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West Norwood Cemetery

West Norwood Cemetery is a very important place of exercise and contemplation for local people, especially so during the Covid-19 lockdowns, as well as a place of burial, cremation, bereavement and reflection. Major works will be happening in the Cemetery over the coming months and years, as the Heritage Lottery Funding project works and other capital works start on the ground. Users will inevitably experience some disruption, and we will write further on this shortly when we have some further information from the Council.

Volunteering opportunities this week

Opportunities this week:

  • Westbury Chemist Streatham - Covid Vaccination Marshals
  • Get Set UK - Mental Health First Aiders
  • Pegasus Digital Community Choir
  • Age UK Phone Friends

Plans to transform Streatham Hill for walking and cycling

Transport for London is to start detailed design work on permanent measures to make Streatham Hill roads much safer and less intimidating for people walking and cycling, following a public consultation that showed strong support for plans for the area.

High Trees online adult education courses

High Trees Community Development Trust has a forthcoming series of online courses open to all 19+ Lambeth residents. There's a great range of subjects including functional skills ICT, English and Maths, ESOL classes, vocational courses, family learning, art and wellbeing and community organising courses.

Digital Skills short courses

Clear Community Web is running two free online digital skills eight week courses; each will run twice, starting in both February and April 2021. The classes are run on the basis of working through problems together as a group:

Winter gritting and snow clearance

Following Sunday's snow we have taken a look at Lambeth’s winter gritting and snow clearance service which runs from 1 November to 31 March. During this period  Lambeth is on standby to try and keep our roads and streets clear of snow and ice.

Kingswood House: survey on future use

Kingswood House is just over the borough boundary in Southwark a short walk from Gipsy Hill town centre. Southwark Council is conducting a survey on its future use. The Council suggests the building has the potential to host a broader mix of uses including workspaces and other activities such as business spaces to generate income to help support the running costs of the House.

Lambeth Council customer service standards

We have just noticed that Lambeth council is running a survey on revising its customer service standards as part of the preparation for the return from lockdown. The survey ends tomorrow Wednesday 27 January 2021.

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