was set up as a forum for organisers of LETS in London in September
1993. Following a year's planning through a steering group chaired
by John Jopling, LETSlink London became a Company Limited by Guarantee
with Charitable Aims on 19th August 1997 but in due course we reverted
to being a Trust.
We consider ourselves to be part of the LETSlink UK network, and
our priority is to hold contact details of local schemes operating
in the greater London area and support them at the very least by
acting as a network for information. We launched the London-wide
LETS scheme which local groups can join on behalf of their members,
but is also open to individuals. We need committed help to get this
off the ground - if you are interested please get in touch.
LLL ran the first LETS Co-operate Conference on
23rd November 2002 and the second one took place on Saturday
16th October 2004 to coincide
with the third European Social Forum 14-17th October 2004, which
brought many visitors to London and inspired the founding of the
European Creative Forum.
As part of our outreach effort, we continued to be involved with
such pan-London organisations as the London
Social Forum, London 21,
London Civic Forum,
London Voluntary Services
Council, London Advice Services
Alliance, Co-operatives
UK, Social Enterprise
London, The Network
Project - list to be updated.
- and last but not least the London
Global Table - which used to be held on Wednesdays from about
12 noon at Friends House Euston and the School of Economic science,
but its activities are now covered by Rev Peter Challen, whose regular
postings are recorded in the CCMJ website - www.ccmj.org.