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Man in wooly hat holding compost bin lid open with one hand while putting cut tree branch in with the other

Get composting! It’s easy and it’s good for the Earth

You can make compost with garden waste and/or with food waste. Even if you don’t have a garden to make (or need) compost, you will still be doing good...

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...

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).

Hubert Grove footbridge

Welcome makeover secured for 100-year-old footbridge

The popular Hubert Grove footbridge, connecting Brixton to Clapham, is set to be repaired and upgraded.

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