Posts Tagged as ‘Mei-Ling McNamara’

December 4, 2008

Homeless denied shelter by authorities

By Mei-Ling McNamara
Scores of homeless people will be denied shelter this winter in Lewisham, because the local authority has no facilities for them.

November 20, 2008

Rory Peck Awards honour bravery of freelance reporters

 
By Mei-Ling McNamara
Senior figures from television news last week observed two minutes of silence to commemorate more than 100 freelance journalists killed in the line of duty.

November 13, 2008

Veganism on the rise

By Mei-Ling McNamara
It’s official: veganism is the new vegetarianism.  A growing trend that shuns eating animal-sourced products is gaining momentum this month in a national awareness campaign.

November 6, 2008

Charity expands “critical” police-youth scheme

By Mei-Ling McNamara 
A groundbreaking scheme to improve relations between police and young people in Lewisham is being adopted as a model for other boroughs.
The Critical Encounters programme, launched by the Second Wave Centre for Youth Arts in Deptford, was lauded for bridging the divide between youth and Lewisham police officers since it began three [...]