Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL): A charge that local authorities place on a new development.
Collaborative Working: Also known as joint or partnership working - covers a variety of ways that two or more organisations can work together.
Constitution: The aims and rules that a group will use. It's a statement of what the group is going to do and how it is going to do it. A constitution should provide the structure for an organisation, describe its purpose, and define the duties and responsibilities of the officers and members.
Infrastructure: The basic systems and services that are needed in order to support the area for example, transport and communication systems, education, healthcare, open spaces and community facilities.
Local Assembly: An open Council led meeting where people from the ward work with local councillors to improve the area.
Match Funding: Funds that are set to be paid in proportion to funds available from other sources.
Mayor and Cabinet: Makes the decisions on strategy, policy, service provision and finance and ensures that the council is run in accordance with the relevant statutory guidance and legislation.
Member: A locally elected Ward Councillor representing the local community.
Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL): A portion of CIL to be spent on local priorities.
Protected Characteristics: There are nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act. Discrimination that happens because of one or more of these characteristics is unlawful under the Act. The characteristics are: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Terms of Reference: Define the purpose and structures of a project, committee, meeting, negotiation, or any similar collection of people who have agreed to work together to accomplish a shared goal.
Ward: An electoral district within the borough represented by two or three councillors. The ward boundaries in Lewisham were changed in 2022.