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Principles met

  • Enterprise and social economy

    We will promote community-based approaches to economic development that focus on supporting the creation of jobs, social enterprises and other businesses and providing an environment for co-operative and mutual enterprises to thrive.

  • Learning

    We will capture and ‘expand’ the experience and learning from individual projects and approaches in order to encourage broader application of co-operative principles within individual member Councils and across the Network.

What is the GCDA?

The Greenwich Community Development Agency (GCDA) is a charitable co-operative, originally established as an enterprise agency in 1982. The GCDA has since moved into delivering projects relating to food and poverty. With the aim of “supporting communities to be healthy and sustainable”, the GCDA focuses on areas relating to food, health, and enterprise.

In 2007, GCDA became an accredited OCN training provider, delivering training on sustainable food to participants across London. Between 2007-2009, the GCDA provided this training to over 5,000 people. GCDA also runs cafes and community hubs on a contractual/subsidised basis and provides specialist catering and food business support across England.

Current projects include:

  • Good Food in Greenwich – a network of local stakeholders interested in creating sustainable and healthy food systems, responsible for leading Greenwich’s 2016 SFC application
  • Made in Greenwich – shop stocking locally made and exclusive goods
  • Adult education courses –includes culinary skills, and business start-up courses
  • A Taste of Health – free cookery courses
  • Weekly fruit and veg stalls at Children’s Centres and the community centre

 

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