you can also leave us a message by heading to one of our OG phone booths. Tell us a bit about yourself and where you want us to focus to help shape our annual plan and the Council’s priorities for 2024-5!"

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has launched a special survey better understand what matters most to people and businesses so we can plan for the future.

This will be ‘Our Greenwich’, a plan that outlines the Council’s strategic vision and priorities for the next four years (2022-2026). The plan will highlight some of the biggest challenges we face as a borough, and the missions we will set ourselves going forward.

Through a new consultation we are putting our residents and communities at the heart of planning and design to make sure that our borough works for everyone.

Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “This borough belongs to us all. We all have our own connections, our own stories. That’s why this plan is so important, because it will be ours too.

“Whether your family has been here for generations, or you are making your mark in Greenwich for the first time, we’re asking for help from everybody to help us shape what the next four years will look like.

“After everything that we’ve been through in the last few years, Our Greenwich will act as the first page in a new chapter for the borough, but we don’t want to write it alone.

“We want to speak to everyone, young and old, from all walks of life, to really understand what makes this Our Greenwich. We should all have a say in how we tackle issues, build communities, and make Greenwich the best it can be.

“We want to encourage collaboration between the Council and our communities by inviting key stakeholders and interest groups to work with us. Together, we can build a brighter, greener, and more prosperous future for Royal Greenwich.”