Local initiative Re:Sole steps into Brixton Village
South London charity Re:Sole's new permanent space in Brixton Village is set to open next month, following last year’s successful donation drive with fellow...
Vacancies for pigs and volunteers
Vauxhall City Farm is one of scores of local charities heading into the unknown of a third lockdown. Simone Richardson finds out how CEO Monica...
Brixton Village fundraiser ‘great end to a difficult year’
Brixton Village charities Compliments of the House and Re:Sole completed their fundraising fortnight with 150 trainers and enough food to feed 20 vulnerable local...
Can you help the vulnerable this Christmas?
Brixton’s Mosaic Clubhouse is fundraising to support its vulnerable members through a difficult winter.
The pandemic and cold winter months mean calls to Mosaic not...
Charity grants focus on pandemic
Thrale, the South London charity, has opened its 2020 grant programme, which will focus on grants to organisations helping with the impact of Covid.
The...
Libraries open for gift donations as council plays Santa for Covid-hit families
All Lambeth libraries are open until 19 December for donations of toys and books for local children who might otherwise not get a Christmas...
Brockwell Park Greenhouses rev up for new year
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses welcomes visitors and new volunteers throughout the year. To book an online talk or workshop register here on the website.
During the...
Ebony’s Splash is inspirational animal of the year
Splash, a 10-yearold cob who has been at Brixton’s Ebony Horse Club for five years, is Inspirational Animal of the Year in the Daily...
Brixton Village charities launch donation drive
The charity Re:Sole is part of a Brixton Village donation drive due to start next week.
Re:Sole, which recycles shoes for the homeless, is partnering...
Opportunities for young people with Code7
Local charity Code 7 has two opportunities for young people from Lambeth to participate in a 24-week programme to progress their personal development, leadership,...
Urban Food awards for local providers
Myatt’s Fields Park, a 14-acre, Grade II listed community-run park between Brixton and Camberwell, has won a community market award for its vegetable growing...
Brixton’s Clink extends delivery service
Brixton prison’s Clink training restaurant delivery service has launched its winter menu with an extended delivery area and is now partnering a community fridge...
Young fundraisers exceed all expectations
Fifteen South London children with Down’s Syndrome have beaten all expectations in an epic fundraising challenge.
Their #DSLwalk300 Land’s End to Peckham fundraiser is now just...
Getting involved in Brixton’s history
Ruby Gregory meets a young volunteer helping to preserve Brixton’s community history
Brixton Windmill volunteer Abigail Holsborough features in the latest episode of a food...
Make a difference – be a mentor
Supporting vulnerable young women is the goal of a local charity seeking more volunteers to help with a workload increased by the pandemic. Ruby...
We Rise collaborate with ITV on Gen Z youth takeover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6w68jQ2YOE&ab_channel=WeRiseBrixton
ITV Win asked local Brixton-based charity We Rise to recruit eight BME young people aged 16-20 to work with their production team to create...
LATEST CAMPAIGN NEWS
First Black women in the boardroom initiative
A scholarship programme to increase the number of Black women in top roles in British companies and society opens today (1 March).
Lambeth equality commissioner...
Architect launches campaign to save Brixton’s International House
The celebrated architect Kate Macintosh has launched a petition to save International House from demolition.
The former council office building was designed by her life...
Brixton campaigner wins historic pledge on Black history teaching
The founder of a South London project to advance Black learning and wellbeing has won a commitment from the London Assembly to support the...
VOLUNTEERING
Putting food at the heart of our community
A new surplus food co-ordination and distribution service commissioned by Lambeth council and run by Healthy Living Platform started work this month
As soon as...
‘If Black Lives Matter to you, donate blood’
South Londoner Brenda Smith has donated blood for sickle cell patients for more than half of her life. For her 40th donation, she hopes...
Brixton charity urges action over Covid crisis for Latin Americans
A Brixton-based charity reveals today (4 February) that half of Latin Americans in London are out of work as a result of the pandemic...
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