Windrush Day pioneer relaunches Great Black Britons campaign
The 100 Great Black Britons campaign create by Patrick Vernon OBE – who was also a leader of the campaign for Windrush Day –...
We Rise fundraises to connect youngsters with world of work
We Rise, a Brixton social enterprise, needs your support to raise £12,000 over the next couple of weeks to run its 2020 Youth Connect Programme...
Climate genocide complaint lodged at Brixton police station
Members of Climate Genocide Act Now went to police stations across the country, including Brixton police station, this morning Wednesday 20 November. The group...
Brixton agency launches #KnowOurRights campaign
The Champion Agency, a longstanding Brixton institution, explains why it has launched #KnowOurRights, a campaign to arm people with their stop and search rights....
Union calls off Ritzy boycott but fight for equal pay continues
The long running dispute between Ritzy workers and Cineworld has been suspended says BECTU, the trade union representing cinema workers. The boycott campaign which...
Advocacy Academy students launch this year’s campaigns
The Brixton-based Advocacy Academy is dedicated to preparing young people to bring about social change.
A free academy fellowship gives students the tools, skills and...
Climate strikers rally in Brixton
Melissa Veitch reports on today's climate strike action in Brixton
Hundreds of people rallied in Brixton today (20 September) before joining the Global Climate Strike...
Oscar-winner Mark Rylance to read climate ‘declaration of rebellion’ in Brixton
Mark Rylance at the recent Extinction Rebellion event in Brockwell ParkOscar and BAFTA award-winning actor Mark Rylance will tomorrow (14 September) read a “declaration...
Do you have the bottle? Refill Brixton Launches
A campaign to encourage cafes, bars, restaurants and other businesses to allow people to fill water bottles from their taps launched in Brixton on...
Brixton mothers star in new maternity podcast
Local mum Laura Broderick has launched a podcast with stories from new mothers as they navigate their return to work. All parents interviewed so far...
Rebellion in the park is a family fun affair
Extinction Rebellion Lambeth to stage fun family Uprising festival in Brockwell Park. Steve Tooze reports
Rebellion will take on a family-friendly face as climate activists...
Petition to locate new memorial in Windrush Square
A Memorial to the Windrush Generation announced recently (22 June) by government to be sited at Waterloo is in the wrong place says Cllr...
Help available to host a local Play Street on Car Free Day
Lambeth communities are being urged to organise regular “play streets” by closing their road for a few hours a week or month.
Car Free Day,...
Food organisations to tackle waste at Lambeth Country Show
The Lambeth Food Partnership is working with the Lambeth Country Show team to reduce the amount of food waste going to landfill from the...
Councillor launches petition to site Windrush memorial in Brixton
A senior Lambeth council member has launched a petition opposing plans to site the official Windrush generation memorial at Waterloo.
Councillor Sonia Winifred, cabinet member...
Olive Morris collective says memorial must not be lost
Olive Morris was a community activist in South London who died aged 27 in 1979. In 1986 the Brixton Black Women’s group, of which...
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Brixton coronavirus group set up to support vulnerable residents
Brixton Covid Mutual Aid, a community-based organisation set up less than a week ago, has enlisted 3,000 volunteers to provide aid and assistance to...
Coronavirus, caution and connection – some thoughts from our community
Mental health charity Mosaic Clubhouse says keeping connected is vital for our health – even more so if self-isolating. Physical separation means we have...
“Giving a voice to the voiceless” – Brixton based charity Poetic Unity turns 5!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOC29blaiqY
Poetic Unity a Brixton based charity founded in 2015 by Ryan J. Matthews-Robinson better known as Ragz-CV was set up to give young people...
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Big demand for Windrush compensation scheme
The strong response to a letter from Lambeth council urging residents to claim under the Windrush Compensation Scheme meant supplies of a special form...
Nour petition urges support for its fight to retain a central place in Brixton’s...
Nour Cash & Carry, for many the beating heart of Brixton’s markets, has launched a petition against the notice to quit it has received...
Windrush scandal compensation meeting
Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives (BCA) is organising a public meeting in Lambeth town hall for anyone affected by the Windrush Scandal on Saturday 18...