PEACH has been approached by several members of the community about having difficulty accessing Health Services in Custom House with a particular focus on the Freemasons Road GP surgery, this is what our health group has been doing. A group … Continued
Our Workers’ Co-op, Custom Clean is looking for members, so if you want to be your own boss, learn new skills and meet new people, get in touch for more information. Custom Clean is a Cleaning Business based in Custom … Continued
PEACH and Rosetta Primary School have teamed up to introduce a course of workshops for parents with children at the school. Parents are looking at what the children are taught in each year, and which methods they are being taught … Continued
Last year 11 young people took part in a 3 week Summer Program run by PEACH and Shipman Youth Centre. Xpand focuses on life skills, social justice issues and leadership development. All young people who attended felt that it had … Continued
A group of young people from Shipman Youth Zone attended a Stop and Search event in parliament and sat on a panel of people put together by Stopwatch, an organisation involved in scrutinising Stop and Search powers. Bradley and Leon … Continued
PEACH has been approached by several members of the community about having difficulty accessing Health Services in Custom House, especially at local doctors’ surgeries. At the moment we are gathering information, so please get in contact if you would like … Continued
PEACH parents group at St Joachim’s school have been working hard with Literacy lead Miss Pape and Head teacher Mr Allen to get the Parents’ Literacy class up and running. The class is off to a good start this year, … Continued
A message from Jim Blewitt, founding member and Chair of the Co-op. Custom House was once home to the largest inland docks in the world, The Royal Docks.The docks and their associated industries were the major employers for the people … Continued
On Mon 10th Dec, 100 people gathered from PEACH, Shipman Youth Zone and Royal Docks Community School to hold a memorial for Bob Litambola (an ex Royal Docks student who was murdered in Custom House in 2007. The attenders subsequently held … Continued
A worker co-op is a company owned and democratically controlled by its workers. Only employees can be members of the co-op. They all have an equal vote in decisions about the business. There are no outsiders taking decisions about the … Continued