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Lambeth Council takes over local test and trace

Lambeth Council has become the first London borough to bring all Covid-19 contact tracing inhouse in a new pilot scheme launched this week. The council has recruited and trained new teams of tracers to work with residents to quickly and effectively track contacts who may have been exposed to the virus. 

10.03.2021 UPDATE - Covid-19 testing for parents of school age children

10.03.2021 updates are highlighted in orange
Did you receive a letter?
The Education team at Lambeth Council wrote to all parents giving them the details of the LFD testing centres, but since then the government has said that LFD devices can be collected from selected test centres.

Windsor Grove Development

The issue has been rumbling along for so long that you may be forgiven if you have given up all hope of seeing off this pernicious development; perhaps that is precisely what the developers are hoping for.

Volunteering opportunities this week

A whole host of volunteering opportunities this week from TeamLambeth, with a special mention for our own West Norwood Feast:

  • West Norwood Feast - various roles
  • Age UK - digital neighbours
  • Covid marshals
  • LoveSexLife – community champions

Lambeth Country Show 2021 to be virtual event

Lambeth Council has anounced that this year's Lambeth Country show will be run on Saturday, 17 July and Sunday, 18 July 2021 as a virtual event due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and uncertainty remaining about when the social distancing and other restrictions needed to stop the spread of the virus will be lifted.

Build your family through fostering

The Lambeth Council Fostering Team will be hosting their next online event on Thursday 4 March to talk you through the process of becoming a foster care, the different types of fostering available, and to provide an open forum for you to ask any questions you may have. As the event falls during LGBT+ fostering and Adoption Week, they’d like to welcome anyone to attend, but especially people from LGBT+ backgrounds who have perhaps never thought about fostering before. Read more here on the Love Lambeth website and Register here.

South London Theatre - courses for young people starting 27 Feb

South London Theatre is running some fantastic online courses for young people. Including - Make a Film, Introduction to Puppetry, Create a Dance Routine, Storytelling and many more. For ages 7 to 18. One-hour workshops are FREE. 4 week courses cost £10 with FREE places for those who need them.
 

Switch off your engines

Lambeth Council is supporting the new ‘Engines Off. Every Stop’ anti-idling advertising campaign to target all London drivers. The campaign runs until 21 March 2021.

Local enhanced Covid-19 testing completed

Door-to-door testing in parts of West Norwood and some streets in Streatham has now been completed after a case of the Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa was detected in the area. The project concluded on Wednesday, 24 February.

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