Energy Efficiency

From Lambeth Council:

What’s the best way to save energy at home, and reduce your energy bills? Are you experiencing Fuel Poverty? How does energy saving help the environment?

The Sustainability Team are running a series of free drop in sessions to answer Lambeth residents’ questions around energy at home.

During the session, the Team will discuss Fuel Poverty (where more than 10% of the household budget is spent on energy), provide some top tips on how to have a more comfortable, energy efficient home, and cut energy bills while helping the environment.

Cycling news

From Lambeth Council:

Free cycle training

Got a resolution to get more fit and healthy this year? Cycling to work is a great way to improve your fitness, reduce your emissions and save money on travel. As if that's not enough of a reason to give it a go, we also offer FREE cycle training to anyone who works, studies or lives in Lambeth. The instructor will come to you and even show you a good route for your favourite journey. It's a great way to improve your confidence on the road with a session tailored to you.

West Norwood Free Film Festival: volunteer

The volunteer-run West Norwood Free Film Festival (WNFFF) is gearing up for a fourth festival in spring 2020. They are looking for extra volunteers to organise and assist. As before, the films will be screened across West Norwood and all are completely free to enter. No experience is necessary to volunteer.

Thinking of joining a choir?

New members are sought by the Lambeth Ladies Choir, which meets for rehearsals at Chatsworth Baptist Church Hall, Chatsworth Way, West Norwood, SE27 9HN every Friday afternoon. Spring term starts tomorrow Friday 10 January.

MYcommunity directory

Age UK has set up a directory to look for information, help, care and support in Lambeth. Everything from practical services, like advice on benefits and finding help at home to community services like social activites and help with health and wellbeing.

Meetings for local organisations

There are a number of meetings over the coming weeks that will be of interest to members of local Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations and local people.

Project Smith Community Connectors Training Course

Recruitment is underway for the next series of Community Connector training sessions. The following information has been provided by the organisers:

Book Refuge: books for the homeless

A resident of Lambeth has been named one of the ‘Top 100 Changemakers of 2020’ by the Big Issue for her role in making literature more accessible to those who have been made homeless. Through her project Book Refuge, more than 30 homeless services have received books to start their own mini-libraries, with many of these located in the Lambeth area.

Celebrating 100 years of Free Public Libraries: Learning

Throughout 2020 Lambeth Libraries is celebrating the UNESCO Public Libraries Manifesto. The Manifesto is based on a number of key principles which underline the vision it sets out for public libraries.

Improve your health

As a follow up to our earlier story about services available in Lambeth to help you work to improve your health, the following services are available locally:

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