We have learnt that an application has been submitted for the listing of the Central Hill Estate as an outstanding example of social housing. The estate was designed by the pioneering woman architect, Rosemary Stjernstedt, in the heyday of Ted Hollamby’s tenure as chief architect for Lambeth. The estate would be demolished under Lambeth's regeneration plans.
The Windrush Triathlon Club is back with triathlon and multisport training for people in Lambeth with sessions for six weeks to get ready for June’s Windrush Aquathlon.
Applications are now live to take part in this year’s Virtual Lambeth Country Show. Individuals, organisations and local businesses are being sought to get involved and offer interactive entertainment for the event.
The elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly are this coming Thursday 6 May 2021. On polling day (6 May) you can go to your polling station between 7am and 10pm, to vote for the Mayor of London and the Members of the London Assembly. You will be given three ballot papers, and this is all explained here on the London Elects website.
If you are eligible for a COVID vaccination and in the national cohorts one to nine, you can get your first dose of the COVID vaccination from a number of walk-in and pop-up clinics this week. The current list of additional COVID-19 vaccination pop-up clinics in South-East London can be seen here.
Firstly, some great feedback from Ros, a volunteer at last week's pop up vaccine centre in Brixton: "Inviting people for their vaccination on a sunny afternoon in Brixton and then later helping with crowd control at the library was so much fun and incredibly life affirming. It was a privilege to be allowed to help and I would be so pleased to do it again. I'd recommend it to anyone and will absolutely sign up the very next time I possibly can." This week's volunteering opportunities include joining our committee (and thanks to Team Lambeth for their kind words on our work):
The Power Of Festival, in partnership with leading camera equipment company Nikon and creative street advertising agency Jack, have launched a nationwide competition to find emerging black British photography talent, who capture what the Power Of Black Identity represents to them.
In response to the ongoing impact of Covid-19, the Solace Women’s Aid Empowering Women Fund aims to fill a gap in support for organisations that are supporting women to recover from problems exacerbated by the pandemic. The scheme will provide funding to support small women’s groups and organisations to develop innovative ways of empowering women in their local area and build their capacity. It is divided into two strands and grants can run for up to 12 months:
This year’s Lambeth Libraries Readers and Writers’ Festival runs through May and into June, and includes fiction, biography, culture, competitions, book clubs and events for kids.
