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 Children and families
Southwark maternity care: share your experience in a five-minute survey
We want to hear from you (or your family) if you’ve had a pregnancy in the last five years, to understand how services can better meet your needs. Complete the survey (the short version only takes five minutes) and enter the £50 Love2shop voucher prize draw. The survey is available in 10 different languages.
Goose Green Fair
Goose Green Fair is a wonderful day out for all the family. There'll be bouncy castles, handmade children’s clothing, face painting, delicious food and special performances (and a beer tent for the grown-ups!).
Learn to swim with our fun half-term courses
Introduce your child to swimming or improve their technique whilst having fun in the water. Bookings are now open, please book early.
10% off May half-term activity clubs
Book now for an action-packed holiday club in selected leisure centres. From sports and games to crafts and creative sessions, no two days are the same. Enjoy an early bird 10% discount when you quote FUNFAIR10. Offer ends 5 May.
Whooping cough is spreading – vaccines offer the best protection
It can be particularly serious for pregnant women and young children. Numbers are very high at the moment.
- if you’re pregnant you’re offered a vaccine during pregnancy
- babies, aged eight weeks, can get the 6-in-1 vaccine, including one to prevent whooping cough
- contact your GP if your child missed their 6-in-1 or pre-school booster vaccines
What's on
Camberwell food festival: enjoy a feast of flavours
Enjoy a feast of flavours at Camberwell Green (SE5 7AA) with stalls from amazing local cafés and restaurants. There'll be cooking demos, tastings, delicious dishes, food walks, live music, a farmer's market, and more. 10am to 6pm, 18 May.
Visit some floating gardens near Tower Bridge
As part of the National Garden Scheme, seven floating barge gardens, connected by walkways and bridges, will be open on 19 May. The gardens (in SE1 2AX) have an eclectic range of plants for year-round seasonal interest. Adults £5, children free.
Free: enjoy food, drink, a city farm, a dog show, performances and more at Dulwich Park Fair
Dulwich Park Fair is a free, family-friendly event including performances, a dog show, food and drink, Vauxhall City Farm, Punch and Judy, a Maypole and much more. It's one of many Dulwich Festival events (10 to 19 May).
Tickets are selling fast: Peckham Fringe Festival
The inclusive and dynamic performing arts festival (during May and early June) showcases a line-up of artists and creatives. With groundbreaking emerging writers, moving new musicals, clowning and spoken word, it’s the festival for everyone!
Free: Nunhead Cemetery open day
Enjoy a tour of the cemetery and crypt and watch historic horse-drawn hearses on the main avenue. Children's events include bug-hunting and clay modelling.
Salvage yard in Peckham: unique finds and bargains
Hunt for treasures, rummage for bargains, and refresh your living space with unique finds at a big salvage yard in Peckham on 4 and 5 May: Peckham Salvage Yard, 133 Copeland Road, SE15 3SN. £1.50 entry.
Discover local walks
May is National Walking Month. Here are some great walks in Southwark.
A spectacular view and ancient woodland: Sydenham Hill Wood walk
Walk through ancient woodland and enjoy a spectacular view of London in what BBC Countryfile describes as one of London's most beautiful green spaces.
Film locations walk in Borough and by the Thames
Start in Red Cross Garden, SE1, head towards Tate Modern, passing Shakespeare's Globe, The Golden Hinde, and ending at Tate Modern. You'll see film locations from Bridget Jones's Diary, Harry Potter, Mission Impossible and many others.
Walk the Green Link Walk, starting in Peckham
The new 15-mile walk links almost 40 green spaces and a number of waterways via mostly quiet streets in London. The signposted walk starts in Peckham, ends in Epping Forest, and passes many historical points.
Jobs with us
Duty Support Officer (Adult Social Care)
We are looking for a Duty Support Officer to provide administrative support in our Learning Disability Service (part of Adult Social Care).
Project Support Officer (Highways Team)
Our highways team maintains the roads and pavements, designs schemes to improve them and works with the community to enhance where people live. The Project Support Officer will support all three work areas.
Visit us during Foster Care Fortnight
Have a coffee with us at our Tooley Street office (160 Tooley Street, SE1 2QH) between 11am and 3pm, any day during Foster Care Fortnight (13 to 26 May). We will be ready to answer any questions you have about fostering. We'll also be at Dulwich Park Fair (12 May) and Goose Green Fair (19 May).
Health updates
Get the NHS app: order repeat prescriptions and more
You can order repeat prescriptions, book GP and hospital appointments, see your GP record, and more on the NHS app.
Get your travel vaccines before you go abroad
More people in south London have been diagnosed with travel-related illnesses recently, in particular Hepatitis A and malaria. You can book Hepatitis A, typhoid and tetanus vaccinations, free of charge, through a Southwark GP.
Get protected with a COVID-19 vaccine
Getting your vaccine means your symptoms will be milder and you’ll recover faster if you catch COVID-19. You're eligible if you are 75 years or older, or six to 74 and have a weakened immune system.
Measles cases are high in London: get protected
Measles is serious. Children are at highest risk, but anyone can catch it. In Southwark, children are offered the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 months and the second dose at 18 months.
More updates
London election results
Votes are now being counted for the Mayoral and London Assembly member contests. Results will be published on the London Elects website and streamed on the London Elects YouTube channel as soon as counting is complete.
Get ready to vote in the general election
A general election is still due to be called this year, possibly at short notice. If you missed out on voting in the London elections, make sure you are election-ready now.
We've been shortlisted for a Living Wage award
The Living Wage movement in Southwark has gone from strength to strength this year, with over 5,000 residents getting a pay rise. Our work, at part of the Southwark Action Group, has been shortlisted for a Living Wage Champion Award.
Get weekly garden waste collections
Sign up today and we’ll collect your garden waste every week until the end of March 2025 for just £80.
Get a grant to pay your university tuition fees
If you’re aged under 25 and come from a low-income household, you might be eligible to have your university tuition fees paid in full. So far, our Southwark Scholarship scheme has supported 134 young people into higher education.
Get a free health and wellbeing MOT
Come to a free event where you can get blood pressure, healthy weight checks, advice on diabetes, cancer screening, vaccines, smoking, alcohol, mental health, and more. Look out for our health and wellbeing roadshow and van on:
- 10 May, William Booth College, SE5
- 15 May, Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, SE16
- 8 June, Surrey Square Primary School, SE17
Rent tools for your spring clean: get 10% off
You can rent useful cleaning tools like carpet cleaners, vacuum cleaners and steam cleaners at Canada Water Library of Things. You can also get 10% off with the discount code SOUTHWARK10. Reserve online from as little as £11 per day, pick up at Canada Water Library, and return once you've finished with it.
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