REDWatch meets at 6 pm
on the first Thursday of the month at the Factory. These monthly meetings focus
on a key challenge or issue facing the local community. REDWatch meetings are
open to everyone, as is membership of the incorporated association that
organises its activities.
REDWatch had another
year of strong action and advocacy. We have successfully been able to take our
monthly meetings online with COVID-19 lockdowns making it not possible to be
meet in person. This has been a difficult time for some of our tenant members
with limited internet access.
The issue areas
REDWatch focused on included:
- Waterloo redevelopment master plan
- Developing a Waterloo human Services plan with Government and NGOs
- Affordable housing and Social housing
- Council
Plans for the Botany Road Corridor - The
South Eveleigh heritage and public space protection - Redfern station southern bridge proposal
- North
Eveleigh Redevelopment
As a group, we
continually look at how to engage with people from across the communities and
who work in government.
We achieve this by
remaining political party neutral and creating opportunities for voices that
are not normally heard, to have centre stage.
List of meetings this year:
- July 2020 – Council and LAHC present on Government plans for Redfern
Build to Rent and Waterloo South Public Housing - August 2020 – Where is the Waterloo Human Services Plan? Session
based on Waterloo Impact Report from Counterpoint. - September 2020 – The Future of Eveleigh (Mirvac South Eveleigh,
Carriageworks and Transport for NSW) - October 2020 – AGM & What is Community Development.
- November 2020
– community networking opportunity - December 2020 – REDWatch end
of year drinks - February 2021
– Transport for NSW Redfern Station and Surrounds - March 2021 – Council planners explain their Waterloo South proposal
- April
22 2021 – REDWatch Workshop on Connectivity around Redfern Station - May 2021-
Cancelled due to Covid - June
2021 – Health Equity – what it is and why it is
important …. and you get a bite to eat at The Factory - July 2021- Presentation on Waterloo South Gateway determination
- August 2021 – City of Sydney presented Botany Road Planning
Proposal - September 2021 – Tenants
Union and tenants on Community Housing Providers (CHPs) - October 2021 – AGM and Blak Douglas on artist Roy Kennedy
REDWatch coordination
group also meet monthly to resource and coordinate our activities. Our office
bearers meet other community groups, local decision-makers, elected officials
and make written submissions and media statements on a diverse range of issues.
REDWatch is a member of
the following ongoing groups:
- Better
Planning Network - Groundswell
Redfern Waterloo - The
Waterloo NAB’s Waterloo Redevelopment Group - Mirvac
South Eveleigh’s
Community Liaison Group - Mirvac
South Eveleigh’s Advisory Panel - The
Waterloo Human Services Collaborative and Co-ordination Groups
REDWatch has a strong
history of providing a place for people from across the community to come
together to discuss the issues, receive information and creating space for
collective actions. As a part of this REDWatch requests Council and Government
bodies dealing with the local community to present to the community and answer
questions in a community-controlled space.
We will build on all this
into the future and we thank everyone for their continued support.
Alice Anderson & Geoff Turnbull (Co-spokespersons)