Posts Tagged ‘Mayor of Lambeth’
Mayor of Lambeth charity quiz night
The Mayor of Lambeth charity quiz night was previously an annual event however for the last couple of years had not taken place. Several people had mentioned their desire for it to happen again, and I was delighted when Tony offered to be the evenings quiz master. Several councillors came along to support the event and formed a team [...]
Mayor of Lambeth Civic Service
I was delighted when the Holy Trinity Church on Clapham Common agreed to hold the civic service for this years Mayor of Lambeth. I was joined by nine Mayors from other London Boroughs, Councillors, family, friends and guests from across the borough. The service was led by the rector of Clapham, Canon David Isherwood with the [...]
LGBT History Month Launch Event
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month takes place every year in February. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community. The event was opened by Lambeth Council Chief Executive Derrick Anderson, demonstrating the councils commitment to LGBT History Month. Lambeth's contribution to this years series of events was launched [...]
New Years Message
As Mayor of Lambeth I have had an amzing 2009 and am looking forward to the next five months meeting many more people as I attend events around the borough. I've attended a huge variety of events during my time as Mayor including visiting Colson at the Effra to celebrate his new status as a British Citizenship - with so many smiling faces I [...]
Friends of Longfield Hall Christmas Carols
The Friends of Longfield hall have managed the hall on behalf of the community since 1992. Te hal is used by the Nest pre-school, the McAlphine dance school; three churchs; local tenants associations and for Capoeira, pilates, yoga and belly-dancing classes. This was a fantastic community event and the little childrens singing was [...]
Contact the Elderly Christmas tea
Contact the Elderly organise regular Sunday afternoon tea parties for people over 75, who live alone with little or no social support. Without the great work of Contact the Elderly many of these people would live lives in total isolation. I was delighted to continue the tradition of the Mayor of Lambeth hosting Contact the Elderly Christmas [...]
Lighting up Lambeth
Each year Lambeth Council lights up the Town Centres with Christmas lights, and it is my job as Mayor to join local people at each site to countdown and switch on the lights. The Mayor and Father Christmas are taken around Lambeth on the Christmas parade starting this year in Streatham then West Norwood, Herne Hill, Brixton, Clapham and [...]
Mayor of Lambeth World Aids Day reception
Statistics from the Health Protection Agency for 2007 showed that Lambeth has the highest level of diagnosed HIV prevelence in England with 11.92 people per thousand of the population diagnosed and over 2,300 people accessing HIV related care. HIV is so much more than the statistics. It is the lives changed forever for those infected, the [...]
A day of remembrance I will never forget
In Lambeth we have a strong tradition of the Mayor of Lambeth supporting Remembrance Sunday. This year there was an excellent turnout of councillors, senior council officers and local MPs together with the Chief Executive I was joined by the Mayoress Emita Griffith and the Deputy Lieutenant for Lambeth Rosi Prescott. Throughout the day we showed [...]
City Hall Remembrance Service
The remembrance service at City Hall was this year conducted by Reverend Canon Richard Truss MA who is Chaplain to the Greater London Authority City Hall Branch of The Royal British Legion. Mayors from across London were present for the service, and I was joined by the Deputy Youth Mayor for Lambeth Emmanuel Adepoju who was [...]
Aardvark Recycling
Aardvark recycling is a not-for-profit social enterprise specialising in food waste collection and processing services to residents and businesses. Their profits are ploughed back into local environmental improvement projects, including healthy eating initiatives and a real nappy scheme for south London. The food waste is broken [...]
Wellness Games – Brixton Recreation Centre
The Wellness Games are an annual London Wide sporting event for the over 55's. Teams are entered on a borough basis and this is the first time that the event has been held in Lambeth with a Lambeth team taking part. Along with visiting the games, chatting to team members from Lambeth and other boroughs it was a great opportunity to visit the [...]
St John's Church Harvest Festival
A packed congregation greated us at St John's Church in Angell Town for their Harvest Thanksgiving. I was welcomed by the Reverend Dr. Rosemarie Mallett, Priest in Charde of St John's. Also attending was Lambeth councils chief executive Chief Executive Derrick Anderson and local councillor Rachael Heywood. It was a hugely varied service with [...]
Battle of Loos (London Irish Rifles) dinner celebration
On Loos Sunday, in September, The London Irish Rifles remember the service their Regiment gave in the Great War. The Rifles showed their character and determination at the costly Battle of Loos. Whilst advancing under fire across open ground in gas masks, the London Irish Rifles famously kicked a football between them all the way to the enemy [...]
North Lambeth Expo
The North Lambeth Expo showcased many of the brilliant organisations that support the community and offer local people the opportunity to talk to people who are influencing decisions about the local area. We were treated on arrival to some delicious food whilst being entertained by dancers from the Portuguese community. We met young people [...]
Food and Growing Community Think Tank Day
The Transiston Town Brixton Food and Growing Groups Ultimate Community Think Tank Day was the final event in teh future of our food series. The Ultimate Community think tank day on food and growing in Brixton was designed to answer the question "How will we feed ourselves in a post-oil world?" The event worked to get the community to lead the [...]
Mayor of Lambeth wins 'Clapper of the Year'
I was delighted to find via an update from LoveClapham.com in my Facebook news feed, that I had been voted 'Clapper of the Year' by readers of local community website loveclapham.com. The website says the hundreds of Claphamites have voted in the first ever local awards, with honours up for grabs for the best pub, bar, restaurant, shop and [...]
Lambeth wins at London in Bloom
London in Bloom promotes, supports and encourages gardening, horticulture and environmental sustainability across the 31 boroughs and two cities of Greater London. As such, it is one of 17 regional campaigns which make up Britain in Bloom - Europe’s largest horticultural campaign. This year Lambeth won two awards thanks to the hard work and [...]
Goldsmith College Presentation Ceremonies
The Ceremonies are held to mark the occasion of succesful students completing programmes this year and grant honorary fellowships and honorary degrees to a small number of distinguished persons. It was great to see the graduates and their proud families who came to see them congratulated by the College Chair. Following the ceremony I joined [...]
Royal visit to the Kids Company
As Mayor of Lambeth I was pleased to welcome HRH Prince Charles; the Prince of Wales and his Wife Camila; the Duchess of Cornwall to the borough for their visit to the Kids Company, a charity which provides emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner city children and young people in Lambeth. During their visit they chatted [...]
