Tag: Lambeth Council
Plans for 218 flats on Shakespeare Road waste site
A property developer has approached Lambeth council over plans to build 218 flats on the controversial Norris...
Don’t get angry, get positive … get picking
Will Goodchild on lockdown litter pickingPictures by Fiona Freund
Since going back on...
Last call for Blooming Lambeth nominations 2020
Incredible Edible Lambeth and Lambeth council congratulate growers round the borough for their community spirit and creative use of space as the deadline approaches for...
Brixton Chamber Orchestra tours housing estates
The Brixton Chamber Orchestra kicks off a free open-air socially distanced tour of seven Lambeth housing estates...
Food for the hungry, frightened and forgotten – it was a...
Janet Baker ran the Lambeth Emergency Food Distribution Service at Brixton Rec. It began as soon...
More than a march – this year will be different
Reparations Rebellion Groundings 2020 – Moving on Globally
Esther Stanford-Xosei explains the political, historical and social background...
Central Brixton tower plans revised
AG Hondo Pope’s Road BV, the Amsterdam-based company that is seeking to build a 19-storey office block...
Council faces £28m funding gap
Lambeth council says it faces a £28m budget gap that threatens local recovery because central government is...
Brixton Playground – A new vision for Brixton
Brixton BID have published a new vision for Brixton.
In the document, published on 25 June, Brixton BID state that: "Reopening Brixton means reimagining the...
Council drops controversial homeless policy before court challenge
Lambeth council has reversed a controversial policy on housing for homeless people shortly before it was due...
Free Black history project worksheets
South London charity BLAM (Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health) is supporting young people in Lambeth during the pandemic with free interactive worksheets for...
Join in to celebrate Windrush Day
This year there is greater need than ever to commemorate and celebrate the arrival of the Empire Windrush and the people aboard. Those who...
Get out and sing to celebrate Windrush Day
Lambeth residents are invited to join in a borough-wide door-step mass singing of Desmond Dekker and the Aces’ You Can Get It If You...
Blooming Lambeth awards 2020
Call for entries to this year’s Blooming Lambeth celebrate community gardening, growing and food activism. Categories have been slimmed down to 6 and reflect...
Council opens £300,000 fund for virus-hit arts and culture organisations
Lambeth council today (8 June) opened its fund to support the borough’s arts and culture organisations which it described as “crucially important”.
Grants of £10,000...
Council launches lifeline for local businesses
Council leader Jack Hopkins announced new funding of £4.2m to help local businesses most at risk during the coronavirus pandemic during a well-attended webinar...