News from Lambeth Council

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Read about all of the exciting work that we are doing to help our residents to live healthy lifestyles. We provide a wide range of services for people who need extra support, from fostering and adoption, to residential care for the elderly, to sexual health services.

Age UK Lambeth Xmas dinner 2019

Help Age UK make Christmas special for Lambeth’s older people

The festive season can heighten feelings of isolation, especially for older people – so Age UK Lambeth are open on Christmas Day to serve dinner to 40 people and...

Lambeth-led campaign receives LG Comms Excellence Award

London’s “Amazing Things Happen” campaign picked up a bronze award at the prestigious LG Comms award ceremony last month.

run talk run brixton runners & mental health group

Run, Talk, Run for mental and physical health

Run Talk Run is a group that helps people talk about mental health as well as getting together to overcome isolation and exercise.

he first Healthier Choices award holder, Terrie Ann Scott of Home N Away café, receiving her certificate and window sticker from LEAP Director Laura McFarlane and Liza Ctori, Senior Community and Environmental Health Officer, Lambeth.

Home N Away wins first Healthier Choices Award

LEAP worked with families and food providers to agree what ‘healthier choices’ are possible for food providers and what matter to families as criteria for ‘Healthier Choices Awards’. The...

Clapham Family Practice receives first Gold Pride in Practice Awrd

The Clapham Family Practice Strikes Gold

Clapham Family Practice GPs made positive changes to overcoming the health inequalities LGBT people face – and won Lambeth’s first ‘Pride in Practice’ Gold Award.

Man in camo t-shirt holding right index finger up to camera to show how HIV testing needs just a blood sample 'a finger prick is all it takes'

Lambeth supports National HIV Testing Week

Routine HIV testing is a great way to combat misinformation and stigma surrounding HIV. National HIV Testing Week runs until 23 November.

Read Winter’s Lambeth talk

A spirit of collaboration shines above all Lambeth’s projects - from tackling serious youth violence to drafting our new plan for the borough. Together we can create...

Lambeth: Huge fine for illegal knife sale

The national tool hire firm Speedy Asset Services Ltd, part of the Speedy Hire plc Group, has been ordered to pay £50,000 after a 15-year-old girl was sold a...

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