Youth workshops with South London Theatre

Holiday workshops for 7 to 9 year olds and a season of Friday drama classes for 16 - 18 year olds.

Getting ready for Covid-safe elections on 6 May

Elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly elections will go ahead as planned on 6 May. Lambeth is working to ensure polling stations will be COVID-19-secure places to vote; read more here on the love.lambeth.gov.uk website. Don't forget everyone can apply to vote by post instead of attending a polling station; to vote you must firstly be registered:

Leisure centres in Lambeth re-open

On Monday Lambeth's leisure centres re-opened their doors to welcome everyone back. Gyms, swimming pools and some indoor activities including Squash and Badminton courts which need to be booked have restarted.

Community TechAid need your help!

In order to continue their work, Community TechAid are in desperate need of digital devices, so if you have an old computer gathering dust or a tablet or mobile phone that you no longer use, please donate it today. Simply fill in this online donation form: https://app.techaid.ju.ma/donate-device and they can arrange a drop off or collection.

Volunteering opportunities this week

This week:

Soul Shack LDN CIC - food pick up: URGENT
Age UK – phone friends
Get Set UK – mental health first aiders

Covid-19: vaccine now available for over 45s

Book your Covid-19 vaccination now if any of the following apply:

Support our local shops!

Its been great to see the hustle and bustle returning to our high street and town centres as "non-essential businesses" reopen this week in full or with outside space.

Lambeth Horticultural Society: Spring Show -vote now!

The spring show this year is a slightly smaller online version compared to the usual physical one but should still be an opportunity for fun! The classes are as follows:

40th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising in 1981

This past weekend marked the 40^th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising in 1981, which was a critical moment in the history of our borough. There is a community-led programme of events and activity to commemorate the occasion and to explore the themes of social and racial justice and community engagement with the police that it provoked.

Covid-19 surge testing across Lambeth: South African variant

From Lambeth Council: 12 April 2021
'Everyone over the age of 11 who lives or works in Lambeth is being asked to take a PCR Covid-19 test after new cases of the variant first identified in South Africa were found in the borough.

The additional testing being introduced will help quickly identify any further cases and help limit any potential spread. Eight additional testing sites have opened across Lambeth from today and people are encouraged to get a test as soon as possible, even if they have no symptoms.

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