MOSAICS, landscape designs and even video documentaries a new trust achieved a lot, even before its official launch.

Groundwork Thames Gateway London South has worked with Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley councils and local organisations to implement more than 60 projects over the past year, giving people an active role in improving their communities.

Part of Eltham town centre has been landscaped while mosaics designed by school children brighten up the river-side in Erith and Bexley.

Children in Silwood housing estate, Greenwich, are compiling video footage of their changing environment which is soon to be rebuilt.

The trust's official launch was on October 24.