Grove Adventure Playground’s new role as food distribution centre.
https://youtu.be/7Es-IsDjJnw
The coronavirus crisis may have forced Grove Adventure Playground to close its doors to physical play but volunteers are rolling their sleeves up to...
Great Black Britons competition
Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives are backing a national competition launched by the 100 Great Black Britons campaign and supported by Britain’s biggest teachers’ organisation,...
Keep Papa’s Gates Open!
Papa’s Park is an open access playground in the heart of Brixton, that has seen many generations of local children pass through its gates....
Growing for your community
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Transition Town Brixton’s vision for a better future
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Performance: Black men and the lockdown
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The Black...
Brixton Windmill’s sails keep turning
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Keeping the voluntary sector going during lockdown
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Furloughed foodies aid NHS frontline
Volunteers who are on furlough or have lost their jobs because of coronavirus have been delivering healthy and delicious meals to NHS staff across...
Nour protesters crash Hondo boss’s Zoom DJ set
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MP delivers donated laptops to Brixton school
Local MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy delivered the first round of laptops and tablets from her technology donation drive to Jubilee Primary School next to the...
Tulse Hill partners launch digital connection appeal
A Tulse Hill partnership has launched a Crowdfunder appeal to help local people get and stay digitally connected during the pandemic.
Organisers say the move...
New mayor to fundraise for young LGBT+ homeless
Lambeth council last night (22 April) elected the UK’s first openly HIV+ mayor, artist Philip Normal, who has a shop in Brixton Village.
He pledged...
Let the children play and eat – donate
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Olive Morris House demolition starts Monday
People living near Olive Morris House on Brixton Hill, the former council offices, have been invited to online consultations on its demolition after the...
Brixton Advice Centre online
Brixton Advice Centre has launched a free online legal clinic.
Members of the public can fill out an online form with their legal enquiry...
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He’s Buddie lucky
Charlie Metcalfe follows the fate of one that got away – a very lucky young pigeon
Leonid Dementiev was spending a quiet day with his...
Grove Adventure Playground’s new role as food distribution centre.
https://youtu.be/7Es-IsDjJnw
The coronavirus crisis may have forced Grove Adventure Playground to close its doors to physical play but volunteers are rolling their sleeves up to...
Keep Papa’s Gates Open!
Papa’s Park is an open access playground in the heart of Brixton, that has seen many generations of local children pass through its gates....
Brixton people
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