High Trees wins grant for language support programme
High Trees Community Development Trust in Tulse Hill has been awarded three-year funding to run a “Strength in Words” programme. The grant from the City...
Charity seeks volunteers to help Brixton pupils with reading
Volunteers in Brixton have been helping primary school children become more confident readers in a support programme by Beanstalk.
The literacy charity recruits volunteers to...
Soup Kitchen lawyers premiere Brixton on Trial
Brixton was yesterday (11 February) the setting for the premiere of a unique new film, an education drama that explains how a criminal trial...
From hoof to loaf – Brixton pupils see the start of wheat’s journey
Pupils from Brixton’s Hill Mead primary school were in Ruskin Park today to see shire horses Nobby and Heath plough another heritage wheat growing...
BIGKID charity raises funds for Christmas presents
South london-based youth charity BIGKID Foundation has been raising funds from the local community to buy Christmas presents for young people in Lambeth who...
Brixton lawyers who turn nobody away
Lawyers in the Soup Kitchen recently made the first ever film to be allowed in the Royal Courts of Justice. The organisation Twanieka Alcindor...
Crowdfunding campaign rises to the challenge
We Rise, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money and support for three-month outreach campaign aimed at providing more meaning work experience to...
Time off for young carers to socialise and get creative
Young carers in Lambeth aged 12 to 18 have been working with multi-arts project Create.
The programme, designed to give them social and creative time...
Girls Friendly Society relaunches in Brixton
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) has recently re-launched its Brixton group for girls and young women at The Edmundsbury Estate Community Centre on Ferndale Road.
The...
New charity helps students with university applications
16 January 2018 may seem a long way off but that is the UCAS deadline for most university applications. Get Accepted is a Brixton-based charity aimed...
Like the Tardis in Brixton – Dr Who companion opens rebuilt school
Brixton–born Pearl Mackie, who plays Doctor Who’s latest and first openly gay main companion, Bill Potts, has officially reopened the rebuilt Lansdowne School, a...
Solar panels for Brixton schools
Repowering London and Brixton Energy are looking for Brixton schools keen to put solar panels on their roofs. They are not-for-profit and the schemes...
Tech training opportunity for 18-24 years olds
Brixton-based youth charity Livity is partnering with tech company Nominet to connect tech savvy 18-24 year olds with local enterprises.
The Nominet Digital Neighbourhood scheme...
Summer activities at Brockwell Park Greenhouses
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses summer events are in full swing, and there's something for everyone. At Sunday Pizzas you can roll the dough and...
Lambeth parents join schools picnic protest
Lambeth parents will join parents, pupils and teachers from all over the country, to stage a mass picnic protest in Parliament Square on Sunday...
Local music charity launches therapy awards scheme
A long-established local charity that brings the benefits of music therapy to vulnerable people around the world has a new awards scheme for its...
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The empowering nature of cooking
Jessica Dyer talks to Migrateful founder Jess Thompson about the empowering nature of cooking and connecting communities through a cultural exchange.
Migrateful is a social...
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.
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The coronavirus crisis may have forced Grove Adventure Playground to close its doors to physical play but volunteers are rolling their sleeves up to...
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LATEST CAMPAIGN NEWS
‘We could be the generation to make the changes’
Simone Richardson found it inspirational to witness Black Lives Matter protesters marching past her home and to interview some who live locally
I live not...
Nour: pressure mounts on landlord
Campaigners have increased pressure on the owners of Brixton’s covered markets over the threatened eviction of the iconic Nour Cash & Carry store in...
Town hall lit for George Floyd
Lambeth town hall in Brixton was lit up in purple tonight (2 June) to mark the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
Lambeth council is...