Tuesday, February 19, 2008
AWARD FOR VILLAGE WARD COUNCILLOR
HOME OFFICE RECOGNITION FOR WORK OF LOCAL COUNCILLOR
Last year Southwark councillor Robin Crookshank Hilton won a Home Office 'Respect' Award for her work on local anti-social behaviour issues and donated the £1,000 community award to the Millwall Community Scheme, to provide football sessions in the north part of Village ward.
"In this current social climate, kids don't feel safe travelling out of their 'patch' and all the existing facilities were in the 'wrong' place, so this award was a real breakthrough," Robin says.
The success of the local Millwall sessions has enabled Robin to raise more funding through the council to continue the scheme as a regular weekly football program, along with the launch of a local Youth Club in the early part of the year.
24th January 2008
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