Synopsis

In the wake of the abolition of the Metropolitan Authorities, Beyond Our Ken stands as a lively record of how people in inner-city London used GLC resources to improve the quality of their lives, and of how GLC policies on issues such as racism, sexism and employment began to be worked out on the ground. In the tape we see a wide range of community groups and organisations in Lewisham and Greenwich, who explain how they have been supported by the funding and policy stands taken by the GLC under the recent Labour administration. It was broadcast by Channel 4 in the People to People strand.

The Groups featured were:

01.45 - Age Concern Lewisham, Skills Centre

05.20 - Stopover House - young homeless resettlement

09.32 - Downham Estate Tenants Association - demo at Parliament

12.31 - Silwood Tenants Association

16.44 - Lewisham Mobile Creche Project

21.42 - Black Parents Education Group - Saturday School

24.29 - Irish Weekend Organising Group

28.34 - Greenwich Dial-a ride

30.08 - Charlton Skills Centre

35.56 - Greenwich Lesbian & Gay Rights Group

38.50 - Lewisham Police Monitoring Group

41.37 - Blackwall Products - recycling co-op

44.47 - Lewisham Academy of Music