About The South Woodford Society 

The South Woodford Society was formed on 19th January 2015 and now consists of over 600 members working together to make South Woodford an even better place to live, work and visit. 

One of the aims of the Society is to create a Neighbourhood Plan for South Woodford. This is a document that will clearly state what we, as a community, want to see happen in South Woodford.  This could include things such as more affordable housing, protecting our green spaces from development and even improving the variety of businesses on George Lane and our other shopping areas.

In February 2020 we received official designation from Redbridge Local Council as the South Woodford Neighbourhood Forum. For more information, please take a look at the Neighbourhood Plan page.

We are also involved in a number of regreening initiatives, so please have a look at our Community Gardening and Environment pages.

Anybody who lives, works or visits South Woodford can be a member of the Society and it’s free to join; so please make sure you sign up below.

Our officials and committee members are listed below:

Co-Chairs: Pearl Arbenser-Simmonds & Louise Burgess

Vice Chair: Rena Pathak

Secretary: Elaine Atkins

Treasurer: Andy Pike

Other committee members: Alice Bound, Sue Brown, Patricia Darvell and Suzanne Nolan

Constitution and policies

The Society is a public benefit entity (PBE), formed as an unincorporated members’ organisation. You can see our Constitution (updated February 2024) here. Our policies will appear in due course, but do contact us if you require further information in the meantime.

You can also view and/or download the latest Annual Report 2023 and the related AGM minutes.