Lambeth Council’s new strategy for tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) has been formally adopted by Cabinet. Work will now start with the council’s partners on an action plan to support work over the next six-years.
Lambetrh Council is encouraging people from Black communities to give blood in support of the Bonded by Blood: A Mother’s Story campaign and help the 15,000 people in the UK living with Sickle Cell.
Those eligible for the free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster jab are being urged to book their appointments as soon as possible in a new NHS film campaign (see below) aiming to help give peole the best possible protection this winter. The campaign is launched as new research released today suggests that adults in England are severely underestimating the combined threat of COVID-19 and flu this winter.
Station to Station, our local Business Improvement District, will continue to operate for the next five years following the resounding Yes vote in the recent ballot of local businesses.
The next four day training course to become a community connector is comng up. Connectors support local people by signposting them to suitable local statutory and voluntary support and to enhance partnership working between connectors and services.