As we all know house prices are putting home ownership out of reach of most people and by the end of 2021 it is predicted that almost one in four households will be renting privately. Nowhere is this more acute than in London.
Planning has begun for this year's free film festival in West Norwood. You can get involved via the WNFFF facebook page. We're looking forward to it!
Barnado's are looking for people that have a spare room and time to support a young person to become hosts – and provide lodgings for a vulnerable care leaver at a crucial time in their life. We know that a supportive and stable home environment can make a huge difference to their chances of moving on successfully and we offer training, ongoing support and weekly payments to our hosts.
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All at Volcano Café, 40 Martell Rd, London SE21 8EN:
Wednesday 10 January 2018 12noon-1pm
Wednesday 17 January 2018 12noon-1pm
Tuesday 23 January 2018 11am-12noon
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The pandemic situation has changed significantly since we first starting building this community resource focussing on verified Support and Advice. Now with lockdown over and services being scaled back, welcome to our refreshed One Stop Shop.
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West Norwood Cemetery is one location for BBC One's pre-apocalyptic crime drama “Hard Sun” which starts on Saturday 7 January.
South London Theatre hopes to return to West Norwood in the spring of 2018. Hard hat tours of the Old Fire Station are to be organised shortly as the conversion works enter the final six months. Keep an eye on their website.
In November, Strictly Come Dancing featured a short video of Aston Merrygold and his professional partner Janette Manrara practicing their paso doble at West Norwood Cemetery. Aston Merrygold is a singer-songwriter (remember JLS?), dancer and TV personality. The opportunity to practice in the Cemetery clearly inspired the couple as they ended the evening in second place. The choice of Cemetery was most appropriate as Eric Morley, creator of the precursor of Strictly – “Come Dancing”, is buried there.
Did you make comments last November on the Boundary Commission proposals to split West Norwood into two constituencies? If you felt this was an absurd idea, the published latest proposals show your views have not been adopted, and the Commission cannot even be bothered to let you know.
The Boundary Commission is still proposing to split up the Norwood wards into two separate parliamentary constituencies giving us two different MPs, though the detail has changed: