Covid-19 restrictions update for Lambeth

The Lambeth Public Health team have written with an update on the current COVID-19 restrictions:

New #YouCanAdopt campaign launches in Lambeth

The new #YouCanAdopt campaign launches in Lambeth to debunk the myths on adoption and highlight the number of children looking for a new family. A coalition of National, Regional and Voluntary adoption agencies across the country, supported by the Department for Education (DfE), have joined forces to launch a nationwide recruitment campaign to raise awareness of adoption.

100 Great Black Britons

Every school and library in Lambeth will get a copy of the new book 100 Great Black Britons this year as part of Lambeth Council’s Black History Month programme of education, entertainment and celebration. The book honours the remarkable achievements of key Black British individuals over history.

Food hub: Council tender

Building on the learning from the first phase of COVID-19, Lambeth Council wishes to commission the food voluntary and community sector to improve access to surplus food (and where possible other types of food) to residents in need. The Council is seeking to fund:

Volunteering opportunities this week

This week's opportunties for volunteering from Team Lambeth are for volunteers to help with our local Healthwatch, Stockwell GPs, Lambeth GP Food Co-Op, the AgeUK Christmas Project and the OnHand service. Read more and apply here.

Great North Wood photography competition 2020

London Wildlife Trust are looking for beautiful, inspiring, funny, surprising photos of the Great North Wood. The best thirteen images will be chosen for the Great North Wood 2021 Calendar. The winners will receive a free calendar and the overall winner will get a meal for two at The Great North Wood pub.

Voter Registration

You may have seen one of these cards on your doormat and wondered what this was all about? Lambeth’s Electoral Registration Officer must undertake a canvass of all households in the borough each year to check voter details are correct. 'Canvassers' are out and about knocking on the doors of residents who have not already confirmed their details have changed - and more importantly - confirmed their details remain unchanged. You have to do this every year.

Norwood & Brixton Foodbank

Since April the Norwood & Brixton Foodbank has fed 16,000 people across Lambeth and over 6,000 of those were children. Over 300 people volunteer, and over 170 tonnes of food has been distributed during this period. Have a look at the latest Foodbank video for a behind the scenes view of the Streatham warehouse.

Libraries and Heritage

Further to our earlier story, Lambeth Libraries are hosting a series of (on-line) events through October for Black History Month. The programme can be found at www.lambeth.gov.uk/bhm.

West Norwood Health & Leisure Centre: swimming pool

Due to a leaking roof the swimming pool at the West Norwood Health & Leisure Centre has been closed for over a week. At the time of writing the staff are hoping Lambeth Council would inspect and perhaps repair the damage this week and the swimming pool could reopen next week. We hope the timeline will not be longer than this. On a positive note the gym remains open and has appropriate social distancing measures in place. Lesiure and gym facilities remain open under the government High COVID-19 alert level.

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