We are focused on physically improving the urban environment and the facilities available for residents and employees. We promote the area as a destination for leisure and business, encouraging visitors to contribute to its economic success. We support the community with an enormous range of initiatives, helping residents to contribute to the local agenda and to secure jobs.

What we’re doing for a better South Bank

• Promoting, developing and delivering public realm improvements, for example 500 sq/m of graffiti is removed every month by South Bank Graffiti Removal Service (15,000 tags to date)
• Improving the standard of neighbourhood management for example 500 bags of rubbish are removed a month by the South Bank Clean Team
• Helping to coordinate the area’s security strategy through the South Bank Patrol, recently granted limited police powers through the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme
• Reducing carbon emissions from the area's major businesses and aiding them to adopt more green policies
• Finding long-term solutions to reduce the impact of antisocial street drinking, rough sleeping and entrenchment
• Finding work for over 300 residents in Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth each year
• Facilitating free local training and personal development and helping residents from deprived areas throughout Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth benefit from the success of South Bank
• Promoting South Bank as a top destination for leisure tourism, increasing spend and dwell time with the aim to maintain and grow the 25million visits to the area a year
• Promoting South Bank as the perfect venue for business tourism through South Bank Venues
• Ensuring residents have their say on local developments and projects through the South Bank Forum and community outreach
• Encouraging high quality development in the area
• Contributing to the well-being of residents in Lambeth and Southwark and ensuring that South Bank remains a top destination for people to live, work and visit
• Capitalising on the opportunities presented by the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games