Millbank Community

24/07/2026

Can you spare a couple of hours and help out down the road?

Our Community Warm Meals on Fridays have recently seen a massive increase in popularity, and this valued service needs your support!

Beyond just food, it’s a chance for guests to connect, find community, and access support. We’re seeking volunteers on Fridays to play a key role in creating a welcoming space, helping guests feel seen, respected and cared for.

By volunteering with us, you’ll be helping to make Westminster a healthier, more connected, and more compassionate community.

Read more at https://www.theabbeycentre.org.uk/volunteer/

01/06/2026

Westminster’s leading Millbank TMO (MEMO) gets diceicive residents vote of Confidence in 5 years continuation ballot!

17/05/2026

Millbank TMO Continuation Ballot

Democratic governance and collective responsibility taking are written into TMO’s very DNA. Tenant Management Organisations (TMO) describe what they are delivering not as a utopian fantasy but as a concrete intervention where governments and Housing Associations are failing residents for decades. It is an indisputable fact, functioning TMOs are delivering better services than direct Council Landlord estate management. So what is needed for a functioning TMO?
It’s simple: Residents engagement. Residents need to show an interest in where they live and how supporting estate services are delivered. They need to take “ownership” on needed improvements. TMO’s are by far the best legal structure for residents willing to do so. Handing it all back to the Council is not the solution. You only need to look at the ongoing and previous Major Works programmes, which are the responsibility of the Landlord: you are facing engrained, serious failings. Millions are pocketed by contractors delivering below standards and in some cases not at all. In light of available factual information on the ongoing MEMO ballot, persistent opinionated calls for “Vote No for MEMO” are not only showing a lack of comprehension but in their delivery by breaking into estate blocks, proprietary Notice Boards and placing false information on social media shows antisocial behaviour and lawlessnesd instead of constructive input. Input that is all the time welcome, even if it is just as a critical friend. MEMO may still make mistakes but it’s now performing far above what it used to be. All Key Performance Indicators for MEMO are at the top level. It has become again the best performing Westminster TMO on the Cojncil’s standards. And the management board is determined to deliver further improvements based on a new businessplan to be presented later this year to residents and for their input.

26/03/2026

We tried in 2014 and the then Tory Council leadership slapped the local community in the face. 12 years later under new leadership we got the space back. The former Pimlico Library is again becoming a true community hub. Apart from MCW many other groups are using it right ftom the start and yesterday it was announced that this year’s will join too.
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11/03/2026

It’s become much better. But lately we have small poops left on pavements around Millbank and Marsham Street areas.

11/03/2026

There are more and more protest and charity events taking place in Central London. Consider the impact on people who live along Millbank? Noise from overflying police and media helicopters, rubbish left behind and urine stench clouds filling street and Courtyard corners. Would you want these all regularly where you live?

22/02/2026

Tate Britain Roses 🌹
Some of Tate Britain’s rose bushes - until now gracing the front of the Gallery - are replanted in Ruskin/Rossetti Courtyard. Rewarding MillbankCreativeWorks’ longstanding voluntary sustainability and creative engagement was recognised by giving permission to replant the remaining plants after Tate employees had taken their share. Millbank residents care about continuation and legacy.

With the new Clore Garden project planning application finally approved, the front spaces to the sides of the entrance stairs plus the ugly and largely empty tarmac space - safe for a small taxi space - will be turned into an enhanced green garden with trees and an event greenhouse with community access.

It all fits perfect into ’s proposed idea to create a “Green Lung” from Victoria Tower Gardens, across Millbank neighbourhood, bridging across Vauxhall Bridge Street to the forthcoming Lupus Street project. Organised by volunteering residents The Greener Millbank initiative will be running public workshops proposed to take place at the forthcoming Rampayne Street Community Hub.

31/12/2025

A Thank You
We think it is time that someone says thank you to those Millbank residents who were volunteering their time and skills as MEMO board members in 2025. Thank you Francesco, Oscar, Rimantas and Wilfried taking on the respondibilities and extra work as officers. And acclamation goes also to the other board members, namely Eva, Mark, Kristof and Juan. Taking MEMO out of the mess it was in by 2023 and achieving this in only 2 years is a true stunner. This was only possible with the expertise of Faisal Pirphai and Chris Tabi, both joining the organisation 2 years ago as senior staff members.

25/12/2025

Victorian Christmas History

At the beginning of the Victorian period, the celebration of Christmas was in decline. The Industrial Revolution, in full swing in Dicken’s time, allowed workers little time for the celebration of Christmas.

The Christmas stories of Dickens, particularly his 1843 masterpiece A Christmas Carol, rekindled the joy of Christmas in Britain and America. A Christmas Carol continues to be relevant, sending a message that cuts through the materialistic trappings of the season and gets to the heart and soul of the holidays.

It made a permanent mark on how Christmas is viewed and celebrated in modern times. You could say that every aspect of the festive season – turkeys, mince pies, mistletoe, present giving, and overall merriment – was down to Dickens’ portrayal of Scrooge’s spiritual transformation.

Charles Dickens reminded his readers that a joyful Christmas morning does not require money or wealth, but heart, love, and family. Sometimes incorrectly known as ‘the man who invented Christmas’ Dickens influenced the spirit of Christmas we know and love to celebrate today! Particularly in consideration of renewed hard times many people find themselves in right now. Does that Christmas message resonate into policymaking we trusted into tbe hands of the elected and unelected powers of our land?

25/12/2025

We hope everybody enjoys Christmas in their own best way. Please don’t spoil it for other residents by discarding your tree in the streets or Courtyards. Like every year Westminster City Council has installed a deposit point at Erasmus Street‘s Micro Recycling Center, where you also can recycle small electrical goods, books, clothes, glass bottles and cardboard boxes. However, it is not a space for dumping removed boilers , mattresses and building materials. Millbank residents established a reputation as good recyclers and taking care of their Couryards.
Keep it up for 2026!