The Big Lunch 2019 teams announced
The Big Lunch have just announced their team for 2019 who will be leading a two-week community walk taking place across the nation between...
Petition urges Brockwell Lido to lift ban on local swimming club
Well over 1,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Fusion Lifestyle – a charity that runs Brockwell Lido – to lift its...
Extinction Rebellion support rockets in Lambeth
Extinction Rebellion Lambeth report on the explosive growth of the movement locally
Extinction Rebellion is gaining support at an incredible rate in Lambeth. In the wake...
OurSpace are making noise this spring
Community space project ‘OurSpace’ have just launched a crowdfunding campaign to help with the training of 21 local people from Angell Town, Tulse Hill...
Friends of the Earth highlight Brixton energy scheme
While Brixton and Lambeth residents are at the forefront of current Extinction Rebellion activity, the area is also home to practical steps to tackle...
Brixton marks 20th anniversary of nail bombing
Campaigners against hate crime and a representative of the mayor of Lambeth last night joined others on Electric Avenue to mark the 20th anniversary of...
Local activists to the fore in Extinction Rebellion protest
Lambeth and Brixton members of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) campaign took part in the recent protests in London that closed roads and led to...
Help crowdfund for children’s Believe in Tomorrow garden
A Brixton gardener will be presenting her ideas to get more children outdoors at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in July writes Emma...
More anti-fur protests planned for Brixton store
Animal rights activists who demonstrated outside and inside the Flannels store in Pope’s Road Brixton at the weekend are planning more protests there.
Some of...
Brixton’s Windrush Square Veg Invasion
Brixton is braced for a vegetable invasion of Windrush Square and the market on 6 April. A family fun day running from 11am to...
Another Ritzy union rep wins case against sacking
A former Brixton Ritzy cinema worker, sacked for her trade union activities in support of the Living Wage, has won a victory with major...
Brixton kids join worldwide climate campaign
Brixton was today (15 March) part of the worldwide movement of young people demanding immediate and radical action on climate change.
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School pupils, mainly from...
Probe council’s financial affairs, former Labour councillors urge government
Two former Lambeth Labour councillors have called on central government to appoint commissioners to investigate the council’s “failure to conduct its financial affairs in...
Advocacy Academy puts passion into practice
Family and supporters of young graduates of the Advocacy Academy cheered them on in an emotional graduation ceremony in Brixton as each group of...
Brixton foodbank joins universal credit campaign
The Norwood and Brixton Foodbank is giving full backing to a national campaign to reform universal credit.
The controversial change to benefit payments has led...
Shadow chancellor McDonnell in Brixton call for socialist transformation
The Labour Party’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell made a call for the socialist transformation of Britain in a speech in Brixton at the weekend.
He...
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Support Baytree Centre’s Christmas Challenge
The Baytree Centre, a social inclusion charity which supports local women and girls – many from refugee and migrant backgrounds – to develop the resources...
Brixton Soup Kitchen xmas party and fundraiser at PoW
The Brixton Soup Kitchen is holding a special Xmas Party at the Prince of Wales to raise funds and awareness for the Soup Kitchen...
Xmas appeal for Brixton charity
CHIPS, the international Christian peacemaking charity, today launches a Christmas fundraising appeal for its Voices For Change project tackling youth violence in Brixton.
The charity...
LATEST CAMPAIGN NEWS
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...