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Virgo Fidelis Convent High School to close?

The Roman Catholic voluntary-aided secondary school for girls at the bottom of Crown Dale is set to close. The closure of Virgo Fidelis is being proposed by the school’s Interim Executive Governing Board (IEGB), with the support of the Archdiocese of Southwark and Croydon Council.

Cycling and sustainability news from Lambeth Council

News includes join the online events for Lambeth Clean Air Week, applying for support under the governemnt Green Homes Grant scheme, ‘Don’t Zap the Zip’ campaign to stop the Government taking away free public transport for under-18-year-olds, and the launch of two more low-traffic neighbourhoods (both of which abut our area: Streatham Hill East and Tulse Hill) and 14 school streets.

Read more here.

Volunteering opportunities this week

This week's opportunties for volunteering from Team Lambeth include Project Smith Community Connectors (local people who link others in their local community with activities and organisations that can help improve their quality of life) and Home-Start Lambeth volunteers who provide support, friendship and practical help to families with at least one child under five who are experiencing difficulties.

Read more and apply here.

NHS COVID-19 app

The new NHS COVID-19 app forms a central part of the NHS Test and Trace service - identifying contacts of those who have tested positive for coronavirus. Over 10 million people have downloaded the app so far, 6 million of whom did so on its first day (Thursday 24 September).

Share your views on parks and open spaces in Lambeth

Lambeth Council is carrying out the annual parks user satisfaction survey and would like to know what users think about parks and open spaces in the borough. They are particularly interested to hear your views on what you feel could be improved.  

Can you help find premises for Lambeth TechAid?

An urgent message from Lambeth TechAid
Are you passionate about narrowing the digital divide? Want to provide young people with meaningful work experience and skills? Then please consider helping Lambeth TechAid in our urgent search for premises while we apply for charity status.

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