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Commemorate and celebrate Windrush 75!

Lambeth Council is hosting and publicising a number of events to commemorate and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury Docks on 22 June 1948; see here.

Pension credit awareness week

The Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) has joined forces with charities and broadcasters to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and apply for Pension Credit.

Blooming Lambeth Awards

Each year the Blooming Lambeth Awards highlight and celebrate the incredible food growers in Lambeth. Incredible Edible Lambeth and Lambeth Council have announced the launch of the Blooming Lambeth Awards 2023 – a chance for every grower in the borough to win a cash prize and be recognised for their contribution to making Lambeth a better place to live.

Norwood Road: final carriageway works under the Streetworks programme

We now have some detail of the Council's plan to complete the resurfacing of Norwood Road under the Streetworks programme. The final stretch: Avenue Park Road to the Tulse Hill gyratory will be undertaken overnight from Tuesday 1 August to Thursday 3 August 2023. Also, (and FINALLY!) the anti-skid surface at the Norwood Road/York Hill/ Lancaster Avenue diagonal crossing will be laid over one of these nights.

Thames Water mains works: Norwood Road and Chatsworth Way SE27

Norwood Road
Thames Water are due to repair the longstanding water leak outside B&Q. We reported this leak before the resurfacing works were undertaken in January 2023 but unfortunately the repair could not be prioritised by Thames Water due to all the other urgent winter repairs to broken water mains.   

Lambeth Council consultation on fortnightly non-recyclable waste collections

Update: 22.06.23: Lambeth Council answrs to FAQs - see below.

In order to encourage more recycling for a net zero future, Lambeth Council is proposing fortnightly non-recyclable waste collections from kerbside properties, which are those that put wheelie bins out in the street for collection. Weekly recycling and food waste collections would continue, giving an extra incentive to recycle.

Social Enterprise Business Start-up

Are you a young entrepreneur wanting to set up a business or require business advice? Lambeth Libraries has teamed up with social enterprise organisation Community Spark Change (CSC) to run a business start-up programme under their Block Change programme for young people who are thinking of setting up their own business.

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