News from Lambeth Council

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Lambeth is home to one of the youngest populations in London, and the council offers a wide range of services to support them. Here you can read about the latest work being done by Lambeth and our partners to ensure our young people live safe, happy and fulfilled lives.

Cllr Claire Holland, headteacher Robert Coyle and parent Bernie Leyland with children from Corpus Christi in front of their new green screen

Green screen to protect more Lambeth school children

More Lambeth school children are set to be protected from harmful air pollution thanks to the borough’s second ‘green screen’.

Adult and child in white martial arts clothing as part of the programme for Afro-Brazilian Exchange - one of 9 community organisations in Waterloo to benefit from London Eye funding

Community Chest invests in local community

In 2017/18, nine local community groups in Bishops Ward delivered social, environmental, regeneration, and education projects with grants from the Coca Cola London Eye Community Chest grant fund administered...

94 Lambeth athletes win sponsorship through GLL funding

Lambeth athletes win sponsorship for success

The Spring 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia were historic successes, and GLL Sport Foundation (GSF)-supported athletes helped the Foundation’s record medal haul, winning 18 medals between 60 competitors. Now...

New shoots training in horticulture at Vauxhall City Farm

New Shoots rise again at Vauxhall City Farm

New Shoots is a personal development programme based at Vauxhall City Farm which offers unemployed young people opportunities to move on to employment or education and training. Nomination forms...

Mother and daughter identifying insects on a white sheet with the help of a long-hbaired insect expert and an inect identification sheet in white panama hat and white t-shirt as part of a project in Knight's Hill Woods to improve the habitat for local wildlife

Woodland Memories, Heritage and Community with Nature Vibezzz

Local charity Nature Vibezzz is teaching children to build wildlife habitats in the woods as part of the project to bring Knights Hill Wood, West Norwood, back to life...

New scheme to improve children’s start in life

A new approach to working with families in need of help is being trialled in Streatham with the aim of preventing childhood and adolescent problems spiralling out of control.

Children with coloured paper paints etc sit in a circle creating at a free Cool it Art class in Vauxhall

A cool five years of making art accessible

Inspiring art classes for kids and inclusive creativity for adults are just two of the things Cool it Art have shared with the community. Their fifth birthday is a...

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...

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