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Lambeth Council is providing capital funding of some £275k for three town centre improvement projects in West Norwood:

Go to the next Lambeth Together Public Forum next Thursday (21 March 2024) from 1pm to 2pm at Lambeth Town Hall or online. Join to share ideas and influence the way local services are run. Whether you’re studying, working or living in Lambeth, your voice matters.

There has been much concern over the considerable traffic delays along the main A23 through Streatham town centre, and the resultant extensive delays to bus journeys. Much commentary in recent weeks has blamed the implementation of the Streatham Wells LTN in October 2023.

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.

We have received notification from Lambeth Council of two sets of overnight highway works which will necessitate road closures:

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

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.

Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square is running free workshops for families and young people to try out a range of orchestral instruments in a fun, inclusive setting.

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).