Chris Best
Labour Councillor for Sydenham
Contact me
Get in touch
Below you can see the different ways to view my activities - please feel free to join me on my networking sites and keep an eye on what I am doing.
Flickr
Click on my Flickr site to see my photos in different collections with an number of sets in each. I have also signed up to a range of groups including village life in sydenham SE26, Sydenham Arts Festival and Community Education Lewisham.
YouTube
Click on the link below to check out my You Tube videos - there is also Sydenham TV - the Community Television from London SE26.
Click on the above to check out my facebook page and see who you know. There is also a Sydenham SE26 lovers group.
Technically a micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on my profile page and delivered to my subscribers who are known as followers.
There is a web site called CllrTweeps - the site for finding and following the UK's tweeing councillors.
MySpace
What I like about MySpace is that I can add music on profile pages via MySpace Music, which allows bands to post songs.
Delicious
I use Delicious to bookmark items I want to come back to - either to store or share my web bookmarks.
Four ways to contact Chris
- You can email Chris on cllr_chris.best@lewisham.gov.uk
- You can telephone on 020 8659 6445 (you may have to leave a short message on the ansaphone but Chris will get back to you)
- You can write to Cllr Chris Best, Lewisham Town Hall, Catford, London SE6 4RU
- You can speak to Chris face to face at a local advice surgery on a Saturday morning
Ward councillors
Chris is one of three Labour Party members elected to represent Sydenham on the London Borough of Lewisham. Chris works closely with Liam and Marion.
- Cllr Liam Curran - 020 8314 6937 cllr_liam.curran@lewisham.gov.uk
Liam is Chair of the Sustainable Development Select Committee and a member of the Housing Select Committee. Liam is a member of Planning Committee A and the Strategic Planning Committee.
- Cllr Marion Nisbet - 020 8693 7816 cllr_marion.nisbet@lewisham.gov.uk
Marion is Vice Chair of the Safer and Stronger Select Committee and a member of the Children and Young People Select Committee. Marion is a member of Planning Committee C. Marion is deeply involved with the day-to-day life of the community as a trustee for Sydenham Garden and Sydenham International Music Festival.
Marion is a Board member of Lewisham Homes, Forest Hill School and is our rep on the Safer Neighbourhood Team Panel and Sydenham and Forest Hill Youth Forum.
Surgeries
- 1st Saturday of the month from 10.30am - 11.30am at Sydenham Library, 210 Sydenham Road, Sydenham SE26 5SE
- 3rd Saturday of the month from 10.30am – 11.30am at the Naborhood Centre, 44a Sydenham Road, Sydenham, SE26 5QX
- 4th Saturday of the month from 10.30am – 11.30am at the Hillcrest Club Room, High Level Drive, Sydenham, SE26 6XT
Please come along between 10.30 and 11.30 as no appointment is required. Sydenham Library is next to Home Park at the lower end of Sydenham, the Naborhood Centre is at 44a Sydenham Road (next to the Post Office) in the middle of the high street and the Hillcrest Club Room is in High Level Drive off Westwood Hill at the upper part of Sydenham. We will make sure one of us is available to talk through your enquiry.
You can visit the local Labour Party Office at 43 Sunderland Road, Forest Hill - ring first on 020 8699 2001. Jim Dowd MP holds a regular advice surgery on the 2nd Friday of the month from 6.00pm - 7.30pm at the Naborhood Centre.