Congratulations to local artist Mark McLaughlin who was awarded The Peter Kelly Painting Prize by The Royal Society of British Artists for his painting set in Belair Park when the lake flooded and iced over this winter.
An established programme at Community Music called Mind the Music takes referrals of young people who are experiencing mental health challenges, and offers free 121 sessions in music production.
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:
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.
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/
This week:
Book your Covid-19 vaccination now if any of the following apply:
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.