Grow with Ginkgo

Up and coming events

We’re so excited to be getting out and about at more local events this year! There’s nothing we enjoy more than meeting new faces, catching up with familiar ones, and having real conversations about how we can help make finances feel a little less intimidating. Whether it's chatting over a coffee, answering questions, or just being part of the fun, we’re looking forward to connecting with our community and lending a helping hand wherever we can.

Below are just a few of the events we’ll be at over the summer:

June

4th – Internal Knitting – Loneliness Hurts Campaign Reach Out Project Mycenae House

10th – Cuppa and Chat – St Hilda’s Church, Crofton Park – Financial Information and Wills talk

11th - Carers Week – Glass Mill Leisure Centre - “Looking After Yourself While You Look After Others: Join Ginkgo advisers, Daren Wallbank and Rachael Childs as they look at how to protect yourself and your family from a financial and practical perspective, drawing on real-life experiences of caring. There will be a panel discussion and Q&A session for all to join in.

22nd – PARKSfest – Friends of Hornfair Park. Come and say Hello, we’ll be there with flowers, facepainting and financial info! Join us at this fantastic local event, which brings the community together to enjoy everything Hornfair Park has to offer. As part of our commitment to the area, we’re not only a sponsor of PARKSfest, but we’ve also helped fund a beautiful new flowerbed in the park. Working with the Friends of Hornfair Park and Royal Borough of Greenwich, we’ve supported sustainable planting that should be in full bloom by the time the festival rolls around. (Look out for fresh greenery and vibrant, pollinator-friendly plants – they’re due to go in from mid June!)

25th – Drop-in Clinic – Rectory Court Care Home – ‘Organising Your Affairs’ talk  

July

Cinnamon Care Summer Pary – Rectory Court Care

September

5th – Over 55s Coffee Morning – Ageing Well Lewisham, South Lewisham Group Practice

‘Greening the grey’

We love our office. But we don’t love the grey concrete that surrounds it. It’s bad for wildlife, bad for surface water drainage, and makes the area look unloved, which encourages anti-social behaviour.

So we’ve planted a ‘green border’ around our office full of grasses and meadow flowers. We’ve clothed the office wheelie bins in flowers with a green-roof bin store. And we’ve planted scented climbers along the fence that leads to the busy A102.

Along with attracting beneficial insects and other wildlife, we hope our efforts will absorb pollution, aid with surface water run-off and make passers-by smile.

Royal Greenwich Environment Champions

We’ve signed up for Royal Greenwich’s voluntary scheme aimed at inspiring people to take a pride in their environment. Armed with a litter picker and a high-vis jacket, we’ll be picking up rubbish around the office and recycling what we can. If you see us, please say hello!

Driving out anti-social behaviour

The broken window theory assumes that if damage and disrepair are left unfixed, crime increases in that area: people think no-one cares so they can do whatever they like. We want to fix those broken windows! Along with beautifying our streets and clearing litter, we’re active members of our local neighbourhood watch group and have used our office CCTV to help neighbours and the police with evidence of break-ins and car theft.

Community initiatives

Grow with Ginkgo isn’t just about our immediate environment. We’d like to do our bit further afield in Blackheath Standard. So if you’ve seen an unloved street planter or you know of a community gardening scheme that would appreciate some help, we’d love to know about it. Drop us a line at grow@ginkgofinancial.com  

Happy growing…

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