2009-2010: Members of the Association of Waterloo Groups (AWG) at the Annual General Meeting held on 24 March 2009 approved appointments to the Board of Trustees: Jean Chandler; Rob Clifton; Aziz Islam; Ray Puckey; Ron Scott; Rosa Wright. They nominated as representatives to the management committee of the Waterloo Action Centre (WAC): Ken Hamilton; Aziz Islam; Alixander Leese; Tony Mills; Ruth Mitchell; Jenny Stiles.

About the Association of Waterloo Groups (AWG) at Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Road, London SE1 7AA Telephone: 020 7928 9662 E-mail a.w.g@btconnect.com

Beginnings - 1972/1973: Volunteer local residents take on the street stall in Lower Marsh at the corner of Waterloo Road on Saturdays to give information on welfare and tenants' rights - in front of a public library building of the Victorian era that has been closed and remained empty and largely derelict for a decade. The rising community awareness and the formation of tenants' and residents' associations brings community voices into action and the Multi-Service Group is in a process of transformation into an emerging Association of Waterloo Groups (AWG).

Early history - 1973: Permanent location: The emerging AWG, with the help of ward councillors Pam Verden and Peter Lane, gains access to the empty library building on a peppercorn rent from Lambeth Council and with initial funding for urgent repair. Local people are consulted on changes to the building, with local effort and fundraising and public grants contributing to phased renovation and creation of more meeting spaces. The formalised AWG (1974) is recognised by the local authority as a neighbourhood council.

Links - AWG was the founder of the project that became the Waterloo Action Centre , is a founder member of WaCoCo (Waterloo Community Coalition), supported the creation of the Bangladeshi Community Group (BCG) and other local groups, and initiated the current Happy Bus Pass Outings.

Contact via a.w.g@btconnect.com , or telephone 020 7928 9662 (principally between 10am and 3pm or leave message on answering machine).

Association Members and Associates include: Bangladeshi Community Group Blackfriars Settlement Blackfriars TA Briant EstatesTA Canterbury and Stangate TA Chaplin Close TRA Christian Alliance Centre Colombo Sports and Community Centre County Hall Owners and Residents Association (CHORA) Edward Henry Housing Co-op Friends of Archbishop's Park Friends of Jubilee Gardens Gerridge Court RA Greenham Close TA Hatch Row Housing Co-op Lambeth Estate RA (LERA) Lambeth Towers TRA London South West Training Lower Marsh People Matheson and Munro TRA Mulberry Co-op Network Theatre Company New Cut Housing Co-op Octavia Hill RA Out and About Club Palm Housing Co-op Peabody Duchy Street Pearman Street Housing Co-op Redwood Housing Co-op Spreading Vine St John's Church Council St John's Youth Club Stamford/Aquinas/Climsland TA Tanswell Estate RA Waterloo Action Centre Waterloo Church Commissioners TA Waterloo Community Development Group Waterloo Green Trust Waterloo Gingerbread Waterloo Legal Advice Service Waterloo Sports and Football Club Windmill House TRA Young Vic Theatre