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Community and Lambeth Council newsletters: March 2024

The Lambeth Libraries latest newsletter includes World Book Day, and two events at West Norwood Library: Zine Club: make a zine with your baby and Math Explorers Launch. Also, West Norwood Picturehouse has a screening of the award-winning documentary film Kimpa Vita: The Mother of the African Revolution produced and directed by Ne Kunda Nlaba who will be present for a Q&A session.

Easter egg campaign

Access Self Storage has launched its Easter egg campaign and is asking our local community to donate Easter Eggs in aid of The Felix Project (a food redistribution charity fighting food waste and hunger in London) and FareShare.

SLBI Our Match Funding Drive

After a costly building project, the South London Botanical Institute has launched a time limited match funding drive for two weeks only.

New support to help people live independently

Lambeth Council has introduced a new ‘Help for Independent Living’ platform for elderly and disabled people to help make everyday life easier and support people to stay comfortably in their own homes for longer.

KINETIKA BLOCO - JUNIOR AND SENIOR SUMMER SCHOOLS

Kineika Bloco, a youth music charity, is holding workshops this summer to introduce young people to their activities: an exuberant mix of young brass and woodwind players, drummers, steel pan and dancers all in costume creating a “unique new British Carnival sound with a decidedly London edge” (BBC Radio 2).

"Soak up Lambeth" - Have your say

In 2024, Lambeth Council is installing over £6 million of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) to help reduce surface water flood risk across the borough. Over the next couple of months, the SuDS team will engage with local residents of some of the schemes to get their opinions.

Advice from NHS about strike action

Junior Doctors are on strike from Saturday 24 – Wednesday 28 February 2024 and the NHS advise that hospitals will be under a lot of pressure again. They advise:

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