What is the ‘Who’?
The who refers is about the communities we want to work with + activate. There are lots of renters in the borough! If we want to win against landlords, the council and the government, we need to show that we’re uniting a wide range of different renters. That means being intentional about who we’re trying to reach.
Some examples include: the brazilian/ portuguese speaking community, people in blocks, people in temporary accom, food banks, students, congolese community, nhs workers, mosques, churches etc
The who in Lewisham: we narrowed down 5 groups/ communities that we thought would be a good start for our ‘Who’:
- Portuguese + brazilian community - large in Lewisham, especially catford and many Milford towers resident know people in it or are part of it themselves
- Community centres: a great place to meet people from all areas of the community in one space
- Blocks/ social housing like milford towers, eros house, rosendale: a lot of people live in blocks so there’s many people we can reach in one area. Aswell as milford towers residents know people on other block
- Disabled Community in deptford called hot + soul: similar to community centres, it’s a space to meets disabled renters across the borough who can organise against inaccessible housing
Food Banks: a needed space in the community people already use for support. People accessing food banks may also be faci