Month: December 2025

 Street Trees for Living, which partners the Lee Manor Society to plant trees in the area, is looking for a Community Engagement Coordinator to help them build their presence in Lewisham.

The organisation says “The Coordinator will manage our volunteer programmes, including recruitment, retention and bringing new ideas for engagement. Responsibilities include promoting and supporting our tree planting initiatives, as well as identifying new opportunities for community involvement.”

Street Trees for Living is a community tree-planting charity rooted in Lewisham. It works with local residents, schools and community groups to plan, plant and care for trees in urban neighbourhoods.

In recent months the organisation arranged the planting of 15 trees in Southbrook Road on behalf of the Lee Manor Society.

If you are interested in the role you can download the job pack here.

Lee residents will be pleased to note that the new Morrisons Daily on Burnt Ash Road has fixed its naming problem, Ten days after its grand opening when it was “proud to serve the community of Lee Garden” the window poster has now been changed to Lee Green. Morrisons apologised for the mistake.

Meanwhile Lee Manor Society is in talks with London Square about how they propose to consult residents on the new name for the Leegate development. After initially calling it Blackheath Gate, London Square backed down and now says it will listen to local ideas before deciding on the name.

Morrisons has apologised for the name blunder at their new Morrisons Daily store in Burnt Ash Road. On the day it opened a large poster was displayed in the window saying “Proud to serve the community of Lee Garden.” The poster is still there, but Morrisons are working on getting it changed.

The company has sent the Lee Manor Society a statement, saying “We’d like to apologise to the residents of  Lee Green for this error and are on the case with resolving it.”

It’s still not quite clear how the supermarket firm could have got it so wrong. One possibility is they confused us with a number of Chinese restaurants across the capital and the South East which are called Lee Garden.

Several houses in Lee have brightened up the area with some fantastic Christmas lighting displays. Below are a few – but if you know of any which we have missed, please send a picture to Leemanorsociety@gmail.com