Find out about independent communities in Southwark.
Forums are independent community groups made up of local residents, who give their time voluntarily.
Residents participate because they have an interest in their local community and want to make a difference. Forums give residents an opportunity to raise and discuss local concerns, and get involved in decisions that affect their local community.
Southwark LGBT network
The Southwark LGBT network is a social and support group of LGBT people and their friends who live and work in Southwark. The network is run by volunteers from the LGBT community and aims to create a series of safe spaces for all LGBT people in the borough. It tries to ensure that its activities are not set in pubs or other alcohol related venues.
The Southwark Multi Faith Forum (SMFF) is led by and for faith based organisations such as churches, mosques, temples and other community organisations who define themselves by their religion or faith.
The development of the group has been supported by Southwark Council.
Members of the forum believe that by working together on practical community activities and on lobbying government bodies for policies that will help those most in need, we can achieve more for the people of Southwark.
At present, the forum is still in its developmental phase and is being managed by a group of ten individuals from Southwark's different faith communities.
There are four Christian representatives, nominated by the Christian Borough Deans to represent all denominations of the Christian faith and three Muslim representatives nominated by Southwark Muslim Forum. There are also representatives from the Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Bahai and Sikh communities present.
We’re looking to find representatives from the Jain, Zoroastrian and Rastafarian communities.
The aims of the group include to:
elect the faith representative(s) to Southwark Alliance (Southwark's Local Strategic Partnership)
To contact the Community Engagement team, you can:
The Southwark Pensioners Forum (SPC) meets bi-monthly.
All local pensioners and representatives from pensioner groups are welcome to come along to meetings.
The forum: