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Volunteering opportunities this week

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):

Power of Festival: Photography Competition

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.

The Empowering Women Fund

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:

Empty, Rinse, Recycle, Repeat

Did you know that 30% of the wrong items in Lambeth’s recycling is food, or food and drink packaging that has not been emptied or cleaned?

West Norwood: Lambeth council responds to serious incident

On Sunday afternoon 25 April two teenage girls, aged 16- and 17-years-old, suffered stab injuries during a violent incident at Norwood Road, West Norwood. The younger victim’s condition has been assessed as serious but stable, while the second victim’s injuries are not life-threatening. By Monday afternoon the Metropolitan police had made three arrests in relation to the incident.

NHS – Brixton pop-up covid vaccination clinic

The NHS in Lambeth will be running a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Brixton Library this Sunday 25 April from 12noon - 5pm. For anyone aged 45 or over and people aged 30-44 in an "at risk" group. If you do not have a GP, you can register on the day. All information in this flyer:

On Hand – community referrals

On Hand is a digital platform of local volunteers who specialise in supporting local residents who need general support due to health, ability or isolation reasons.

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