Brixton’s Marathon man runs for kidney charity
Brixton local Martin Belzunce ran the London Marathon for Kidney Research UK in an amazing 3:00:20. The race is over but he is still...
Brixton children’s centres receiving multi-million pound upgrades
Work has started on the refurbishment of Loughborough Children’s Centre costing nearly half a million pounds. It is part of Lambeth Early Action Partnership’s...
Local student to walk a marathon for Alzheimer’s Society
Anne Manuel (22) of Herne Hill is taking on the challenge of walking a marathon to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society.
Anne, a London College...
10,000 emergency parcels and 79 tonnes of food in a year from our local...
The Norwood and Brixton foodbank helped local people with 9,929 emergency three-day food parcels in the 12 months to the start of April this...
Support Sylvan Bowls Club stay on the green
The Brockwell Park Sylvan Bowls club is appealing for help to keep the lawns trim and watered throughout the summer, writes Catherine Wiltshire
The club...
School Ground Sounds young artists make and record music from scratch
Brixton based School Ground Sounds has produced an eight-track album working with ten young people who wrote, performed and created the music.
The charity works...
Help Ruskin Park friends celebrate bicentenary
The Friends of Ruskin Park are crowdfunding to raise the money for a programme of events and celebrations this summer in to mark the...
Be a green volunteer
Volunteers are already at work in Brixton’s Slade Gardens after it became one of a handful of local city greening projects to get significant funding...
Brixton Windmill announces activity programme for the year
Brixton Windmill’s programme for the year includes highlights like its Beer and Bread Festival, Art in the Park Harvest Festival and the fourth annual...
Funding will help Myatt’s Fields Park secure its future
The 14-acre, Grade II listed Myatt’s Fields Park has received £77,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and £20,000 from Lambeth council to secure...
Credit without profit
Steve Powdrill meets the provider of a financial service with a difference
Years ago, if someone mentioned “credit unions”, you might be forgiven for envisioning...
Appeal for summer food and play funds
Loughborough Community Centre is appealing for funds for its Summer of Play activities based in Max Roach Park.
The programme of activities for children from...
Care and kindness for the Brixton community
Jessica Dyer spends a Friday night with Brixton’s Street Pastors
If you are out on a Friday night in Brixton you may well encounter the Street Pastors,...
Call for volunteers to bring the magic of reading to Brixton primary school children
This World Book Day (Thursday 7 March) national reading charity, Coram Beanstalk, is issuing a new appeal for volunteers to join its network of trained...
Volunteer at Brixton Windmill
A local charity in Brixton, the Friends of Windmill Gardens, is launching a new recruitment drive for volunteers at the iconic Grade...
Lambeth Street Pastors to celebrate new charity status
Lambeth Street Pastors, the church-based group that brings help and support to people who are the worse for wear for whatever reason in Brixton...
Brixton people
VOLUNTEERING
Mosaic Clubhouse, a place of comfort and encouragement
Despite being part of a global movement Brixton’s Mosaic Clubhouse is unique in England. Ruby Gregory investigates.
Sitting on Effra Road is Mosaic Clubhouse, a...
Grove Adventure Playground appeal for support
Grove Adventure Playground is fundraising to take children on a day trip on the River Thames and a tour of Tower Bridge.
They need your...
Dig this at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
Composting, kitchen gardening and kids’ stories, not to mention a rousing wassail to kick off the new year – they are all happening at...
LATEST CAMPAIGN NEWS
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...