Mayor of London and London Assembly elections: Thursday 6 May 2021

The elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly are this coming Thursday 6 May 2021. On polling day (6 May) you can go to your polling station between 7am and 10pm, to vote for the Mayor of London and the Members of the London Assembly. You will be given three ballot papers, and this is all explained here on the London Elects website.

Covid-19 vaccination pop-up clinics

If you are eligible for a COVID vaccination and in the national cohorts one to nine, you can get your first dose of the COVID vaccination from a number of walk-in and pop-up clinics this week. The current list of additional COVID-19 vaccination pop-up clinics in South-East London can be seen here.

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:

Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival Spring to Summer 2021

This year’s Lambeth Libraries Readers and Writers’ Festival runs through May and into June, and includes fiction, biography, culture, competitions, book clubs and events for kids.

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:

Norwood & Brixton Foodbank: urgent donations sought

Norwood & Brixton Foodbank are running very low on some specific items. Can you help by donating at their Streatham base - St Margaret's Church, Barcombe Avenue, SW2 3BH Monday to Friday 9am - 2pm, Saturday 9.30am-11am?

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