Civic awards, Urban Forestry Launch, digital drop in sessions, fostering, and other events

Getting Involved News

Lambeth Housing Resident Engagement

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Getting Involved News is our new residents newsletter to keep you informed about resident led activities in local communities, engagement events, training & development, and funding opportunities. If you have news you would like to share you can email us at gettinginvolved@lambeth.gov.uk.

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Love Your Mind workshop

Raising awareness of mental health and how to help. This workshop is for residents, volunteers, and local business.

Wednesday 8 November
Brixton Library
11.30am - 2.30pm

Drop-in or to book email juney.muhammad@slam.nhs.uk

Celebrate our trees at Rush Common woodland walk

Come and join Councillor Chowdhury, St Mathews TRA and Lambeth Tree Service to the launch of Lambeth’s Urban Forest Strategy and the Borough wide tree planting programme at Rush Common on Saturday 25 November at 2:30pm.

SMETRA will be marking the beginning of National Tree Week with the completion of the Rush Common Woodland Walk signage, the planting of 2 new trees and Lambeth will also launch the boroughs new Urban Forest Strategy that will see over 5000 trees planted over the next 3 years across many different locations across the borough.

There will be guided walks to help you learn about and appreciate the beautiful trees on Rush Common, along with a spot the leaf activity for children and adults. So come along to celebrate trees, bring your children, parents, friends. Meet your neighbours and let’s have some fun. Dress for the weather and wear green and leafy clothes if you would like. We are all hoping for winter sunshine, however, we will carry on, with umbrellas and wellies, if it rains. The event would be deferred however, if there are high winds, storms, or other extreme weather on the day.

Thanks to SMETRA and Lambeth Council for hosting. We are all grateful for funding received over to improve the environment here to the Mayor of London, London Marathon Community Trust, and the Department of Levelling Up.

Meet opposite Lambeth College, Brixton Hill, SW2 1QS and near the very popular playground.

Lambeth Civic Awards 2024

To recognise all the amazing work done by Lambeth’s voluntary sector during a challenging period, Lambeth Council is re-launching the Lambeth Civic Awards!  

There are 11 categories of awards and we encourage you to nominate as many people or organisations as possible. Nominations are open until 26 November and we will be holding an event ceremony in February to celebrate the winners and finalists. 

Visit our Civic Awards website for more information.

Change The Story - White Ribbon Day conference

What can we do to promote culture change and end Violence Against Women and Girls? What is the role of men and boys in Gender-Based Violence? How can we work together to change the story?

Hear from expert speakers and see a thought-provoking performance. Share your ideas and network with others. Open to anyone living or working in Lambeth.

Monday 27 November from 1pm to 5pm - Assembly Hall, Lambeth Town Hall

Deronda Estate community hall facelift

Over the summer the garden space at the rear of Deronda Estate community hall received a major facelift. The transformation came about because of a partnership between Lavender Hope and Art4space which is a social enterprise agency based in Clapham.

Art4space specialise in brightening up gardens and community spaces with colourful artworks. They worked their magic at the Deronda Estate community hall over a six-week period.

Lyndsey Fyffe, Manager at Lavender Hope explained "The garden was really in quite a mess and Art4space have brought about major improvements. Residents and visitors have very much enjoyed spending time there during the warm weather"

Become a foster carer

We are seeking foster carers for children from a wide range of backgrounds. Your marital status, religion, disability, or the tenure of your home will not determine if you can foster, but you must:

be over the age of 21
have a spare bedroom
have good spoken and written English
be resident in the UK or have indefinite leave to remain

Please contact the team to find out more fosteringduty@lambeth.gov.uk

Grants and funding

Getting Involved Grants

We have updated and reissued our Getting Involved Grants guidance and invite you to apply online for funding activities on your estate or in your community.

Some of the key changes in the new guidance are:

Grants of £751 to £3,500 will be decided by our GIG Panel made up of residents and officers
Grants of £3,501 and above will be decided by Neighbourhood Working Engagement Coordinators
Grants of £5,000 and above will prompt a procurement process
We will not fund activities outside of the borough

We encourage applications for amounts up to £3,500. Larger grants may take longer to consider and decide. We will consider grants for partial or match funding.

Learning & development

Committee training opportunities

Our training programme for 2023 has commenced for committees and other engagement groups. Training includes chairing meetings, taking minutes, financial record keeping, and applying for funding. Please let us know if there are any other areas that you would like further training in which would benefit your group and help it run more efficiently.

Our recent training, skills for running your meetings, took place on Wednesday 11 October 2023. Angela Miller, the newly elected co-chair of the Palace Road TRA, attended and was very complimentary. She shared the following comments "Thanks for putting this training together. I did appreciate the whole event. It was a great training session, so therapeutic and full of laughter."

The next training sessions for November are:

November sessions is:

29 November - TRA recruitment - 6pm to 7:30pm

If you are a Lambeth Council Housing resident and interested in attending training please email us at gettinginvolved@lambeth.gov.uk or contact your Resident Participation Officer.

Clear Community Web digital drop-in sessions

Clear Community Web is hosting digital drop-in sessions in Lambeth. They can help in with setting up devices or accounts, developing skills, online safety, and much more.

Disability & Technology Advice (DATA) - Wednesdays 10am to 1pm - Akerman Health Centre - 60 Patmos Road SW9 6AF. This session is specifically for disabled residents, neurodiverse adults, and their carers and includes help using assistive technology
Laptops, tablets and mobile phones - Mondays 2pm to 4pm - West Norwood Library - 1 to 5 Norwood High Street SE27 9JX
Laptops, tablets and mobile phones - Thursdays 2pm to 4pm - WLM St Lukes - 25a Wincott Street SE11 4NT
Laptops, tablets and mobile phones - Fridays 10am to 2pm - Upper Norwood Library Hub - 39 Westow Hill SE19 1TQ
Mobile phone boot camp - 10 November & 8 December 2pm to 4pm - Myatts Field Centre - 24 Crawshay Road SW9 6FZ

For more information email info@clearcommunityweb.co.uk

Resident engagement

Resident Assembly

The Resident Assembly is back on 11 November. There are a few places left, but act fast - sign ups close on the afternoon of 6 November 2023.

Join the Lambeth 500

The Lambeth 500 is an consultative group open for any resident who receives services from Lambeth Housing to join. Help shape the future of housing services in the borough if you are willing to provide feedback on service delivery, contribute to improvements, test new initiatives, or review policies and procedures. Membership is flexible – you can participate as much or as little as you want, on one particular issue or on many, and you can leave at any time.

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