Wandsworth Resident Conference 15th October 2025

On 15th October 2025, Kambala RA attended the Wandsworth Residents Conference at the Civic Suite, organised by Wandsworth Council. We caught up and networked with Senia Dedic (Falcon Estate RA) and Hadas Hagos (Doddington & Rollo RA, Community Housing Champion).

Highlights:
The event was well organised, with a wide range of local service stalls. We particularly enjoyed the community garden workshop, which inspired us to create a Wandsworth Community Gardens WhatsApp group (QR code to follow). The Kambala Committee is also keen to develop garden projects, especially as one of our members has a degree in agriculture.
We also attended a workshop on developing estate clubrooms and discussed reopening the Kambala Clubroom with Tom Crawley (Head of Residents & Estate Services). We hope to see this valuable community space back in use soon.
Residents were treated to lunch from Octagreen, plus a Wandsworth T-shirt and £10 Sainsbury’s voucher.

Concerns:
Some residents felt the council’s tone was overly self-congratulatory, especially given ongoing repair delays and poor follow-up experienced by many residents we talked to. From Kambala’s side, we are still waiting for updates from our April 2025 estate walkabout with the Waste Management Team regarding trial recycling bins. Despite repeated invitations to meetings, there has been no response — this lack of follow-up is unacceptable.

In conclusion:
The conference was well organised, positive overall and a great opportunity to connect, but the council must ensure real action follows these events.

For Kambala we would like the Waste management team to attend our meeting and at least have the decency to reply to our emails.