Rathbone Youth Club, based at the Old Library on Knights Hill, has been successful in getting a grant from the Home Office Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund.  As a result they are recruiting sessional youth workers to be based in West Norwood.

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As some of you may remember at the AGM of the Norwood Forum there was an award given to support an outing to London for the youth club.  About fifteen young people will be taken to London to visit a number of sites including the Tower of London, the Shard and the South Bank.  The outing will be part of Rathbone's Summer programme running from 23 July to 31 August and there will other activities including sports and recreation, youth clubs, art and music, and a sports day with other local youth groups.  Any young personaged from 11 to 19, and up to 25 for young people with additional needs,

The Head of Lambeth Library Services (Susanna Barnes) and West Norwood Library Manager (Maria Kwofie) gave a presentation at the Norwood Forum AGM on progress and the expected opening of the new Library in the late summer 2018. They were naturally cagey about the exact date not wanting to tempt fate but were optimistic and excited about what the future months hold. The flooring is currently being laid, shelving to follow soon after and then the first tranche of books would be ordered.