Since carrying out the community consultation for the SLG and Fire Station development in January to April this year I have been keen to set up a Community Forum for the gallery to continue the conversations. A few weeks ago the first meeting of the Community Forum took place with a great turn out of 18 invited people representing various aspects of the local community such as businesses, the working fire station, schools, residents, artists, Camberwell College of Arts, Southwark Pensioners Centre, and also people interested in the heritage of Peckham and Camberwell. Forum meetings will take place three times a year with the Forum members also invited to exhibition previews at the SLG across each year, as well as the opening of the Fire Station Annexe in 2018.