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The latest news, opportunities and announcements covering the Clapham area, including Clapham Town, Clapham Common, Thornton and Ferndale wards.

Smiling adult in blue and serious-faced liittle girl in pink waith hair ribbons both liie in the sun with their chins in their hands

Could you be a Lambeth super parent? Find out this fortnight

Giving a child a loving, safe and secure home as a foster carer, helping them thrive and improving their chances in life, is amazing and rewarding. Could you be...

Four piles of jumbo-sized teapots, cups, saucers etc in shades of blue, grey, white & brown over the front door to Clapham hop 'North Street Potters'

North Street Potters – a handcrafted Lambeth tradition

North Street Potters opened on Mayday 1978 as a women’s collective and still operates as a collective business selling fair-priced plates to celebrity chefs (and anyone else). They also...

women volunteers in yellow hi-vis tops with water for the walkers on breast cancer charity 'walk the walk's annual 'moonwalk' under a blue sign with bubbles and the word 'water' in white

Support the Moonwalkers

Grant-making Breast Cancer Charity, Walk the Walk is calling on all cowboys and cowgirls to saddle up and join the ride by volunteering at The MoonWalk London

Environmental Officer in rubber 'drysuit' wades into Clapham Common pond with bags of straw to create 'floating islands' that will help rotect fish against attack by herons and other birds

Spring clean for Lambeth parks

New ‘floating islands’ in Clapham Common’s Ponds are part of an environmental strategy to improve the wildlife habitat for plants, fish and the local community.

Bottle Festoon was part of the Lumiere festival in January with huge chandeliers made by local people from recycled plastic bottles and hung in Bernie Spain gardens on the South Bank.

Lumiere light sculptures ‘on tour’ with Clapham Omnibus

Huge chandeliers made by local residents and schools from plastic bottles collected in Lambeth were featured in Bernie Spain Gardens, Southbank during the Lumiere festival. Now you can see...

Active Train - groups of volunteers lead 'active com,muting' with groups of walers or runners on the Stockwell to Waterloo and Clapham Junction to Waterloo routes

Let the Active Train take the strain

Every Wednesday, Active Train groups walk, run or cycle along major train or underground routes to encourage people to turn their commute into a fitness workout.

Colour Your Common

Creating Clapham Common’s new haven for beauty and biodiversity will take money and muscle. Here’s how we can all help.

Women with linked arms and black bras decorated with gold stand outside the pink 'Moonwalk' breast cancer charity walk base tent on Clapham Common

Sign up to walk the walk for breast cancer

This year’s Moonwalk for breast cancer will start and end on Clapham Common with thousands of walkers dressed as cowgirls (and cowboys).

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